KOCHI: A woman makeup artist from the state has been nominated as Fellow to Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London.
Lekshmi Menon, who is currently the creative head at Face Palette Pro Makeup Academy in Kochi, joins other leading artists such as James Bond actress Judi Dench, Musician Alex James and composer Benson Taylor as Fellows. According to an official release, Lekshmi is the first Indian makeup artist to be nominated to RSA.
Lekshmi, who won a scholarship to study Master’s in International Business at Robert Gordon University in Scotland, followed her childhood passion for makeup and set about on a mission to work with women so as to develop their makeup skills.