NYX names Jessica Kalil Beauty Vlogger of the Year
LOS ANGELES — NYX on Saturday named Jessica Kalil as its Beauty Vlogger of the Year at the sixth annual NYX Fine Artistry of Cosmetic Elites awards show in Los Angeles.
Kalil and the five finalists revealed their final challenge videos inspired by the theme, "The Magic of Makeup," before host Patrick Starr, emcee Charisma Star, an expert panel of judges and a live audience of more than 4,000 beauty fans at the Shrine Auditorium. “The FACE Awards is an empowering, unique program which opens
doors for an extremely talented community of artists,” said Sarah El-Annan, AVP integrated marketing and PR at NYX Professional Makeup. “We are so proud of our hard-working and talented contestants and are grateful for the continued support from the beauty community over the past six years.”
As the Beauty Vlogger of the Year, Kalil will receive $50,000, a year's supply of NYX Professional Makeup and the opportunity to kick-start a professional career in makeup artistry. The five runners-up will each receive $15,000 and a year's supply of NYX Professional Makeup. In April, NYX Professional Makeup received thousands of video entries, of which 30 semifinalists were chosen by the judges. After creating looks inspired by the challenge themes, "Royalty," "Animal Kingdom" and "Cyberpunk," the semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top six finalists via rounds of public voting.
Official 2017 FACE Awards sponsors included Redken, Shoedazzle, Target, Clarisonic, Microsoft, the Body Shop, Tatcha, Kitsch, Quay Australia, Forever 21 and Audio Network.
Kalil and the five finalists revealed their final challenge videos inspired by the theme, "The Magic of Makeup," before host Patrick Starr, emcee Charisma Star, an expert panel of judges and a live audience of more than 4,000 beauty fans at the Shrine Auditorium. “The FACE Awards is an empowering, unique program which opens
doors for an extremely talented community of artists,” said Sarah El-Annan, AVP integrated marketing and PR at NYX Professional Makeup. “We are so proud of our hard-working and talented contestants and are grateful for the continued support from the beauty community over the past six years.”As the Beauty Vlogger of the Year, Kalil will receive $50,000, a year's supply of NYX Professional Makeup and the opportunity to kick-start a professional career in makeup artistry. The five runners-up will each receive $15,000 and a year's supply of NYX Professional Makeup. In April, NYX Professional Makeup received thousands of video entries, of which 30 semifinalists were chosen by the judges. After creating looks inspired by the challenge themes, "Royalty," "Animal Kingdom" and "Cyberpunk," the semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top six finalists via rounds of public voting.
Official 2017 FACE Awards sponsors included Redken, Shoedazzle, Target, Clarisonic, Microsoft, the Body Shop, Tatcha, Kitsch, Quay Australia, Forever 21 and Audio Network.