Stefano Anselmo

The start of the activity: September 1968,Main activity since 1978: teacher and coordinator of several courses and conferences about Professional Make-up.Professional experiences, 1994-2005.Training courses and in-depth study (for professionals, fashion, entertainment, communication, beauty and make-up lovers; for make-up artists, hair-stylists and “historical” costume designers), given at Institutes, Schools of the sector, both in Italy and abroad, among which: European Fashion School, The Tessile of Como, the CEP of Milan, AGORA’, IULM University.

Speaker in the conferences of the sector: Italy, France, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Spain, United States, Switzerland.
Contributor for the most important magazines in the aesthetic sector: Les Nouvelles Esthetìques, salon, La Pelle Beauty, Garbo.
Consultant as artistic director for the creation or revision of beauty products and/or accessories.
Image and make-up consultant (constant activity) for:Mina (assistance started in 1977).Record covers, definition of the general image, of the make-up, in post-production, graphic changes by PC . Anna Oxa (assistance started in 1983 and ended with the fresh and natural look in 2001, when she entrusted the care of her image to Elisa Calcinari). Creation of about twenty different looks for record covers, the Sanremo Festival, “Fantastico” 1, 2, and other TV programmes.Image and make-up consultant (occasional) for photo-reports and advertising campaigns, musical video-clips by the following artists: Alice, Gianni Bella, Marcella Bella, Loredana Bertè, Renata Cossotto, Garbo, Gigliola Cinguetti, Gioele Dix, Riccardo Fogli, Flavia Fortunato, Raina Kabaiwanska, Pooh, Mia Martini, Benedetta Mazzini, Milva, Massimiliano Pani, Platinette, Regine, Vasco Rossi, Enrico Ruggeri, Stirling St Jacques, The Event, Ami Stewart, Caterini Valente, Ornella Vanoni,Iva Zanicchi, Renato Zero, etc.

Contributor as an expert and/or make-up artist for women magazines, also writing articles about fashion and costume: Top Salute, Donna Moderna, Famiglia Cristiana, Glamour, Vera, Bella e Snella, Starbene, Per Me, White Sposa, Focus, etc.
Contributor as an historian for make-up as for:Monographic editions of Focus Extra Autumn 2003, Ancient Egypt, Focus Summer Story, Fascism, Focus Autumn Story 2005, Ancient Greece.Science Festival 2005: about make-up and hair-style in Ancient Egypt at the Archaeological Museum of Genoa.

The founding member and secretary of C.O.S.A., Centre of the Trend about African studies, a cultural association engaged in collecting, giving and spreading bibliographical information; organizing and arranging a group of specialists on African branches, also making easier the access to the archives for the students; registering the most spoken African languages in Lombardy, creating a group of African interpreters, organizing cultural events.

Professional experiences, 1967-1993:1977-1993: contributing as a teaching director, make-up teacher for cinema, TV, theatre and special effects at B.C.M. of Milan, where he developed the first regional study programmes for the qualification for professional make-up artists in Italy, thus achieving a certificate. These programmes have been adopted by the Lombardy Board and have been useful for drawing up further programmes in the Italian regions.
Image consultant: make-up and special effects for advertising campaigns.Haas textiles, Auricchio cheese, Galbusera biscuits, Mondial watches, La Perla linen, Walt Disney, ext.
Contributor for the following magazines:Amica, Vogue, Donna Moderna, ext.Collaboration for Haute Couture Show in Rome and the Prét à Porter in Florence (Collections: Biki, Renato Balestra, Pino Lancetti, San Lorenzo, Emilio Pucci, Clara Centinaro, ext.).
Conferences for the most important make-up schools: Spain, Lebanon, Portugal, Libya and for the most important fortnightly French seminars.

Foreign languages:French, Wolof, English, Spanish.
Publications:1970. The secrets of correction make-up Zasmin cosmetics-Italian, English and French edition.
1979. Make-up in our lives, art and show business- BCM –MI publishing (Italian edition).
1982: How, where, when make-up- SEPEM- MI publishing (Italian edition).
1984: Make-up and pack- BCM- MI publishing (Italian edition).

1985: The make-up Vol.1- correction make-up- BCM- MI publishing (Italian edition).
1987: The make-up, Vol.2- Theatre, cinema, TV, special effects- BCM- MI (Italian edition).
1993: The make-up technique and art- New Techniques- MI publishing (Italian edition).
1993: Make-up- PERVINKA publishing (Spanish edition).
1995: Learn Wolof- Wolof Conversation handbook- COEMI.
1996: Africa in Lombardy- (guide to the activities about African World).
1997: Becoming make-up experts- ALA publishing –MI (Italian and English edition).
1999: Becoming a make-up expert- LNE publishing- (French edition).
2000: CHEFRAN edition Beirut (Arabian edition).
2000: The History of make-up and cosmetics - Web edition, by EIKOM, Milan.
2005: Becoming a make-up expert- ALA edition MI (English edition).
2005: Packing, the Art of Make-up- Mdd-net CS editions (Italian-English edition).SOME ARTICLES:Published by Les Nouvelle Esthetiques, Salon, La Pelle Beauty.

CULTURES FROM THE WORLD1994: History of the eyebrows in 8 units: China, India, Japan, and other Asiatic Countries, Middle East, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, A race through the centuries- The 1000 faces of Mina in 2 serials.
2000: New Africa: culture and hair-style in Africa.
2002: The Wodaabe: beauty contest- Kathakali: The Indian theatre- Customs from the world.
2003: Fashion made in Africa- Dakar, the city dedicated to the women- The word “make-up” in 53 different languages- The beauty treatments of the Pharaohs- The Opera in Peking- I have revived the Ancient Egyptians: a report carried out for the magazine Focus Extra.

FASHION, COSTUME, SOCIETY.
1996: Cosmetics and Vogues in the 20th century.
1998: The tattoo- The Punk- Origin of the Carnival- The star behaviour.
1999: “Specchio delle mie brame”- (Mirror Mirror on the wall) let us not forget the humour of this matter!
2000: The meanings of the colours- Make-up in Travesti- Le Rouge à Lèvre, the meaning of glamour- Powder, a millenary beauty product- Dennis Rodman, painted nails and status quo.
2002: Noses in the workshop, that is, the desire of changing your face- The male vanity- Marlon Brando- Denzel Washington.
2003: The seduction- The new east women.
2004:As beautiful as a witch.2005: Reggae fashion and dreadlocks.

CHARACTERS OF BEAUTY.
1998-1999. The Great Masters of make-up: The dawning- Mr Factor- Gil Cagne- Alberto de Rossi- Gioi Ardessi- Diego Dalla Palma- Rino Carboni- Serge Lutens- Pablo- Furio Campetti- Fernand Aubry.2000. Josephine Baker, The black Venus- Marlene Dietrich- Marilyn Monroe- The lady with the stoat.
2000-2001. The faces of the music (account on the most successful looks in the world of music): white and black music- Renato Zero- Lou Reed, The Kiss- Prince & M. Jackson- The looks of Anna Oxa- Madonna Ciccone & many others- The return of Mina- David Bowie- The new Oxa.
2001: Monsieur Belle Epoque (Ertè)- Brigitte Bardot: the face of the 60’s- Greta Garbo- Eleonora Duse- The beautiful Poppea, Coco Chanel- At the Akenaton’s court.
2002: Teodora- Elizabeth Taylor- Monna Lisa: four centuries of seduction.
2004: 70 years and she doesn’t look it…(Sophia Loren, 2 serials).2005: The beauty has come back. Analysis of Cleopatra’s make-up in the reconstruction by Discovery Channel- Cleopatra, the queen without face (2 serials).

DIDACTICS
1999. History of the cleanliness and hygiene- The Pre-history of cinema- Make-up artists by mouse.
2000: At school, a teacher’s thoughts.
2001: The history of the cinema goes on- The Hollywood on the Tevere (History of Cinecittà)- Lessons on the ethnic make-up- lessons of rejuvenation in Lecce.
2001: Analysis of a little mouse and anthropomorphous watches for an advertising campaign- History of the wig- Lesson of rejuvenation in Cagliari.
2003: Lesson on the photographic make-up evening make-up- The fantasy make-up. Dealing with a “longer” face.

2004: techniques of lengthening and shortening the face.
2003-2005: the frightening effects in make-up: Dracula- Frankenstein- the mummy- the make-up for the “Brown Prince” (aesthetic problems of the black males).