about ivy boyd

A woman with shoulder-length dark brown hair, blue eyes, and a bright smile, wearing a white button-up shirt and black pants, standing against a dark background.

I've been an artist my whole life but it took getting laid off twice from ad agencies to figure out I wanted to make art on people.

I took a job at Sephora in 2012 and never looked back. Makeup is the best of both worlds for me, combining creativity and caring for people.

As a child, I was constantly drawing, attended summer art camp, art club and private art lessons. I have a degree in studio art with a graphic design emphasis, but people are definitely my preferred canvas.

From weddings to commercials, presidential candidates to Real Housewives, I've been fortunate to work on thousands of faces in my 13+ years in the beauty industry.

My husband Jake and I have been married 16 years.
We live with our 3 cats: Pixel, Wilbur and Otis.

When not doing makeup, I enjoy drawing and painting, art museums, shopping for mid-century furniture, coffee and breakfast foods, animals and skincare.

A makeup artist applies makeup to a woman sitting in a chair with a white robe in a bright room in Ankeny Iowa.

Photo by Nicole Laing

EXPERIENCE

  • Bloomberg Media 2024 Caucus Makeup Artist

  • iArtist program student 2023, 2025

  • MSNBC Iowa Caucus 2020 Makeup Artist

  • Washington Post, Iowa Caucus 2020 Makeup Artist

  • Senior Education Consultant, Operations Consultant
    Sephora inside JCPenney

  • Freelance work for Laura Mercier and NARS Cosmetics

  • Style Fashion Week artist, New York Fashion Week 

PUBLIC FIGURES

  • Joanna Teplin, The Home Edit

  • Bethenny Frankel, Entrepreneur, RHONY

  • Alyssa Milano, Actress and Activist

  • Brian Ortega, MMA Featherweight Fighter

  • Michael Buffer, American Sports Announcer

A makeup artist applying makeup to another person in a bright room with a window in des moines iowa.

Katie Lindgren Photography

A makeup artist with dark hair and earrings is applying makeup on a bride, in a well-lit room with curtains and a window in the background in downtown des moines iowa.

Haverlee Photography

CLIENTS

  • Salesforce

  • Lowe's

  • 3M Products

  • MidAmerican Energy

  • T-Mobile

  • Chapstick

  • Pella Windows

  • Casey’s General Store

  • John Deere

  • Advil

  • Hy-Vee

  • Oxygen Network

  • Fox Business

  • Neutrogena

  • Emergen C

  • Dimetapp

  • Aetna

  • Nexium

  • Better Homes & Gardens

  • All Recipes

  • Diabetic Living

  • Happy Paws Magazine

  • Fareway

  • BHG for Wal-Mart

  • Kum & Go