Debi Young

@debimakeup

Award winning Makeup Artist & Designer with 4 Emmy Noms! MARE OF EASTTOWN, MA RAINEY’s, WATCHMEN, TRUE DETECTIVE, THE WIZ LIVE, BESSIE, THE WIRE 🙏🏽❤️✨
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Thank you @iamreginaking for your AMAZING spirit, your heartfelt words and this incredible introduction @hollywoodbeautyawards You truly are a beautiful soul and I will be forever grateful for God perfectly aligning me to you!🧡
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1 year ago
Something new, with two old friends! Thank you #ReinaldoMarcusGreen for inviting me! It was great running with you and Yaron again!❤️#southernbastards
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9 days ago
@shinybootz Anthony Hemingway has been one of my film industry sons for over two decades and one of the most beautiful and generous souls that I have ever met! First meeting him as an A.D. on HBO THE WIRE and I have had the extreme joy of working with him and watching him soar as a director and producer in this industry, since! Though this industry is not always easy, he still has the grace to help others along his journey. Whether having a novice director shadow him, or giving encouragement to a young film maker. His understanding of every crew member’s job makes him a great collaborator. I remember a veteran actor telling me at the end of Season 2 of UNDERGROUND (WHEW!!!), with a very ambitious schedule and tandem units everyday the entire season, that Anthony was the glue that held the whole season together! I am still not sure when he slept!! His ability to spread love, kindness, joy and respect wherever he goes, is contagious! It was evident this past weekend, when hundreds of people came to celebrate him on the rooftop of THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT, to share the love, joy and magnetism, that is Anthony! Not only did I see people who had worked on the same projects, with us together, but from multiple other projects that I had worked on throughout my career! His 50th birthday celebration was EPIC! Such a beautiful reunion of family, friends and colleagues who have experienced his love and joy throughout his life and career! We all came to celebrate him from near and far and he gifted us with a magnificent reunion and the best birthday celebration EVER, spilling over with loads of love, joy and laughter! Anthony, may God continue to elevate you as you so brightly shine HIS light! LOVE LOVE LOVE you immeasurably!! KEEP GOING!!🙏🏽❤️✨PHOTO CREDITS: @stanlophotography @arnoldshoots @iamreginaking @reinaking11 @allinadayswerk #debilovenotes @debimakeup #debiyoungmakeup #blessed #grateful #loveandlight #love #kindness #director #producer #shine @msamberpriley singing 🎵 Happy Birthday!❤️
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7 months ago
✨A testament to the giving artist that Debi Young is✨ 🍊 🧡 👯‍♀️ Regina King’s loving words for her MUA family. 🎤 @french_reporter #hollywoodbeautyawards #mua #debiyoung #reginaking
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8 months ago
I•AM•SINGING Waking up feeling blessed and with a song in my heart! So grateful to God for another rotation around the sun, with the beautiful essence of my mother in the depths of my soul! Loving big, helping others and caring about my family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and strangers! Determined to spread love, kindness, empathy and using my power for good! Wishing love, peace, joy, hope and the brightest future for all of you! Happy Heavenly birthday Mommy!🙏🏽❤️ #debilovenotes #debimakeup #loveandlight #spreadlove #love #peace #blessed #grateful #hopeful #happiness #brightfuture #happybirthday PHOTO CAPTURE: @danice_hillary my beautiful friend for almost 60 years🥰✨💫
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8 months ago
The Baltimore Banner, Film & TV, July 11, 2025 Featuring Debi Young + Ngozi Olandu Young ‘How A Veteran Makeup Artist From Baltimore Became Hollywood’s Earth Mother’ by Wesley Case Photography by Jessica Gallagher This was such a wonderful experience from start to finish—big thanks to the Baltimore Banner, Wesley Case and Jessica Gallagher for featuring some of Baltimore’s most loved and inspiring artists. Baltimore is in a new renaissance, and Debi Young is the nucleus of the arts community. Special thanks to George Pelecanos + Ernest Dickerson for their beautiful words.
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10 months ago
Thank you so much @wesley__case @baltimorebanner for capturing the essence of @gozibeauty and I and shining a positive light in this beautiful feature! It was such a joy being interviewed by you! Thank you @jessicagallagherimagery for your brilliant “art-tography”, you and your stunning work are gifts! Thank you to my superstar PR, @goldenskiesahead_creative for everything and your stellar attention to detail! Sending loads of love and thanks to my iconic brothers @gpelecanos and @ernest_dickerson for your heartfelt, beautiful words! I feel the same about you both! In your own unique way of writing, directing and producing you elevate this space of storytelling! BUT, it is your kindness, calm demeanor, humor, huge hearts and genuine concern for cast and crew that sets you apart! Thank you @gozibeauty for your love, support and your excellence. You are a shining, soaring star and I am super proud of you! Thanking my entire fantastic family for your love and support and most of all my Heavenly Agent for your perfect alignments! What I do is way bigger than me, but more importantly, it is how I do my real work of cultivating a positive, safe space of encouragement and excellence, where both cast and crew can feel supported, valued and seen. I hope my real work inspires generations of young people! I guarantee there is undiscovered excellence on every film set, in every town and in every neighborhood all over Baltimore! Young people are shining their light and hoping for a spotlight to shine on them. I am declaring to you all, work hard, be kind, be honest, be empathetic, share your knowledge and help others along your journey, blessings will chase you! If I can succeed in the film industry, living in Baltimore (not LA or New York), growing up in my wonderful East Baltimore neighborhood, Lafayette Courts, before internet, social media and Google, you can succeed too! Yes…what I do, is way bigger than me and so much more than just applying makeup. I am blessed that my presence has made a positive difference and so very grateful for it all!🙏🏽❤️✨💫 #blessed #grateful #inspire #encouragement #loveandlight To read the full article: LINK IN MY BIO or @baltimorebanner
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10 months ago
As we celebrated the beautiful life of our mother, her light brilliantly shined! All who were touched by her love, grace, kindness, empathy, generosity, wisdom, her gentle but firm teachings of right and wrong and how to treat people…and every blessing that she poured into us and through us, were evident!! At 98 1/2 years to have the sanctuary and overflow area filled to capacity with standing room only, was a testament of how she lived and loved! Our entire immediate family eulogized her! From her youngest great grandchild, to her eldest son! We all spoke with love about our experiences with her and how she affected our lives. We knew her best and it was only fitting, because her beautiful legacy lives through us! My family and I, are so very grateful for the abundant outpouring of love, kindness, flowers, food, cards, gifts, calls, visits and beautiful messages and those of you who traveled in from all over this nation and around the world, we thank you all from the depths of our hearts!! She is truly the sunshine of our lives and her brilliant light will continue to guide us and her legacy will live through us forever! 🙏🏽💜 #debilovenotes #iamher #blessed #grateful #motherslove #loveandlight #legacy
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11 months ago
My mother brought joy wherever she was present. She loved poetry and had remembered this poem SOMEBODY’S MOTHER, from her childhood and was often asked to recite it at a variety of events and gatherings! We are so blessed she was OUR MOTHER and the mother to so many! Poem by Mabel Down Northam Brine #debilovenotes #blessed #grateful #debiyoungmakeup #somebodysmother #sugarhill #friends
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11 months ago
My beautiful mother had her Grand Rising almost a week ago. She was our living example of faith, grace, kindness, generosity, empathy, joy, strength and most of all love! She was blessed beyond measure and lived a beautiful, vibrant life for 98 1/2 years! It was an honor to care for her and we are celebrating her this Mother’s Day and forevermore because we were blessed to have her! May her light continue to shine over us!🙏🏽❤️✨#blessed #grateful #love #motherslove #debilovenotes #debiyoungmakeup
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1 year ago
New York Times Newspaper, Arts, April 30, 2025 ‘An Actor-Whispering Yoda Behind the Makeup Chair’ by Jonathan Abrams Photography by Justin T. Gellerson
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1 year ago
From the NYT Digital story, ‘The Makeup Artist Who Gives the Stars More Than a Touchup’ published on April 7, 2025 by Jonathan Abrams New York Times Newspaper, Arts Section, April 30, 2025 'An Actor-Whispering Yoda Behind the Makeup Chair’ by Jonathan Abrams Photography by Justin T. Gellerson What an honor to have Debi Young featured in the printed NYT, sharing the front cover of the Arts section with the incomparable legend, Beyonce. Special thanks to Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce, Regina King, Davine Joy, Sonja Sohn, Mahershala Ali & Ngozi Olandu Young for making this story so incredibly special.
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1 year ago