Makeup artist, Algria Ferreira-Watling’s semidetached Victorian home in one of Cape Town’s most historical suburbs is the very antithesis of mainstream. As one of the glossy magazine world’s most sought after makeup artists having worked with the likes of Solange Knowles and Charlize Theron, Alegria’s home is a contradiction to the world in which she works. It is neither ‘hipster’ nor ‘cutting edge’, but rather, if anything, positively monastic. Bare walls and floors are washed with white and grey cement, cretestone and beach sand. The original wooden features (such as floors and doorways) are bleached and sanded down to a smooth, matte finish. Indoors and out, there is not one distracting splash of colour to jar the committedly monochromatic palette. Everything, from storage containers to personal effects and even books, is muted. Looking around the home she shares with her husband, Derek, son, Dax and adorably complicated dog, Snowy, Algria explains the provenance of her own honed style.
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