about me

She falls in love with all her clients

“I have to – it’s how I do it.  It’s my job to see that person as the most wonderful and beautiful person in the world at that moment – and that’s what happens when you fall in love!”

Carol with Paul LaFrance at Trex Satellite Media Tour

Beauty from the heart

Baltimore-based makeup artist Carol Stover has been ‘falling in love’ with her clients for over 35 years – actors, CEOs, sports figures, politicians, businesswomen, and even a former Duchess. With humor and an artist’s eye, Carol transforms people for TV commercials, photo shoots, speaking engagements, weddings, films, corporate videos, music videos and more. Her clients have included Discovery Channel, Bahamas Tourism, Marin Alsop of the BSO, Trevor Noah, every local TV station and numerous documentaries. An experienced teacher and trainer, Carol also gives personal makeup lessons and workshops, and has extensive experience with clients of all ages, skin tones and ethnicities.

Art training from CCBC and MICA and an early career as a graphic designer & illustrator gave Carol a strong background in the media arts.  She then owned a commercial photography studio for 23 years, and developed skills in fashion and art direction during that time. Her entrepreneurial spirit also led her to becoming a makeup instructor, a speaker/trainer for several cosmetic companies, and eventually joint owner of a video production & marketing company.  She has been a contributing author in 2 collaborative books, and is currently writing her own book of beauty and fashion tips woven with personal stories from her life.

“Makeup is ‘a gentle form of therapy.’  Our ‘Photoshop’ society makes many of us feel inadequate. It doesn’t allow enough room for the individual expression of beauty and growth. By showing each client how beautiful and unique they are, I give them ‘permission’ to love and appreciate themselves as they truly are inside and out.”

CAROL STOVER

Carol is passionate about health and nutrition, and educates everyone she works with on self-care and style.  She is especially dedicated to helping other women over 50 look and feel fabulous as they enter their most powerful decade!  An avid reader with a Scots-Irish wit, Carol’s interests include travel, women’s issues, animal rights and environmental causes.  She and her husband live in a turn-of-the-century house with 5 rescued pets, where she is on the board of her neighborhood community association.  Her dream is to start a foundation to inspire self-esteem in young girls through makeup workshops, and help them develop the confidence they need to step into positions of power and influence all over the world.

On the set at the BSO with Marin Alsop

Mia Redrick/The Mom Strategist gets a finishing touch at Clapp Studios

Bride Jasmine on her wedding day

Carol with husband, George, and pets, Tucker and Heidi

CONTACT ME

410.961.6293 (cell & voicemail)
carolstover@comcast.net

STUDIO

5910 York Road, Lower Level
Baltimore, MD 21212
(hours by appointment only)