makeup artist

Stephanie Brinkerhoff colors Kortnee Hirschi’s hair Monday at Panache Hair Salon and Boutique in South Ogden. Brinkerhoff will travel to New York City this week as a hair and makeup correspondent for fashion website Refinery 29. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Top of Utah stylist headed to New York City’s Fashion Week

OGDEN — While most 12-year-old girls were asking for Barbie dolls and music CDs for Christmas, Stephanie Brinkerhoff had a different request in mind.

She asked for a mannequin head.

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Gage Hubbard is a finalist on “Face-Off”

Willard special-effects makeup artist in 'Face-Off' finals

He's handled zombies and aliens, movie villains and gender swaps.

Now Utah's Gage Hubbard faces off for his last special-effects makeup challenge on the TV reality series "Face Off."

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Gage Hubbard of Willard (front row, second from left) poses with the other contestants of “Face Off,” a new reality show on SyFy.

About "Face-Off"

Team and individual challenges are featured in "Face Off," which begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the SyFy channel on the local digital cable system, and continues for eight episodes, the last airing in March.

Gage Hubbard (right), a contestant on “Face Off,” works on a special-effects makeup challenge.

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Syfy

Making Faces: Willard man seeking top spot on new 'Face Off' television series

You may not recognize Gage Hubbard even 15 minutes after first meeting him. That's all he needs to transform himself into a zombie.

A bit of makeup applied here and there to skin, lips and and eyes quickly leaves Hubbard with a dead white stare and half of his face ripped open.

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