Jillian Fink is a renowned American makeup artist, hairstylist and entrepreneur, best known for being the wife of American actor Patrick Dempsey.
Wiki / Biography
Jillian Fink was born on Friday February 4, 1966 (age 55; from 2021), and she is from Texas, USA.
Childhood photo of Jillian Fink with her parents and sister
During her school years, Jillian sold private label eyelash conditioning oil to her classmates at school. She learned her makeup skills in Paris and London. Subsequently, she moved to Los Angeles, where she plied her trade in the entertainment industry. Following her beauty instincts, she enrolled in the Charles Ross School of Hair Design in West Hollywood.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5 ‘6 “
Hair color: Blond
Eye colour: Blue
Family and ethnicity
Parents and siblings
His father, Ron Fink, was a drummer who performed in a group based in Denton and with The Rowdies.
Jillian Fink with her father
Her mother, Carol Fink, was an educator. In an Instagram post, Jillian called her mom a quirky style icon. The caption of the image read,
It is a day to celebrate and remember. Thank you, mom for being my quirky style icon. Happy Mother’s Day!”
Jillian Fink’s mother
Jillian’s partner and sister, Kristen Fink Mason, is also a makeup artist and hairstylist. Her other sister, Angela Fink, is a successful celebrity and editorial fashion stylist.
Jillian Fink with her sister Kristen Fink Mason
Angela fink
Wife / husband and children
On July 31, 1999, Jillian Fink married Patrick Dempsey on her family’s farm in Maine, USA. The couple first met in the 90s when Jillian owned and operated the Delux Lounge. Although Jillian was in a relationship when Patrick visited his salon for a haircut, she was drawn to him. Subsequently, Patrick began to frequent the salon for haircuts. After three years, when Jillian finally became single, Patrick asked her on a date. Together, the couple have a daughter named Tallula Fyffe (born 2002) and twin sons, Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen (born 2007).
Jillian Fink and Patrick Dempsey
Jillian Fink with her husband and children
After 16 years of marriage, Jillian filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences in January 2015. However, the couple reconciled and called off their divorce on November 12, 2016.
Career
At the age of 14, she began her journey as a beautician when she started working in a salon. After taking a course at the Charles Ross School of Hair Design in West Hollywood, Jillian worked for cosmetics company Shu Uemura for a short time. Subsequently, she created her hairdressing salon Delux in collaboration with her sister Kristen Fink. While running her salon, she also worked as a makeup artist in the American films “Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story” (1992), Bad Love (1992) and The Crew (1994). She marked the start of her successful professional career when she was hired on a magazine shoot with American actress Brooke Shields in the 1990s. Her work in the filming gave her many opportunities to thrive in the industry. entertainment industry. She sold her salon in 1998. Her dream of launching her own line of cosmetics finally came true when American actress Drew Barrymore asked her to create lip glosses for the American film Charlie’s Angels (2000). Subsequently, Jillian founded the Delux Beauty line of cosmetics. The brand was known to simplify mixing by encouraging applicators to use their hands instead of makeup tools. Eventually, Delux Beauty caught the attention of Avon, a multinational cosmetics and skin care company. Avon hired Jillian as global director of creative colors. Over the next six years, she designed numerous products in collaboration with Avon. In 2013, she ventured into the jewelry design business and launched Jillian Dempsey Jewelry.
Initially, she carved her jewelry by hand on a small scale using the lost wax casting process and wore her designs to work. Later, she was inspired to launch the jewelry line when her famous friends, like Kristen Stewart and Kate Winslet, noticed her unique jewelry and requested their own pieces sculpted by Jillian. In 2014, she created the Jillian Dempsey makeup line that bears her name. The eponymous makeup line launched its first Khol Eye Liners product in 2015.
Jillian Dempsey Kohl Eyeliner
The company verified by PETA has ensured the use of organic and natural origin, vegan and cruelty-free ingredients for the production. The company created five easy-to-use finger products: Lid Tints, Cheek Tints, Khôl Eyeliner, Mini Fan Brush, and Makeup Bag, which were sold widely at high-end stores like Sephora and Fred Segal. Later, she designed the iconic Jillian Dempsey’s Gold Sculpting Bar skincare tool, which is crafted from 24k gold in Japan.
Jillian Dempsey Gold Carving Bar
With 6000 vibrations per minute, the vibrating bar tones and lifts the face while relaxing the facial muscles. She has worked with top Hollywood photographers, editors and celebrities like Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Winslet, who constantly seek her out for the uniqueness of her art. Kristen Stewart’s makeup with kohl-rimmed eyes created by Jillian has gained popularity in the media. In April 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, she launched FYFE Beauty, a premium beauty and grooming app featuring a collection of video tutorials from leading experts in the beauty industry.
Awards / Honors
- Won the Marie Claire Prize for Image Creators (2016)
Kristen Stewart honors makeup artist Jillian Dempsey at Marie Claire Image Maker Awards (2016)
- Jillian Dempsey’s Roadie Hair Pommade (A Hair Styling Stick) won Allure Best of Beauty Awards (2020)
Favorites
- Spot in Malibu: The Ranch at Live Oak
- Restaurant: Cafe Habana, Malibu
- Food: French fries, Spring rolls, Risotti with truffles
- Makeup look: Smoky eyes
- Perfume: Abel Golden Neroli
- Pastry chefs: Sadler’s Kitchen, Texas
- Podcast: Second Life (Hillary Kerr)
Facts / Anecdotes
- Jillian Fink sometimes enjoys drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Previously, Jillian’s husband Patrick Dempsey was married to Rochelle Rocky Parker, whom he met during one of his first acting roles. At that time, Rochelle was a widow and mother of three who were 26 years older than Patrick. In 1992, Rochelle accused Patrick of adultery and physical violence in order to ask for a divorce. In legal documents, she mentioned,
While we were on the set of his movie Can’t Buy Me Love (1987), he beat me up because he claimed he “wanted to see what it was like to beat a woman!” I now have arthritis in my hand where the Respondent hurt me.
- In addition to being a skilled makeup artist, Jillian Dempsey is also an organic gardener, sculptor, painter and animal activist.
- Her love for animals was manifested when she adopted 14 animals, rescued from the destructive Woolsey fire that burned in Los Angeles and the Ventura counties of the US state of California. In an interview, she revealed that the smell of her farm animals is her favorite scent. She said,
My farm animals, oddly. I have 14 animals (and luckily they were rescued from the Woolsey fires). Two donkeys (Mable and Styx), my pig (Hank), three goats (Larry, Moe and Juliet), four roosters, a turtle (Clover), three rabbits, as well as three dogs (Horton, Clementine and Ginger) at home and four lizards.
She also claimed that she was a pure vegetarian who had never eaten an animal. When asked, “What food would you never eat? “, she answered :
Anything that has four legs.
