Walter Obal’s make up looks range from clean simplicity to bold bursts of color. His attention to detail keeps the results flawless. Walter Obal has become one of the most sought-after young talents in the realm of beauty.

His career began at the tender age of 20, working as Jaime King’s make-up artist on MTV’s, House of Style. He then joined Make Up Forever Paris in New York, where in he traveled and conducted training seminars. Since 2002, Walter Obal has been the exclusive New York-based spokesperson and consultant for leading South American cosmetics brand Esika.

His work has been featured on the pages of German Vogue, Russian Vogue, Citizen K, GQ Style, Black Book and Numéro Tokyo. He has worked with many prominent photographers such as Nathaniel Goldberg, Greg Lotus, Max Farago, Kieron O’Connor, Greg Delves, Sarah Silver, Phil Poynter, Herve Haddad, Joshua Jordan, James Macari, Fabio Chizzola and David Roemer.  His work has been seen in top advertising clients such as Hermés, Rimmel, Revlon, Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, TRESemme, Piazza Sempione and Barneys.

Walter Obal is based in New York.