Rita's Portfolio

Rita has had the good fortune of working with so many amazing people and organizations. Below you'll find a list of some of the clients she's worked with over the years and more recently.

Clients for Television and Publicity Shots

President Bill ClintonJim CaviezelRobert DeNiro
Governor George PatakiDiana RossChazz Palmintieri
Mayor Rudy GuilianiNaomi CampbellAhmad Rashad
Sharon StoneKathie Lee GiffordIsaiah Thomas
Sylvester StalloneFrank GiffordAl Sharpton
Julia RobertsBetsey JohnsonP Diddy
Diane Von FurstenbergAlan HoustonJon Bon Jovi
Tony BennettLil KimMatthew Modine
Maury PovichBB KingBusta Rhymes
Marv AlbertN.Y. MetsAlan Jackson
Jim RomeN.Y YankeesHannah Storm
Joe MontanaRebecca LoboJames Woods
Joe NamathWNBALainie Kazan
John EdwardsRobin RobertsShamar Moore
Susan SarandonLinda DanoMilla Jovovich
Nick PileggiTimothy HuttonHarry Connick Jr.
Dorothy HamilPeggy FlemingCharo
Renee ZellwegerColin FarrellAngelina Jolie
Jon LovitzMorgan FairchildAl Roker


Designed Updated Makeup and Hair Looks For:

  • Magazines: Time (covers) / Playboy (various) / Maxim / FHM (centerfolds)
  • Magazines: Town & Country (special articles) / Allure ("How-To") / Bridal (designer)
  • Sportsdesk with Marv Albert
  • The Food Network
  • MSG Sports Shows
  • Fox Sports/News
  • Maury Povich Show
  • USA Networks/Sci Fi Channel
  • ESPN
  • Mattel's Barbie Boxes
  • Home Shopping Network
  • QVC
  • Disney/ABC Soap Stars
  • CNN, A&E, and Network Specials


Fashion Shows

  • Calvin Klein
  • Versace
  • Betsey Johnson
  • Robert Lee Morris
  • Nancy Ganz
  • Victoria's Secret


Commercials/Billboards

MotorolaCitibank
Toys R UsBMW
FordMercedes Benz
Dell ComputersNextel/Cingular
Carnival ToursOscal
PondsDasani
GatoradePillsbury
Coca ColaCalvin Klein

Training

  • Michael Westmore for special effects and straight makeup (Burbank, Ca/ Paramount Studios).
  • Lighting (Paramount Studios, Burbank, Ca).
  • Nino Gervasi/ John Sahag for celebrity hair (Los Angeles, New York, respectively).
  • Christine Valmy for makeup/skin care (NYC).
  • NYS licensed Cosmetologist.


Special Talents

  • Special Effects: Sci-Fi, Temporary Tattooing, Prosthetics, Reconstructive Makeup and Airbrushing.
  • Designs "comeback looks" for celebrities whose careers have been compromised and need to re-capture their popularity with the public.
  • Teaches makeup techniques to talent.
  • Designs "Specialty Lighting" for talent's TV/Photographic shoots.
  • Supplies design sketches for special work.
  • Designs special hair looks including weaves, hairpieces etc.
  • Designed all of the hair and makeup looks for the new millennium-2010 "Years of Beauty" for Chanel, Lancome, Estee Lauder, etc. featured on runways and in Fashion Magazines.

Rita has written a book entitled The Magical Beauty Book, (due out soon) and has appeared on CNN as an expert opinion as well as on the shopping channels QVC and HSN as the Beauty Specialist - teaching makeup application and selling beauty products.

She was the featured article in the national women's magazine First for Women in January, 2006 and is the expert opinion on fashion and beauty in various Health and Beauty publications, the NY Daily News, and on Network shows.