Bamike Ogunrinu

  Bamike Ogunrinu

"I like to make women feel beautiful," said Bamike. She has been a make-up artist for three years at Sephora.  And she is the first person I have seen who looked great with purple lipstick.  When I photograph someone by the second frame,  I can if they have been a model - and Bamike had been.  "I loved being on the runway, I get such a thrill out of the excitement and the power of being in front of all those people. I was cheerleader all through school.  I would perform in stadiums in front of 5,000 people. I miss that."  I asked her, like I ask all EVE's, how she felt about being a woman. And she confidently stated, "I wouldn't switch genders for anything. There is power in being a woman that if I were a man I wouldn't feel. We are the stronger gender."  Bamike works full time at Sephora and she is studying Biology and she plans to study veterinary science at Cornell University.