VIDEO : Makeup Empowers 23-Year-Old NYC Creative

Alice Longyu Gao is a 23-year-old artist, DJ, and creative producer who currently live in New York City. Gao recently revealed on Allure.com that ever since she moved to New Yrk City she has found power and freedom in the makeup she chooses to wear. Gao wrote, ?I moved to the United States five years ago? I?m from a very conservative family in Bengbu, China, so it wasn?t until I came to New York when I was 18 that I started wearing makeup the way I wanted to? Sure people judge me everyday, but all I can do is let go.?