Knowing Your Neighbor: Zoey Nicole

DULUTH, MINN-Zoey Nicole has been the lead makeup artist of the Haunted Ship for four years.  She was 16 when she started volunteering.  She said her first night volunteering was imitating.  “Here I am trying to imitate everybody next to me. I see three other artists and their awesome. They’re amazing! I was just blown out of my mind because I could not believe how good they were.” Says Nicole.

She went on to say that at that moment she didn’t feel like she belonged there and she wasn’t a right fit for the makeup team.  After 10 years on the team, she’s teaching others how to do makeup  and encourages artists to make mistakes because that’s how you learn.

To anyone doing someone else’s makeup for the first time, Nicole will tell you, “Don’t be afraid of anything.  It might suck at first, it might not look very good, but we all have to start somewhere.”

The Haunted Ship is always looking for volunteers. If you’re interested, you can apply on duluthhauntedship.com.