We Did It For Love – How Karl Plewka and Val Garland Aligned, Part II

After Val Garland - the first global makeup director for L'Oréal Paris – embarked upon a book exploring her groundbreaking work as one of the most in-demand fashion makeup artists - she grapples with putting herself center stage and struggles to find her ideal co-author. All the while, Karl Plewka reveals he was experiencing a “bit of a weird transition moment,” having left his agent of 13 years. Find out how this duo’s career paths crossed and, ultimately, flourished after they together produced Validated, The Make Up of Val Garland (Laurence King). Val – who is a contributing editor to British Vogue - went on to become the breakout star of BBC’s Glow Up. Karl – who is now editor of Beauty Papers magazine - styles Val to face Glow Up’s cameras.