Makeup artist Maggie Hunt is a wanted woman.

Women travel half way around the globe for her to highlight their cheekbones, enhance their eyes or show them how to get rid of a double chin. Top-notch photographers and fashion editors demand her on their shoots. Celebrities take her with them on publicity trips. Moms haul their tomboy daughters to her and beg Hunt to bring their girl back from the grunge. And, the June issue of British Vogue lists her as the makeup artist guaranteed to "make you look 10 years younger."

Gone are the days when hairstylists, makeup artists and photographers worked their magic behind the scenes, and were practically unknown to all but industry insiders.