Dora Gräff

Makeup & Hair Artist, Beautician

We can all see the countless faces of beauty, as it is hidden there in our everyday lives. But only those who work with it can truly glimpse behind the scenes.

I have participated in numerous projects both in Hungary and abroad. As a freelance makeup artist, my work has been featured in several magazines, including Luxury Funzine, Playboy, Esküvő Magazin, Italian Sport Week, and more. From 2012, I was the official lead makeup artist of Budapest Fashion Nights for six years, where my team and I created makeup looks for renowned Hungarian designers such as Daalarna, Maison Marquise by Tóth Bori, CAKÓ, and Gabo Szerencses. Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work with companies like NBC New York, the Hungarian State Opera House, and Telekom US, just to name a few. The list is long. I have also been a part of the makeup teams of Yves Saint Laurent and ArtDeco.

I have worked as a makeup artist in Monaco and London. Later, I traveled to Munich, where I had the privilege of working with photographer Felix Jung, who has also captured the supermodel Naomi Campbell.

My professional training includes an advanced course at MUD Make-up Designory in New York.

Despite how it may seem, the road to success was long and challenging. In 2016, I finally opened my own makeup and beauty salon, Dora Graff Makeup & Beauty Salon, in the 1st district of Budapest.

As a beautician, I have been offering natural anti-aging treatments in my salon for several years now, combined with top-class American electrocosmetic machines. From 2022, I became the official beautician of Organiqe Hungary and the brand's distributor.

For several years, I have also been known as the personal makeup artist of Orsi Kozma, which is one of my proudest achievements to date.

Many well-known Hungarian celebrities, such as Panni Epres, Péter Geszti, Gabriella Jakupcsek, Kata Kánya, Lia Pokornyi, Sándor Zwack, and Armand Kautzky, as well as international figures like Cat Greenleaf, Federica Pellegrini, Mark Foster, and Jim West, have all sat in my makeup chair.

My style is innovative, sensual, feminine, my work is precise and elaborated to the smallest detail. For me, makeup and beauty is a profession, a way of life, a passion or even more: a little magic that helps women become what they always wanted to be. Magic that belongs to every woman!

As a licensed cosmetician, I have been offering natural, non-invasive anti-aging treatments in my salon for years, using high-end American Zemits electro-aesthetic devices. I am passionate about needle-free, face-lifting techniques that preserve natural facial expressions.