Peter Philips is the name of Belgian makeup artist, and currently the creative and image director of Christian Dior makeup and former creative director of Chanel makeup (he left in 2013) Philips was born in Antwerp, Belgium. After obtaining a degree in graphic design while attention school in Brussels. He returned to education to study fashion at Antwerp’s Academies Royal des Beaux Arts. In his final year as a fashion student, he was introduced to makeup while working backstage at Paris Fashion Week. In 1993, built up his portfolio by doing test shoot with aspiring photographer and stylists. Philips is single. Now, Philips live in Paris. In 1993, he became inspired by make-up whilst working backstage as a dresser during Paris Fashion Week, and decided to focus on make-up rather than fashion after graduating from the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 2008, he formally accepted the position of creative director of Chanel Make-up, a role described by Vogue as being "one of the most coveted jobs in cosmetics". In 2009, Philips is credited with the reinvigoration of the fashion house's beauty division, his range of trend-setting collections included sell-out nail polish colour Jade Le Vernis - a bottle of which was reportedly resold on eBay for $100 and his career took a pivotal turn in the late Nineties, when he drew a Mickey Mouse face perfectly to scale onto a model whilst working on a Raf Simons shoot. "For years I was known as Mr Mickey Mouse," said Philips in a later interview. In February 2013, Philips stepped down as creative director of Chanel Make-Up. In March 2014, It was announced that Philips was designated the new creative and image director for Dior makeup, replacing Pat McGrath in her previous role of overseeing the makeup looks for upcoming Dior fashion shows. For Chanel's spring 2014 show, he designed a well-received selection of eye makeup in "bold swipes of color" made from common fingerpaints. Recently he has makeup on Fendi Campaign SS 2015 – Lindsey Wixson & Binx Walton by Karl LagerFeld