His photographer friend called him last-minute and asked him to do her makeup for the cover of Social Life Magazine, a Hamptons-based publication. But Dedivanovic had a prior engagement already booked and he declined. "I didn't know really who she was."
It wasn't until his friend begged him that he decided to try to make it to both jobs, starting with the Kardashian gig. "I just remember seeing her with no makeup on, and thinking, 'Oh my God, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen,'" Dedivanovic says. "Her face, from day one, just inspired me like no other. I feel like it was meant for my hands."
While Dedivanovic was doing her makeup, Kardashian pulled out a camera and started taking selfies, explaining it was for her blog. After the shoot, she loved her look so much that she asked him to take her shopping so she could bring the products back to her makeup artist in LA. "I was freaking out, because, I'm like, 'Sh*t, I'm already late to the job, and I'm going to really be late now.' But I couldn't say no to her," he says. "That was the beginning of our relationship."
Thereafter, every time Kardashian was in New York, she'd request Dedivanovic to do her makeup. It didn't take long for her to start flying him out to LA to work on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
Image Source: Courtesy of Mario Dedivanovic