Make Up Artist Remembers Her Time With Whitney Houston

DAVIE (CBS4) – Fresh off the set of the up and coming movie "Sparkle", make up artist Marietta Carter-Narcisse fondly remembers the long days and nights she spent with Whitney Houston.

"I was so nervous, not even star struck per say but just nervous because I was doing 1960's makeup with like Whitney Houston," said Carter-Narcisse.

The Davie resident said Houston was anything but a diva and quickly put her at ease.

"She greeted me with open arms the first day I met her," said Carter-Narcisse. "She hugged and kissed me like I had known her for years."

Houston played a starring role in the movie which was slated for release this August. She was also the film's executive producer. Despite being away from the movie industry for more than a decade, Carter-Narcisse said she never missed a beat.

"You don't expect to see that caliber when there's been such a huge break, that caliber performance, and I'm telling you it was mind boggling. She sang in the church in one of the scenes," said Carter-Narcisse. "Oh there was not a dry eye left in that church when we were finished filming."

It was difficult for Carter-Narcisse to keep a dry eye after hearing of Houston's death.

"She wasn't ready to go, God might have been ready for her but I dont think she was ready," said Carter-Narcisse. "Knowing the person from a distance is one thing but when you actually touch them and work with them, you know, and so many hours of the day its just a whole different feeling it feels like a part of you is gone too.

Carter-Narcisse added that when she heard Houston had been found dead in a bath tub with prescription drugs in the room she could believe it.

"Maybe she was just trying to relax because there were huge pressure nights. I mean, it don't make sense, drugs in the sense of you know recreational drugs or anything like that. I don't see that, not from the person that I met and saw."