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Freelance Makeup Artistry
Marlayna Pincott is where kickass and kindness meets. Little about her warm, mellow tones assume the high-octane career behind them.
Global Makeup
Shaina Azad takes the business of Makeup seriously. That’s how she’s succeeded across multiple disciplines since graduating from top Vancouver Makeup School Blanche Macdonald.
For Blanche Macdonald Makeup graduate Sharon Rai, every day is a labour of love. The lavish ado of marriage was once youth’s sweetest daydream; now, that daydream has grown into the swoon-inducing reality of her workaday, as Canada’s premier bridal Makeup and Hair Artist.
For Blanche Macdonald Makeup graduate Lyle Reimer, the infamous concept of the ‘selfie’ means so much more than a simple point and shoot portrait.
Nails
For clients of twice-graduate Paige Roy, imagination is truly at their fingertips. Since launching off from both Blanche Macdonald’s Global Makeup and Nail Parlour programs, Paige has been busy brushing out incredible creatives which have seen nails metamorphosed into monarch butterflies, dragon’s treasure, beetle shells and lightning storms (to name a few).
When Blanche Macdonald graduate Aya Coulter speaks about her triumph at Dior’s North American Makeup Artist Competition, the memories from her time in New York come flooding back.
Here at the Blanche Macdonald Centre we think that Toronto Fashion Makeup Artist Blair Petty is a pretty special talent. They feel the same way about our Makeup grad in his new hometown of Toronto too.
International Makeup Studio
There’s nothing rare about a Makeup Artist taking inspiration from their time at Blanche Macdonald. But Paloma Guerard has taken that inspiration to its ultimate conclusion.
It doesn’t take long to be swept up by Leanne Rae Podavin’s enthusiasm for her art. The Vancouver Special Effects Makeup genius has a passion that students at Canada’s #1 Makeup School get to experience on a regular basis.
Kumi Craig makes men look great for a living. As go-to Male Groomer and Celebrity Makeup Artist, she’s the woman Hollywood and New York Agents call when one of their A-list clients have a shoot or event where they need to look their very best.
Pro Hair Grad Freddy Sim’s Creativity Dazzles for Contessas and Clients
Design Grads Redefine the City's Fashion Scene with Cutting-Edge Collections
Michelle Dubois: Medical Esthetician at Vancouver's Pacific Derm
Makeup illusionist Mimi Choi stuns with her inventive creations!
Vancouver Studio and Film Nail Artist Vanessa Stern
Spa owner Doug Janczyn, the man behind Western Canada’s only male-oriented spa.
Yuri Song: Nail Artist at Style Lab HQ and Blanche Macdonald Nail Studio Instructor
Stacey Paskall: Queen of Avant Garde Hair
Makeup Artist Meredith Lacosse makes London her new creative location
Kelseyanna's Avant-Garde Makeup Looks Propel Her to Insta-Fame
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