I’ve been asked many times in the past, how did I know I wanted to become a freelance make-up artist?

Well, looking back to when I was 16 and being packed off to see the careers advisor with that vacant look and empty headed feeling, I had no idea where my life was going.  Then, if I remember rightly, I watched a special effects documentary on how ‘Planet of the Apes’ had been made and was completely taken in by it all.  I had no idea of what the job was or how to get there, so I started doing my own research as this was clearly not going to be a straight forward choice that I could discuss with the career advisor!  I had found something I could be passionate about, a vocation that ticked all of the boxes and something that was a little bit different from the career choices my classmates had made.  I knew I liked art, I was creative, I liked trying new things, I loved make-up, people and enjoyed designing things.  I had found it.   This was what I was going to do and felt determined it was the right move for me.

 Make-up artistry originally brought me from a little village on the Wirral called Willaston to Worcester University in 2000.  Gosh that’s 20 years ago now!  It was the beginning of my big adventure to follow my teenage dream as a make-up artist. Throughout my time at Worcester University I worked closely with the Swan theatre and Malvern theatre,helping bring their productions alive for the stage.  After graduating I was lucky enough to work for Merseyside TV as a make-up artist assistant on the sets of ‘Brookside’ and ‘Grange Hill’, so at the age of 21, I was living the dream.  I hadalso come to my attention that that ‘daily’ make-up artists were required and I began to work on ‘Peak Practice’ and other TV dramas.