Makeup Tutors

Nomination: 2015 Primetime Emmy Award (for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or a Special) for Penny Dreadful (2014) 

Nomination: 2015 International Emmy Award (for outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or a Special) for Penny Dreadful (2014) 

Barney has been working successfully as a professional make-up artist for the past 20 years. He was acting head make-up artist at the State Theatre, Hanover for 4 years then a freelance artist across Europe, creating special effects make-up and constructing masks for a wide range of projects. He lectures regularly at the international make-up artistry seminars held in Cologne, demonstrating his considerably SFX make-up skills. His film credits include Children of Men, Harry Potter (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2), Thor: The Dark World and Penny Dreadful.

Languages Spoken: English and German

Languages Spoken: English and German

Juliette has been a make-up and hair artist for over 18 years, working on many British period and contemporary dramas with actors such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Anna Maxwell Martin and Tom Hardy. She also ‘specialises’ in TV sitcoms and comedy specials such as Alan Partridge, The Royal Family, Spaced and sketch shows including Mitchell and Webb, The Mighty Boosh and Drunk History.

After relocating to Los Angeles in 1988, he worked on films such as Terminator 2, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Leprechaun and Ghostbusters 2 doing not only prosthetic work but also mould making and lab work.
After moving to London in 1993, he continued to work as a modelmaker, sculptor and prosthetic artist for films such as Shaun of the Dead, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Prometheus, Dark Shadows, Victor Frankenstein and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
In recent years, Dan has not only worked on projects such as Doctor Who and Game of Thrones but has taught prosthetic makeup effects in London and Belfast and makeup

Caroline has worked on a range of shows, from children’s drama, comedy, to light entertainment and continuing Drama. These have included Family Affairs, The Bill, and currently Eastenders where she heads the make-up department.

Tanya has been an established make up artist for over 25 years, working in tv, theatre, film, fashion, and teaching. Currently, Tanya is Head of Makeup at Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End. Tanya is a qualified academic professional makeup artist who teaches to the Degree level. In conjunction with her busy career, Tanya has also developed a range of set and kit bags.

Tanya has been an established Makeup Artist for over 25 years, working in tv, theatre, film, fashion, and teaching. Currently, Tanya is Head of Makeup at Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End. Tanya is a qualified academic professional makeup artist who teaches to Degree level. In conjunction with her busy career, Tanya has also developed a range of set and kit bags called Get Set Go Bags. She has designed her wide range of set bags for the Makeup Industry which are available online and at Stockists in London, Europe, and the USA.

In 2020 Danielle Shephard (2yr 2017-2019) joined the wig department at Phantom of the Opera and now works alongside Tanya and the team.

Within TVS Viviane was able to obtain experience on Sir Peter Halls opera for TV as well as news and local programming. She also worked on an extremely popular drama at the time – Ruth Rendel murder mystery.

From there Viviane went to France when Euro Disney first opened and worked as assistant manager. At Euro Disney she was involved among other things overseeing copyright looks.

She came back to England after a year and became involved with freelance work, working as a makeup designer on the Bill (a very popular mini-series about the police force) where she very much enjoyed creating characterisations and wounds.

After 7 years freelancing, Viviane had the opportunity to work abroad on two films which were period pieces – Bride of the Wind with Director Bruce Bereford in Vienna (where she created period looks from the 1900s) and Affair of the Necklace in Paris (about a scandal with Marie Antoinette during the years of the revolution).

After this, she became involved with soaps and has been working on Eastenders for nearly 20 years. With a broad spectrum of experience in her career from TV to film and publicity shoots as well as management positions, she feels that now is the time to give back to our new aspiring makeup artists.

After training and gaining an apprenticeship at the BBC make-up school, Neil went on to work as a full-time member of the BBC make-up department, where he gained experience on a wide range of productions. His skills span various aspects of period and modern-day make-up, hair, wig work and special effects. He continues to work on a number of popular prime-time TV programmes for the major UK television channels.

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Her work has been published in leading fashion magazines, such as Harpers Bazaar, Vogue Italia, and Vice. When she’s not on a shoot, Ivory can be found backstage at Fashion Week, perfecting glowy skin and pushing the boundaries of makeup artistry. Her proximity to fashion keeps her up to date on the newest beauty trends, which gives her an edge when it comes to creating and personalising her make-ups.

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She first qualified as a Hairdresser and then progressed into Makeup. Sarah Rose has worked on a variety of TV Programmes including Children’s TV, Light Entertainment, Contemporary and Period Drama as well as Live Sports and Current Affairs Programmes.

Richard trained as a hairdresser and barber at Barnfield College (Luton) and holds both teaching and assessor qualifications. He has worked in several salons as well as forging a career as a lecturer and presenter. As he says, “I have been involved in the hairdressing industry for 30 years, from business, management, and training, to motivation and constant learning.”

Languages Spoken: English, Italian, Spanish and Catalan

Sam has been teaching hairdressing for 20 years in private and state training centers specialising in all aspects of colour, cutting, styling and avante garde looks, with an in depth knowledge of the science of hairdressing and works with top brands including Wella and Loreal.

Michelle’s creative side grew through taking part in hair competitions from 2013 where she has won 5 Awards for Avant Garde styling and 3 Awards for Braid Stylist of the Year, she has done and still does photographic work that has been featured in hair magazines such Black Beauty and Hair magazine and Black Hair magazine.

Michelle was a finalist in the Loreal Color Trophy competition, Afro Catwalk Look Award in 2015 and 2016 as part of the Afrotherapy Salon Creative Team. Michelle officially became a Goldwell Certified Master Colourists in 2015 adding to the list of areas she specialises in becoming the salons’ color specialist.

Michelle worked on a color column doing client Color Makeovers for Black Beauty and Hair Magazine for 3 years, alongside Afrotherapy Salon Creative Director Harriet Cudjoe.

Michelle has been providing educational training for the last 4 years. In January 2020 Michelle officially launched Michelle Garande Education, providing educational training in Afro and Multi-textured hair for both European and Afro hair.

The transition from salon stylist to hair educator was a natural progression for Michelle as she has a great love for teaching and seeing others gain knowledge, skills, and experience that will help build their own careers and go to the next level.

A career of over 15 years has given Gemma great experience where she has worked within all disciplines of the make-up industry including published editorial work, TV commercials, music videos, fashion shows & advertising campaigns.

Gemma’s make-up talents include a diverse range of skills from beauty to creative make-up, cosmetic skin camouflage, airbrush, bodypaint and SFX.

Helen has also worked for the National Theatre, The Royal Opera House and the English National Opera and has toured the world with the Matthew Bourne dance company.

For the last 9 years, Helen has worked primarily in the TV and film industry on productions such as Bridgerton, The Witcher, The Crown and Downtown Abbey.

With a background in beauty, therapy means she can teach creating beautiful skin to a high standard. She is a sought-after creative artist within the fashion and music artist industry for singer album covers, and her work covers the UK and Worldwide. This means she can advise on creative designs and encourage the creative process with students alongside organisational skills. She also works regularly with brides for weddings both here and in Europe. Her work has been published in Vogue Italia, OK! Magazine and Notion Magazine. She has worked for ITV, SKY, BBC, BBC THREE, Ramsey Productions, Adidas, Iceland, and MOBO’s amongst others. She won Professional Beauty Make Up Artist of the year and Olympia’s Art of Make-Up Competition in 2012.

I have had a successful career travelling the world in the theatre and film industry for the past 14 years, working on theatre productions such as Harry Potter, Hairspray, Hamilton, Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freakshow, Little Shop of Horrors, 9to5 and Sound of Music, to name a few.
I have worked on many films and tv productions, my latest being Wicked The Movie, The Crown, The Witcher, My Lady Jane and Downton Abbey The Movie.
I’m most well known for my hair and wig styling, but also do make up as well.

Zainab’s lectures bring in-depth knowledge and understanding of the vast differences in skin colour, texture, and tone. She provides students with the tools and confidence to apply to make up for models of deeper skin tones. Zainab is a regular on many Live TV productions and brings much of this experience and knowledge into her lectures.

Languages Spoken: English and Italian