West LA_10.3.16

Alyssa Rene

I’m A Southern California native who has had a passion for hair and beauty from a very young age. Throughout my childhood, I was constantly surrounded by art and creativity. My dad was a photographer and musician, and my mom a hairdresser; I couldn’t escape it. Read more >>

Tiffany Hilt

I started doing makeup as a hobby, during my freshman year in college back in 2007. I started slowly building up my makeup supply and perfecting one area of the face before moving on to another. Every day I’d practice on myself or anyone around. Read more >>

Andrew Pabon

I started with disposable Kodak film cameras on middle school field trips in 1999, but I was always surrounded by camera equipment. My dad is a hobbyist photographer. He would buy and sell cameras all of the time. Read more >>

Marissa Cydya

I found myself wandering aimlessly through life in my mid-twenties as many young adults do. I was working a corporate gig and unfulfilled with my work. I then participated in a wedding for my dear friend where we had our hair and makeup done. Read more >>

Tammy Yi

I started in the retail end of makeup 13 years ago, over my years I wore several different hats in the industry and climbed up the corporate latter. Working for varies cosmetic brands training, managing and facilitating special events, it was really great experience and I learned a lot. Read more >>

Joe Ward

Truthfully, my story has included a plethora of different opportunities that have allowed me to grow deeper into the person that I am today. After earning my BA from Loyola Marymount University in 2013, I moved to the Florida Space Coast to work for a non-profit movement called To Write Love On Her Arms. Read more >>

Kristen Saia

From a very young age, I knew I wanted to work with hair. In fact, I completed my senior year of high school early and went straight to cosmetology school. When all of my friends were celebrating their summer after graduation, I was in school full time and worked at two different salons as a receptionist. Read more >>

Keon Cruz

I have been doing hair and makeup since I was 13 , I remember watching movies , soap opera’s tv shows and being mesmerized by the beauty and glam on the actresses, I loved how you can enhance their natural beauty, and the effect makeup can do on roles. I did it as a hobby for my friends , aunts, and sisters. Read more >>

Safeena Padder

My confession is that I’m naturally a math geek. But I dedicated myself to working really hard at expanding my creative skill set, I bought my first DSLR at 16 (honestly, probably to impress a boy) and haven’t put it down since. Read more >>

John Will Clay

Moved to LA 10 years ago and started producing movies with my brother, Turner Clay (State of Emergency (Netflix/Showtime) and Apocalypse L.A. (Sci/Fi Channel)). In between films I started working on commercials for Ford Motor Company’s global division, flying around the world making car commercials as a director/producer ….good times. Read more >>

Tara Copeland

I got started at Dudley’s Cosmetology school located in Kernersville, NC. in 1995. I started freelancing in Atlanta and New York around 1998 for a bigger market with my craft. After I that I was told I needed to have a portfolio to showcase my work for me to work in the industry with celebrities and television. Read more >>

Ande Castaneda

As a child, I was surrounded by photography because of my dad and makeup because of my grandma. My dad was a photographer when he was in the Guard, and I always enjoyed looking at his publications and film rolls. At 4 years old my grandma gave me a Tinkerbell makeup kit and I fell in love with the colors. Read more >>

Danny De Marcos

A friend convinced me to take a photo class in college and I hated it. I bought a camera and lens just for that. After about a year I saw my camera gathering dust and felt bad so I picked it up and hit the streets. Everything after that just kind of fell into place on its own. It’s been 7 years of nothing but love for this art form. Read more >>

Sean Bailey

I grew up in a rural area of NC and found myself sketching and drawing with charcoal and graphite at any given moment. I was also very interested in medicine as my father is a pediatrician. My parents always supported me 110% for whatever my attention was drawn to. Read more >>

April Ross

I worked for over a decade in the music business at record companies in A&R and Production, and in television. I’d had a life-long love of makeup, and after becoming disillusioned with and leaving the entertainment business, decided to pursue makeup artistry seriously. Read more >>

Benjamin Webb

When I was very young we lived on a homestead in the country near Albany, NY. My dad built our house and my mom had gardens that she used to work in while carrying my brother and me around on her hips. It was their dream and they were still in their twenties, having realized their dream. Read more >>

Dave Keffer

I grew up in St. Paul, MN. Studied music and video production in High School. Worked at a few TV studios. Started working for Prince in 1992 as an electronic drum programmer. After a couple of years started editing music videos for Prince. Read more >>

Jenny Karl

Well, in a nutshell, I am a Venice Beach-based makeup artist, specializing in Airbrush Foundation, Beauty, HD for Print, Film & Television, Fashion, Special Event, Men’s Grooming, Ethnic Makeup, and Hair Styling.  Read more >>

Timothy Bailey

Born in Arizona, I had a childhood that was formed by an unusual circumstance of my mother being in a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis. My mother, being the amazing woman she is, taught me to laugh with life, instead of taking it too seriously. She showed me that the world is what you make of it! Read more >>

Nina Junger

I’m a Fashion/Commercial photographer that got my start in the film industry as a Makeup Artist. I worked on big studio movies and after my kid was born I transitioned into what I loved which is Photography. I had worked with very successful directors of photography and photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Herb Ritts, which inspired to become the photographer I am today. Read more >>

Kay Cunningham

I grew up in Jamaica where I spend most of my weekends at the beach, going to church, Pathfinders club and hanging out with friends. I am from a Christian family, my mom is a seamstress and dad was a tailor. I was self-taught sewing just from watching my mom and dad. In high school, I was already making friends and teachers uniforms and regular casual clothing. Read more >>

John Parvin McBride

I grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and I was always interested in the arts. I eventually taught myself all I could about photography and carried on my interest in high school, where I was able to take a couple courses. After high school, I was fortunate enough to be able to move to Los Angeles and take courses at Otis College of Art and Design. Read more >>

Bry Farnsworth

The fine arts were an escape for me as a kid. I utilized any free time to practice the clarinet and being part of school productions. When I reached High School, I knew I was different than other kids. I had big aspirations and I knew I wanted to be an artist of some sort, but I didn’t exactly know which way the arts would take me. Read more >>

Brittany White

I got started at a young age doing makeup for local theaters in upstate new york (Syracuse). Realized I love painting faces and wanted to pursue this. I had a hard time finding a school for something like this so eventually I listened to my parents and started applying to schools for a more traditional career path. Read more >>