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resumé

12+ years industry experience

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PRINT / EDITORIAL

Featured in Vogue Australia 2024

MOB Journal 2024

Roidx Magazine 2023

NZ Bride and Groom 2023

Marika Magazine 2022

Remix Magazine RIIKI REID feature 2022

Opium Red Magazine 2022

The Guardian 2022

Gmaro Magazine 2021

Haute Punch Magazine 2021

Ensemble Magazine 2021

VIVA Magazine volume 5 "Force of Nature" 2021

VIVA Magazine COVER annual party issue inside NZ Herald "A Little Bit Fancy" 2021

VIVA Magazine volume 4 "Endless Summer" 2020

Just Magazine 2020

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RUNWAY

Melbourne Fashion Week Assisting 2024

Breast Cancers Fashion for a Cure Runway Wellington makeup team lead 2022

World of Wearable Arts Shows 2018 / 2019

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Features

STUFF life and style "Mastering Ball Makeup' article interview 2022

Dominion Post 'Life' paragraph feature 2022

Mentioned by Vogue Ballroom & Vines of the Yarra Valley as one of the best hair and makeup artists in Melbourne​​

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BRANDS

Kevin Murphy

American Tourister 2025

Seed Heritage Kids - Assisting Sylvia Ura 2025

Hermes Australia SS25 Rendezvous - Assisting Chrissy Gaunt 2025

HYPE - Assisting Nigel Stanislaus 2024

Priceline - Assisting Nigel Stanislaus 2024

Taking Shape - Assisting Julia Green 2024

NZ Deaf Youth 2023

ANZ 2022

The Village Goldsmith jewellery 2021

White Ribbon Charity video 2021

Allbirds 2021​​

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MUSIC

BEL! 'Stop Bothering Me'

Heavy Chest 'Just You'

Sam Cullen '1000x'​

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LIVE PERFORMANCE

Opera Australia

Head of HMU for 'Where Memories Sleep' visual performance project by Jason O'hara 2021

Royal New Zealand Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Assisting Amy McLennan 2020

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CELEBRITY

 Thomasin Mckenzie

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SIGNIFICANT CLIENTS

Makeup for Elizabeth Barbalich, CEO of Antipodes 2022

Makeup and hair for Sinead Boucher, CEO of Stuff 2022, 2023

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EVENTS

Glamour on the Grid

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EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE

Counter experience with MAC + Bobbi Brown 2019-2020

New Zealand Certificate in Makeup Artistry Lvl 4 at Te Auaha 2018-2019

Trained in NZ Level 1 "Save a Life" First Aid last refreshed in 2022

NZ/AU Driving License, Class 1 - Full September 2017​

Working with Children Check Victoria 2025-2030

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