MEET THE TEAM
LAUREN R
Lauren grew up playing with dollar store makeup in her room and braiding her hair, until she realised she could turn this passion into a career in 2013. She spent the next 6 years working full time for MAC Cosmetics, managing the Pro Store in Melbourne and doing makeup for Sydney Fashion Week. Moving back to Auckland in 2020, Lauren focused on freelancing and picking back up her love for hairstyling. Her passion is making people look and feel like the best version of themselves, with soft glam being a personal favourite. She also loves a bold moment, excelling in Indian wedding glam and drag inspired looks. Lauren loves soft, textured hair, volume, buns and ponies.
KATHLINE
Kathline has been in the makeup and hair industry for the past 8 years. She takes pride in her work, so each hair and makeup look is tailored to enhance your natural beauty making you feel your absolute best. Whether it’s a no makeup-makeup look with effortless curls to full on glam with Hollywood waves the choice is yours and what makes YOU feel and look fabulous. Kathline has been lucky enough to work at Fashion week and Miss Universe but her passion is in weddings and special occasion glam.
LAUREN C
Lauren C is a makeup artist with a passion for bringing out natural beauty. She gained her makeup qualifications in Australia back in 2010 and has worked professionally ever since. Lauren loves doing Makeup for events, weddings, balls, and creative shoots. She has also worked as a beauty artist for the brand Morphe, where she received hands on training from top industry experts in the U.S.
Lauren's specialty is creating radiant, glowing skin and designing makeup looks that enhance each person’s unique features. Outside of makeup, she is an artist at heart. Lauren loves painting, fashion, styling and anything where she can express herself freely. One of her greatest joys is seeing someone light up with confidence when they look in the mirror after she has finished their Makeup, that’s what she aims for every time.
CLAUDIA
Claudia is an international makeup and hair artist with over 9 years of experience across the globe. She studied Makeup Artistry in Vancouver Canada and in Mexico. Her skills have taken her to Vancouver fashion where she worked with major brands, such as Chanel, Lancome, Urban Decay, Clinique, Clarins, and Smashbox in Vancouver Canada and in fashion week 2017 and 2018. Her work has been featured in NUMA, an international (Canada, USA) network of creatives, artists, opinion leaders, creators and trendsetters, a global agency for models. A highlight in her career was working on a film in Cambodia and New Zealand.
Claudia has worked on many significant films including NZ Wars, and The Panthers. She has worked in NZ Fashion week and also has worked with fashion designers such as Sam Zhang & Cecilia Kang Couture and artists like Hannah Fang & Louana Whitney and Miss New Zealand Sydney Batters. Claudia has worked with many brands doing advertising campaigns like Deep Creek Brewing Co, Oceania Healthcare, Remax, Countdown, Young Shand, Momcozy, Ulike. She has experience doing glamorous, fashion, editorial, wedding and fantasy makeup. Claudia is passionate about being a makeup artist, always striving to up-skill and merge into the industry in NZ. She loves to empower women with her art.
OLIVIA
Olivia has been passionate about makeup from a very young age. She has a vivid memory of her grandparents buying her first play makeup kit for Christmas at age 10. At age 17 Olivia was employed by Mecca as a shop assistant and she quickly progressed to makeup artist and more recently promoted to management. Olivia would often get asked for advice by other makeup artists at Mecca. Olivia is passionate about tailoring her makeup to suit her clients and she enjoys seeing her clients walk away happy and with confidence after they have had their makeup done. Olivia’s beauty career has spanned many years, during which she has gained vast experience in different looks such as glam, weddings, balls, photoshoots and every day natural makeup. Olivia is constantly updating her skills with the latest methods, looks and trends and would love to meet you and do your makeup!