Louise has been a highly successful make-up artist for over 30 years working in film, fashion, television and theatre. Recently, Louise has worked on films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers Age of Ultron, The Man From Uncle, Florence Foster Jenkins and Dumbo. Louise is also a sought after educator and has a best selling book called Timeless: A Century of Iconic Looks is loved by artists and students alike. Louise’s range of handmade make-up brushes and colour cosmetic products are used and loved by some of the worlds leading make-up artists.

Fiona is a well respected and established make-up artist, working in either main team or crowd room positions in the film and TV industry. Fiona works across the fields of feature films, TV drama, children’s drama and commercial productions. Sh has had numerous supervisor positions for a various theatre productions and worked in barber salons for over a decade.

Millie Kendall, awarded an MBE in 2007 for her long-standing contribution to the cosmetics industry, is one of beauty and business's most respected names. She has been involved in launching and promoting some of the most successful beauty brands in the UK and is also the founder and CEO of the British Beauty Council, an organisation who’s aims are to represent the opinions and needs of the British beauty industry.

Pamela Clare (PC) is known as "The Make-up Guru". As a Professional Make-up Artist and Educator she takes her career quite seriously. As a Make-up artist, PC specializes in Professional Make-up Application for Film and TV (Including High Definition Airbrush Make-Up) Perfect for any occasion from TV and Film to at home everyday use for a flawless, professional finish. Fashion - Runway, Bridal, Editorial, and Commercial Print. Her natural talent definitely speaks for itself!...
PC has just been successful in her application and been appointed as Head of Make-up for the feature film about the Bronte Sisters.

Kamanza is a professionally qualified hair and make-up artist working within the TV, fashion, film, editorial, commercial, music touring, beauty and theatre industries. Originally, aged 17-years old, she trained in fashion design and illustration at the London College of Fashion, then Kamanza began to grow her passion for the overall improvement of the whole image, creating and expanding her knowledge by training and studying hairdressing. Kamanza then studied for a BA Hons in Business Marketing & Media Make-up.

I was luckily enough born into the world of art and creativity through ambitious artistic parents. I have always been known for being the one to create out of the ordinary makeup looks on friends and family and soon knew this was my calling card.

I have since become a fully qualified hair and make-up artist and am actively working in the trade. One of my first opportunities to see how the real world of hair and make-up worked was on the set of “Alice in wonderland- through the looking glass” which grabbed me and made me hungry to be part of this world.

I also now represent The Midlands Body Paint project as part of the leadership team, as part of this I attend and help organise many meets and promotional opportunities as possible. It is great to help up and coming artists and see amazing creations.

I have attended many competitions and public events and got placings and even won a recent photo competition with one of my body art pieces. I teach part time for Lincolnshire Beauty, Therapy and make-up academy which I love as always find working with keen students rewarding. I encourage them to come to as many events as possible and get involved.

I am the owner and founder of a festival unit which goes out and about to music festivals called Transformation Station Events, we offer live body painting on models with Dj’s and also offer face and body painting and lots of glitter to the public. The tent is a wonderful magical place and all the artists and models involved are super talented and I couldn’t do without.

Although been known to be a lover of creating out of the ordinary looks I do find it highly satisfying working specific briefs whether it be period hair and make-up, special effects or simple and elegant looks. The main aim is always to work to a high standard and take on new challenges.

Gemma found art was her passion at a very young age. At school she excelled in artistic skills and continued to study Art and Design in Further Education at College. During this time, she fell in love with sculpting for the first time alongside her natural ability with fine art skills. Gemma found herself stepping in to the beauty, makeup, nails and aesthetics industry after gaining these skills and has combined her creativity with the beauty industry for almost two decades now. For 15 years Gemma has been lead educator for media makeup within colleges and in private training centres.

Emma has always been artistic for as long as she can remember although she channeled that into her first found love, nail technology. She has been practicing fine art and sculptured art on nails for many years. Almost a decade ago Emma decided she wanted to share her skill with others and qualified as a teacher. Along the way, new doors were opened and Emma expanded her skillset and started using the face and body as a canvas instead of the nail! Makeup has since taken over her life and she feels she can express thoughts, ideas and feelings through creativity with makeup. She loves fashion and photographic looks and takes inspiration from other artists that create abstract, Avant garde pieces. Often she combines this with SFX.

Having a passion for special effects makeup started at a young age for Rebecca and it still remains a big part of her life today. The desire to create realistic character designs has always excited her and given her the determination to work outside her comfort zone. Enthusiasm, skill and hard work are essential within this industry and Rebecca shows these qualities through her work.

Emily was always artistic even from an early age and could see the art and beauty in almost anything. At school she was only interested in painting and being creative - and after seeing Robin Williams' transformation in Mrs Doubtfire Emily found her passion in prosthetic makeup. Several Special Effects Makeup and Prosthetic Makeup courses and work projects on, Emily is currently teaching specialist make-up and running her own workshops along-side working in the industry. She thoroughly enjoys passing her skills onto her students giving them both knowledge and inspiration, and preparing them for the weird and wonderful world of make-up artistry.

Lauren McNicoll is a theatrical, special effects and media makeup artist with over ten years’ experience in editorial makeup, bodypainting and special effects. She has had a variety of careers as a makeup artist, working for herself, Tony’n’Guy, M.A.C, L’Oreal and more recently, NYX Professional Makeup. Lauren has a huge passion for creative transformative looks which involve all elements of SFX and Body painting with influences from beauty, fashion and editorial looks. Come see Lauren’s demo to learn how to create the perfect glowy base paired with a Los Angeles inspired editorial look.

Sophie has always been very passionate about illustration, painting and prop making. She is an aspiring makeup artist, known for her exceptionally creative, transformative and otherworldly looks. Sophie was recently crowned ‘Artist of The Year’ for the NYX Professional Makeup FACE Awards 2018. Sophie will be showcasing her talent at the NYX Professional Makeup stand, creating two transformations throughout the event. Be sure to come along and take a look, you won’t want to miss it!

After graduating from London College of Fashion in 1994, Jackie went on to work across TV, Theatre and Film before becoming a Co-Founder of Wigs Up North in 2004. With her business partners, she helped the business grow, win awards and launch their own UKMUA brand of products. In 2015, she decided to return full time to filming and began working extensively as a daily on films, television and live broadcasts.

She has worked as a Make-up and Hair Supervisor on main teams or in crowd rooms on shows such as All Creatures Great and Small, Peaky Blinders, Les Miserables (BBC) and Catherine The Great (SKY Atlantic). Through the years she has also continued her passion for working in the theatre as a wig supervisor for various companies. In 2022 she stepped up to Make-up and Hair Designer on All Creatures Great and Small and is pleased to be talking about the show alongside her team at this years UMAe.

Having studied at The University of the Arts London, Atarah Mayhew continued her creative journey into social media, being one of the first to create a huge following within the beauty community.

Creating a platform for others to share their skills and succeed, she has success grown multiple Instagram accounts such as her personal page. With @100daysofmakeup being one of the most popular & unique makeup accounts currently on Instagram, as they cater to all makeup genres from Creative Artistic Makeup, Special FX and Glam Makeup

Glowup makeup artist and contestant Ellis is based in London and shares his creative make-up looks on his Instagram account.

Ellis has finished in the top 5 at the NYX Professional Makeup Face Awards in both 2017 and 2018.

Glowup shapeshifter & makeup artist and contestant Tiffany Hunt lives in Nottingham and works at MAC cosmetics in John Lewis.

She has a huge online following, especially on her Instagram account where she credits herself as a social media influencer.

Her make-up skills are entirely self-taught, and each look created for her Instagram account takes between four and twelve hours to finish. Tiffany was in the NYX Professional Makeup face awards top 5 2018

Glowup makeup artist and contestant Leigh works as a freelance make-up artist and painter.

He shares much of his work on Instagram and says that he’s always loved being creative.

Glowup makeup artist and contestant Belinda who lives in Newcastle fits in her passion for make-up around motherhood and her full-time job.

She shares her creative make-up looks on her Instagram account.

Commencing her career in the North West of England in 2011, Ruth undertook a two year traineeship at Liverpool based effects company MakeupSFX and later went on to complete a twelve month apprenticeship with Neill Gorton at Millennium FX in Cornwall. During this time she was also accepted onto the Dick Smith Advanced Professional Makeup Course.

With over 30 years experience, Davy Jones is one of the UK’s most respected prosthetics, makeup and effects artists having created multi-award winning, leading edge makeup and effects for many TV and film productions.

An Emmy, Bafta and Royal Television Society Award Winner, he has worked on blockbusters Pirates of the Caribbean, Narnia 2, Blade and Band of Brothers and more recently has been working on the latest in the Men in Black franchise and filming in both the UK and Prague for the upcoming BBC drama World On Fire.

"Samantha Helen is a professional body painter and creative makeup artist. A keen art student who found sticking to a flat canvas challenging and restricting. Her passion for the mysterious and challenging allowed her to experiment with paint not only on paper but on the body. After transforming herself into different characters and illusions, her body art was picked up by numerous media outlets such as MTV, The Daily Mail and Metro! Samantha now begins to share this passion as a demonstrator producing masterclasses for universities, colleges and academies up and down the country.

Starting in the business in 1979 @ the age of 22 with the BBC. Liz stayed with the corporation for 15 years working on Drama, light entertainment, daytime etc. Following her time at the BBC she left to go freelance as a designer, working on all kinds of productions from smaller shows to setting up the world renowned Shameless.

Liz is credited as working on a number of other productions as well as becoming head of Eastenders for a few years. To date, Liz is Head of Make Up for Coronation Street at ITV.

Emily Simms has over 12 years experience as a make-up artist and specialises in fantasy character, body art and air brush. Starting her career within retail, she made a name for herself though winning National and European artistry competitions, for looks containing intense detail and realism.

Tanya trained at the prestigious London College of Fashion in the early 1990’s and has been an established makeup artist for over 25 years working in the fashion, theatre and film and TV industries.

Currently Tanya is head of makeup at Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End of London.