The Makeup Insider

Send us Fan Mail In this inspiring episode, I chat with Giuliana Corallo , a Melbourne-based makeup artist who made a bold career pivot from architecture to beauty. Although she always loved makeup, Giuliana initially pursued a degree and career in architecture. However, her passion for makeup couldn't be ignored, and in 2020 she started building her kit and clientele. By July 2022, she left...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance MUA Vanessa Barney. This week: Getting personal with Melbourne based celebrity makeup artist & hairdresser Fo Hatzis , shares her career path. From working on the salon floor to working as a personal hair & MUA to: Nigella Lawson (My kitchen rules & Nigella’...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance MUA Vanessa Barney. This week: Getting personal with International Makeup Artist Cassandra Lusi . Cass didn’t start out wanting to be a MUA, I would say she is an accidental MUA and a fab one at that. Doing her first makeup course 9 years ago she has gone from strength...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance MUA Vanessa Barney. This week: Getting personal with Nicki Sciberras , who is a marketing expert specialising in SEO & Facebook Ads. Nicki is a Digital Marketing Strategist and Founder of Miss Marketing in Sydney, she helps business owners generate more enquires at...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast that delves into the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance MUA Vanessa Barney . This week, the tables are turned! Fellow MUA Julia Green steps in as host, putting Vanessa in the spotlight. Vanessa’s journey in the beauty industry began early—she knew from a young age what she wanted to do. Starting her career as a hairdr...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a weekly one-on-one podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week: Getting personal with Brissy MUA Penny Antuar. Penny is a beauty therapist turned MUA who works in Brisbane. Her career began in Perth where she taught herself makeup on her bestie while still at school. In this podcast Penny will te...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode is a little different, you its just me talking about my first E-comm experience and all the mistakes I made.  What I share: The 3 mistakes I made on my first E-comm job How nervous I got before a job How anxiety affected my ability to do makeup Have a listen and let me know if you share any of my experiences. Follow TMI on IG Follow Vanessa on IG The Makeup Insi...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance MUA Vanessa Barney. This week: Getting personal with Owen Holloway, who is the lead stylist at major Australian fashion retailer. Styling is a role Owen fell into. His manager saw his potential and put him forward for the role. Starting out styling mannequins then progr...

Send us Fan Mail This week Vanessa interviews one of Flavedo & Albedo’s founders Emily Perrett. Flavedo & Albedo a makeup brand born during covid to reconcile the founders love of makeup and their plastic landfill anxiety.  The cosmetic industry is one of the bigger contributors of plastic waste in the world. Single use plastic from lids, palettes, pumps and custom bottles aren’t, or can’t...

Send us Fan Mail Content Producer Vicki Tsitos began her career in fashion as a visual merchandiser, before moving into a styling role. Under the guidance of a wonderful mention she became a Producing and has been doing it for about 2 years.  What we talk about: What a Content Producers role is  How she schedules her MUA artist.  How to break into to E-comm.  Bridal verses e-comm makeup.  How to r...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week: getting personal with Maxi from maxmgt_ . Becoming an agent was never in Maxi’s plan. With a performance background she fell in the niche market as an agent. Maxi saw a gap in the market and Max Management was born this year. She represent...

Send us Fan Mail This week we take a look at a different type of artist in our industry and  get personal with Aussie curve model , Jess Rae King . In the industry for over 15 years, Jess is a curve model (aka plus size model) whose size 10/12 body challenged the ‘cookie cutter’ description of what a ‘standard’ model was, and has taken the modelling world by storm after winning a Melbourne Spring...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a weekly one-on-one podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week we take a look at a different type of artist, Automation-Queen, Charlotte Isaac . Organised, tick. Talented, tick. Super friendly, tick. Meet Charlotte. An all-round organisational bada$$ who works with creative business owners to str...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a weekly one-on-one podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week: getting personal with Serena Wyllie , makeup artist, Sydney-sider and ‘Queen of Glow’. Growing up in a small country town, Serena established her business from her bedroom-turned-studio at the age of 16. From watching Chloe Morello o...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Claire Bridgett , makeup artist and content creator.  Inspired by beauty YouTube videos, Claire’s confidence in her natural makeup abilities sprouted early in her life. From doing friends' makeup to working at Mecca - she explains how her career unfolded. Whether you’re just starting out or have been in the industry for a long time, tune in no...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Kate McCleary , a cruelty free and environmentally conscious, hair and makeup artist. Based in Melbourne, Kate understands the life of a mua is anything but straight and narrow. She starts off by telling us about a photo on her studio wall that is over nine years old and still one of her collection favs, boasting the importance of authentic collabo...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Tess Homles , hair and makeup artist, mother and masterclass host. Tess is responsible for the makeup on the cover shoot of ‘Then there was her’, Sophie Cachia ’s biography, which just dropped last month and the many-a celeb glow-ups, including Sophie Monk and Jessica Gomes .  “You know, it never really gets easier taking photos of yourself for vid...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week: getting personal with Nicole Aquilina , Melbourne events-based makeup artist.   Inspired by Australia’s Next Top Model , Nicole was drawn into the creativeness of the makeup, beauty and events world.   With 11 years’ experience across comm...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Carla Dyson , commercial and bridal international hair and makeup artist. If you follow Carla , you can see she’s always been a creative person. Her social media profile presents her career highlights, industry secrets, behind the scenes footage and how-to’s. Her top tip: work on speed. It’s important for clients and will generate higher ROI for yo...

Send us Fan Mail The Makeup Insider is a fortnightly podcast exploring the life and career of makeup artists, hosted by freelance mua Vanessa Barney. This week: getting personal with Pinkiiieee (aka Nicole Thompson ), makeup artist, author and mum. With an eclectic career spanning 20 years, Pinky thrives on new challenges and has said yes to working all types of jobs from magazine, editorials and...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Nigel Stanislaus , a Singaporean-Chinese hair and makeup artist living in Melbourne whose celebrity client list spans Bella and Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner , John Legend , Jenna Dewan, Tina Arena, Troye Sivan, Olivia Newton John, Peaches Geldoff, Ruby Rose and Michael Bublé. Born and raised by strong, resilient women, Nigel was compelled into the ar...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Ashleigh Carpenter , Melbourne makeup artist and hairdresser. Predominantly working on commercial and editorial shoots, Ashleigh always wanted to be a makeup artist. Using a mood board, she curates looks she’s obsessed with, keen to master and to influence her style. She also lets her creative side flair working Melbourne’s Spring Fashion Festivals...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Ava Belle , Australian makeup artist of the year.   From face painting at children’s parties in Dubai, to glamour studios in London and nightclub body painting in Soho, Ava is a Byron-born Aussie creative star! With over 15 years’ experience, Ava’s makeup journey started when she was just a little girl watching her mum face paint at School fates.  ...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with @ Gemma Elaine , one of Brisbane’s top mua’s who has been working in the industry for over 16 years. PUT YOUR HANDS UP IF YOUR MAKEUP KIT CONTAINS… sounds like the start of a drinking game, right? But curating your kit is one of the key ingredients to success as a makeup artist. We got the low-down from Gemma on what she puts in her kit, the questi...

Send us Fan Mail This week: getting personal with Ebony Kay , film, TV and special effects mua and prosthetics specialist.   From a creative arts background at school to falling in love with special effects artistry and anything involving character-creation, Ebony had over 200 hours of work experience when she finished studying and launched her freelancing career.    Are you interested in special...