Hello, I’m Kirsten

I’m a makeup artist and hairstylist living in beautiful Cape Town with my husband and daughter. I’ve been in the makeup and hair industry for almost 20 years and with each passing year I find myself loving my job more and more.

I always knew I would be a makeup artist. My fascination with all things makeup, creative and colourful started at a very young age. Being a model since I was a kid, throughout the years I would secretly watch and learn from the makeup artists who painted my face, I would study their kits and dream of having the same.

Being a musical theatre performer for the last decade (and a bit) and a dancer since I could walk, makeup was always around me. I have acted in TV Commercials, TV shows and I’ve been on stage in some pretty incredible musicals.

After my training at The Makeup Issue, I spent a good few years honing my skills at MAC where I learnt how to enhance the beauty of all ages, skin types and colours. My makeup and hair career has been very colourful: I have done makeup for numerous fashion shows (a highlight being Cape Town Fashion Week), I have worked on tv commercials, still shoots, personal branding shoots, I’ve done work for local and international brands but I always seem to come back to the fact that my true love in this industry is bridal makeup and hair. There is something so special being part of a wedding day and I have truly found it such a privilege.

I love skin to look like skin and I believe that makeup should not wear you, but it should enhance that natural beauty that is already there. Having once been a bride myself, I know and understand what it is like and I believe that on your wedding day you should look and feel like the best possible version of you.

If you would like to chat with me and find out a bit more about what I do or how I work, pop over to my contact page and drop me a mail, I would love to hear from you.