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SHE’s powdered Kanye West’s face and painted Mel C’s lips – all in a day’s work.Sara Hill has, arguably, one of the world’s most glamorous jobs.The 32-year-old is a professional make-up artist and has worked with stars,louis vuitton handbags, including Emeli Sande, Myleene Klass and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.Last year the entrepreneur opened Scotland’s first make-up school, where she hopes to bring the glamour of London, Paris and New York to our doorstep.Sara, who has worked at countless fashion shows and for glossy magazine editorials, hopes to produce some of the world’s best make-up artists from The Make-Up Academy in Glasgow.She said: “I’ve worked as a make-up artist for 15 years and, for me,christian louboutin sale, it is an art. I’ve worked for record companies, for the BBC and all over the world and I want to give other people the opportunities that I’ve had.”Sara opened the Make-Up Academy last summer and is already booked up with students from as far afield as Brazil and Germany.Sara has worked with singer Mel C,http://www.mulberryuksalehandbagscheap.co.uk?She started her career at 15 with a three-year HND in make-up artistry and originally planned to work in movies, doing special effects and film make-up but said: “I went to the London College of Fashion and did a hair and make-up course that totally blew my mind. The people teaching me were so inspirational.”Within months of leaving college, Sara worked in Canada on Stargate SG-1 doing special effects and made up the stars of Battlestar Galactica and Smallville for a calendar,louis vuitton sale.She said: “Then I did some work for the BBC and suddenly I was working with a lot of stars. There were times you had to pinch yourself.”Sara worked with the Sugababes, Hue and Cry, Darius and Jenni Falconer and was signed up to work for international make-up brand Mac.She said: “They gave me the opportunity to work with some incredible people. I got the gig with Kanye West through Mac. I did his make-up for his concert.”As Sara built up her career, she began to get jobs from EMI.She said: “I was asked to do Mel C’s make-up for a red carpet do in London and I think that was probably the first time I ever got star struck.“It occurred to me half way through the make-up who it was. I thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s a Spice Girl’. I had to go to the toilets and calm down, then I came back and finished her make-up.”Earlier this year, Sara worked at the Mobo Awards with Professor Green.“I did the make-up for his dancers. He wanted them all to look like Barbie dolls. It looked fantastic,christian louboutin uk.”Last year, Sara decided to open her academy to bring glamour and high-end make-up artistry to Scotland.She said: “In New York, London and Paris, there are so many professional make-up schools, where you can train to work on editorials and fashion shoots. People from Scotland were having to go to London to train. And in Scotland the make-up artist was expected to do the hair on fashion shoots and vice versa,Mulberry bags. We want to change things in Scotland.“If you go to any other country, they would never expect a make-up artist to do hair. They are different art skills.“It might take a while for this to take off in Scotland, but it produces such high-end quality. Our courses are short and intensive but,louboutin uk, most importantly,Mulberry sale, we follow them up with a six-month aftercare programme,http://www.lououboutinsshoesuk.co.uk.”She said students have been applying from all over the world.“We send them out to fashion shoots and to shows. I took some to the Mobos, to the Scottish Style Awards and to the Tartan Clef Awards.“Two of my students have just landed jobs at the BBC.”The Academy also teaches session styling – hair styling for fashion shoots and shows – and a range of make-up classes.Sara said: “Lots of our students are mums looking to do something around childcare, who hope to do weddings, or they are people in office jobs, who are dying to do something creative,christian louboutin shoes.“So many students don’t realise there is so much opportunity out there. But the teachers and I have such a variety of experience and backgrounds, they can see there is a career for them.”
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