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Lori Woodhouse Takes Makeup Magic from Hollywood North to Beautiful Britain
Lori Woodhouse was an aspiring hairdressing student in Victoria when a visiting Makeup Artist arrived to talk about opportunities in the TV and Film industry. That was all it took to convince young...
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One of Vancouver’s Best Hair Artists, who was almost a Realtor—Meet Erin Klassen
Erin Klassen is a premiere Hair Artist in Vancouver’s editorial scene. She also happens to be one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet. Even though she has a portfolio worthy of a little bit of...
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Vancouver’s E-Commerce Beauty Queen: Paula Lanzador
Paula Lanzador has been thinking about her career for eight solid years. “That’s a long time to think about anything!” And though she’s now a show-stopping, Vancouver-based, editorial Makeup Artist,...
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The Secret Weapon of Blanche Macdonald’s Nail Studio: Min Pak
You might not know Min Pak by name, but if you’ve looked into our Nail Studio program at all, you’ll have seen her work—and we’re not just talking about killer nail sets. Min Pak is the secret weapon...
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Rising Star Stylist Candice Ho Lem Jets Between Vancouver and New York
It’s been nearly ten years since freelance stylist Candice Ho Lem picked up her life and moved from Calgary to Vancouver. Knowing that her best shot at a career in the fashion industry laid in a...
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All eyes are on Mimi Choi – at The Met Gala, coverage in Vogue, i-D, Fashionista
From the Met Gala to over 1 million Instagram followers to teaching jam-packed masterclasses around the globe, the mind-boggling creations of illusion makeup artist Mimi Choi are blowing up on the...
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Esthetics Graduate Michelle St Denis and her Incredible Expanding Medi Spa
Where does Blanche Macdonald Esthetics Graduate and medi spa owner Michelle St Denis get her incredible work ethic? Don’t expect a straight answer. “It’s definitely challenging,” she smiles when the...
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Vancouver Veteran Designer Cristin Heck at the Design Helm of Arc’teryx...
Considering Fashion Design wasn’t always Cristin Heck’s life plan, it’s worked out extremely well for her. After graduating from our Fashion Design Program in 2002, where she was also presented the...
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London Couture Houses, Paris Fashion Week, and British Vogue: Kate...
Kate Wotherspoon is living her dream, your dream, and everyone else’s most fashionable dream. And she’s doing it IRL! Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Kate came to bask in the fashion, inspiration, and...
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From Seoul to Style Lab HQ: Nail Instructor Yuri Song
What started out as a way to create more traffic at her mom’s salon in Korea became the origin of Yuri’s life-long love: doing nails. From the posh spa at Holt Renfrew to the halls and classrooms of...
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Activewear All Star and Creative Director—Fashion Design Grad Theola Wong
Theola Wong’s resume reads like a “who’s who” of the world’s top sports and fitness brands. Before her time in the Fashion Design program at Canada’s Top Fashion School, Theola first forayed into the...
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Fairy Hair Godmother: BRUSH Salon Senior Hairstylist Lara Dillman
Like a literal angel-slash-Disney princess, Lara Dillman comes floating over in a flourish of beautiful silk and nearly waist-length red hair. She settles in, immediately starting a conversation like...
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In with Indochino: Marketing and Social Media Coordinator Jordan Torris
If you’d asked Social Media Coordinator Jordan Torris where she would end up in the fashion industry, you might have heard anything—draping models in couture or styling for magazines—but you probably...
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Pro Hair Graduate Coco Manzano is the Master of Dramatic Hair Transformations...
When we last caught up with Pro Hair Graduate Coco Manzano, the Philippines-turned-Vancouver native had taken on full-time hairstyling at Toni & Guy after a rigorous apprenticeship at the...
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Fashion Marketing grad Derek Perrett and the Skills of Style
It’s a story straight from the movies. Small town boy in Alberta grows tired of the promise of a life on the oil fields, packs his bags, sells everything and moves to the big city to follow his dreams...
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Catching Up With Global Makeup Grad Lyle Reimer
From the release of his debut book, Lyle XOX Head of Design, to features in Vogue Italia, Vice and i-D and even a CBC documentary on his life and career, Mixed Media Makeup Artist and Global Makeup...
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Ready for Takeoff: Flight Attendant-Turned-Makeup Artist Jana Bizzarri
Brimming with love and eternal gratitude for the busy life she’s created for herself in Canada, International Makeup Artist Jana Bizzarri is exactly who you’d want to be the person doing your makeup –...
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Barbering Champion of the World: Instructor and Pro Hair Grad Sandra Perovic
Blanche Macdonald Pro Hair Instructor and Vancouver barber Sandra Perovic has a competitive streak. That’s why, no matter where in the world she’s working, she’s regularly entering (and winning)...
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In House Creations Constructs Community
Defining the work of In House Creations isn’t a simple task. That’s how they like it. “In House is a creative shared space,” smiles co-owner Graham Hood. “It’s an incubator for different mediums of...
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Tomoko Tajima Shares the Gift of Touch in Japan
Never underestimate the power of kindness. It has the ability to change lives. Tomoko Tajima moved to Vancouver from her native Japan to study. She’d made a life for herself here, working at an...
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