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Honouring Fearless Females: International Women’s Day 2021
Blanche Macdonald is celebrating International Women’s Day by honouring a handful of the strong, intelligent and determined women who continue to inspire us. These are ambitious women who write their...
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Medical Esthetician Eula Salvador Hones her Holistic Approach to Skincare at...
Technology plays an essential role in Eula Salvador’s life as a Holistic Medical Esthetician. La Goddess Beaute, Eula’s small but perfectly formed spa in her East Vancouver home, specializes in the...
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Blanche Fashion Grad Andy Wan: Visual and Multimedia Designer for Melanie...
Melanie Auld Jewelry (MAJ) is a Vancouver jewelry brand that has been on the rise since 2013. Synonymous with classic and timeless design, their brand aims to create pieces that allow their customers...
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From Petrochemicals to Nail Polish: Blanche Macdonald Nail Studio Instructor...
After nearly a decade working as a Quality Assurance Officer in a Petrochemical plant her father owned in Iran, Roshanak Fadaei came to Canada with her young daughter in search of a more creative...
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Superstar Pro Hair Grads Gravitate to Supernova Salon
Love your Life. Love Your Hair. Love Your Planet. These nine words sum up the philosophy of Dana Lyseng, the multi-award winning stylist and owner of North Vancouver’s stellar Supernova Salon. As a...
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Makeup Grad Lisa Smith Lives, Breathes and Sleeps Drunk Elephant as BC’s...
It’s hard to not be captivated by the enthusiasm of Lisa Smith; especially when she starts talking about her work as British Columbia’s Sales and Education Executive for the beloved skincare line...
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Makeup Trailer Tales: from Breaking Bad to Once Upon a Time
Many Blanche Macdonald Makeup program graduates have gone on to work at the highest levels of the film and TV industry. They don’t only have amazing résumés; they have amazing stories too. Here are...
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Mod About You: Amanda Bagri opens Main Street Hair Salon, Mod on Main
Opening a salon is not for the faint of heart. What exactly does opening a salon during a global pandemic say about one’s heart? It says one thing: badass. Amanda Bagri never expected that when she...
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Blanche Macdonald Fashion Design Grads Put the Style in Sustainability
Sustainability is not a trend. It’s an entire way of thinking about how we live our lives. For the next wave of style superstars from Blanche Macdonald’s Fashion Design program, how clothes are...
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Beauty is SKN Deep for Advanced Skin Specialist and Laser Technician,...
Christina Makrodimitras may love her role as an Advanced Skin Specialist and Laser Technician at Vancouver’s popular SKN Clinic, but if you ask her for her absolute favourite part of her job don’t...
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Blanche Instructor + Graphic Design Director Morgan Mallett Morphs Into New...
For any aspiring fashion professionals nervous about entering the world of digital design; don’t worry. Blanche Macdonald Art and Technology Instructor and Graphic Design Director Morgan Mallett feels...
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Vancouver’s Best Kept Secret Celebrity Nail Artist, Vanessa Stern, is Secret...
Vanessa found her love for beauty at a young age. She remembers spending hours playing with her mother’s makeup collection and reading her Vogue magazines. By the age of 18 Vanessa was taking her own...
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Content and Confidence: Sukhi Lidher South Asian Bridal Artist Extraordinaire
Blanche Macdonald Freelance Makeup graduate Sukhi Lidher is a stunningly talented South Asian Bridal Artist with some of the top posts in the #vancouvermakeupartist Instagram category. She also...
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But Seriously Folks…How Two Fashion Marketing Grads Created Vancouver’s Most...
“Our mission is to always stay true to our community; to create exciting, informative, and entertaining fashion content; to celebrate diversity, and to give a voice to fashion’s feistiest underdogs....
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Makeup Grad Graden van Erkelens Trades Cuts for Characters
It’s a bold call to drop a successful career and start afresh. And yet, for Graden van Erkelens, who closed his thriving hair salon for a new beginning as a Film and TV Makeup Artist, it’s one of the...
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One to Watch: LineSix’s Adam Fawcett Redefines Street Style
“I love streetwear, but I also like tailored garments that fit closer to the body. I take aspects from streetwear looks and refine them.” This is the style philosophy of Adam Fawcett, Blanche...
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Calgary Fashion Stylist Vanessa Smith: From Ghost Styling for Sport Chek to...
Calgary Fashion Stylist Vanessa Smith answers the phone in a breathless flourish. “Hi, hi, sorry, it was a crazy day at work. It’s the life of doing photography and styling at the same time....
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From Iran to Riverdale: The Irresistible Rise of Makeup Graduate Azita Abbaspour
“I was 27 when I moved from Iran to Canada with my husband,” explains Azita Abbaspour. “My English wasn’t good and I was so shy. For two years I wouldn’t get on a bus because I was afraid someone...
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The Art of Inspiration: Graduate-Turned-Director of Esthetics Simona Gozner
Hollywood doesn’t make biopics on estheticians yet. There are still a few music stars and revolutionaries to tick off the list first. When they do get to estheticians however, they’ll probably begin...
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Amazon Live’s A-Lister: Blanche grad Caleb Wessels
It was thanks to Buffy the Vampire Slayer that Caleb Wessels first stepped into a makeup classroom at Blanche Macdonald. Though he was led there by gore and effects, it was the world of Fashion Makeup...
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