Fashion Merchandising Graduate and Lizbell Head Booker Amanda Rozak: “I was...
As Head Booker at powerhouse Vancouver Model and Artist Agency Lizbell, Amanda Rozak knows every day will bring new challenges. Working with dozens of models, makeup artists, stylists and actors,...
View ArticlePaloma Guerard Brings Canadian Makeup School Magic to Mexico
There’s nothing rare about a Makeup Artist taking inspiration from their time at Blanche Macdonald. But Paloma Guerard has taken that inspiration to its ultimate conclusion. She was so moved by her...
View ArticleFashion Design Graduate Katsuki Shimizu Turns Heads and Pages as Editor of...
Don’t let Katsuki Shimizu’s modesty fool you. The Fashion Design graduate from Canada’s #1 Fashion School is a rising star in the Japanese publishing industry, putting his eye for style into action as...
View ArticlePro Hair Grad Allysha Lu Creates Masterpieces at Opus Salon
Allysha Lu isn’t the first graduate from Canada’s #1 Hair School to find a professional home at Downtown Vancouver’s Opus Salon. She almost certainly won’t be the last. But when it comes to the level...
View ArticleStunning Collections and Rave Reviews at Fashion Lyrics, the 2013 Blanche...
Over two spectacular November nights at Blanche Macdonald’s Atelier Campus Canada’s #1 Fashion School’s 2013 Fashion Design graduates unveiled their debut collections to dozens of industry insiders,...
View ArticleEsthetics and Makeup Graduate Allison Diotte Creates Trust and Beauty at Holt...
Once customers discover the Lancôme counter at Holt Renfrew they tend to come back. And a huge part of that loyalty is down to Designated Beauty Advisor and Counter Manager Allison Diotte, who ensures...
View ArticleFashion Design Graduate Amaly Narong Creates Special Style Experiences in...
Today You Are Special is more than a name for Amaly Narong, owner of the stunning boutique in Vancouver’s fashionable Gastown neighbourhood. It’s also a philosophy. “We like to keep everything in...
View ArticleBlanche Macdonald's New Part Time Professional Hairstyling Foundations Program
Introducing our new condensed Part Time Evening Hair ProgramSundays and Tuesday evenings, 600 hours, one yearStarting March 4 2014 Introductory tuition with scholarships availableStudent loan...
View ArticlePro Hair Graduate Broc Gould Combines Creativity and Camaraderie at Union Salon
South Granville is arguably Vancouver’s plushest shopping district. Its unique mix of high-end furniture, boutique fashion and fine dining brings visitors from across the city and beyond. For locals...
View ArticleMakeup Graduate Candice Stafford-Bridge Mixes Art and Fun Creating On-Screen...
Candice Stafford-Bridge likes to keep busy. She’s one of Western Canada’s best and most prolific Movie and TV Makeup Artists, rising to the position of Head of Department and Makeup Designer for...
View ArticleFashion Merchandising Graduate Lydia Okello’s Style Shakes Up the Blogosphere
Lydia Okello understands that opinions can open doors. Her fearless style blog has garnered attention and won fans around the world, and has led her to being featured in magazines including Glamour,...
View ArticleEsthetics Graduate Kendra Dutchak Shines at skoah
Speak to skoah’s National Trainer Kendra Dutchak about her work for even a couple of minutes and you’ll instantly be blown away by her passion for the skincare company, its products and its...
View ArticleOlympic Medallist Krista Guloien Fashions a New Career at Blanche Macdonald....
Pushing through a styling shoot exam that’s running behind schedule can be tough, but not tough enough to rattle Blanche Macdonald Fashion Merchandising student Krista Guloien. A two-time Olympic...
View ArticleBlanche Macdonald Graduate Blair Petty is P&G’s Makeup Artist of the Year
Here at the Blanche Macdonald Centre we think that Makeup Graduate Blair Petty is a pretty special talent. They feel the same way in his new hometown of Toronto too. That’s where Mad Men’s Christina...
View ArticlePro Hair Graduate Lawrence Hon Embraces the Excitement of Transformation at...
Lawrence Hon took a unique path to Blanche Macdonald. He was successfully working in the beauty industry as a self-trained Makeup Artist and Hair Extensions Specialist when he realised that some...
View ArticleFashion Merchandising Graduate Soroush Matoor Takes Things Personally at Holt...
Think that spending every day shopping would be a dream come true? Soroush Matoor, who’s made the leap from Canada’s #1 Fashion School to the position of Personal Shopping Coordinator at Holt Renfrew,...
View ArticleMakeup Graduate Renee Bruinsma Creates Style with Stila
Never underestimate the power of instinct. Ten years ago a teenage Renee Bruinsma was idly surfing the Internet in her home in Abbotsford when an ad for the Blanche Macdonald Centre popped onto her...
View ArticleBeauty is on the Eyes of the Beholders for Blanche Macdonald Graduates...
They met on the Nail Parlour Program at the Blanche Macdonald Centre, but Vanessa Lin and Ryoko ‘Koko’ Mochizuki aren’t in the mani/pedi business any more. Instead, they took what they learned at...
View ArticleGLOBAL MAKEUP GRAD AYA COULTER IS DIOR’S MAKEUP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
When Blanche Macdonald graduate Aya Coulter speaks about her triumph at Dior’s North American Makeup Artist Competition, the memories from her time in New York come flooding back. “I was the final...
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