Joana Bastos is an international make-up artist and creative producer. She has a degree in Marketing Management, having specialised in marketing for fashion and art direction at the University of the Arts London.

Joana developed her artistic skills in beauty make-up for fashion, photography and bodyart combined with styling to offer creative solutions to her clients. She was director and producer of fashion film Pure Essence, selected in the top ten fashion films alongside names like Karl Lagarfield at La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival 2014.

In 2017, Joana created her own prototype line of sunglasses 'Future Glam', presented at NY Fashion Week. In 2018, her new fashion film 'Lilith' was nominated in five categories at fashion film festivals in La Jolla, Cape Town and London.

Her latest published work is for Elléments Magazine, 'A Kind of Rebellion', March 2019.

She is currently based in Portugal and works worldwide.

Joana Bastos was born in Portugal in 1982. She is a visual artist combining make-up with styling for different concepts, bringing beauty and glamour to life.

In 2014, she was director and producer of 'Pure Essence' fashion film. In October 2017, she presented her own runway collection, 'Future Glam 2018', a combination of sustainable handmade eyewear with her styling, beauty make-up and body art at Brooklyn Fashion Week in New York.

In 2018, Joana presented her new fashion film 'Lilith', a combination of her sustainable handmade eyewear line with creative make-up, body painting and costume design. The film was nominated in four categories at La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival in California, Bokeh Fashion Film Festival in South Africa, and was nominated for 'Best Accessory' at London Fashion Film Festival.

Joana currently works worldwide.