hair & make up artists and stylists Jun 2011

"If I'm going to create something beautiful and new, I won't be afraid of creating something unconventional."

In nine short years, Adam Livermore has become a driving force in the hairdressing industry. When he's not working behind the chair at Three Squares Studio in New York City, or working on the Oribe Haircare education platform, Adam is collaborating with top photographers to create inspiring new imagery.

His creative work has been seen in countless magazines, including Vanity Fair, Beauty Launchpad, Modern Salon, Creem and Trendsetter. Adam has also worked with such style icons as Naomi Campbell, Molly Sims and Cher.

Alice Gentilucci is the in-house fashion editor for Vogue Italia and stylist for InStyle Magazine. She has styled for top fashion photographers such as Helmut Newton, Paolo Roversi, Michelangelo di Battista, Miles Aldridge, Peter Lindbergh, Hellen Von Unwerth and Mark Seliger, to name just a few.

Alice usually styles at catwalk and fashion shows in Milan, Paris and New York for top brands such as Burberry, Bluemarine, La Perla, Les Copins, Borbonese and Antonio Berardi. She has also styled for advertising campaigns for Etro, Versace, Les Copins, Alessandro dell'Acqua and many more.

Visit her website for more information.

Known for creating luxurious skin tones and lustrous hair styles, Andrea Claire's contemporary style and joie de vivre keeps her in demand with regular and new clients alike. Andrea has a knack for forecasting the trends and translating clients' vision into reality.

Based in Singapore and represented in Canada, Andrea is a seasoned beauty expert with extensive print, runway, and on-air makeover experience. A hairstylist and make-up artist, she has worked in Toronto, Singapore, New York and many places in between. Her television and on-air makeover credits include Canada’s Stylin' Gypsies, So Chic, Canadian Idol and more.

Andrea's work has been featured in campaigns such as L'Oréal, Revlon, Lancome and P&G. She has led teams for NY Fashion Week and Canada's Fashion Week. While living in Singapore, she became a regular team member for Bazaar, ELLE, and Seventeen magazine shoots. A frequent 'go-to' expert, Andrea has also authored many beauty articles with tips, tricks and trends.

Celebrity clients have included Lady Antebellum, Anita Kapoor, Miranda Richardson, Sarah Slean, Alanis Morissette, Bill Nighy, The Veronicas, Natalie Imbruglia and Dayle Haddon.

Andria von Lossberg is a London College of Fashion trained make-up artist and bodypainter working from Hamburg and London. With 15 years experience and state of the art techniques, she works across photography, film and TV for a range of clients.

Professional handcrafted bodypainting is Andria’s specialty, although she stays true to her make-up and hair "roots" and is often asked for men‘s grooming. She has a keen interest in art photography and enjoys working with photographers and film-makers with an innovative style.

She recently assisted 'Harry Potter' make-up designer Amanda Knight in Budapest on a new Keanu Reeves film, '47 Ronin' by Universal.

Andria's bodypainting designs and illustrations are three-dimensional body sculptures on skin, the 'living canvas', and she is often asked to design and consult on tattoo design. Her painted clothing, tattoo bodypainting, ethnic body decorations, bodywriting and henna mehndi painting is often requested from advertising clients, film and music video projects.

Angela Kaeser is an international hair and make-up artist based in Zurich and also represented in Munich by Louisa Make-up Studio. Her work is focused on fashion, beauty and advertising. With her calm personality and a great understanding for clients' needs, both models and celebrities alike feel comfortable in her hands. Angela is known for her clean, beautiful looks and modern, fashionable approach.

Her latest work includes:

• Editorial with Caroline Scheufele (Chopard) with Iris Brosch.
• Shoot with Tina Turner and Beyond.
• Assignment with Raphael Saadiq.
• Assignment with Lenka.
• Beauty editorial for On Make-up Magazine (New York).
• Cover and editorial for A Magazine with Mick Mazzei.
• Un-retouched editorial for Cocoon Magazine with Mick Mazzei.
• Editorials for Faces and JFM Magazine.
• Campus by Marc O' Polo lookbook with Anna Rosa Krau.
• Triumph show.
• Hofstetter catalogue.
• Kleiderbauer catalogue in Vienna.

More of Angela's work can be found on her regularly updated website.

Artist Untied represents a very small group of highly creative and experienced stylists and make-up artists. Specialising in lifestyle advertising with leading photographers, agencies, producers and editors in the United States, England and Australia, the agency's artists are sought for their exceptional on set personalities, attention to detail, expertise and creativity.

Artist Untied is CEO/Creative Director Jon Lucca, President René Narducci, Artist Representatives Samantha Sommatino and Jennifer Wade. All rates are quoted on a per-job basis with the goal of providing a full estimate that works within clients’ budgets.

Recent clients include HP, Google, Chevrolet, American Airlines, Vanity Fair, Time, Wired Magazine, Yoko Ono, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Kobe Bryant, Ubisoft, Asics, Yahoo!, Benefit Cosmetics, Frito-Lay and Sperry Top-Sider.

Born in Chile, Carla Gasic is a self-taught make-up artist. In 2006, she trained in character make-up and hair styling at the Make-up Design School of LA, and began working in the cinema with directors including Philip Stotlz, George Stecel, Paul Goldman (USA), and David Tannent (Canada) David McNally, David Hicks and Maxime Giroux.

Carla has worked in TV and advertising as well as for production film companies Moonlighting and Twist Films. Her name is associated with models, TV personalities and beauty products including Pantene, Garnier, Gama and Herbal Essences.

Carla is currently working with local fashion magazines and photographers (Gabriel Schkolnick, Ulises Nilo and Paolo Remedy), and also has her own make-up school and beauty shop.

Latest advertising jobs by close up agency Hamburg:

• Make-up artist Diana Galante worked for the Hausach Couture campaign with photographer Daniel Roché.
• Anja Fichtenmayer collaborated with Dirk Mesner to shoot the current Kaldewei campaign and showed her eye for dramatic elegance on the Guido Maria Kretschmer campaign.
• Mauro Saccoccini worked on the Juvena shoot, capturing the company's ‘Express your Attitude’ beauty credo.
• Tobias Sagner provided the new Hanro of Switzerland campaign with contemporary hair and make-up looks, with photographer Christian Schwarzenberg.
• Petra Sulger was the ideal make-up artist for the Eucerin Facial Cleaner campaign with photographer Michael Wirth.
• Singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld is the new face of Otto mail order and was treated to hair and make-up by Sandra Schütz with photographer Serge Guerand.
• Angelika Francis set dramatic accents for the new Six campaign with photographer Thomas Rusch.
• Sascha Kuschel, head of the Close up hair salon, created the looks for a campaign by Wempe in London.
• Giovanni Rivas did make-up for the L'Oréal campaign by Franck Provost.
• Tobias Sagner was awarded with a medal in the Press category in the 8th German Hairdressing Awards.

Courtney Rust loves her job of telling stories through wardrobe and prop styling. Working with top ad agencies, magazines, catalogue houses, photographers, directors and costume departments, she feels lucky to have a profession that she didn’t even know existed back when she wrote her 2nd grade essay about wanting to become a fighter pilot.

For Courtney it is the details that tell the stories and showcase the concepts, and it is her goal to make all the elements in the frame work harmoniously together. She takes pride in her efficiency, resourcefulness, creativity and ability to roll with the punches.

Clients include Coke, At&t, SC Johnson, Draft FCB, Blackberry, VSA Partners, American Express, Lands End, Razorfish, Playboy Magazine, Winkreative, Burger King, Delta, Modem, USPS, Volkswagen, Young & Rubicam, Audi, Harley Davidson, Esquire Magazine and Rolling Stone Magazine.

Dawn Sutti is a visionary hair and make-up artist who has created works of stunning originality in collaboration with leading names in advertising, fashion, film and celebrity. She has just completed a full-length feature film as department head for make-up and hair styling, and won Remi Gold Award at the Worldfest International Film Festival in May 2011.

Clients and magazines include Target, Coca-Cola, Ford, Levi's, Victoria's Secret, Verizon, Madden NFL, Nike Superbowl, HBO Sports, Sirius, Lipton Teas, Vogue, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated, SOMA, 7 x 7, Elle, Forbes, Time, Men's Health and Outside Magazine.

Photographers, directors and celebrities include Arthur Elgort, David Fincher, Barry Levinson, John Madden, Niki Taylor, Robin Williams, Payton Manning, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Brady, Christy Turlington and Santana.

Awards include Communication Arts, Graphis Photo Annual, Addy and RIAA Platinum CD and DVD.

Mimi (Mayumi Nakanishi) is an SFX hair and make-up artist based in Tokyo. She learned both SFX and make-up techniques for two years at Tokyo Visual Arts collage, after which she joined an SFX team that worked on big films including 'GeGeGe no Kitaro' and 'Kaibutsu-Kun', along with TV shows and commercials.

Mimi also spent a year in Canada working as part of the team on 'Super Natural' season four at Lindala Schminken FX.

Mimi has a great talent for making flawless natural looking young skin, and also specialises in making original headpieces and props. She loves creating fantasy worlds and is passionate about combining her SFX make-up experience with her fashion work.

Natasha Shae Donnellyi is a quirky Australian-born international make-up artist who has a clear expressive channel. To work with a team of like-minds producing art brings an honour of satisfaction to both print and reel.

Natasha's success has spanned over 15 years within the print, film and television industries. She has published works in Cleo Australia, Cosmopolitan Australia, Clindoeil Montreal and Flaire Toronto. Some of her clients include Jonathan Sceats Australia, Buffalo David Bitton NYC, Levi's Montreal and Mimmo Baronello for Mirori Italy.

Specialising in fashion, beauty, runway, celebrity, portrait, catalogue, advertising, swimwear, men's grooming, airbrush, special effects, fantasy, music video and film, Natasha's talents are diverse with a magnetic energy that brings warmth, passion and professionalism to the set.

Suzy Eaton is a Salt Lake City-based stylist who works in many areas, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Arizona, Colorado and Idaho. She specialises in food styling, product styling and propping, as well as set decorating for photography and film projects.

Her background in art, colour and design brings a valuable added skill and creativity to her styling, ensuring success for every job. She works tirelessly to master her craft, studying photographic trends and working with a variety of associates on a multitude of different projects.

A love of variety and working with other professional ‘creatives’ draws Suzy to her work and ensures it remains fun and interesting. She styles and decorates for books, magazines, editorial, advertising, packaging, catalogues, commercials and large film projects.

She loves to create beautiful vignettes, their settings and all the important components that compliment them.

Visit Suzy's website for more information.

Taly Waisberg has been doing make-up since 2004, after graduating from the Learning Institute for Beauty Sciences in New York. She has also completed courses in FX, body make-up and airbrush techniques in New York, Buenos Aires and Chile.

Taly has experience working on TV series, video clips, TV commercials, editorials, fashion shows, brides, advertising campaigns and films. While working for Casa de Remolienda in 2008, she was nominated best make-up artist in the Pedro Sienna Awards. In 2010, Taly completed a course in hair dressing at the Make-up Design School in Los Angeles.

Visit her website for more information.

Valeria Orlando has been working for 20 years, collaborating with leading photographers including Mario Testino, Eolo Perfido, Andrea Massari, Nikolay Biryukov, Daniela Federici and Andeer Brogard.

She has lived in Milan, Rio, and London while maintaining Rome as her home, and her work has been published in a range of notable fashion magazines. Valeria's work ranges from make-up and hair for fashion shows, editorials, advertising, beauty and catwalk events, and make-up styling for celebrities including Donatella Versace and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Valeria is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and approaches her work with honesty and passion. She is continually updating and learning new techniques to further her knowledge in the industry.

Valeria is internationally represented by Spectacular Studios (Sweden), by Beleza (Rio), and is looking for a new agency to represent her in Milan.