global make-up, hair & productions academy
London
Here at GMUA we offer high-quality VTCT accredited makeup and hair
qualifications taught by highly experienced industry professionals covering all
genres of makeup from Instagram to editorial, fashion and film where we have
established ourselves in Liverpool with over four years of experience as Global
Makeup Hair and Productions Academy. Our courses are open to all, no matter your
race, gender, nationality or background; we seek to empower and train everyone
with passion. The heartbeat of the company is the heart of a lioness; ‘we seek
to make everyone look and feel beautiful’. Victoria’s career started when she
was 13 assisting her mum Hairdresser and Makeup artist Miriam Bartholomew on a
Ridley Scott Associates commercial in Cape town. She was a runner and fell in
love with film and continued in the film industry for over 17 years working as a
leading chief hair and/or makeup artist on many music video’s including Robbie
Williams “Rock D.J” and “Millennium”, as well as Texas ‘Inner Smile”. She has
also worked with many high profile film directors such as Vaughan Arnell, Ridley
Scott Associates, Tony Kaye and Jean-Paul Goude on many commercials around the
world including British Airways, Virgin, L’Oreal, Audi and many more. Her
training started by assisting Miriam Bartholomew (her mother and top hair and
makeup artist in Cape Town S.A) for beautiful hair and makeup, as well as Dulcie
Bebe in Australia for Makeup and Hair training with Toni and Guy London after
studying specialist hair colour training with David Bartholomew ( her dad)
Nominated in Sydney Australia for colourist of the year for Wella international.
Victoria continued to work in film, fashion and commercials in the hair and
makeup industry in cape town, Sydney and then returning to live in London for 5
years before moving to West Yorkshire then Liverpool. Her love of film grew and
she embarked on a series of courses through Raindance Film in Soho, completing
the Directing for Film and Producing course while working for them. This took
her onto her next challenge choreography where she worked at London’s premier
dance school on Oxford street London Dance works and learnt from the best
contemporary dance teachers what works for theatre, film and music video’s
understanding the different dance disciplines from ballet to hip hop. Following
all of her incredible achievements, Victoria then decided to pass on her hair
and makeup knowledge to the next generation and completed her Diploma in
Teaching while lecturing as the lead makeup tutor for Riverside College in
Cheshire up until August 2016 and from then on went on to create Global Makeup,
Hair and Productions Academy Ltd.
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