Hosted across three categories, Beauty School & Make-up Students, Final Year Students and Foundation & 2nd Year Students, the awards were designed to celebrate professional artistry and discover true hidden talent.
The competition offered a real international flavour, with finalists flying in from across the globe to compete. A part of the first professional awards from Illamasqua, the contestants created a fantasy look for the judges, made up of a panel of Dazed & Confused Senior Fashion Director Katie Shillingford, Samantha Chapman of the online youtube sensation Pixiwoo, Illamasqua’s Creative Director Alex Box and Joint Managing Director Joseph Corré.
To see behind the scenes of the Distinction in Make-up Artistry Awards, we have a film to immerse you in the creative hub that was the finals of 2011…
