South London veteran make-up artist Karen Salandy wins Beauty Icon Award at the BEFFTA Awards

Oct. 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Karen's work has been published (i.e. Elle Magazine, Pride) and seen on LFW catwalks, TV. She is former head make up artists at Yana cosmetics and remains head make up artist for Ms Trinidad and Tobago amongst other beauty pageants. Apart from simply working on beautifying celebrities with her exceptional artistry; Karen worked on the cosmetic lines of Fashion Icon and first African-American Supermodel, businesswoman and author Naomi Sims and the international Italian movie star Isabella Rosilini. Salandy trained with Rosillini in Paris. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her. Karen was also instrumental to launching their respective cosmetic and beauty lines in the UK training make-up artists across the country. BEFFTA recognizes Karen's over 20 yrs experience and her work alongside these historical pioneers of the beauty, fashion and movie industry! Her artistry has beautified the faces of the late Princess Diana and legendary singer Cher.

Karen’s work is highly recommended, as she is known to achieve a flawless finish for any skin tone across all ethnicities.

Karen Salandy is currently the exclusive make-up artist to Mr Fierce on ITV2’s reality tv show Models, Mayhem and Misfits. Karen facilitates workshops and tutorials for more information on classes and workshops visit http://karensalandy.weebly.com.

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