Make Up Atelier
Make Up Atelier
Margo Holder - Make Up
Charlene Campbell - Stylist, Journalist, Publicyst
Glenis Baptiste - Nails
MAKE UP ATELIER is an exclusive professional make-up school in London. Training is available across the UK and Europe.
MAKE UP ATELIER provides comprehensive makeup training, in the shortest amount of time, at a very reasonable price. All our courses are accredited by Professional Beauty for insurance purposes.
All of our students graduate with the skills and knowledge of the industry needed to reach their goals. We offer classes for beginner and experienced professionals as well as customised trainings and CPD workshops for individuals and businesses. MAKE UP ATELIER allows 6 – 8 students per class so that all students receive one-on-one attention.
“atelier [ˈætəlˌjeɪ (French) atəlje] an artist’s studio or workshop from Old French astelier workshop, from astele chip of wood]” – Collins English D
Margo began her career in 1997 in Paris at the well known Institute Technique du Maquillage (ITM) for make-up where she was trained by Aïda Carange in beauty and fashion for film and TV.
Upon completion, she soon started to work on music videos, fashion shows, TV, films and advertising. Margo’s experience spans more than 14 years, during which time she has become a respected make-up artist within the advertising and beauty industry.
Margo has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry including Elle Macpherson, Alice Cooper and Girls Aloud to name a few. Margo CV includes magazines like US Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Grazia UK, Company, Zest, You and Your Wedding. In her professional career Margo assisted guru make-up artist Pat McGrath. Margos’ numerous advertising clients include L’Oreal, Clinique, Elizabeth Arden, Activia Danone, Swarovski, Chrisanne, River Island, Next, Ted Baker, Remington, Nike, Johnson&Johnson, Activilong Paris, Panadol and Philips.
Margo is widely recognised as a creator of cutting edge trends and is a leading figure in the education industry where she passes her knowledge on to her students at both Westminster Adult Education Service and newly launched MAKE UP ATELIER school.
Margo works successfully with both students and high profile clients.
Margo has a wealth of wisdom, passion and experience, which she uses to inspire others who are keen to follow in her footsteps.
Stylist, Journalist and PR Consultant Charlene Campbell is comfortable wearing many hats, feeling equally capable in multiple areas of the fashion industry.
With a thriving digital content and PR business www.stylenews.co.uk. Charlene is adding new ventures to an already varied resume.
Charlene Campbell, started her career in fashion by attending The London College of Fashion to study Design and Technology, whilst working with designers Russell Sage, Nicole Farhi and Couture designer Adebayo Jones.
On completion of her design course at LCF, Charlene embarked on a career as a stylist and set off for the USA where she liaised with many celebrity clients, for wardrobe planning and styling for events, gaining invaluable experience. She then returned to London for an opportunity at FHM Collections magazine and worked with the fashion director shooting ‘Key Trends’ and compiling content for the bi-annual publication.
With a strong background in the planning, direction and trend driven aspect of menswear shoots, Charlene was offered an opportunity to work as Fashion Editor for a Music and Lifestyle magazine, where she exercised her skills as a stylist for both mens and womens fashion whilst working on freelance projects such as The Financial Times ‘How to Spend it’ magazine and USA Today charity fashion shows for the UMMAH ENDOWMENT fund for HIV and AIDS.
After these fulfilling experiences Charlene was motivated to set up an online magazine project www.annazbell.com, the UK’s first unisex fashion digital e-zine. With this powerful weapon she partnered with Microsoft’s MSN for content, making it a global success. In addition to this, Charlene kept her finger on the style pulse in her contributions to L’Oreal Professionel advertorial campaigns; and Askmen.com, Lucire Magazine, Black Hair and many more publications as a journalist and stylist.
Charlene Campbell continues to work on projects that fulfil her deep interest in the influential and ever growing world of fashion. With this knowledge, she tutors aspiring talent in PR, journalism and styling through Style News’ mobile workshops to prepare students for work in fashion and beauty.
No-one knows where life is going to take them; if they did there would be no point in living.
Growing up I had one main passion. Basketball – did this mean upon leaving education I would become a professional Basketball player? No. I actually became a banker until I had a dream… After this I worked as a florist; this is where I realised my creative side as well as being great with my hands. At this point with two young children in toe I needed something that would provide for my family; a lunchtime session at an arcade nail stall inspired me to take evening classes in nail design. Finally I took the last step and decided to give up my day job and open my own nails salon.
This is when life started to go uphill, I opened a nail salon in the heart of South London, with its success a salon was opened nearer Central London, this salon was given the opportunity from the Local Government Authority to train underprivileged young people who had no qualifications, jobs or those who needed the pathway to their career; Nails! The students would attend the Salon several times a week and give willing customers free manicures; so the students could practise and build up their own portfolios. Lucky students were taken to London’s Fashion Week to do the manicures for the models. I oversaw all of the students and with the help of an external trainer gave back to the community and to the industry.
The Nails by Baptiste training school trained girls; who in a funny turn of events have now become my competitors working for companies such as Nails Inc and SAKS to name a couple.
So how exactly did I become a manicurist to the stars?? Well I was at London Fashion Week one year, working on many different shows for various high-status designers as well as working behind the scenes. Whilst working Gharani Strok’s show I was asked by a girl to do her nails, she was very persistent and kept asking me to do them with some of my designs. ‘Why not’ I thought; it turns out that woman was actually an agent who was part-owner of Premier Hair and Beauty who over the following four and a half years has helped me enter this glamorous world of high profile nail design!
Eventually the more glamorous contracts were rolling in. I signed a contract with the prestigious Sally Hansen to become their Ambassador where I also tested their products and for their press launches, I was their spokesperson. Around this time I also signed a contract with SAKS HAIR & BEAUTY in Covent Garden to franchise inside their salon and have a “Nails by Baptiste” manicurist working as part of the beauty team. NO 7 asked me to create nail polish colours for them which were later sold in all Boots stores. Boots also asked me to campaign for Cancer Research. I also took part in the Fashion Fights AIDS campaign along with other famous faces such as Mario Testino, Naomi Campbell and many more. I have also created several colours for Illamasqua as part of a Limited Edition range available in Selfridges. The list could go on and on with charity events, contracts and creations as my career is ever expanding.
My nail designs have graced the front covers of UK, American and European magazines with Vogue, Glamour, Instyle, Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair, only to name but a few. From movie stars such as Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Freida Pinto, Keira Knightley, Kate Beckinsale, Kim Catrell and many more. Other Celebrities include Chaka Khan, Christina Aguilera, Victoria Beckham, Janet Jackson, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, Naomi Campbell, Sienna Miller and Madonna, again just to name a few. I’ve even tended to Cherie Blair’s nails, so I really have seen hands and feet from all walks of life.
It’s funny because my love of nail design (which I guess I never really noticed back then) started at a really young age, I’d spend AGES in the chemist looking at all the different nail varnish colours! Little did I know then, I’d be creating my own colours and treatments, or that I’d be working for Dior, Vivienne Westwood, YSL, Chanel and so many other amazing designers that sometimes I wonder if it’s all still a dream…This time it isn’t, it’s actually happening!
Where am I now? Well, I’ve been on GMTV and How To Look Good Naked recently so my face has been plastered all over TV – Who’d have thought? I’ve branched out and opened a new nail bar within the House of Fraser, where I have a fantastic team of girls working there. My nail designs are in books, one of my favourite designs being in “Beauty Shot” by Donna Troop, a fabulous beauty photographer. The list of celebrities is still ever updating and I’m always happy to take on new clients.
What’s next? Who knows, like I said earlier if we knew where life is going to take us then there would be in living. I’m always open to new business opportunities and I’m really looking forward to the future, what ever it holds. I really wish I had started this career sooner though, I feel like I’m rushing to fit it all in but then again – that’s all part of the fun!
