Nakiya Brown
I bring extensive luxury beauty retail experience, specialising in customer consultations, personalised product recommendations, and delivering exceptional service in fast-paced environments. Passionate about makeup artistry, I adapt quickly to new settings and excel in all aspects of client-facing retail, from stock control to upselling and product demonstrations.
Demonstrated and applied luxury beauty products on customers. Educated customers on the products, brand history and artistry techniques. Personalised beauty recommendations and consultations. Maintained hygiene standards at the counter space.
Booking appointments and welcoming client. Greeting clients. Shampooing, detangling, blow drying and basic styling. Maintaining cleanliness of the salon.
Junior Makeup Artist on The Big Narstie Show - Channel 4, season 1-4. Makeup application and touch ups for performers and talent, on-set continuity and monitoring, working efficiently within fast-paced studio environments. Makeup Artist for MTV EMA 2021-2024, responsible for makeup application for performers and dancers, touch-up and continuity backstage/on set, and maintaining hygiene and sanitation standards. Hair&Makeup Assistant for Vodaphone Commercial, travelling to different locations with talent, ensuring all stand ins are camera ready, and performing touch ups and continuity checks. Hair&Makeup Assistant for The Brit Awards 2023, responsible for hair and makeup for dancers & choir, quick changes and touch ups for performers, and ensuring talent is ready on time. Responsible for hair and makeup for female and male celebrities, and occasionally grooming presenters on The Great British Bake off - Celebrity Stand Up To Cancer 2022-2026, including touch ups and monitoring continuity. Head Makeup Artist/Designer for Thunderbolts content day 2025 Marvel, responsible for ensuring all talents beauty needs are fulfilled, mentoring Makeup assistants, and assigning looks for makeup assistants.
I have a great working relationship with Nakiya’s. I have worked with Nakiya from the start of her career as a Make up artist till present time. From working with me on small team jobs to large Events . Nakiya is a very talented artist, creative, perfectionist , conscientious team player. She can take direction as well as lead a team. She is always the top of my list when I’m booking my crew, works brilliantly on live events , as well as studio based shows . Nakiya always up her skill sets, and loves learning new trends , and researching the archives. Highly recommend her.