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Beyond The Brush
Welcome to Beyond The Brush, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the makeup, beauty and body art industries. Created by professional makeup publisher and educator, Emma Rutherford from Warpaint Magazine, and professional body artist and international bodypainting judge Jennie Roberts from Paintopia. The guests interviewed on this pod make fascinating subjects for all makeup and beauty obsessives including students and pros.
Previous guests have included Paul Merchant, Head of Global Makeup at pro brand Kryolan; professional makeup artist Vanessa Davies known to many as The Wigs and Makeup Manager on Instagram and who has over one million followers on Instagram alone; award-winning international fashion makeup artist and author of her Elements book - Yasmin Heinz; and Fashion and editorial photographer and owner of The Glass Factory Studio, Graham Cann.
Beyond The Brush
Vanessa Davis
Known to her 1.3million followers on Instagram as The Wigs and Makeup Manager, London-based Vanessa Davis has come a long way since she first painted half a skull on her face for a Hallowe’en party back in 2015.
After study for a BA at the London College of Fashion, Vanessa managed the Wigs and Makeup department at the English National Opera for many years.
We talk to her about her career as an accidental influencer and how motherhood fits into all this.