References for Katie Grist Hair and Makeup Artist

LIly CArtier

Hi all

Katie attended so many photo shoots I arrange with my partner Lawrence homewood , she’s a very good make up artist her time keeping is excellent and she brings so many gears and latest make up products. I strongly recommend Katie to any model or photographer whom after a professional hair and make up.

Sooze

Katie came to the Christmas theme shoot at Churstons. She turned up exactly on time and was extremely well organised. She is friendly, professional and respectful. She has loads of kit and is able to produce fantastic effects. I highly recommend her and look forward to working with her is the future.

Lawrence Homewood

Katie came to my model and photography day at my home studio and did the make up for both Sooze and sarah first thing in the morning.... 7.30am start. katie is always friendly and brings loads of make up and accessories and gets on really well with everyone there. Thanks to Katie we managed to start ahead of time and all got some wonderful photos. thank you Katie

Sooze

I have worked with Katie on a number of shoots now. She is super reliable and very professional. She works quickly and her hair and make up skills are excellent. She is very flexible with ideas for looks and will give advice on what look would be better. She is very open to trying new creative ideas out. I would recommend her to any model at any level. I am looking forward to working with her again in the near future.

Sarah Fry

I booked Katie for a mini shoot held at Kitsch Studio in Godstone. The shoot had 3 models and 2 Photographer’s. Our shoot had been planned and had to reschedule. Katie was so understanding and kept in contact about the rules. Katie arrived early and worked on all models at the shoot her self. She created a black swan look for me with a gorgeous up-do and then afterwards changed everything into something of a Viking. Katie was enthusiastic, friendly, chatty and very easy to work with. We will definitely be inviting her back and recommend her to anyone else. She was a dream to work with and just such a lovely person to meet.

BH_Photos

Katie was recommended by a local photographer and studio for a shoot I had planned and I'm so glad they did.

Katie is lovely to work with creating two separate looks quickly and efficiently whilst still producing high quality results, both the model and myself were delighted and I just hope my photos do them justice :)

Hope to work with Katie again soon, definitely recommended.

photogenickelz1

would like to say a big thank you to Katie again, as per usual Katie arrived on time punctually with everything above and beyond what was needed to create the make up and gore for a fantastic shoot.

I have worked on many shoots with Katie and have never been disappointed, Katie is a pleasure to work with, and couldn't put into words how highly I would recommend Katie, she goes above and beyond any expectation I would have as an MUA,

Keep up the good work

KieranS

Always a pleasure working with Katie. She has some great ideas, is very talented and is a great laugh too !

Look forward to future shoots :)

Darren S

I had the pleasure working with Katie yesterday in Reading. Katie was awesome, nothing was too much trouble and she nailed 2 awesome makeup looks for me. :)

I found Katie, very easy to work with, highly creative, well resourced and full of ideas to add to the looks, to enhance them.

Kaite is highly recommended by me :)

sepiashots

I worked with Katie and Darren Sealy on some ideas I'd been kicking around for some months. I wanted someone who would bring something to the shoot beyond just reproducing what I'd asked for and Katie was great, adding her twists and happy to work as a team. Just what I wanted. Despite my fussing over detail, nothing was a hassle for her, correcting and retouching as our ideas flowed.

Her pre-day communications were excellent, she's a lovely lass, a pleasure to work with and one I will look to work with in the future.

Thoroughly recommended.

PheonixRed

Katie was such a sweetheart! We booked to work together in conjunction with Paul Good to create some sorceress shots. Katie had great pre-coms with lots of ideas, and was perfectely ontime and ready on the day. We worked on a few natural styles together first which were beautiful, and then a much more adventerous look for the costume finale. Katie showed all looks spectacularly, as well as being a hugely helpful super star stylist on the day when we had some interesting body tape and skirt designs to work with! Thank you so much lovely ♥

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Paul Gooddy

Katie did the hair and make up for a fantasy shoot I did with Phoenix Red. Good coms, on time and a great MUA. Katie and Red collaborated on a couple of different looks, both executed to perfection. I'd happily work with Katie again. Highly recommended :-)

Jeff Mood Photography

I did a Halloween based shoot a couple of weeks ago that involved katie.

She made the most amazing prosthetic heart for the shoot, that looked so real.

Not only did she make the heart, but she came along to the shoot in order to 'dress' it correctly with copious amounts of fake blood.

The shoot took several hours to complete, and involved the whole team shooting into complete darkness in a remote (and scary location), but katie was a real trooper, and helped out continuously throughout the shoot.

I was blown away by her skills, and would not hesitate on working with her again on future shoots.

Highly recommended

illuminatedbeauty-images.com

I had the good fortune to work with Katie Johnson again at a shoot at a Manor House with the beautiful Lulu Lockhart. Katie's Make up and Hair styling was excellent covering three themes of Queen Guinevere/Lady of Shallot, Art Deco and Steam Punk. Katie is very professional, arrived very promptly, and carried out hair styling and make-up for all three themes to perfection. The results looked stunning and we created some great images. Katie is also a very lovely person, very easy to get along with and chat with and expert in working to the brief at short notice. Very Highly recommended to all photographers. Thank you so much Katie and hope we can work together again.

UWVision2

Katie came to do makup for me on my underwater shoot yesterday, she produced a great selection of looks and effects that worked very well underwater. Very highly recommended and would work with her again at any time.

Nick Price

Katie is a very talented MUA and Hair artist, shes got a good attitude and works hard to do what she has to do. I worked with her at a recent group shoot and her make up provided quite the transformation to her models.

AKASHA ASYLUM

Katie is one of our best! She showed even more of her talent on our recent fantasy beach shoot at PortraitX. There was a real sense of wonderment in her work this time around, it showed the characters completely giving them the freedom to express themselves with the knowledge that their makeup will create even more atmosphere.

LouiseDownphotography

Katie did a beautiful job on Oksana & Sarah's make up for a recent shoot we worked on together for Portrait X. Her attention to detail and creative flair were excellent and I hope to working with her again the the future. High recommended.

CaitlinChibi

I was lucky enough to have Katie doing my hair and makeup this weekend for a Portrait X shoot entitled 'arachnophobia'.

Katie was very professional, friendly and told me what she was doing as she went along (this is, of course, essential when things are coming towards your eyes). She is clearly very talented at what she does and has a great artist flare and endless creativity. I also noticed that she is very gentle and hygienic with her work.

Katie had some images given to her to use as inspiration for my hair and makeup look but really did use her imagination to achieve a spectacular result which fitted the shoot theme to perfection. I found this really impressive and cannot wait to work with her again!

Thanks again, Katie :)

Highly Recommended!!

Jade Sakura

Katie came round to Shalford to do makeup and hair for my friend who was getting married. She did a spectacular job on making the bride looking beautiful and I can't thank her enough for all the hard work and how easy she has been during communication. I definitely recommend Katie on doing bridal hair and makeup. Many thanks!