Pip Lund
Hair and make up artist to the stars, now living in Australia, Pip Lund, studied Hair andBeauty Therapy at Bradford & Ilkley Community College in the 1980s.
“I spent 2 years studying Hair and Beauty Therapy at Bradford & Ilkley Community College from 1983 to 1985. I made lots of good friends and still have contact with a few, but think I am the only one who migrated to Oz!
After College I did my final 2 years in a salon in Bradford called Christopher and Paul’s before I went to work for myself for 5 years. I was given a government grant to set up the business and I was one of the first mobile hairdressers in the area. As well as enabling me to work doing something I enjoyed, my City & Guilds also helped me when I then decided to apply for residency in Australia.
I studied make up, including special effects in film and photography, at Mask Make-up Studios out here in Oz. The rest is history. I am now self-employed as a freelance makeup artist and hairdresser working for film, TV, photo shoots and weddings. I currently work on lots of different shows in Oz for Channel 7, Channel 10 and Foxtel.
I have had also the privilege of working on movies including
Star Wars Episode 3
,
Narnia
and
Superman
. The photo is of me with one of my characters from Narnia. My career has led me to meet all sorts of wonderful and exciting people. I absolutely love it! I have worked with many stars such as Ewan Macgregor, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Matt Damon, Antonio Banderos, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee and Jerry Seinfeld, and sports and music personalities.
I have many tales to tell but they are top secret as this is all part of the job!”
Photograph supplied by Pip Lund