Tutors

All tutors at The Makeup School have spent many years working as makeup artists and hairdressers gaining a high level of experience and continue to use their craft within the industry.

 Gabrielle Jones
 Dianne Ensor
 Nicola Harvey
 Ruthie Stoffels
 Carla Middleton

Gabrielle Jones
Gabrielle Jones trained in Londons prestigious film, TV and Fashion makeup school GREASEPAINT and has been working both in London and NZ ever since. She has had 20 years experience in this challenging industry. Her work in London included photoshoots, editorial, advertising and film work. She completed a two year contract with the Victoria and Albert Museum in Covent Garden as their inhouse theatrical makeup demonstrator. Gabrielle also had a successful facepainting company FACE IT employing experienced makeup artists and attracting such clients as Princess Catherine of Yugoslavia, Lord Litchfield and painted the faces of Princes Harry and William. On returning to New Zealand, Gabrielle worked on many productions such as Peter Jackson′s The Frighteners, Tommy Knockers, Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules for several years. She has designed the makeup and hair for the following genres: contemporary, period, adventure, science fiction and fantasy.		Gabrielle has also worked with news presenters and sports celebrities on a variety of projects from TV commercials to magazine shoots. Gabrielle was also the on-camera makeup stylist alongside Paul Serville and Susanne Paul on Touchdowns television series Style Challenge. Gabrielle was the makeup designer for many American television series such as Young Hercules, Jack of All Trades, Cleopatra 2525 and the film Riverworld. Locally she has been makeup designer for such drama series as Nga Puna and Mataku, which she was nominated for Contribution to Design at the NZTV awards in 2004. Before opening The Makeup School, Gabrielle worked for 5 series as Makeup/Hair Designer on the Walt Disney production Power Rangers. In 2009 she was Makeup Designer for Walt Disney′s movie Skyrunners. She continues to work in the industry along with running and tutoring at The Makeup School.

Dianne Ensor
Dianne Ensor has been working as a makeup artist for 18 years. Her training was initially in Australia at both the Sydney School of Makeup Art and The Pivot Point Hairdressing School. Later she trained further in New Zealand. Dianne has worked on a variety of overseas productions, such as The Grudge in Japan, Jonathon Creek in the UK and promotional work at the NAPTE convention in the USA. In NZ her work history includes the New Zealand feature River Queen, Television dramas Being Eve, Lawless and Interrogation. Dianne has also worked on many American productions in key design positions such as Hercules, Young Hercules, Cleopatra 2525, Jack of All Trades, You Wish, Raising Whalen, Fearless and many more.		She also assisted internationally-acclaimed makeup artist Joanne Gair with her successful body painting books. Dianne′s skill base is wide ranging. Her work embraces fashion, contemporary, character, fantasy, period and SPFX makeup. She has a strong aptitude in wig work, hair styling and design and is an expert hair knotter. Before opening The Makeup School Di had completed 3 series as Makeup and Hair Designer for New Zealand's number one award winning television drama Outrageous Fortune. She continues to freelance in the industry along with running and tutoring at the school.

NICOLA HARVEY
With a passion and artistic flare for makeup, Nicola completed her makeup qualification in 2000 and has been working in the industry ever since. Over the years Nicola has worked for cosmetic houses such as L’oreal, Lancome and Napoleon. She went on to work for M.A.C Cosmetics. Nicola was often on set, backstage and behind the scenes, working closely with N.Z fashion designers and sponsored celebrities, including international Kanye West tour with U2. She headed M.A.C.’s makeup team for NZ music awards along with personal makeup design for Bic and Boh Runga, Atlas and Elemenop. She has had a number of published editorials over the years in Fashion Quarterly, Pulp, Remix & Metro.		Her work has been seen on the catwalks for NZ and Sydney fashion weeks, working with NZ designers Juliet Hogan and Trelise Cooper. Nicola has also been involved with photoshoots & music videos for Anabelle Fay, Atlas, Anika Moa. Nicola has worked with another senior M.A.C artist for a season of the TV3 comedy, The Jaquie Brown Diaries. She is very happy to now be part of The Makeup School team working as Senior Makeup Tutor. Nicola has a passion for teaching and developing students artistry and industry skills.
RuthIE Stoffels
Ruthie has been working as a makeup artist for the past 15 years in both NZ and the UK. During her time in the UK she has worked for the BBC in both London and Edinburgh. This work included political news, current affair shows and 3 Montana Sunday Theatres. She also has worked with well known people such as Paul McCartney and Tony Blair. Ruthie has worked for The Royal Shakespeare Company, The New York Ballet company, Australian Opera Company, Miami City Ballet, NZ Opera and many international theatre companies at the Edinburgh Arts Festival over a period of 5 years.		She has worked on the very successful NZ feature Scarfies as the Makeup Designer. She has also worked on other NZ films such as River Queen and Bridge To Terabithia. She has worked on many dramas filmed in NZ, music videos and television commercials. Ruthie has a background in teaching originally training in primary education. She has also taught at various Makeup schools over the years and continues to work as a freelancer here in Auckland.
Carla Middleton
Carla’s success as a hairdresser for over 15 years has taken her from working in some of the countries award winning salons to salon management roles.  At 25 Carla took a detour on her career path to work on film & TV sets including the popular dramas series Outrageous Fortune.   Carla has been a hair tutor for many years starting at Winters Hairdressing Academy.  She later returned to undertake a new and exciting role assisting the Education Manager with assessing and writing all teaching material.		Carla then went on to a new position as the Marketing manager where she designed and updated all promotional material, advertising and website. After the website was voted best design and user friendly site within the Industry, Carla started travelling extensively to Australia, Thailand, Korea and many other countries researching & developing different marketing strategies.   Carla now owns and operates her own business along with tutoring here at The Makeup School by passing her wealth of hairdressing skills and knowledge to students