LIZ HYUN
MAKEUP ARTIST
ABOUT
Liz Hyun is a leading New Zealand makeup artist with experience that spans over a decade in the in the industry, including working for cosmetic giants M.A.C Cosmetics and Sephora. She is an award winning artist, receiving the prestigious 'NZ M.A.C Artist of The Year' award for 2016 and 2018.
She's worked backstage at numerous international and New Zealand Fashion Week shows over the years including Sydney Fashion Week, Seoul Fashion Week representing brands such as the M.A.C Cosmetics, Fenty Beauty and Sephora. Her role as makeup director has been integral for New Zealand's leading fashion designers backstage at New Zealand Fashion week, including Trelise Cooper and Kathryn Wilson.
Liz has an extensive portfolio across the editorial and fashion scene, having her work and contributions featured in numerous online and print publications locally and internationally such as Rolling Stone Australia, Mindfood, Remix Magazine, Fashion Quarterly, Viva, Canvas, Denizen, Hypebeast, Vogue Italia, Headway Magazine, Together Journal, NZ Musician, Coup de main, Ensemble, Stuff.co.nz, Sunday Star Times and Sniffers.
Film and television work include Mnet Korea's 'Street Woman Fighter 2' for international dance crew Jam Republic, X Factor NZ, Dancing with the Stars and film 'The Breaker Upperers'.
Notable career highlights include judging the inaugural Viva Beauty Awards, working with Parris Goebel and Ciara as Makeup Director for the 'Level Up' music video and working on the global Sephora campaign with Taika Waititi.
