Deanna Dickins Make-Up Art Biography

Deanna Dickins is a professional freelance make-up artist who specializes in wedding, bridal and formal make-up. With over six years of experience, she founded her company, Deanna Dickins Make-Up Art, in June 2009 with the help of the Summer Company Program. Deanna’s approach to make-up art is clean and elegant, emphasizing the natural beauty of her clients. She commutes on location in Toronto and the GTA providing make-up application as well as a tutorial, tailoring her product suggestions to suit the individual needs of her clients.

Deanna learned make-up art from her mother, Joanne; a professional make-up artist for film and television. Joanne has been in the make-up business for over 25 years and taught Deanna the basics of make-up at a young age. As she grew older, Deanna learned basic special effects and make-up for theatre and photography. She then developed her own style for formal and evening make-up emphasizing the eyes. The look is clean and polished without using too much product, allowing ones natural beauty to show through. Since starting her company, Deanna has experienced prom make-up for students and wedding make-up for future brides. In the past, she worked as a make-up artist on multiple school shows at York Mills C.I. high school and practiced minor special effects make-up.

In addition to creating elegant looks for special occasions, Deanna offers instruction and application at make-up parties for teens and adults. The tutorial includes tips for healthy skin, suggestions of the best make-up products on the market (including when to splurge and save on products,) and how to create a 5-minute face and evening look. She demonstrates the look on party attendees showing the ease of professional make-up application without make-up looking too heavy and over-done.