IMAGES InstagramCelebritymake-upartist,Vu y oVa r o y, talks
abouthisjourneyinbeautyandfashion and
makingwaveslocallyandabroad!ByTSAKANENDLOVUTHE STYLE
MASTER
Tellusmoreaboutyourself.
I'maprofessionalmake-upartist,aswell
as the founderand creative director of
VuyoVaroyLifestyleEmporiumandSir
Varoy.I wasborninCapeTownandI have
foursisters—that makesmetheonlyboy
inourfamily.
I studiedfashion designattheCape
PeninsulaUniversity ofTechnologyand
moved to Joburg in 2004 to intern at
e.tvasawardrobestylist—thisiswhere
Iwasintroducedtomake-upartistry. I
then enrolled for a course at PMU (a
professionalmake-upschool).
I joinedM.A.CCosmeticsasamake-up
artistin 2007 andsixmonthslater,I got
approvedtoworkbackstageatSAFashion
Week.Duringthatyear,thecompanysent
metoLasVegasforanadvancedmake-up
course.I workedforanotheryearforthe
companybeforeI feltthatI neededtobuild
my career asan independent freelance
make-upartist.
WhatistheVuyoVaroybrand?I'manentrepreneurandvisionarywhoownsa
bespokemenswearbrandcalledSirVaroy,
anda luxuryeventstylingcompany,Vuyo
VaroyLifestyleEmporium.
Howdidthesetwobusinessescomeabout?
SirVaroyspecialisesineverythingmenswear.
It'sanestablishmentrunstrictlyonan
appointmentbasisbecausewewanttomake
surethatwetakeourclientsona journeyand
anexclusiveexperience.Theclientgetsto
choosetheirownfabric,colour,designand
theperfectfit.
Ontheotherhand,theVuyoVaroy
LifestyleEmporiumisa companythat's
abletoplan,manageandstylebothsmall
andlarge-scaleevents.Withtoday's
demandinglifestyle,weunderstandhowimportant events are to our clients.
Wemakesure that we take away the headache
ofplanning an event for them, using our
trustedand approved suppliers to bring that
exclusiveluxury experience to the events
weorganise.
Whendid you get your big break?
In 2013, I received a call from Revlon
Cosmetics SA CEO requesting a meeting
withthe entire Revlon marketing team.
Theybroke the news that they wanted to
formacollaboration with me. I was the
firstmake-up artist in SA to be their brand
ambassador. This changed my life and
elevatedmy career.
Whathas the industry taught you?
Ithasintroduced me to some high-profileindividuals and those at Presidential
level. Working with people in such high
positions has taught me to stay grounded
as I don’t know who my next client could
be.
What’s your biggest achievement so far?
My biggest success was starting both my
businesses. Being selected as the first
make-up artist in the country to represent
a global brand, Revlon Cosmetics, and
being hand-picked by M.A.C Cosmetics to
represent South Africa in Berlin at their
annual Make-up Trends Presentation
are some of the highlights. Working at
the Global Citizen Concert as one of
the backstage make-up artists was also
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