Faye

Meet Master Stylist, Educator, and the Founder of Faye Smith Agency

Faye Smith is the founder, Master Celebrity Stylist and Educator at Faye Smith Agency. She began her career over 15 years ago as a solo makeup artist in England, where she is originally from. She enjoyed working with her makeup teacher on Opera sets in Birmingham City before dreaming bigger and making an international leap. Since moving to Canada and graduating as a top featured artist from Blanche Macdonald, Faye has grown one of Canada’s largest agencies that hosts over a 100 talented Makeup and Hair Artists across the country, opened doors to Primp & Proper salon in the heart of Gastown, as well as launched Faye Smith Academy, an online platform for professional artists.

She is trained by multiple internationally known schools and artists including the Tatiana Hair Beauty Academy who teaches the Georgiy Kot hair art methods. She is also trained with Kevin Murphy Academy, Moroccan Oil Academy, Ulyana Aster, and Artistry by V.

Wedding hair and makeup is one of the many specialties Faye is most recognized for. Faye Smith Agency was the local round winner of the Hair Styling and Beauty and Makeup category for Vancouver and the Lower Mainland at the International Wedding Awards. Faye and her team have also won and continue to win a multitude of contests and awards including Wedding Wire Couples Choice Awards, BC Wedding Awards, Modern Basic Beauty Contest and more.

Faye has been a beauty educator since 2015, training new and established artists the ways of the industry, as well as leading private and group lessons for her clients. Reddit is buzzing about Faye for being the best artist for private makeup lessons! She has taught workshops for Kingdom Beauty Supplies, for The Birch & Lace Hair Company in Revelstoke, and for Design.Me Hair online. In 2021, Faye Smith Academy was officially launched, offering an online course library for professional hair and makeup artists, and ongoing in person workshops. 

After recently becoming a brand new momma, Faye has added mamapreneur to her title and is mastering the fine balance of work and life, as well as naturally inspiring other momma’s in the field on Instagram. You can follow her journey on her page @fayesmithmakeup.

Faye has an extensive list of publications and clients. Here are a few she is extra proud of:

• Roger Federer
• Terry Fox Foundation
• Mercedes Benz
• The Laver Cup
• Daniel Morad
• Jennifer Robertson, also known as Jocelyn Schitt
• Tasya Teles, The 100
• Reiko MacKenzie, The Real Housewives of Vancouver
• Douglas Coupland, Canadian Novelist and Artist
• Burberry
• Davines
• Revlon
• London Drugs
• Kiss New York Professional
• Vasanti Cosmetics
• Yves Saint Laurent
• CTV News
• Macleans Magazine
• Vogue
• Microsoft
• Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Jacqueline Conoir
• Jason Matlo
• The Vancouver Sun
• The Globe & Mail
• Narcity
• Teck

She also represents a range of beauty brands including Toppik, Sweet Leilani, Amaterasu Cosmetics, Lunata Beauty, Evio Beauty, Clarins, Estee Lauder, Jane Iredale, Viviscal, Dermalogica, Revlon, and more.

Faye’s beauty tip and favorite product: Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics Loose Mineral Foundation is my industry skin secret. Whether used simply to finesse the skin or for a full application, I cannot do my own or anyone else’s makeup without this product. I would panic if I did not have this magical product in my kit!

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