Val Garland

Val Garland is a Londonbased makeup artist After growing up in Bristol Garland later moved to Sydney Australia where she trained as a hair colourist Her interest in colour led her from hair to makeup soon becoming a leading practitioner in Australia In 1994 Garland moved back to London where over the last two decades she has worked on various projects ranging from highly conceptual catwalk shows for Alexander McQueen to commercial celebrity shoots with Kate Moss Garland has also collaborated on publications including Vogue Dazed Confused iD and Visionaire Her innovative ideas have led her to work internationally with Nick Knight Mario Testino John Galliano Chloë Sevigny and Björk In 2004 Garland received the Pantene ProV Makeup Artist of the Year Award and in 2017 she was named as the first LOréal Paris Global Makeup Director 2018 saw Garland publish the book Validated an anthology illustrating her career through a series of her most seminal images In 2019 Garland became a judge on the BBC TV series Glow Up a competition for makeup artists