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About

Stefanie Carlson and Janna Huget are the masterminds for Behind the Blush. The two ladies started the business as friends in Edmonton, and today, work with photographer Nicole Ashley. This past year our team expanded to include Diane as a Makeup Artist and Caitlyn as a Hair Stylist. Their team uses their passion in beauty and fashion to style hair and apply makeup. In addition, the two do fashion styling for weddings, engagements, portraits, boudoirs, and chic photoshoots. The ladies are also licensed.

Experience

Stefanie: She has been involved in the beauty industry for 8 years, 7 of which have been purely in the hair and makeup industry. She started her career through an apprenticeship out of a salon in the Edmonton area. Throughout her career, she has been blessed with many opportunities that have helped mold her into the experienced and driven hair, and makeup artist that she is today. She is a graduate from the Evelyn Charles Academy and trained colorist through the Aveda Academy. In her short 8 years experience, she has accomplished several milestones such as attending the "Davines World Wide Hair Tour 2012" in Miami, Florida, being selected as a makeup artist and hairstylist for fashion week Edmonton, and completing the Schwarzkopf master color class.

Janna: She has been working as a freelance Makeup Artist for over 8 years. She spent 2 years working for MAC Cosmetics and left to pursue further freelancing and her personal projects. She took on hairstyling as a way to be more involved in photo shoots and can style hair for weddings or any type of event. She has worked doing hair and makeup for boudoir, portrait, concept and promotional shoots. She has been working alongside Stefanie Carlson for almost 7 years. She has a passion for enhancing your natural beauty, making your skin glow and having you see yourself as a whole new you!

Caitlyn: She has been working with Stef and Janna as an additional hair stylist as part of the Behind the Blush team for larger weddings for over 4 years and she's thrilled to be on the team officially! She started her hair career apprenticing at Celebrity Hair Salon in Edmonton for 3 years and then transitioned to owning her own in-home salon for the past 5 years. She's been published twice in Blush Magazine for her work with Behind the Blush on past weddings. Her vast hair knowledge and love for everything romantic hopefully makes her the perfect person to transform your hair for your big day or event!

Diane: She's spent the better part of the last decade as a full-time makeup artist with MAC Cosmetics. For every minute of her time at MAC, she has soaked up every bit of knowledge and taken every opportunity that has been offered. She's worked on a PARK fashion show, The Canadian Country Music Awards as well as countless weddings and events. In 2015, she said good-bye to her friends and family here in Edmonton and started a new adventure of living in the UK. She spent a year working at a fresh new location of MAC Cosmetics in Dundee, Scotland, where she continued to learn from many amazing artists. She is so excited to join Janna, Stef and Caitlyn as part of the Behind The Blush family! It is her passion and goal to make each and every person that sits in her makeup chair feel beautiful.

Services offered

Their team offers many services for your wedding day. For makeup, contouring, fake lashes, and tattoo coverage are available. For hair, blowouts, extensions, hair coloring, haircuts, textured styling, and updos (or any styling) is also available. To see the services the team offers for weddings, see the following list:

Consultations
Hair
Makeup
Men's grooming
Multiple stylists
On-site service
Trial service

Other services

Together, the ladies offer hair and makeup for more than weddings. For example, hair and makeup can be done for engagements. To see other events the ladies offer, see below: