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25 Years, Two Continents, One Agency: Heidi Scarlett King on Building a Career That Actually Lasts
Send us Fan Mail From Mac OG to Agency Founder with Heidi Scarlett King This week I sat down with Sydney-based makeup artist and King Co Creative founder Heidi Scarlett King — and yes. Heidi has one of those careers that sounds like fiction. She started at Mac in Sydney when the brand had just launched, assisting Fashion Week shows a season. Then she packed up and moved to London with no plan, started again from scratch, ended up at the Mac Pro Store in Soho, ended up on ITV This Morning as a beauty expert, got on Pat McGrath's runway team in Paris, and came home in 2014 to build an agency with 45 artists on the books. This one covers the full arc. The exciting bits, the lonely bits, and the hard-won truths that only come from doing this for a really long time. We cover: Starting at Mac in the 2000s and what Australian Fashion Week looked like at its peakAssisting legend Dottie and why those early years were the making of herStarting over in London and what six years there taught her about resilienceGetting onto Pat McGrath's team at Paris Fashion Week and what that world is really likeAccidentally becoming a TV beauty expert on ITV This MorningWhy she moved back to Sydney in 2014 and how hard it was to restart — againHow the industry shifted post-Instagram and why events became where the money wentDirecting Australian Idol and The Voice — and how that gave birth to King Co CreativeManaging 45 artists: what she values more than talent, and why integrity can't be taughtThe Cartier Opera House event: 63 hair and makeup artists across 10 Sydney hotelsThe best advice she has for artists just starting outPlus Heidi shares her current kit favourites — the By Terry powder she's been using for 15 years, her new Tarte tubing mascara obsession, and why the Half Percent lip liner is her ride or die right now. The Hair Edit Waitlist Follow TMI on IG Follow Vanessa on IG The Makeup Insider Blog The Makeup Insider TikTok
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