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Meet the artist…

Victoria santibaÑez is a makeup artist and licenced hairstylist for non union film and corporate video based in los angeles.

With six years of film industry experience, Victoria has a versatile skill set in beauty, hair styling, male grooming and SFX. Her diverse portfolio of work encompasses everything from polished male grooming for headshots, makeup and hair styling for corporate videography, and prosthetic SFX.

She is known for her corrective use of makeup to keep the talent’s skin looking as natural as possible and being able to last through long shoot days. Her kit is curated with professional grade products to serve global skin tones and diverse hair textures.

Her corporate clients include Toyota, Bombas, Naturewise, C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies and prominent political figures.

Victoria began her filmmaking career in 2018 and obtained her cosmetology license from the AVEDA Institute of Austin TX in 2021. Upon relocating to Los Angeles, she enrolled at Legend’s Makeup Academy to pursue SFX under the instruction of Oscar winning makeup artist Ve Neill. 

In 2023, she was selected for the Last Looks Podcast Mentorship program for emerging artists as an intern with Emmy award winning makeup artist Brian Sipe. She was recently awarded as the First Place winner of the prestigious 2024 IMATS Battle of the Brushes student competition in the prosthetic/character category. 

On set she an experienced department head who can take a project from script to screen through collaborating with creative departments on character design and overseeing their timely execution in the makeup trailer. Victoria is known for her "fix it in pre" mentality and record keeping for maintaining continuity. 

She is a strong communicator and likes to get ahead of any hurdles on set before they arise. Her warm and easy-going demeanor puts talent at ease in the chair and her team-player attitude makes all the difference during long days on set. She approaches every project with enthusiasm, outside-the-box thinking and reflects a high standard of professionalism for the department.

When Victoria isn’t on set, she’s lacing up her running shoes and escaping the hustle and bustle of LA for the mountains. As a passionate Ultra runner and nature lover, she enjoys the mental and physical challenge trail-running brings. She is currently training for her first 100 Mile attempt at the Kodiak 100 race in Big Bear Lake this October.

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