In my early twenties, I worked as a commercial MUA at counters within department stores, as a freelance MUA, working with photographers, theatres and magazines.
This gave me huge experience and understanding of the market as a B2C consumer and as a B2B worker. Over the years working in this industry the lack of innovation and focus on the prevalent issue of hygiene frustrated not only me but other MUA’s and domestic users. Graduating Brunel University’s Industrial Design & Technology course, worked a placement year with AV Specialist Green Hippo, PhD within the Human Centred Design Institute London working with Jaguar Land Rover on ”Autonomous vehicles & how do we trust them”. I lectured & taught Graphic Communications, 3d software Solidworks and Rhino, Design for Manufacture & loved every second. Due to a flare up of my chronic illness, I was hospitalised for 2 years, meaning I had to stop my PhD, my job lecturing and I lost everything and had to start over. This led me to found Clens Cosmetics. Blending my background as a Makeup Artist from my early 20’s, with my engineering background at Brunel University, and my deep understanding of healthcare, Clens Cosmetics was born.