Marta Skalska (MartElle) is a makeup and hair designer, who works with the best team of professional makeup artists to create character images for commercials, music videos, feature films, TV shows, etc.
After 12 years of experience and everyday practice Marta acquired advanced skills in hairstyling, sfx and stage makeup, as well as fashion and editorial makeup. She is also a highly skilled professional in makeup team management on set and production process.
Martelle was a head of makeup department working on commercials for Apple, Amazon, Mercedes, AUDI, Nissan, Volkswagen, Diesel, Uniqlo, Gillette, Skoda, AXE, Libresse, Coca Cola, Jack Daniels, Miller, Danone, Finish, Motorolla & Lenovo, Oculus, Vodafone, Samsung, Stimorol, Lurpak, Woolmark, Douglas, NuroFen, Intel, Three, Sennheiser, Bose, PlayStation, Disney. These are just some of the customers the team has had the pleasure and honor of working with.
Music videos for Asap Rocky, Coldplay band (UP&UP video), Martin Garrix, TwentyOne Pilots, Dj Shadow, Dua Lipa, Moses Summey.
Marta and her team (18 artists) were part of makeup department of CHERNOBYL HBO 2018, shooting in Lithuania and Ukraine (key makeup designer Daniel Parker). In total Martelle and her makeup department were involved in more than 150 international projects and this number is growing every day.
Marta is convinced that being a makeup and hair artist isn’t only about having professional practical skills but also about having a well-rounded personality capable of detecting the slightest notions and aspects of creative process.
Having received basic training at the fundamental school of movie makeup, Marta continued perfecting her art by completing a post graduate program in Taras Shevchenko National University (Kyiv, Ukraine) where she defended a thesis in Gestalt Aesthetics on the topic of visual perception in art and received her PhD.
Marta was a teacher in MakeupMe academy and coach of make team working at Ukrainian Fashion Week. She was also the key makeup artist for most of the shows at UFW from 2018 to 2020.
Marta is a frequently invited makeup artist at beauty and fashion shootings of such magazines as L'Officiel, Elle Man, Playboy, Jute Magazine, Touch Magazine and Fashion Post among others.
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