Sophia Mason

Areas: Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire, London (South).
Mobile: 07951 880600
Email: sophia@facetime.co.uk
Website: www.sophiamason.co.uk

Services Offered:

Resumé

I am very proud to be the owner of the FACE TIME Website, I am based in Guildford Surrey, so am able to cover The Surrey borders of London, Hampshire, Berkshire, Kent and Sussex.

In 1993 I decided to realise my dream of becoming a professional make-up artist. I began my training at the Guildford College of Further and Higher Education studying for an NVQ level 2 in Beauty Therapy.

During this time I attended the Carlton London Tonight Studio's where I gained my first real experience of the career I intended to follow.

I trained at the Delamar Academy of Make-up in London, for Fashion & Photographic Make-up and also Advanced Fashion Make-up.

I worked as an in-store artist for MAC Cosmetics for a few years which helped me gain experience with lots of faces and skin types and I had a chance to experiment with colours, textures and styles. I found my personal style of makeup was a very natural "less is more" look. My aim is to enhance natural beauty.

I then began my move into Bridal styling. I quickly found there was a great demand for hair and makeup together and so trained at L'Oreal Professional, where I found I had a flare for hair up styling, which I now thoroughly enjoy, to keep my skills up to date and stay on top of the latest developments in the industry I regularly attend various courses seminars, such as Patrick Cameron Seminars.

After just 2 years of freelance wedding work, I found I was becoming booked very quickly and so to be able to recommend other artists with similar experience to me I began a small network of local artists. Now years on Face Time has become one of the leading names in bridal styling, I am very proud to be the owner of this company and am totally confident in my team and the concept of working within a network of professionals. Even as Face Time grows from strength to strength I know I will always be keen to continue with my freelance wedding work as it has been my passion since childhood.

I also regularly work on fashion shoots and TV and Film, also Commercials, but although I love this variety, and still after all these years, my passion is my wedding work, being a true romantic soul, I get no better feeling than to know I have helped make a girl feel like a princess on her big day, and also feel humble and incredibley lucky to be part of such a wonderful and personal part of one of the most important days of any girls life!

I hope you will benefit from my experience within the wedding industry and enjoy your time with me as I help to make your day special!

Testimonials

"I would recommend Sophia to any bride on there wedding day. Having intially been nervous about someone else loose on my hair and make up, I could not have wished for a more professional make up and hair artist. She listened carefully to what I had in mind, and worked with me to create a look I felt completely confident with. She turned a hairistyle that had simply been in my imagination into a reality - and my make up on the day was natural that I really felt like 'me' throughout (albeit a more glamorous vision thatn usual). Aside from her abilities as a make up and hair artist, Sophia is also wonderful to have around - helping to calm nerves and providing words of encouragement, whilst continuing to get on with an incredibly professional job"
Mrs Karen Riederer

" just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you for my hair and amke up on Friday - I had lots of compliments! It was fun getting ready with you in the morning. We had a fabulous day and just getting ready for our honeymoon! "
Karen Marshal

"Thank you so much for making me look beautiful with your makeup and hair styling. The natural look was spot on! You made both Mum and Bridesmaid look fab. We enjoyed your company and you also made everyone feel at ease on what is a frantic day. You are extremely professional Sophia. Thanks again!"
Mel Beatie (Tiangga) 24th June 2007

"I want to thank you so much for the amazing job you did on the hair & Makeup for my wedding. We all got so many compliments about how great we looked. Now that we have the DVD & photos of our wedding day we can also appreciate the hard work that you put into making us look so good!"
Nicky Ward

"Thank you very much for making me feel even more special on my daughters wedding day and Laura sparkled with happiness all day and looked amazing, so beautiful in her dress, makeup and stunning sophisticated hairstyle!"
Joan Gilcrest

"I just wanted to say thanks for all your help on October 27th – we had an amazing day and I was so pleased you were there to do my hair and makeup – it made the whole morning remarkably stress free and enjoyable. I will definitely be recommending you to all my friends. "
Lizzie Mayhew

"A very very belated thankyou!! You did my hair and makeup in dec 05 at cain manor in headley and you did a fantastic job. I meant to thankyou at the time but we soon moved and i lost your details and then had a baby etc etc. Just remembered your name so googled you!! Im sure you will not remeber me but you did a lovely audrey hepburn style hair do which was fantastic. Thankyou so much, you were fabulous and managed to calm my nerves with your profeesionalism. All the luck for the future. x "
Claire Barraud

"A HUGE thank you for all you did on our wedding day. My hair and makeup was perfect, I was so pleased with it. Thank you for all your advice and the videoing you did! You helped make the morning of the wedding run smoothly!"
Jacqueline Locke 23rd Feb 2008