MAKEUP & SPECIAL EFFECTS
Amanda Mester "Manny", is a freelance Makeup, Special Effects and Hair Artist based in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in San Diego, California and moved to Los Angeles in 2021 to attend Cinema Makeup School. Upon graduating, she's worked on film sets, photoshoots, live events and has been a Lab Tech for two Creature FX Shops. She now specializes in TV and Film Makeup & Hair and realistic injuries.
Experience
"Masked Demon, A Love I Can't Live Without" TV Mini Series- Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
August 2024
"Mobile Video Game" Commercial- Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
August 2024
"My Accidental Alpha's Desire" TV Mini Series - Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
July 2024
"Kiss Me Alpha Edward" TV Mini Series - Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
June 2024
"My Mafia Billionaire Husband" TV Mini Series - Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
June 2024
"Escape the Billionaire's Embrace" TV Mini Series - 2nd Assistant Makeup & Hair
May 2024
"Tangles Ties & Tipsy Vows" TV Mini Series - Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
April - May 2024
"Temptation of the Ex-Wife" TV Mini Series - Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
March 2024
"Voyage LA" Photoshoot - Hair Dept. Head
February 2024
"Wild Horses" Short Trailer - Hair Dept. Head
February 2024
“Art of Revenge” TV Mini Series - Assistant Makeup & Hair
December 2023
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, Hollywood- Mask & Creature Suit Technician
September- October 2023
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Repairing, maintaining, sanitizing masks, gloves & suits
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Special Effects Makeup, hair & wigs
“TAHA” AFI Thesis Film - Assistant Hair & Makeup
June 2023
Rescue Critters, Animal Training Mannikins- Lab Assistant
November 2022- May 2023
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Running foam & silicones
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Fiberglass & platinum molds
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Cutting metal
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Trimming & seaming
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Blood tubing
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, Hollywood - Mask Technician
September- October 2022
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Repairing, maintaining & sanitizing silicone, fiberglass & latex masks
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SFX makeup
“SVN Select” Photoshoot Campaign- Makeup & Hair Dept. Head
June 2022
Cinema Makeup School - Lab Assistant
June- September 2022
Cinema Makeup School - Graduate
April 2022
Lab
Shop Work Molding & Casting Painting Hair Punching
Lab Tech- Life-casting, airbrushing, metal cutting, wood work, seaming silicone and
hair punching.
Mold Maker- Urethane, ultracal, silicone, dental acrylic, epoxy syntactic dough, epoxy laminating resin, fiberglass cloth, polyfoam, lay ups, flashing, and cleaning/ prepping/ demolding molds.
Pouring Materials- Open pour translucent platinum silicone, tin cure silicone, foam latex and polyfoam.
Paint- Prosthetics, foam masks, airbrush tattoos (dual and single), silicone pigments, psycho paints, PAX and alcohol paints.
Sculpting- WED clay, oil based clay and monster clay
Mask Technician- Repairs, adjustments and maintenance of silicone, latex and fiberglass masks.