Welcome to That Make, and Welcome Ali Hamylton!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 01:41PM
Hello and welcome to That Makeup!
We thought we would launch our blog with a little history on our very first client, Ali Hamylton. Ali is a dynamic woman who has built a makeup range from scratch over the last 16 years and would be the first to admit that it has been one vertical learning curve after another!! She is a beautiful, vivacious, sassy and incredibly frank woman, with a story that would surely inspire anyone.
We don't quite know how far back into Ali's career in the beauty industry we need to go, but the beginning sounds like a good idea. Ali started her life in the beauty industry as a model, working both in Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa, then, after producing two amazing children , she trained as a beautician. She opened her first salon, The New You, in Sydney way back in 1978. Ali went on to train as a specialist manicurist in Honolulu which lead to her being voted in Lord Lichfield's, Book of the Worlds Best as Australia's premier manicurist, and also can be credited with bringing the French Manicure to Australia. After working as a manicurist in Sydney and Melbourne she started The Ali Hamylton Institute, a training school for hairdressers and makeup artists, contracting the best in the industry to teach. So a natural progression led to becoming a manufacturer of Australia's first professional makeup range back in 1991.
She started out with just 9 lipsticks and travelled around New South Wales selling her wares out of the back of a white Honda covered in lips. And now, from those meager beginnings she has built a beautiful professional range that stands up straight and strong next to the likes of MAC, Bobbi Brown and Stilla. She has some amazing stories to tell, one doesn't achieve all that she has without collecting enough material for several books, so it is with great pleasure that we at That MakeUp present you with the Ali Hamylton range of cosmetics.
Reader Comments (4)
What a great and inspiring story! Makes me want to fill up my make-up bag with all those lovely products.
Website looks terrific and makeup looks good too. Does the free shipping for over $100 count in the US? I am also assuming prices are Australian, that damn American dollar is so weak.
Thanks for your inquiry Joanne,
I will be working out our overseas pricing this week. I don't know that there will be free shipping, but I will work out some kind of deal.
Yes, prices are in AUS$, we Australians have been copping a hiding on our dollar for YEARS, so your complaints about the US dollar do fall upon somewhat deaf ears.
I am glad you like our web site, along with the overseas shipping we are also working on a new beauty blog that will be up and running soon so be sure to subscribe to that one so that you can keep up with all the beauty tips.
Great to hear from you,
Kylie
Well done ! - Great web page. Make-Up looks professional, especially like the Simply Flower-Flower Power product - sounds excellent. Dr. Read is interesting and good to have a video to watch rather than just an audio - bit more compelling. I look forward to other new products !
Pete