Colette Johnson - Director

Colette is a multi award-winning makeup artist and hair designer with experience spanning almost 20 years across various areas within the industry.

Colette is also a professional and fully accredited trainer - offering professional training in makeup artistry and hair design from our studios in Basingstoke and Burnham.

"CJ Beauty & Co was born in 2009 when I decided it was time to fuse my experience in makeup and my skills in business development...and I haven't looked back! I'm a self-confessed makeup addict - I love makeup and I love making people feel special! - What a better combination to work in such an exciting industry!

Nine years on CJ Beauty & Co is now an employer and my business is my pride and joy! - CJ Beauty & Co continues to go from strength to strength! My business has grown almost entirely through recommendation which is wonderful and still brings the biggest smile to my face as brides continue to recommend us time and time over! It's also such an honour to be recommended by so many beautiful wedding venues who share our passion and dedication to exceptional service. We are also Wedition's Star Supplier for Bridal Hair & Makeup (Lizzie may be a little biased there as we did her hair and makeup for her big day!!)

The Training Academy was born in 2015 offering specialist training courses in makeup artistry, hair design and short courses to support makeup artistry. I insist on keeping my class sizes small so I can deliver the best possible level of training - up to 5 students from our studio in Burnham, and up to 2 students from our studio in Basingstoke.

I'm so excited to be supporting Newbury College throughout 2019 with their makeup training programmes!"

You don’t need many words to describe a makeup experience with Colette….Wow! Pure talent. My sister and I were lucky enough to have our makeup done by Colette for my wedding in December. The whole experience exceeded all of our expectations. Colette makes you feel relaxed and comfortable while she works her magic. She totally gets what you explain and creates the exact look that you asked for. Colette made sure we were entirely happy before she left and we could not have asked for a better service. I absolutely loved my makeup and I’m now itching to have a makeup lesson! Thank goodness LJ Photographics recommended her…

Gemma Phillips-Hardy | Married at Rivervale Barn, Yateley
Colette did my makeup for my wedding and she was absolutely wonderful and a delight to work with. I went for a trial a few weeks before and without even saying a word she knew exactly what would look good on me. On the wedding day Colette arrived slightly early which was great as we didn’t have a huge window but in true form I was turned from a 43 year old plain Jane into a beautiful swan, despite the 4000 interruptions of questions I had to answer, it’s not easy trying to paint a moving face!! I loved that I still looked like ‘me’ as often brides have such a mask on that they are practically unrecognisable, she just made me the best version of me…huge thanks to you Colette, you are very talented with an extremely warm and caring soul.

Chadina Chanel | Married at Highfield Park, Hook
I can honestly say that having my bridal hair and makeup done by Colette is one of the highlights of my wedding day. Her amazing talent is obvious to see on her social media but this does not represent her kindness, empathy and great sense of humour. I would not hesitate to book with Colette again for future events and wish her good luck and love with her future ventures. Thank you so much Colette for helping to make my wedding day the best day of my life.

Emma Dewey | Married at Clock Barn, Whitchurch
Colette did an amazing job with mine, 2 bridesmaids and the mums hair and makeup… Would highly recommend she managed to do all of this in record time and went beyond her duties… Even after getting emotional during the day all of our makeup stayed on so can’t thank Colette enough

Mary Loughnane | Married at Wokefield Park, Mortimer
Colette did my hair on Saturday and it looked amazing. I was out all day and night and it stayed in place and still looked fantastic and 1.30am in the morning! I would recommend Colette to anyone. I showed her a picture of the hairstyle that I was looking for and she did it 10 times better! Thank you for doing such a brilliant job on my hair.

Dena Ward | Basingstoke

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