User:Nathalie Farmer

Nathalie Farmer is the founder and CEO of The Face Painting Shop, Dupe Magazine and Eleven16 Studios

Aged just 36 years old Nathalie has built her busineses from nothing starting off in the back room of her house to a business that is now turning over £750,000 pa.

In 2013 Nathalie took a huge gamble and took over the premises that the shop now stands in.

In 2014 Nathalie won the Thurrock business awards for Best New Company and Young Entrepreneur of the year, in 2016 Nathalie won the Award for Essex Business Woman of the year and most recently in 2018 has won Employer of the year award.

Expanding the brand further Nathalie has taken the business to another level by developing and manufacturing a range of Pink Tip Brushes that are now being sold globaly

Nathalie has also created an industry magazine called Dupe Magazine, this features face and body painting artists from around, along with industry news, product reviews and step by step tutorials Dupe Magazine is now being sold in various shops in Europe and America, issue one of Dupe was created to be just a digital magazine, but the amazing response and demand for it to be printed was overwhelming, Issue two is now available in print and digital.

Nathalie is now one of the country’s leading face and body painting instructors; the business is also the only accredited training centre in the country, giving artists a qualification when they have completed their training.