At 5:15 on a Thursday morning, a young cosmetologist boarded a bus for the first studio job of his career. Cold and out of his element, the wide-eyed 29-year-old assumed he was merely being driven to other side of Columbia Studios. When the bus pulled out of the front gate, Maurice Stein figured he was headed to the studio’s San Fernando Valley location. He cast his eyes around at the other occupants of the bus, seasoned veterans who all knew what to do – sleep. He would not dare. So Stein sat, wondering where he was going. Forty-five minutes later, parked in the middle of the Santa Clarita Valley, a northern suburb of Los Angeles where Stein would later ride dirt bikes with his sons, he was handed his equipment  makeup and a sponge. Read More

In 2013, Eve Taylor OBE celebrated her 50th career anniversary within the beauty industry. Eve's career began in the early 1960s when she started direct selling cosmetics from home to help pay for her original beauty school education in England.At 81 years of age, Eve Taylor continues to teach worldwide and learn new ideas, and she continues to be an inspiration to all who meet her around the world.Eve was born in London in 1932, one of five children, three girls and two boys. When Eve left school after World War II, she joined the Women's Royal Navy Service (WRNS). She subsequently married in the early 1950s and had five children of her own (all boys), all by the early 1960s. Read More