It's always great to hear from ex-students .. we got a particularly lovely email yesterday from our former student Hilary Cook (nee Irwin) who's remembered very fondly here and who's based in New Zealand:

"It has been a long time since I've spoken with you guys but thought I will give you an email to fill you in on what I've been up to ... I've just taken on the job being personal makeup/prosthetic/hair artist to Evangeline Lilly who is the leading Elf on Hobbit, whew what a whirl my life has been since Greasepaint. I have taken my team to some amazing countries heading the most fantastic jobs on film, TV and shoots and all because of you guys. I also recently had 8 of my works in Vogue Italia which I was pretty proud of :) I am eternally grateful for my time at Greasepaint and the years just keep getting better and better. This is my website where you can view some of my work, blog etc and product www.hilcook.co.nz. Thank- you, thank-you from the bottom of my heart. Hugs, Hil Cook"

You might see Hil's name on a new sort of cotton bud .. don't know if they're available here yet, but here's how they work! http://www.youtube.com/hilcook?feature=mhum. She's promised to send us some for students and tutors to try ...