About Rie Miura

Rie Miura is an acclaimed Japanese makeup artist, hairstylist and beauty educator based in Singapore. She works her magic at weddings, events, shoots and more

日本の最新メイク技術を用いて、ウェディングやメディア撮影だけでなく、時には人気コスメブランドのデモンストレーターとしてもマルチに活躍

About Rie

Warm, observant and meticulous, Rie Miura endeavours to bring out the essence of every face that she touches. A familiar face backstage at catwalks, fashion shoots and in the wedding and bridal circuit, Rie is known for her versatility, attention to detail and skill in Japanese makeup artistry. All all-rounded beauty maestro, Rie is not only one of the best makeup artists in Singapore, but also a hairstylist who is well-versed in the latest Japanese hairstyle trends. She counts celebrities, international models, public corporate figures and socialites among her clientele.

Born in Singapore to a Japanese father and a Singaporean Chinese mother, Rie is conversant in English, Japanese and Mandarin. Her cultural heritage and exposure explains her adroitness at wielding the unique “Japanese touch”.

Rie launched her professional makeup career in 2014 when she emerged the grand champion of Shu Uemura’s prestigious The Beauty Makeup-Art Competition. Responding to the theme “Brave Beauty”, Rie clinched the top spot for the professional category with a look featuring bold, feathery, winged brows, inspired by the story The Ugly Duckling. She said: “I wanted to convey with my concept that you shouldn’t let anyone tell you what’s beautiful and what’s not.”

Rie would know what it means to be brave. She quit a stable job in Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese trading company, to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a professional makeup artist just a year prior to joining the competition. And the prize? A trip to Shu Uemura’s headquarters in Tokyo, where Junichiro Kimura, the brand’s international atelier artist, personally imparted techniques necessary for creating Mr Uemura’s signature looks.

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Rie has not looked back. Since then, Rie has rubbed shoulders with luxury cosmetic brands such as Armani Beauty and YSL Beauty. Rie’s work has consistently been featured in magazines such as Her World, ELLE, Tatler, ICON, The PEAK MU/SE and many more. She is also an artistic collaborator working with brands such as Shu Uemura, Make Up Forever and Kosé etc.

A true beauty junkie, Rie insists on using only over-the-counter high-end products on her clients to achieve exquisite results. Other than a diploma in advanced makeup artistry and hairstyling, Rie has an ITEC Advanced Certificate in Fashion, Theatre and Special Effects. She also holds a certificate in Style Coaching, from the Style Coaching Institute UK.

That said, Rie believes that beauty is not only skin deep. This is why her Total Beauty makeover workshops include social etiquette training, colour coordination and hairstyling. “One’s inner elegance must be cultivated as well,” she said.

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