Gold Coast Makeup Artist, Photographer & Creative Director
Creative direction for people, brands and spaces. Grounded in The Art of Beauty.
I’m Antoinette Eileen, a Gold Coast based makeup artist, photographer and multidisciplinary creative with more than 17 years of experience across beauty, imagery and visual storytelling.
My work brings together bridal makeup and hair, wedding and elopement photography, brand and lifestyle photography, property and interior imagery, and creative direction for homes, renovations and visual projects, all guided by the same refined & elevated feminine and editorial point of view.
For weddings, I offer everything from luxury bridal makeup and hair to photography and intimate one-vendor elopement experiences, creating a calm and cohesive experience from getting ready through to the photographs that tell the story.
For brands, homes and creative projects, I work across photography, styling and creative direction to shape imagery, spaces and ideas that feel considered, refined and visually cohesive.
Creativity also extends beyond the work I create for clients. Original art and designs by Antoinette Eileen are released in limited collections, transforming my own paintings, patterns and ideas into beautiful pieces designed to bring a little more colour, joy and beauty to the everyday.
You can also shop a growing collection of creative resources, guides and tools shaped by more than 17 years of industry experience, created to share what I have learned and help brides to be, other creatives, beauty professionals and business owners bring their own ideas to life.
Based on the Gold Coast and working throughout Brisbane, the Tweed Coast, Byron Bay and Northern NSW (as well as interstate & internationally at request), my approach is grounded in a love of colour, light, composition, atmosphere and beautiful detail.
My work has been featured in Grand Designs, Queensland Brides, Girlfriend and Take 5, as well as on television.
The Art of Beauty
At the heart of everything I create is a fascination with beauty, not only in people, but in light, colour, spaces, texture, imagery and the little details that make something feel special.
For more than 17 years, creativity has been woven through my work. What began in the world of beauty has evolved into photography, visual storytelling, interiors, original art and design.
Different expressions of the same instinct to notice beauty and find a way to bring it to life.
I have always believed that beauty is about more than how something looks, it's how it feels to the person receiving it.
It is the way natural light falls across a room. The perfect balance of colour and texture. The glow of skin on a wedding morning. The way colour theory can bring forward a natural beauty that is already there with the right makeup products. A photograph that holds a feeling long after the moment has passed. A brushstroke, pattern or object that brings a little joy to the everyday.
The medium may change, but the way I approach it does not.
Antoinette Eileen is where these creative worlds come together. Beauty, imagery, spaces, art and design, all seen through one perspective.
Sometimes that means bringing a brides vision to life and capturing her story. Sometimes it is helping shape a home or creative vision. And sometimes it is simply taking an idea from my imagination and turning it into artwork or something beautiful you can hold, use, inspire and live with.
Because ultimately, that is what The Art of Beauty means to me: seeing the possibility for beauty in the world around us, and creating a little more of it!
Testimonials
I could not recommend Antionette enough!
Her makeup is beautiful. She listened to exactly what I wanted and created a look that completely surpassed my expectations. I felt so confident and beautiful, and my makeup lasted perfectly all day and night. My bridesmaids all looked absolutely stunning as well, and every single one of us was so happy with the final result. The makeup photographed beautifully and still looked flawless hours later.
Antionette was really great to deal with, she genuinely cares about her brides. She went above and beyond throughout the morning, staying for touch-ups, helping wherever she could, capturing content and behind-the-scenes moments, and bringing such a positive energy & calm energy to the day. She also was so lovely offering to advocate for me during the morning if I needed it or felt overwhelmed at any point. It never felt like she was there just to do makeup and leave. She truly cared about making the whole experience special.
As a bride, you spend so much time choosing suppliers and hoping they'll be the right fit. Antoinette exceeded every expectation I had. Not only is she incredibly talented at what she does, but she is also so genuinely lovely
Thank you, Antoinette, for making me feel so beautiful on one of the most important days of my life, for taking such amazing care of my girls and me, and for being such a special part of our wedding day. I am so grateful we found you!
Seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses has paid off for the owner of this pretty-in-pink dream home.
Antoinette Idzikowski bought a neglected three-storey house and transformed it into a contemporary showstopper to be featured on TV by Grand Designs Australia.
It was one of the Gold Coast’s most-viewed homes of the week when it launched on realestate.com.au.
This home is a piece of artistry and a place where dreams come true. It is also a profitable venture, currently providing a gorgeous filming backdrop for some well-known Australian brands. A masterpiece of modern design and craftsmanship.
Antoinette was my make-up artist for my wedding on 27/11/21. All I can say is, perfection. Antoinette did myself and my 5 bridesmaids and she was just incredible. Her make-up made me feel like a princess and was everything I was hoping for and more for the big day. My bridesmaids looked so incredibly beautiful with the exact touch of sparkle I wanted. She is the loveliest human with such a soft and calm touch. Antoinette, you made me feel so beautiful. I cannot thank-you enough for everything. BEST WEDDING MAKE-UP ARTIST EVER!!!!
