MEET ASHLEY
Ashley West is a Hair & Makeup Artist in Fairhope, Alabama and the surrounding Gulf Coast area, including Birmingham and Atlanta. She specializes in on-location bridal and special occasion makeup, specifically airbrush makeup. She also loves creating looks for fashion and photography.
Ashley currently holds a license in Master Cosmetology from Charles Academy of Beauty Culture, and accelerated her skills in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Toronto, and New York. Ashley has worked in top industry leading salons in Chicago, where she became salon manager.
Ashley was lead makeup artist for New York fashion week for the Spring Summer & Fall Winter 2018 & 2019 seasons. She was then chosen to lead at Paris fashion week for Spring Summer 2019.
In late 2018, Ashley expanded her resume to film as the Key Makeup Artist for “This is the Year”. Since then, Ashley has also worked other major motion pictures, "I Still Believe", "Map of Tiny Perfect Things", "Lansky", “About My Father” and “The Life of Chuck”. Along with doing movies Ashley has also worked on several television shows including, NCIS, 48 Hours, The Cowboy Way, and the upcoming Netflix docuseries "The G Word with Adam Conover" produced by Barack and Michelle Obama.
Throughout her 17 years in the industry, she has always been excited by the constantly changing beauty trends, the transformational power of makeup, and the ability of makeup and hair styling to complete and bring together a look.