Photographer: Nikolai Hristoskov
My Work
Selected looks from my portfolio — click any image to enlarge
Photographer: Nikolai Hristoskov
Experience in numbers
17+
years
2000+
clients
5.0 ★
from 69 reviews
up to 26
people in one day
The companies that think of this in good time
You are refreshing your team page
Twenty photos, taken at different times, by different people, in different light — and not one of them fit to put in a presentation. One day settles it.
You are building your employer brand
The careers page, the job ads, the team's LinkedIn profiles. The people who will choose you look at faces before they read the terms.
You have an annual report or a board
Here the makeup is conservative, extremely precise and completely invisible — and that is the hard part.
You have hired five new people
And you do not want to run the whole thing again. They come through one at a time, in the same style, on the same terms.
Three ways to do it
Portrait Day · Half
from €350
up to 5 hours · 8 people for business portraits, or up to 16 for flash
- Skin preparation and primer
- Makeup matched to the camera and the lighting
- Touch-ups between sessions
- Light agreed with the photographer
On a tight schedule I add a second artist
Portrait Day · Full
from €590
up to 8 hours · 14 people for business portraits, or up to 26 for flash
- Everything in the half-day package
- Mixed paces according to each person’s role
- Touch-ups for the people already done
- 30 min of setup before the first person
Over 14 people for business portraits — with a second artist
The Face of the Company
from €290
up to 3 people · 60 minutes each
- For managers and the faces of the brand
- Two looks when they are needed
- A touch-up after the first series of shots
- Advice on what to wear on camera
Also possible for one person before an appearance
On-camera grooming
This is not makeup. Skin preparation, shine control, correcting redness and under-eye shadows, brow and beard shaping. Half your team is in suits and usually nobody has given them a thought — and the camera makes no allowances.
from €24 per person · 15 minutes · minimum 4 people. It also works as an add-on to a Portrait Day.
Starting prices are indicative and net of VAT. The exact price comes in a personal quote, built on the headcount, the pace and the requirements.
Three speeds — and how many people fit into one day
Full makeup · 60 min
The whole look, with no detail left out. For directors, the faces of the brand and the people on the cover of the annual report.
Business portrait · 30 min
Foundation, brows, lips, light contouring and a soft eyeshadow. The pace of an ordinary portrait day.
Flash · 15 min
Only what this particular person needs most — we decide that together in thirty seconds. For big teams, and for the men in them.
How many people one artist covers
| Day length | Flash · 15 min | Business portrait · 30 min | Full · 60 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half day (up to 5 hours) | up to 16 people | up to 8 people | up to 4 people |
| Full day (up to 8 hours) | up to 26 people | up to 14 people | up to 6 people |
The numbers are for planning. The exact timing is confirmed in the quote. Sometimes it runs faster than the table says.
For a team of twenty the usual mix is one full makeup — the director — five business portraits and fourteen flash. That fits exactly into one working day with one artist.
On larger projects I work with a team
I pick the artists myself and I have worked with every one of them before — I do not hire off a job ad. The schedule is built around your team’s real pace and you receive it in writing before we confirm: names, times and who is at which station.
You have one contact for the whole team — me.
Corporate headshot makeup — how the day runs
30 minutes before the first person
I arrive and set up the station. I agree the light with the photographer before the first person from the team walks in.
The first half of the day
People come through on a schedule with names and times. 2 to 4 people an hour, depending on the speed. One no-show in the running order costs the day two people — which is why the schedule carries names.
Midway
A touch-up for the key people. The directors and the faces of the brand are photographed after a touch-up — not in makeup applied four hours earlier.
After the last person
20 minutes to pack down. The station disappears and the room stays as it was. Both times are written into the quote, so your schedule has them.
What I bring, what you provide
I bring
- A full case of high-end cosmetics
- Brushes and single-use consumables for every person
- A mirror and portable lighting
- Disinfectants
You provide
- A table and two chairs
- A power socket nearby
- About 4 sq m, by a window if possible
- Access to carry the case in
Hygiene — a section in my quote, not a detail
- Single-use applicators and sponges for every person
- Decanting with a spatula — never straight from the pack onto a face
- Disinfection with 70 % alcohol on pressed cosmetics and metal tools
- Sharpening the pencils before every new person
Download the hygiene protocol · PDF, 1 page
What I will ask you
I publish the questions in advance for two reasons. First — you can answer them all at once and get the quote with one round fewer. Second — you see exactly what I am counting before I give you a price.
- How many people will go through makeup, and how many of them are men?
- Which day, and in what time window — from when to when?
- Where — address, floor, is there a lift and where can I leave the car?
- Who is the photographer? Have you already talked about the light?
- What are the photos for — the website, LinkedIn, the careers page, the annual report?
- Is there a dress code or a set of company colours?
- Is anyone sensitive-skinned, allergic or wearing contact lenses?
- Will there be hair as well? By whom?
- How will people move — on a schedule with names and times, or “whoever is free”?
- Do you have a room with a power socket and, if possible, a window?
- Who is my contact on the day, and on which phone?
- By when do you need the quote? Is there an internal approval deadline?
Not all of them are essential. If you do not know the answer to one — just skip it.
Download the questionnaire · PDF, 2 pages
The occasion, the headcount and the date
Tell me how many people will go through makeup, which date it is and where you are. With those three things I can answer you properly.
Address
59 Kazbek St, Manastirski Livadi districtSofia 1680, Bulgaria
Salon Ivaylo Vladimirov
Working hours
| Monday – Sunday | 10:00 – 20:00 |
I reply within 24 hours — with the dates I have open, or confirmation of yours. You receive the quote within 24 hours of your last answer.