Marichka MUA — Makeup Artist & Film Makeup, Toronto

Mariia with vivid blue hair resting her head on a hand-painted lifecast mask covered in green and gold folk ornament, against a warm brown studio backdrop

Makeup Artist Toronto

Beauty makeup for your biggest days — and characters built from scratch for the screen.

Día de los Muertos skull makeup — hand-painted skeleton face and neck

Character makeup — white face, graphic liner and heart-shaped red lips

Editorial close-up — blue hair with blue and silver eye makeup

Actor with bloody injury makeup smiling and giving two thumbs up

Portrait of an actor with bruised, bloody injury makeup pouting at the camera

Actor outdoors wearing a full grey tree-bark prosthetic mask and a plaid shirt

Close-up of a grey tree-bark prosthetic appliance covering an actor’s head and neck

Close-up of a woodland-creature prosthetic with bark texture and real moss

Mariia and an assistant applying a grey prosthetic cast to a seated model

Editorial makeup — green and yellow eye makeup with yellow tulips

Pirate character makeup — bandana, feathers, beads and a scarred cheek

Squirrel cat face paint — orange fur strokes and a white muzzle

Services

Makeup

Polished, long-wearing makeup that still looks like you — photographed beautifully and comfortable from the first look to the last dance.

Mariia with blue hair and her model with red lips laughing together in front of framed portraits

No. 01

Bridal

Timeless makeup for brides and bridal parties, designed around your dress, your venue light and your whole day.

Bride & bridal party
Makeup trial before the day
On-location across the GTA

Model in a lace dress with scarlet nails beside Mariia with blue hair — evening shoot makeup by Mariia

No. 02

Evening & Occasion

Gala, prom, a milestone birthday or a night that simply deserves more — glam with intention, never a mask.

Soft glam to full glam
Red-carpet & event looks
Lashes included in every look

Character makeup by Mariia — red hair, white face, black graphic liner and heart-shaped red lips

No. 03

Editorial & Photoshoots

Camera-ready makeup for portraits, portfolios, brands and creative shoots — built with the photographer’s light in mind.

Beauty & fashion editorial
Headshots & personal branding
Creative and themed shoots

Editorial makeup by Mariia — red hair, green and yellow eye makeup, yellow tulips held to the face — Editorial — green & gold eye, yellow tulips

Editorial close-up by Mariia — blue hair with blue and silver eye makeup — Editorial — blue & silver eye

Rates are quoted per booking — tell me about your day or shoot below, and I’ll reply with a tailored quote.

For productions

Film Work

The other side of the chair: characters designed, cast and built by hand — from a clean continuity look to a full creature.

Character makeup · Lifecasting & molds · Prosthetics · Special effects

Lavender elf character by Mariia — white hair, pointed ears, holding a lantern and cotton bolls — Featured character The Lavender *Elf* A fantasy character, designed and built for camera

On set

Character & Camera Makeup

Makeup that holds up under cinema lenses and long shooting days: natural and corrective looks, aging, dirt, sweat and wear, plus continuity across scenes and shoot days.

Available for film, television, commercial and student productions in the Toronto area.

The process

Lifecasting & Molds

Every custom piece starts from a lifecast — sculpted, molded and cast by hand, like this tree-bark appliance.

The build

Prosthetics & SFX

Silicone appliances, wounds and character builds — sculpted, molded, cast and painted in-house.

Character makeup by Mariia — a man with curly hair, tattoos and large white paper angel wings against a stormy sky — Character — the Angel

Zombie vampire SFX makeup — bloody wound covering half the face, fang, screaming — **The Vampire**SFX — vampire, the scream

Editorial look — bald cap, blue eye makeup and a green leather trench coat — **Bald Cap & Trench**Character — bald cap & green trench

Portfolio

Selected Work

A look at both sides of the practice — the beauty chair and the workshop bench.

Día de los Muertos skull makeup — half-skeleton face paint with a floral headpiece — Character — Día de los Muertos skull

Character makeup — red hair, white face, black graphic liner and heart-shaped red lips — Character — heart lips & graphic liner

Close-up of blue and silver editorial eye makeup with blue hair — Editorial — blue & silver eye

Mariia with blue hair beside a model in classic glam — dark bob, red lips, white fur stole — Glam — red lip & white fur

Model in a lace dress with scarlet nails beside Mariia with blue hair — Shoot — lace & scarlet nails

Close-up of a woodland-creature prosthetic with bark texture and moss — Creature — moss & bark detail

Two women laughing together in finished makeup looks — Backstage — the laughing take

Close-up of a grey tree-bark prosthetic covering an actor's head and neck — Prosthetic — bark texture, close up

Editorial makeup — red hair, green and yellow eye makeup, yellow tulips held to the face — Editorial — green & gold eye, tulips

Lavender elf character — white hair, pointed ears, holding a lantern and cotton bolls — Fantasy — the Lavender Elf

Character makeup — a man with curly hair and large white paper angel wings against a stormy sky — Character — the Angel

Pirate character makeup — bandana, feathers, beads and a scarred cheek, laughing — Character — the Pirate

Face paint of a squirrel cat — orange fur strokes, white muzzle and black nose, CMU College of Makeup shirt — Face paint — the Squirrel Cat

About

Meet Mariia

Mariia — the artist behind Marichka MUA — is a Toronto-based makeup artist who splits her practice between two worlds that feed each other: beauty makeup for real people on their most photographed days, and character work for film, where a face can become anyone — or anything.

The beauty side is about restraint: skin that reads as skin, features brought forward rather than covered. The film side is about construction: a character begins with a lifecast and a mold, and ends hours later in the chair, painted and blended until it breathes.

Both sides share the same obsession — detail, and how light finds it.

BeautyBridal, evening & editorial makeup

FilmCharacter makeup, lifecasting, molds & SFX

Based inToronto — serving the GTA

BookingsPrivate clients & productions

MAC ArtistCMU alumni · Toronto & GTA

— Marichka

Editorial look by Mariia — bald cap, blue eye makeup and a green leather trench coat on a staircase — Editorial — bald cap & green trench

Zombie vampire SFX makeup by Mariia — bloody wound covering half the face, fang, screaming — SFX — vampire, the scream

Bookings

Book an Appointment

Tell me what you’re planning — a wedding date, an event, a shoot, or a production — and I’ll come back with availability and a quote.

Fill in the form and send your request — it opens in your email app, addressed to [email protected].

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StudioToronto, ON — on location across the GTA