Introducing Rachelle White Wind

Well here it is, after almost two years at my blog I have decided to add another Urban Native Girl to the roster! This is Rachelle White Wind, a friend that I met a year ago in LA and who has rejoined team Canuck and is living back in Toronto. If you are following my blog closely you will see she has made several appearances in the past few months.

Rachelle White Wind is an actor, a makeup artist, hair stylist of Ojibwe/Cree descent. Her journey began when she was a young girl and styled Barbie's har. She progressed to cutting her friends hair at the age of 11. At 12 she was hired by a friend of the family to do hair for a wedding. Her first booking! Since then she has studied at Scientific Marvel School of Hairstyling & Esthetics in Winnipeg, took Advanced Makeup Make-Up Artistry at Ryerson University in Toronto, and studied at The School of Professional Makeup in Toronto. Her first job out of school was at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise spa where she honed her skills in aesthetics and makeup.

Rachelle has been freelancing as a makeup artist and hairstylist for over five years in film, commercials, music videos, and print. She has even done makeup for Native heartthrob Adam Beach for National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation's print campaign and Twilight star Alex Meraz for Life & Style.

Her acting career also begin in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Theatre Centre where she took Radio & Television broadcasting, Acting for Film & Television, and improv classes. When she moved to Toronto she studied performing arts at the Center for Indigenous Theater. Her acing credits including Shelley Niro's award-winning film Kiss by Lightning, Tracey Deer's new pilot Escape Hatch, the CTV film Elijah, and Dega Lazare's short film Good Looking.

She decided to pursue hair and makeup as a career so that she would be able to support her dreams of becoming an actor with viable skills that can easily be put to use anywhere her travels might take her. Her goal is to be "the go-to person for hair and makeup in the Native community, as well as a mentor." She found that when she began her career there were not many Native makeup artists or hair stylists practising. Now there are a handful who are choosing this creative and exciting career option.

Rachelle will be bringing her background and expertise to begin beauty blogging at UNGS. She will be doing product reviews, giving skincare tips, talking beauty trends, and enlightening us on cosmetic procedures. This is a topic I have wanted to delve more deeply in, but being a team of one it didn't quite happen. I know I am looking forward to her blogs, I hope you will as well!

 

Rachelle's work in Life & Style

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