British make up artist Tracey Gray Mann, based in Paris, Los Angeles and New York, started her career working in human resources at Vidal Sassoon in London. After moving to New York she worked for Leonard of Mayfair salon where she discovered Chanel make up cosmetics. Tracey made contact with fashion magazines while working in press and sales at Joseph and worked as an agent at Xavier Moreau representing photograhers, hairdressers and makeup artists.
In Paris her career started with Steve Hiett for Marie Claire, Mario Testino for Lei , Dominique Isserman and Michael Thompson for Vogue followed by advertising campagnes for Fendi with Karl Lagerfeld.
In Los Angleles Tracey was key makeup artist on two feature films Liebestraum and Mr. Jones directed by Mike Figgis and was nominated for an ACE Award for the HBO film Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules starring Juliette Binoche.
Her celebrity clients include Nicole Kidman, Mischa Barton, Juliette Lewis and Emanuelle Seigner. She has worked as key make-up artist on shows such as Moschino, Romeo Gigli, Paco Rabanne, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Yohji Yamamoto and advertising campagnes such as Biotherm, Avene, Costume National, Patricia Pepe, Kenzo and Superfine.
Having recently studied Indian Head Massage in Sri Lanka, she continues to develop her massage techniques to compliment her approach to youthful and luminous skin which are an essential base for all make up applications.