San Francisco Makeup Artist Angela Shippen is known for refined, skin-forward makeup and a thoughtful, loving approach to beauty. She specializes in commercial advertising, corporate grooming; beauty, fashion and editorial campaigns; and luxury client event makeup. Though primarily based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is open to travel and regularly works as a local in Los Angeles and New York.

Rather than copy-pasting a look, Angela is very intentional. She makes confident, efficient decisions for the personal and practical demands of each person and shoot. Guided by the intersection of light, texture and color, Angela loves camera-ready makeup that feels personal to each face, environment and story.

Angela’s motto is “makeup is a mood booster” and she is committed to creating a calm and positive experience, that helps everyone in her chair feel comfortable, confident and beautiful.

In addition to her work on-set, Angela creates educational beauty content and partners with brands on product education, social campaigns, and consulting.

Education: Angela began her career while living in Madrid, Spain, where she trained at Bajobé Makeup Studio under the guidance of celebrity makeup artist Maria Nebrera. Since then, she has continued to refine her craft through advanced education. She holds a BA in Fashion Merchandising from Cal-State Long Beach, a Certificate in Beauty Industry Essentials from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and a Certificate from Jung Saem Mool Academy in Seoul, South Korea where she studied under the "Mother of K-Beauty". She is a regular backstage for both NYFW and PFW, assisting Diane Kendal, Dick Page and Peter Philips. In 2025, she served as Key Makeup for GAP x Harlem's Fashion Row. Angela has worked with MAC Cosmetics, Tom Ford Beauty, NARS Cosmetics, Make Up For Ever and 3INA Makeup.

Clients: Allbirds, Amen Leather, Athleta, Banana Republic, Beverly Hills Polo Club, Cake The Label, Cartier, Conde Nast - Vogue, Traveler - Bon Appétit - Self, Coolsculpting, Crocs, Cut Loose, CVS, Elmer’s, Evolus, Google, Google Ventures, Hinge Health, Horseshoe Bay Resort, Ingrid & Isabel, Le Creuset, Lightspeed Ventures, GAP, Glow Recipe, Mark & Graham, Marriot Bonvoy, Metal Umbrella, Mill Industries, Mother Denim, NIKE, Old Navy, Oliver Peoples, Patron Tequila, Porter Blue Apparel, Pottery Barn, QT Cosmetics, RealSelf, RNA Imaging, Sephora, Sequoia Capital, Starbucks Coffee, Survey Monkey, Quince, The North Face, Toothbar Austin, Triarchy Denim, Williams Sonoma, Verizon

Celebrity + Notable People: Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, The Purge, The Santa Clauses), John Hanke (CEO of Niantic; Pokemon Go) , Jordan Poole (Washington Wizards), Guy Raz (“How I Built This”, “The Great Creators”, “Wow In The World”), Mindy Pelz (“Fast Like A Girl)”, Reid Hoffman (Co-Founder LinkedIn), Roelof Botha (CEO Sequoia Capital), Strauss Zelnick (CEO of Take-Two Interactive; Grand Theft Auto), Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightpeed Ventures; Game Theory Podcast), David Crane (CEO Google Ventures). Rima Minasyan (Co-Founder of Patrick Ta Beauty)