About
Nadiah Norzain is a freelance makeup artist and fashion stylist focused on creative expression through beauty and fashion. Her work centres on using hair and make-up as tools for visual storytelling, shaping mood, identity and concept within image-making.
Her practice is driven by an interest in concept-led visuals, where beauty moves beyond aesthetics to become a narrative element. She approaches each project with a balance of creativity and precision, crafting looks that are both intentional and visually striking. She is particularly interested in how beauty can influence perception and enhance the emotional tone of an image. Her approach emphasises cohesion, ensuring that every element contributes to a clear and compelling visual direction.
Drawn to bold, idea-driven work, Nadiah explores the relationship between appearance and self-expression, creating cohesive visuals that communicate depth beyond the surface.
Of Two Skins
Of Two Skins explainer
Of Two Skins is a beauty publication that examines the experience of inhabiting one’s skin through themes of desire, comparison and acceptance. It highlights uncelebrated features and quiet contradictions, challenging idealised notions of beauty. Through visual storytelling, the project reframes beauty as something lived rather than fixed, encouraging a more personal and nuanced understanding of identity beyond dominant standards.
Between what is seen and what is lived—celebrating the uncelebrated.
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Angeline Maytrie Mulia
Nurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid
Megan Gabrielle Ong Jia Juan
Yang Chaiwon
