My Story
Who is Makeup By Jill Tilton?
It all begins with an idea. An idea that took place roughly around 2010-2011. As a lover of all things Art, I decided to become more familiar with makeup. After making a new investments and many hours of youtube later, I decided to create my own YouTube beauty channel! From watching all my favorite beauty gurus I grew a stronger love for learning and creating an audience for my videos I was recording and editing for all to see. Soon after I started my youtube channel, I decided to make a new Instagram page for my fun beauty looks. Instagram was truly what got me to where I am now. I started to build a large following for all the lipswatching and colorful eye looks I was creating, that after a while I had brands reaching out to me asking to send me products so I could take photos and mention them in my content. This felt so surreal, I truly felt like I made it….I built this and it’s taking off. After a lot of blood sweat and tears, also a lot of practice I decided to apply to Mac Cosmetics. To me, Mac Cosmetics was the OG of makeup and to work there was a huge goal of mine. After two attempts, I had finally locked in an interview and shortly after landed a freelance position at the Mac store in Burlington, MA! This was truly a dream come true, I couldn’t believe it and to add to the excitement, I met some of the most genuine and talented souls while working there who helped me in so many way further my creativity and talent. I decided after 4 years of being in retail, that juggling my own business and Mac was far too much so I made the decision to leave. Through this time, I was building my own business and a name for myself in the bridal community. It’s been 8 years since my first official bridal client, and I couldn’t be happier with choosing this path. As the years have gone on, I still post fun/creative looks on my Instagram page ( @JillTilton23 ) and continue to show appreciate to all my lovely followers and the amazing companies to helped build me and my name. From trade shows, collaborations and my fans, I feel so blessed to be doing what I love and will continue to create content for all to see. In 2018 I decided to take a leap of faith and take night classes at Laird Institute. Having an esthetics license under my belt was very important and in 2019 I graduated from the 600 hour Esthetics program. Since then, I have opened up my own private studio, and I am booking bridal parties almost every weekend. I absolutely love what I do and I have all of you to thank.
Cheers to many more years of growth, happiness and hard work!
I would like to say a quick THANK YOU for all my wonderful brides and bridal parties i’ve worked with thus far. You all have been so amazing and fun to work with! Thank you for making my job so fun. xo