Stella Tu
Stella Tu is a Melbourne hair and makeup artist sharing beauty techniques, product favourites and professional kit ideas, and the founder of makeup bag brand Tu & Kit.
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InstagramOverview
- Based in
- Melbourne, Australia
- Work
- Hair and makeup artist; content creator; founder of Tu & Kit
- Career start
- 2009, working with beauty brands including Giorgio Armani and Bobbi Brown
- Freelance leap
- Became a full-time freelancer in 2017
- Online breakthrough
- The Makeup Insider documented Instagram growth from 8,000 to 80,000 followers through Reels in 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Stella tried a marketing degree before deciding it was not the right fit. A conversation with their mother, who had noticed their love of makeup, led to studying makeup artistry. Beauty-counter work gave Stella experience with different faces before the move into full-time freelance work in 2017.
Finding an audience.
Stella built an Instagram audience by filming makeup applications during shoots and model collaborations. A 2021 episode of The Makeup Insider traced growth from 8,000 to 80,000 followers. The combination of practical demonstrations and professional work gave fans a window into the kit and the creative process.
From the kit to Tu & Kit.
The brand grew out of a familiar working-artist frustration: digging through a makeup bag to find pencils. Stella designed organisers to keep essentials accessible. Tu & Kit’s own account of the brand says each bag is designed by Stella and refined through repeated revisions.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Danielle and Shaughan’s Melbourne weddingBridal party makeup, alongside Sophia Pafitis
- 2025Melbourne International Film Festival with Armani BeautyTalent makeup with lead artist Jason Branigan
- 2021Kmart AW21 Apparel MasterclassHair and makeup
- 2021Allora AW21 campaignHair and makeup
Quotes
Work hard and never stop learningStella Tu, The Masters Institute of Creative Education
Advice to people considering a career in makeup.
Trivia
- Stella looks to nature and the ocean for colour inspiration, and architecture for lines.
- Fluffy brows and skin that still looks like skin are among their favourite things to create.
- Pressed powder, lip balm, lipstick and eyeliner were the essentials Stella named in the Raydar interview.
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