Ambika Pillai
Ambika Pillai | |
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Born | Kollam,[1] Kerala |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Make-up Artist |
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Children | Kavitha |
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Website |
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Ambika Pillai is a hairstylist and makeup artist in the fashion industry from Kollam,[1] Kerala, India. Her work regularly appears in advertising campaigns, catwalk shows, fashion films, and editorials.[2]
Personal life
Ambika was born to a cashew exporter Gopinath Pillai & Santha Gopinath Pillai in Kollam, Kerala. She had a luxurious childhood, living in a bungalow by the backwaters of Kollam. She was married to Surenda Nath on 1980 at the age of 17 and moved to Calcutta to have a settled married life but things did not turn out the way she had desired and had to be satisfied with taking forward her life in a tiny one bed room apartment. They have one daughter, Kavitha. Later she married Rakesh (aka Rocky) in 1993 but due to his heavy drinking & gambling she left him.[3] Her three sisters, Gopika, Renuka and Devika were trained by her and are also into hair and skin makeover. She lives in New Delhi but frequently travels to Kochi.[4]
Career
She started her career as a hair stylist and moved on to Make-up. When Ambika started her first salon it was called Visions by Ambika. She later decided to develop it as a brand. At present Ambika Pillai is a brand by itself.[5][6]
Awards
Awards | Year |
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Vogue Best Make-up Artist Award[7][8][9] | 2011 |
Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Awards for Best Hair and Makeup artist[10][9] | 2009 |
Bharat Nirman Super Achievers Award[10][9] | 2007 |
Zee Idea Fashion Awards for Best Make up artist of the year[10][9] | 2006 |
Zee Idea Fashion Awards for Best Hair Stylist of the year[10][9] | 2006 |
Kingfisher Fashion awards for the best hair designer of the year[10][9] | 2000 |
IAAFA Award for Best Make-up Artist[10][9] | 1996 |
Salon details
Location |
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South Extension[10] |
Punjabi Bagh[10] |
Rajouri Garden[10] |
Malviya Nagar[10] |
Gurgaon[10] |
Chhatarpur[1][10] |
Model Town[10] |
Kochi[10] |
Trivandrum |
References
- 1 2 3 The Sunday Guardian
- ↑ Website Leading Salons in The World
- ↑ The Times of India
- ↑ Ravindra, Rahul (14 December 2014). "Ambika Pillai's very own house of butterflies". Manorama Online. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ The Hindu 1
- ↑ Article Times of India
- ↑ Website Afaqs
- ↑ Website Beauty News India
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Website Weddingsonline
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Business Digest