The agency began under my own makeup name, wherever I couldn’t do a job I would put other trusted MUAs onto these and built up a small team around me. As we began to grow I launched The Rae Agency in October 2022 as my mum was very ill. It gave me something to focus on during a really hard time of my life and helped where I couldn’t physically be on set myself, the team all pulled together. Even after she passed away, it gave me a sense of purpose to have strength, carry on and continue to build something, without it I don’t know where I would have been mentally. 

The aim of the agency is to provide a high standard service to all clients and connect our talent with meaningful opportunities. We want to make sure that all genders & races feel 100% confident with any of our artists - we feel very strongly about discrimination and mental health. We are a modern agency breaking away from the old school style of hair and makeup, our style is super sexy and confident. 

HMUA agencies are great as they allow the creatives to really focus on what they’re best at - being creative and doing what they love. As we handle all invoices & admin, outreach, discussing rates and booking jobs in as well as making sure they’re protected financially. I think the admin side can get very overwhelming - especially when it’s a hands on role managing to reply to clients in between working gets a lot that things can go missed. It can also feel lonely as a hair or makeup artist that being part of an agency can feel like a community as well and having someone to vent to that fully has your back. We have such a great relationship all of us which is really nice.