Heart-breaking tributes have paid paid to a much-loved make-up artist who 'always had time to make you feel special'. Irene Roozbayani died aged just 41 on Thursday November 7, after a battle with stage four bowel cancer, Chronicle Live reports . She was born in Scotland to Iranian parents and was described be her friends as the 'Persian Cheryl Cole', to the point where people would ask come over and ask for her autograph, mistaking her for the Girls Aloud singer.
She first started working in make-up when she got a job with MAC, where she built up an reputation for her skills, eventually specialising in the wedding industry. She left MAC to join Charlotte Tilbury at Fenwick in Newcastle just as the now world-renowned brand was on the ascendancy, and brought many UK customers over with her in the process. READ MORE: Tributes pour in after death of Peaky Blinders costume designer Helena Ganley, a friend of Irene's for over 15 years, said: "Irene always had time to make you feel special, and she always treated you like you were the only person in the room.
She loved children so much, giving them attention and putting some lip gloss on the little girls, and she was loved and adored by everyone. "Her name was a brand, she was very highly regarded and when people booked her, they weren't just getting make-up, they were getting her as a whole person. She did so much to make people feel comfortable, and she was kind and funny which put people at ease on their big day.
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