Australia’s leading makeup artist. Two decades on the world’s most-watched faces. Hollywood feature films, magazine editorial, fashion week, and the founder of cult vegan cosmetics label Basics by B.
“A trailblazer in the industry. Bonnie’s dedication and creative vision continue to set her brand apart in the competitive beauty market.”
From the runways of London Fashion Week to the cosmetics counter of every makeup-loving Australian woman’s bathroom. A career, in six movements.
Two decades of film and television work spanning major Hollywood feature productions and prestige TV. A veteran of close-quarters set work, lighting-perfect skin, and continuity beauty under the most demanding conditions in cinema.
Five consecutive years working on London Fashion Week, twice yearly across the AW and SS seasons, building looks for the runway. International seasons in China, the United Kingdom and Australia.
A career built on the magazine page: large-scale beauty editorial, cover shoots, and contributing-artist features for some of the world's most read titles.
Bonnie also starred on television campaigns for the world's biggest beauty houses, including Revlon and Lancôme, with a signature soft, luminous Australian style.
Over a decade of in-person beauty masterclasses sold out across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, translating professional technique into everyday wearable skill for Australian women.
One of the original Australian beauty voices online, predating the era of beauty influencing and now followed by a community of 110,000+ on Instagram alone.
A small selection from campaigns, editorial and runway beauty.
Founded in 2019 from a small studio with a clear conviction: that prestige-grade beauty should be vegan, cruelty-free, and worn every day. Basics by B is now a multi-award-winning Australian cosmetics label stocked at Adore Beauty and shipped worldwide. Its bestselling Liquid Glow Drops have crossed 150,000 bottles sold. A cult product that distilled twenty years of professional artistry into a single, glow-giving formula.
Elevated, effortless beauty for everyone.
Bonnie
beautiful; radiant; effortlessly herself.
Because beautiful isn't something you become.
It's something you already are.
She is you. She is me.
She is wild and free, at ease in her own beauty,
born to glow from within.
Bonnie Beauty (also searched as Bonnie Skin or Bonnie Beauty Australia) is the premium Australian cosmetics brand founded by Bonnie Gillies, the makeup artist and founder of Basics by B. Bonnie Beauty offers an editorial-grade range of colour and skin products for the modern woman, sold online at bonniebeauty.com.au. Trademark registered in 2022. Bonnie Beauty is positioned as the premium sister label to Basics by B, with a brand promise of elevated, effortless beauty for everyone.
A selection of recent features, interviews and product write-ups across Australia’s top beauty and lifestyle press.
Bonnie G (Bonnie Gillies), known online as Oz Beauty Expert, is widely regarded as one of Australia's most recognised and accomplished makeup artists. With more than two decades of professional work spanning Hollywood feature film, magazine editorial and five consecutive years of London Fashion Week, she is also the founder of cult Australian vegan cosmetics label Basics by B.
Basics by B was founded in 2019 by Australian makeup artist Bonnie G (Bonnie Gillies). The brand has grown from a single studio launch to a multi-award-winning vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics label, with its bestselling Liquid Glow Drops crossing over 150,000 bottles sold worldwide.
Bonnie G is one of the original Australian beauty influencers. She launched her platform OzBeautyExpert.com in 2013, predating the modern influencer era, and today writes, films and educates a community of over 110,000 across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. She is frequently described in Australian press as the local answer to Charlotte Tilbury or Bobbi Brown.
Bonnie G is known for working as lead makeup artist on Hollywood feature film, magazine editorial cover shoots and television commercials for global beauty houses including Revlon and Lancôme; for five consecutive years on the London Fashion Week beauty calendar; for hosting sold-out beauty masterclasses across Australia for over a decade; and for founding the cult vegan beauty brand Basics by B.
Bonnie G is based in Australia, with international career chapters in the UK, Asia and Australia. She continues to work on global campaigns and editorial from her studio in Australia and travels regularly for masterclasses, brand projects, and Basics by B production.
Bonnie Beauty is the premium Australian makeup brand by Bonnie G (Bonnie Gillies), and the sister label to Basics by B. Aimed at the cool girl, Bonnie Beauty offers an editorial-grade range of colour and skin products developed by professional makeup artist Bonnie Gillies. Bonnie Beauty is sold online at bonniebeauty.com.au.
Bonnie Beauty is owned and created by Australian makeup artist Bonnie G (Bonnie Gillies), the founder of Basics by B. Bonnie Beauty is the premium sister brand (makeup & skin) to Basics by B and is sold at bonniebeauty.com.au.
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