Rosie Salcido
Rosie Salcido-Schmidt | Owner Faces by 2 Makeup Artistry | Creator of Agave Designs
“I love the confidence boost that makeup gives to people; at the end of a makeup application, they happily discover a different version of themselves that they did not believe existed before”.
Originally born in Mexico, Rosie moved permanently to Canada in 2005. she began her makeup career in Canada after graduating from Cosmetology and Makeup Artistry at Sir Sandford Fleming College in 2010, following her entrepreneurial spirit, Rosie started her own small business offering personalized high-end airbrush makeup services for brides.
After 10+ years, Faces by 2 practice has grown and diversified into different disciplines of makeup which has made her a recognized artist in her community and abroad. Rosie has grown her portfolio with Face and Body Painting, Special FX, Theatrical Makeup, Prosthetics, Photography and Glamour photo shoots.
As an art lover and always wanting to be involved in the artistic community, Rosie has been part of the Peterborough Academy of Circus Art as a board member for several years and now as the Head Makeup Designer.
For 6 years, she was the Facilitator of the NCC Women’s Group where she welcomed newcomer women to Peterborough providing a friendly space for integration and support. Rosie loves putting a Latin twist on each of her stand-out, face and body art looks. You could find Faces by 2 in downtown festivals every year providing unique, high end face painting services for local corporations like Quaker, Mazda, DBIA, Runner’s Life, City of Peterborough, Trent University, Curve Lake First Nation, Lansdowne Place, Boots and Hearts Festival, Peterborough Petes and Peterborough Lakers, and Coors Light, Toronto Pride, Brimacombe, among others.
Over the years of her business, she has continued to learn different skills with world renowned instructors in the Face and Body Art Industry in the USA and attending professional makeup shows discovering new products and techniques that have strengthen her artistic talents, and then putting them in practice in the theatrical field. Bringing to reality another dream of hers and trying to keep herself busy since social events came to a stop during COVID-19 crisis, Rosie launched Agave Designs, an online boutique offering Mexican inspired fashion and accessories with great success.
With Covid-19 restrictions loosening, and Ontario starting to open up, Rosie has also started having Pop-Up Shop showings, combining products from Faces by 2 and Fashion Clothing and accessories from Agave Designs. Agave designs is preparing to bring new and exciting products to the store’s catalog and establishing a few stockists for the coming year.
Also, during the pandemic, Rosie started offering virtual Makeup and Face Painting classes to keep those skills alive and share her knowledge with kids and adults that have the same artistic inclinations or want to learn makeup application; while waiting for the pandemic to subside to get back to live theatre productions, weddings, and social events to provide her artistic services in-person again.
“I love the confidence boost that makeup gives to people; at the end of a makeup application, they happily discover a different version of themselves that they did not believe existed before”.
Originally born in Mexico, Rosie moved permanently to Canada in 2005. she began her makeup career in Canada after graduating from Cosmetology and Makeup Artistry at Sir Sandford Fleming College in 2010, following her entrepreneurial spirit, Rosie started her own small business offering personalized high-end airbrush makeup services for brides.
After 10+ years, Faces by 2 practice has grown and diversified into different disciplines of makeup which has made her a recognized artist in her community and abroad. Rosie has grown her portfolio with Face and Body Painting, Special FX, Theatrical Makeup, Prosthetics, Photography and Glamour photo shoots.
As an art lover and always wanting to be involved in the artistic community, Rosie has been part of the Peterborough Academy of Circus Art as a board member for several years and now as the Head Makeup Designer.
For 6 years, she was the Facilitator of the NCC Women’s Group where she welcomed newcomer women to Peterborough providing a friendly space for integration and support. Rosie loves putting a Latin twist on each of her stand-out, face and body art looks. You could find Faces by 2 in downtown festivals every year providing unique, high end face painting services for local corporations like Quaker, Mazda, DBIA, Runner’s Life, City of Peterborough, Trent University, Curve Lake First Nation, Lansdowne Place, Boots and Hearts Festival, Peterborough Petes and Peterborough Lakers, and Coors Light, Toronto Pride, Brimacombe, among others.
Over the years of her business, she has continued to learn different skills with world renowned instructors in the Face and Body Art Industry in the USA and attending professional makeup shows discovering new products and techniques that have strengthen her artistic talents, and then putting them in practice in the theatrical field. Bringing to reality another dream of hers and trying to keep herself busy since social events came to a stop during COVID-19 crisis, Rosie launched Agave Designs, an online boutique offering Mexican inspired fashion and accessories with great success.
With Covid-19 restrictions loosening, and Ontario starting to open up, Rosie has also started having Pop-Up Shop showings, combining products from Faces by 2 and Fashion Clothing and accessories from Agave Designs. Agave designs is preparing to bring new and exciting products to the store’s catalog and establishing a few stockists for the coming year.
Also, during the pandemic, Rosie started offering virtual Makeup and Face Painting classes to keep those skills alive and share her knowledge with kids and adults that have the same artistic inclinations or want to learn makeup application; while waiting for the pandemic to subside to get back to live theatre productions, weddings, and social events to provide her artistic services in-person again.