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About Us / Artists

Glitter to Gore is owned and operated by two very passionate individuals when it comes to make-up and Halloween. They both love specialty make-up so much they decided to share it with others and Glitter to Gore was formed.

“We're a bit different – we don’t subscribe to the ordinary and mundane aspects of a “normal” existence. Instead, we approach our life by embracing the ability to express ourselves through body art and fx make-up. If there's a product you need and you can’t find it, let us know and we'll do our best to provide it for you – or point you in the right direction to find it.”

Glitter to Gore has prided itself on its values and practicing good business to maintain the highest respect from its customers. The organization’s values include: Excellence, Honesty and Quality. The organization believes in selling the customer the best product for their project and their budget, while making sure the customer knows the proper use and application of the product. Glitter to Gore strives to understand what their customers need and also what their customers’ skill levels are at the time of purchase. Selling a customer a product above and beyond their skill level will keep them from purchasing again in the future.



Artists

Dawn Marie Svanoe

Dawn Marie co-owns Glitter to Gore, LLC and runs her own Face/body art business called Done By Dawn. She is completely self taught in many of the makeup forms she loves to do.  She has played with everything from theatrical, hi-def, and glamour makeup to SFX, body painting and face painting. She has been lead MUA and body artist for many events such as Urban Sexy and Painted Muse productions working with many of the Mid-West's best photographers. Her work has been featured in Illusion magazine and many product catalogs. She has also recently been a contributing artist for Graftobian's newest Face Painting "How to" book. All of this on top of being a wife and mother to three of the most wonderful children in the world and working for the local school district as a special education assistant. Dawn Marie can be bribed with Absynthe and has an extreme fondness for deep-fried pickles. ;-)




Michelle Soltis

Michelle also co-owns Glitter to Gore, LLC, has previous experience in small business and has earned her Master’s in Business as a result of this grand adventure. She has been picking up tricks of the trade over the years working with Dawn Marie and has developed an unnatural obsession with Halloween. She is married with one child and has one big dog named Diesel.



If you are an artist who lives in the Madison, Wisconsin Area and would like to be added to our list please contact us at: contact@glittertogore.com