Growing up in Southern California, Bren Dixie developed a love affair with makeup at an early age. She began her formal training at Fred Segal Beauty, and continued education through MAC Pro. In addition, Bren studied under celebrity makeup artist Joanna Schlip and has since gone on to develop a celebrity client list of her own some of which include Ellen Pompeo, Grace Potter, Hillary Duff, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Kristen Kreuk, Plain White T’s, The Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, REM, Robin Thicke, Sting and Tony Bennett.
Her work has appeared in GQ, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Flaunt, Glamour, InStyle, Marie Claire, Vogue and has also been featured on prominent tv shows such as , The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and KNBC News/NBC. In January 2012, Bren filmed a pilot, for a new makeover show for the Lifetime network.