Beauty NIRVANA

For a beauty junkie, being paid to shop for makeup and skincare sounds a lot like living the dream. But for those who source the products lining the shelves of our favourite emporiums, there’s much more to the job than being an expert at multi-masking or head over heels for highlighter.

RACHAEL BURKHARDT

Beauty merchandise manager at Farmers

For Rachael Burkhardt, there was less obsessive lipstick shades-watching and more poring over the books on the trajectory to her current role. After studying marketing and management at the University of Auckland, she spent years working in various corporate roles within