NAPOLEON PERDIS IS A RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL MAKEUP ARTIST, EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR HAVING PUBLISHED HIS FIRST ACCLAIMED MAKEUP MANUAL, FOREVER FLAWLESS IN 2011. ALSO A WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED MEDIA COMMENTATOR, PERDIS HAS AN OPINION ON EVERYTHING (JUST ONE OF THE REASONS THE PUBLIC LOVE HIM) FROM BUSINESS TO BEAUTY, FASHION TRENDS AND RED CARPET EVENTS, HE IS REGULARLY ASKED TO COMMENTATE AND IS A REGULAR GUEST BLOGGER ON THE HUFFINGTON POST. HIS ULTRA- WITTY, YET HARD WORKING NATURE WAS BEST DEPICTED IN HIS OWN REALITY TELEVISION SHOW ‘GET YOUR FACE ON WITH NAPOLEON PERDIS’ WHICH AIRED ON THE TLC NETWORK IN THE US. THE REALITY SERIES DOCUMENTED THE JOURNEY OF ASPIRING MAKEUP ARTISTS COMPETING TO BECOME NAPOLEON’S PROTÉGÉ.

SOUGHT TO DEMOCRATISE MAKE-UP EVER SINCE PICKING UP HIS FIRST MAKEUP BRUSH AT THE AGE OF 13 TO HELP HIS MOTHER PREPARE FOR AN EVENING OUT, HE OPENED HIS FIRST CONCEPT STORE ON SYDNEY’S OXFORD STREET IN 1995 BOASTING A FULL COSMETICS COLLECTION. VIVID, VIVACIOUS COLOUR SOON BECAME HIS TRADEMARK AND NAPOLEON’S REPUTATION SOON PROPELLED HIM INTO EDITORIAL WORK FOR MAGAZINES AND TELEVISION, MAKING HIM A REGULAR HOUSEHOLD NAME AND ALLOWING HIM TO SPREAD HIS GLAMOUR GOSPEL AND MAKEUP TRENDS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.

IN HIGH DEMAND ON AND OFF THE RUNWAY, PERDIS WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SUPPORTERS OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK AND LOVES NOTHING MORE THAN TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT WHICH NATURALLY LEAD TO HIM OPENING THE NAPOLEON PERDIS MAKEUP ACADEMY IN 1993 ON SYDNEY’S WELL KNOWN OXFORD STREET.

THE ACADEMY WHICH HAS HAD OVER 25,000 BUDDING MAKEUP ARTISTS PASS THROUGH ITS DOORS OFFERS A RIGOROUS EDUCATION PROGRAM STRONGLY EMPHASISING MAKEUP EDUCATION AS ITS FOUNDATION. BOTH NAPOLEON AND HIS CREATIVE TEAM HAVE BECOME BACKSTAGE REGULARS AT BOTH NEW YORK AND AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEKS AS WELL AS ICONIC FASHION MAGAZINE PHOTO SHOOTS WITH HIS MOST RECENT EDITORIAL BEING THE COVER OF AUSTRALIA’S HARPER’S BAZAAR. AND JUST WHO DOESN’T KNOW HIS FAMOUS QUOTE ‘NOT TO PRIME IS A CRIME!’

AWARDED AN ‘ELLE GENIUS AWARD’ FROM US ELLE MAGAZINE FOR INNOVATION, AND ANOTHER FROM FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL FOR HIS TALENT AND SERVICES TO THE BEAUTY AND FASHION INDUSTRY, PERDIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TRUE SUCCESSFUL MAKEUP ARTISTS WHO STILL CREATIVELY DIRECTS AND OWNS HIS OWN BRAND. BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS HIS EMPRESS LIKE HE DOES.

LAUNCHING A SECOND COSMETICS LINE IN 2008, NP SET WAS INSPIRED BY THE NOTION OF CALIFORNIA COOL FEATURING EXUBERANT COLOURS, CLEVER PACKAGING AND THE SPIRIT OF GLAMOUR ON THE GO. THE COLLECTION IS 98% PARABEN-FREE AND BOASTS ORGANIC BENEFITS AND RECYCLABLE PACKING FOR THE MOST DISCERNING GLAMAZON.

HIS LOVE FOR ART, INTERIOR DESIGN, HOMEWARES, FASHION AND ACCESSORIES LED TO NAPOLEON’S MOST RECENT VENTURE, NAPOLEON PERDIS LIFE.STYLE BRAND. A UNIQUE OFFERING WHICH SHOWCASES ANOTHER SIDE TO THE MAKEUP MAESTRO AS A COLLECTOR AND CURATOR. LIFE.STYLE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SYDNEY’S DOUBLE BAY AND MELBOURNE’S SOUTH YARRA WITH A BRISBANE CITY STORE IN THE WORKS.

WITH OVER 85 CONCEPT STORES, 100 DEPARTMENT STORE COUNTERS, AND OVER 750 INDEPENDENT STOCKISTS AND A NEW DISTRIBUTION DEAL CONFIRMED WITH THE MIDDLE EAST, THE FUTURE CONTINUES TO BURN BRIGHT FOR NAPOLEON PERDIS.

SOULA-MARIE PERDIS IS THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER OF NAPOLEON PERDIS AND HAS BEEN A COMPANY DIRECTOR FOR OVER 15 YEARS.

AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ECONOMICS, SOULA-MARIE WORKED IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY AS A BUSINESS MANAGER AT AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE FIRM BEFORE GOING TO WORK WITH HER HUSBAND NAPOLEON AND BROTHER-IN-LAW EMANUEL TO LAUNCH WHAT HAS BECOME AUSTRALIA'S LEADING MAKEUP BRAND, NAPOLEON PERDIS.

HAVING ALSO HELD THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND HEAD OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, SHE HAS WORKED ON EVERY FACET OF THE BUSINESS, FROM BRAINSTORMING INNOVATIVE NEW PRODUCTS FOR BOTH NAPOLEON PERDIS AND NP SET TO MANAGING THE COMPANY'S STEADY BUT CAREFUL GROWTH.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT HAS LONG BEEN A PASSION AND SHE HAS AN INNATE SENSE OF WHAT WOMEN WANT; AUTO PILOT PRE-FOUNDATION PRIMER, THE COMPANY'S BEST-SELLING PRODUCT WAS SOULA-MARIE'S INNOVATION. 

"MY WIFE IS MY CHIEF MUSE AS WELL AS A KEY PLAYER IN THE COMPANY," SAYS NAPOLEON. “WE HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS TOGETHER SINCE DAY ONE. SOULA-MARIE IS PRAGMATIC, REALISTIC AND RAZOR-SHARP, SHE IS ALSO MY MOST TRUSTED ADVISER. WE BALANCE EACH OTHER EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.” NAPOLEON PERDIS

IN ADDITION TO BEING A COMPANY DIRECTOR, SOULA-MARIE IS MOTHER TO NAPOLEON’S FOUR DAUGHTERS.

EMANUEL PERDIS IS MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF NAPOLEON PERDIS. OVER THE PAST 16 YEARS, EMANUEL HAS NOT ONLY BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BRAND’S GLOBAL EXPANSION BUT HAS OVERSEEN AND IMPLEMENTED DOUBLE-DIGIT BUSINESS GROWTH FOR NAPOLEON PERDIS.

THE YOUNGEST BORN, FROM A TRADITIONAL GREEK FAMILY, EMANUEL GREW UP IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF SYDNEY. AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR IN BUSINESS AND ANOTHER IN MARKETING, HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL AND CREATIVE SKILLS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE WHEN, WITH HIS BROTHER NAPOLEON, THEY ESTABLISHED ALPHA OMEGA;  A MARKETING CONSULTANCY FOR BOUTIQUE RETAIL CLIENTS.

NAPOLEON’S PASSION FOR BEAUTY SOON MOTIVATED THE BROTHERS TO LAUNCH NAPOLEON PERDIS. THEIR FIRST CONCEPT STORE OPENED IN SYDNEY’S PADDINGTON, IN 1995.

EMANUEL, AN ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR AND HOMEOPATH, PLACES PRECEDENCE ON EDUCATION. MANAGING OVER 600 STAFF MEMBERS, HE TAKES PRIDE IN HAVING THE HIGHEST STAFF RETENTION RATES FOR ANY BUSINESS IN THE RETAIL AND COSMETICS INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA. HE PROVIDES BOTH EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS WITH EMPOWERMENT AND MOTIVATIONAL TRAINING. HE IS ALSO A VALUED SPEAKER WHO IS MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE HIS START-UP SECRETS TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS. THE COMBINATION OF EMANUEL’S BUSINESS SENSE AND NAPOLEON’S NOSE FOR CREATIVITY HAS CREATED ONE OF THE WORLD’S BRIGHTEST MAKEUP BRANDS.