Career
Armstrong started her career as a dancer from an early age but when her friend, Kelly O'Keefe had work experience with a music management company and was asked to put together a band, she joined Deuce alongside O'Keefe, Craig Young and Paul Holmes. Their debut single, "Call It Love" was released in January 1994 and entered the UK charts at number 21 and worked its way up to peak at number 11. The band went on to release two more singles and an album before O'Keefe decided to leave the band in November 1995 and the band were dropped from their label. The band decided to continue on a new label and O'Keefe was replaced by Amanda Perkins for one single before they disbanded.
She then chose to train as a make-up artist, writing a column for Cosmopolitan magazine before becoming the make-up artist for many British TV shows such as The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and many of Ant & Dec's shows. Armstrong is also the make-up expert on This Morning, giving makeovers and short make-up tutorials.
She is now head of make-up and hair for BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.
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