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  • #MakeupMonday: The Rise of the Beauty Box

    Beauty Box subscription services rise and fall quickly. In the time since this was written I could have covered at least 50 other beauty boxes, seriously. We’ll do an update on this soon but for now most of these Beauty Box services are gone but BirchBox and GlossyBox reign on… Back in when I was […]

  • #MakeupMonday – The Makeup Show Los Angeles 2011 Wrap Up

    Overview of my time at this year’s Makeup Show Trade Show may contain affiliate links The last weekend in February was a big weekend for us makeup artists here in Los Angeles. Not only were there two major awards shows happening (the Indie Spirit Awards on Saturday, and the granddaddy of them all, the Oscars, […]

  • #MakeupMonday – 100% Pure Cosmetics

    This post is an oldie, but 100% Pure Cosmetics is still a thriving makeup brand in the “clean beauty” realm. Check out their website for the current offerings… As I mentioned in my article on Bay Area Beauty, I was thoroughly impressed upon visiting the headquarters of 100% Pure Apothecary**, purveyors of 100% Pure Cosmetics. […]

  • So You Wanna Be A Pro Artist 8 – Testing

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    There is no more important part of growing your makeup career than Testing to begin a Portfolio. In Part 8 of So You Wanna Be A Pro Makeup Artist I deep dive a bit further in to the process of Testing… The “So You Wanna Be A Pro Artist” series is original content conceived and […]

  • #MakeupMonday – Top Lipglosses

    I love lipglosses and periodically I recap my favorites. Obviously a list like this is temporary because brands add and drop products regularly, but for now these are my Top Lipglosses… (may contain affiliate links) NOTE: For the updated version of this list check out: Favorite Lip Glosses of 2012 Some women gravitate to eye […]