Morphe Brushes

I have seen Morphe Brushes at Trade Shows and never stopped at their booth. This year my friend Koren Zander also know as Enkore Makeup was at the booth demonstrating the brushes and selling his brush soap,  so of course I had to stop and say Hello and get my hug.  So he showed me one of the brushes I will be talking about about here. I was introduced to the owner and his sister who run Morphe Brushes, 2 very nice people! They were gracious enough to give me a few brushes to take home and play with. They must know my weakness for brushes.  I will be talking about 2 of them right now. one Koren gave me to try out, (he knows his brushes).

 It is the  C439 DELUXE ROUND BUFFER. This brush feels good in the hand, nice weight and picks up mineral foundation well and does not have it flying all over when applying it. The bristles are soooo soft and dense. Job well done with this brush! Morphe Brushes if you are listening you need to make a kabuki with these bristles.

The other brush that I like is C330 BLENDING CREASE.  What I like about this brush is that it is softer than most I have used and I can get a good blend without having to keep buffing. I have noticed on the brushes I did get that they are softer than most brush I use. I generally tend to use a stiffer brush, but they work well.   

I do have a few more that I will be talking about, but if you are in the market for some new brushes at reasonable prices, they give them a try.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The Makeup Show Chicago 2012

The windy city was host again to The Makeup Show Chicago. There were new vendors, new classes, new seminars. The show was bigger and more fabulous than the year before. But before we talk about how wonderful this show was.  I want to address those of you who complain that Chicago doesn't have opportunities for make up artists, like either coast does. These are also the people who do not come the the show. I hear oh $45-$50 for a ticket is too much money just to buy make up, or it is a waste of my time, excuse after excuse.  No the $45-$50 is not a lot of money, when you see what you get from it. #1 you get relationships, you network, make new friends and maybe some new opportunities that you complain you can get. There are classes that do cost money, but for the talent that gives the classes they are well worth the money. The Makeup Show has FREE seminars given by the likes of the beautiful Crystal Wright, the nicest hardest working most sincere person in this industry and pretty darn entertaining James Michael Vincent and another man just as wonderful and pretty darn cute! Michael DeVellis. These people give your they experiences, they share their knowledge freely. You can meet the people that make your cosmetics ask them questions. Find out tips and tricks from their vast knowledge. It is well worth  the money just to make relationships and new friends and maybe you will network with someone that may give you the opportunity you have been looking for. You will never know if you do not go the the show. I also see a lot of new makeup artist that have little to no makeup in their kit or all drugstore brands (oh I am not saying there is anything wrong with drugstore brands) because you have no money for the big names, well again the show has amazing discounts. The Makeup Show will be her again next year, so take an envelope and mark it the makeup show money and every week put 5,10, 20 dollars in it so by next year you will have money to come to this amazing show.

Stay tuned for the next segment about the Makeup Show, I will talk products, my top brands and my not so great experience with some.

Skin Care Yet again!!

I get a lot of women come up to my and say Oh your skin is so nice, what do you do. Or what do you sell that I can use t make my skin like yours. Well I go in to my speel about skin care and MY routine. I get the deer in the head lights look like this is way to much information, or I just want to buy something to use, or my all time favorite line well that is too much work and I am not going to do it. Why I am writing this is the last time this happened to me, I am answering this women and I can see in her face that she is getting annoyed , she tells me what do you have that I can use, and I tell her go to the website and see what I have, and try it I cannot tell you it will work we have waaay different skin. Then tells me she wants something cheap, she doesn't want to spend a lot of money.
I have had a skin care routine of some kind for 30 or more years. First of all I am not licensed to tell you what is wrong with your skin, or what to do. I can only tell you what I do and what I use. Here are my suggestions, go to an esthetician get a facial, they will tell you what you need to use. I hear well they are only there to sell their products and tell you you need so many treatments just to make money. Are they there to sell their services and products yes they are, a lot of them no their stuff and can point you in the right direction.  But you have to take a chance and start some where. My biggest tip is do not use soap on you face, get some facial products to lean your skin that are not soap!!  This maybe a long process for you, not all products work for everyone. Also have realistic expectations.   Just because I use it and works for me doesn't mean it will work for you.  You can get some very good skin line at reasonable prices, at QVC, HSN, ShopNBC, drugstore brands have evolved over the years.Go to the counters at dept stores and talk to someone, see if you can get samples.  If you buy something see if there is a return policy, use it like the directions tell you and see if your skin changes, if not return it. A lot of skin care companies now have trial paks to try great way to start out.  Get on Facebook and Twitter a lot of talented and knowledgeable people on it to talk to, but again if they do not see your skin they can only give you ideas and their views on products. Bottom line you have to be consistent in whatever skin care routine you use.

Snow Day Blogging

Hi everyone
Sitting here watching the snow come down. I thought I will fill you in on what is going on at Fusion of Color Cosmetics.  We have some exciting new things coming in for the new year. Of course we have our gorgeous Color of the Year Mango Tango and matching lipgloss Tango Magic.  So every month we will have the color of the month, wait until you see February GORGEOUS!!!! You ladies who love pink are going to love me. Of course there will be a matching lipgloss for it. We are going to bring in lip pencils. I did try my hand at making these myself and yes it was a disaster, so we will leave it up to people who know how! I have been wearing these for almost a year now and love them. They are creamy without being too slick so they don't slide around. You can wear them all over you lips with gloss over it or as a under base for your gloss or lipstick and the colors are beautiful, very wearable.    We also have an eyelash/brow treatment coming in. I have been using this product for 2 year now and love it. We at Fusion of Color are trying to bring you the consumer the best producs on the market we can find, besides our glorious minerals.  So follow us on twitter, facebook and join our newsletter which you can find on our facebook page or our website.   

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Glamcor - Glamour First Impression Primer

Glamcor is a newest and greatest company to join the beauty world. Shana King and Eric Kaiser are passionate and knowledgeable about the industry, and they are just nice people!  The have products for the make up artist, they have bags, light kits (wonderful), brushes (to die for), make up stations (on my wish list) and now they are venturing into cosmetics. The first product is called  GLAMOUR FIRST IMPRESSION Performance Primer

From their website:
      30ml      $38.00   When paired with our CONTOUR Brush we guarantee our primer will be the highest performing primer in the industry. The formula is hyper light, silky, 100% translucent, and will decrease the amount of cosmetics applications you need during the day.GLAMCOR considers skin primer the most critical step in the makeup application process. Our formula is designed to be the HIGHEST PERFORMING PRIMER IN THE INDUSTRY.
GLAMOUR FIRST IMPRESSION allows foundation to go on smoother and more evenly resulting in better looking and longer-lasting finishes.This product will not compete with foundations, shadows, or other cosmetic product. You will not have that oily shine later in the day, and your makeup payoff will increase significantly. It dries quickly (we recommend a dry time on 30 seconds before applying cosmetics on top).
****This formula can be applied by hand or brush. FOR THE ULTIMATE FINISH apply the primer with our GLAMCOR CONTOUR BRUSH to achieve the highest performing system. It has specifically been designed be further enhanced with the CONTOUR Brush.****

Well I love primers so of course I had to try this out. It is silicone based, for reference like Smashbox. but not as slick. It is clear and dries matte and smooth, not tacky or sticky at all.  So I tested it all week with our mineral foundation. Well when you apply the minerals they stay where they are applied!! You can buff them smooth, but you get  good coverage with the primer under neath. They lasted all day with blush and finishing powder over it. No creeping, no streaking. no cracking. I applied the primer with my fingers. Today I used our cream foundation over it, so far looks like I just put it on (has been 7 hours so far).