For professional artists, the industry has many amazing lines to offer and these lines are some of my favorite. You will find most of the products in my kit. Most of the companies I work with started out just like me, small, independent and have worked hard to be successful. The artists that started them still own them. I have watched many companies change their formulas once bought out by larger coporations, in an effort to cut costs. Artist lines, typically remain consistant in quality and they spend more time developing new products. I find that when the owner of a line is actually using their own products day to day, the products really work! Here are some of my favorites.

CAUDALIE: The essence of Caudalíe’s skin therapies are grape-seed polyphenols, the most efficient anti-oxidant in the botanical world. The anti-oxidants in grape-seed polyphenols are much more powerful than vitamin E and vitamin C, which have previously been considered the most efficient active ingredients to neutralize free radicals polyphenols are known to possess numerous pharmological properties: they increase the resistance of blood vessels by reinforcing the body’s micro-circulation, protect elastin, collagen fibers and prevent the destruction of hyaluronic acid and glucuronic acid, fundamental tissue elements for the health of the skin. Caudalie offers a variety of products from cleansers to eye creams to body lotion to incredible masks. Stop by for a free sample today!
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SUSAN POSNICK: Susan Posnick has been a celebrity makeup artist for over twenty years. She has worked extensively in film and print, her specialty being beauty. Her celebrity portfolio includes Cindy Crawford, Amber Valletta, Angie Harmon, Rene Russo, Diane Lane, Holly Hunter, Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Lauren Hutton, Peri Gilpin, Annie Potts, Kathleen Turner, and Patty Hansen. Her talent has been celebrated in Vogue, Bazaar, Allure, Self, Redbook, and Beauty. Susan’s knowledge and expertise led her to a contract with a major cosmetic company to teach and develop innovative makeup techniques and products. In addition, she has worked on-camera teaching makeup.

In addition to her freelance work, Susan has created COLORFLO, a revolutionary new makeup concept. COLORFLO is a highly pigmented sunblock-foundation in powdered form. This mineral makeup is contained in a self-dispensing, refillable, luxurious brush. COLORFLO provides invisible, flawless coverage in under a minute. It is the PERFECT product to dust on in the morning, then just toss in your purse. CLICK. DUST. GO. Susan Posnick’s COLORCORRECT brightener/corrector pencil is now available to complement.
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FACE STOCKHOLM: Face Stockholm is committed to truth, beauty, and self-expression. Promoting a natural, clean aesthetic and opportunity to have fun,our cosmetics and skin care empower women to express their individuality. Owned and operated by Gun Nowak and her daughter Martina Arfwidson, their personal journeys guide the philosophy of Face Stockholm. They find as much inspiration for colors and ingredients on treks to meet the Dalai Lama as they do walking down the streets of New York. Through Face Stockholm, Gun and Martina share their passion for people, color and style as well as their wholesome and even joyous approach to life. Gun and Martina are hands on and run their business on gut instinct. Gun’s passion and creativity is the driving force behind the business. Martina’s creative business talents and love for structure makes for a symbiotic working relationship. After putting Face Stockholm’s systems in place, editing Gun’s ideas down from 10,000 to maybe 10, she uses her performance training to function as the company spokesperson. What’s more, she inspires and trains Face Stockholm makeup artists to value the greater intention of the business. There’s one more reason why Face Stockholm is so successful: Martina and Gun love to move furniture! They will turn a store upside down and rearrange the floor displays, tables and move whatever makes the space feel more inviting. The stores, like the products, are simple, clean, welcoming and very Swedish! When these Swedish dynamos finally sit still, you will find them at home in the countryside in upstate New York, surrounded by dogs and trees and green grass, working in their garden. And while moving dirt, pulling weeds, dragging branches and working all day in the garden might not be as much fun to them as moving furniture, it keeps them out of trouble on the weekends!
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Blinc is a privately held international company, founded by the husband and wife team of Lewis & Suma Farsedakis and incorporated in the State of Delaware – USA, in 1999. Blinc currently markets its products in over twenty countries and continues to expand. Blinc’s mission is to introduce safe and exceptional beauty products that redefine how they should be made, applied and perform. blinc products are unique because their concepts offer a dramatic leap from solutions that existed before, placing them among the best in the world in their respective categories. Even though some of the claims are extraordinary, our company prides itself on the fact that they deliver what they promise. Blinc strives to be a meaningful corporate citizen and is committed to bringing truth, excellence and education to the beauty industry. This is how the company has gained the trust and maintained the loyalty of its treasured customers.