Learning About The Bobbi Brown Philosophy of Makeup + Video

Do you get intimidated when you go to a department store makeup counter? Well you shouldn’t if you’re heading to meet with the artists from Bobbi Brown Cosmetics!! I recently had the pleasure of attending a media day at the grand opening of the Bobbi Brown counter at Macy’s in Perimeter Mall in Atlanta, GA. I got schooled on all of the latest and greatest products Bobbi has to offer, received a makeover from the talented (and super nice!!) Educational Artistry Executive, John Hernandez, and bought some new products!
Here is a short video of my time interviewing John and finding out more about the Bobbi brand, his top 2 fave products, and even his favorite city he has traveled to! Following this video check out my after pictures and product details of my finished look at the bottom of this post.

My Finished Look : A Subtle Smokey Eye, Dewy Skin, and Nude Lip

My Fave Products Used During My Makeover :

(1) Pot Rouge for Lips and Cheeks in “Pale Pink”, $27 // (It’s actually fairly bright pink in the pot and goes on to look like a true rosy complexion!)

(2) Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm, $63 // (This is a part of their illuminating nudes campaign where it’s all about your skin glowing! This stuff is the jam and you can wear it under and over your makeup to instantly enhance your skin’s natural luminosity! It’s pricey, but I’m glad I bought it.)

(3) Skin Foundation Stick in “Cool Sand,” $44 // (Portable – so I can take this in my purse and not worry about my liquid foundation spilling everywhere. super blendable and love the finish when worn with the illuminating balm. looks like real skin and is a light to medium coverage.)
(4) Long Wear Eye Pencil in “Jet” $25 // (I actually was given a sample of this but it was used on my eyes. Loved the inky black shade.)

I’m sure if you follow my blog regularly you know that I’m usually a bit more “done up” than this. Granted my after pictures I took were about 4 hours after my makeover was done and I drove back to Athens so it had faded a little. The look that was created on me was definitely signature “Bobbi Brown” where they want the woman to show through, not the makeup. I can appreciate that. I would probably make my eyebrows more structured and fuller (y’a’ll know I can’t help myself) and would have gone heavier on the blush. But what I do love about what happened during this makeover, was how good my freakin’ skin looks!! I mean you can see it glowing right?!! Of course he put on 5 skin care products before he even began color so I think there IS something to his mentality about prepping the skin and hydrating it before any makeup is ever applied. I’m sure a lot women out there wake up, don’t even touch a moisturizer and start slapping on the foundation? Am I right?!! Most of my lip color they put on me had worn off (granted I had eaten a greasy panini sandwich on the ride home!) so I applied her high shimmer gloss in “Bare Sparkle” in these photos that I already owned.

I think Bobbi would be proud of this group of artists I worked with as they are a direct reflection of her brand – so if nice, patient, helpful, and kind is what she’s after, she got it. No inflated egos at this counter and believe me, I’ve seen them from other brands…I used to work the cosmetics floor many years ago!! Her about me says, that “beauty isn’t about looking perfect it’s about celebrating your individuality.” She also thinks that if a woman is given the right tools and makeup to feel pretty and confident, she is powerful. I think she hit the nail on the head with these thoughts on makeup and I’m totally down with it.

If you are interested in the two skincare items John spoke about in the video that he was most proud of from the line, here are shoppable links to them : Extra Face Oil ($63) and the Intensive Skin Supplement ($72).

Do you own any Bobbi Brown products? What are your faves?

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