Here's how it all went down:I showed up clean-faced on a sunny Saturday afternoon ready to be made over. Ron immediately sat me down with his wonderful colleague Heath to be made beautiful...they had their work cut out for them (don't worry...I won't startle you all with the before picture)!
Now here's what I love about Becca Cosmetics. I'm a pretty low maintenance gal when it comes to my makeup. During the week I'll usually just do foundation, blush, mascara, lipgloss and be done. If I'm feeling particularly fancy, I'll do a teeny bit of cream eyeshadow or eyeliner. For night's out, I up the volume a bit with more eyeshadow and dark eyeliner, but I still tend to keep it on the natural side (don't let the title of this post fool you! I don't ACTUALLY believe that you can never wear too much blue eyeshadow). I was drawn to the look of their catalog and display...very natural, highlighting rather than covering up, subtle beauty. You can see that immediately when visiting their site : http://www.beccacosmetics.com/
"The whole philosophy of BECCA is about creating a natural, flawless look. It's really about skin looking amazing - everything else is secondary."
- Rebecca Morrice Williams, Founder
One of the main reasons Ron was drawn to this line was the fact that it had a wide range of natural colors so that it would work perfectly for women of every skin tone, which in culturally diverse cities like SF and LA, where he has studios, is an important thing.
Let's get to the make over, shall we? We started with the primer, which is a MUST I've discovered, in order to keep makeup from disappearing halfway through the day - a problem I'm all too familiar with. From there we added the Lumionous Skin Colour Foundation (with SPF 25, which is so important!) and the Stick Foundation to cover up my "problem" areas. Next up, we covered my lids with their #1 seller, Quartz Cream Eyeshadow, and added definition with a darker Cream Eyeshadow. I'm a huge fan of cream eyeshadows, so I loved that they had a lot of options to choose from.
Then we added a teeny bit of the Jewel Dust just to add a little extra definition to the look. Next, which I found pretty cool, we used the 2-sided Line + Illuminate pencil to line my upper lids and illuminate my lower. And then, of course, finished off the eyes with lots of mascara. In my opinion, the more mascara the better, as long as it doesn't get clumpy, which this didn't. Then the icing on the cake (the cake being my face) added some Cream Blush to give me some much needed color and the most important, Glossy Lip Tint . Have a gander at the finished product here:
Now, obviously I wasn't able to try every single one of the products in the line, but I did get to play around with some post-makeover. Probably one of my favorite things is the all in one Beach Tint. It's a lipgloss, cream blush and cream eyeshadow all in one, which is super ideal for someone who loves no-nonsense beauty, such as myself.
Because Ron is the stand up guy that he is, he wants to allow my readers to get a special deal on this amazing make up line. The first 5 of you to purchase anything from the line from him will receive a 10% discount AND the first 5 of you to come in for your very own makeover (he also does makeup tutorials!) will receive 20% off! Sounds like a great deal to me.
Visit his studio in downtown San Francisco here:
Ron Pernell Studio
10 Mint Plaza, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Or call him with any questions or to schedule an appointment here:
415-543-5201
Trust me. I walked away with lots of goodies and I guarantee these will become staples in my makeup box!
Until next time... xo
Title quote: Shelly DeVoto, "My Girl"
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