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My Julie Hewett make-over
Hi gals! I promised I would report back after I had my makeover with Julie Hewitt and her staff of makeup artists. Let me start by saying that she is the most down to earth makeup artist you will ever meet. There was no diva there on Saturday, just a truly genuine person who wanted to help you bring out your best features. Here's how the day went...
I had one hour to get there, have my makeover, and get to the baseball field for my son's game. That's a tall order, but they pulled it off beautifully. Hidden Beauty, where Julie was appearing, is this great little cosmetics boutique, but when I say little, I mean little. They use their space really, really well and have a ton of product, but there is not a lot of room on the floor to do makeovers. That said, they were doing 5 makeovers at a time and not once did I feel crowded. It was more intimate than scrunched together. And it was great to see what the other women looked like. Everyone looked totally natural, only better. That to me is the highest compliment you can give someone. We didn't look ready for the red carpet, but you know what, we weren't going on the red carpet either! What I liked is that Julie came around while the artists were doing our makeup and made suggestions and showed us how to take our look from day to night with a stronger lipstick or a shimmy. She introduced herself to every person there and really spent a few minutes with us and talked about the colors they were using and what she thought might work, too. Julie suggested I try a little Cleo Shimmy for nighttime in the crease of my eyes, and it looked so glam. Cleo is this bronze Shimmy, but bronze doesn't really do it justice. It's just a great color (and, yep, I got it!).
We started with the Creme Foundation in Anouk which looked really natural. The feel was like wearing a tinted moisturizer. Next came Jami on my cheeks and it gave a beautiful flush, like I was already at the ball field! (I wear Jami on my lips too when I want a natural look.) My eyes are rather deep set so we needed to bring them out with light colors. Lillies in the Snow and Rue Burgundy were the eye shadows of choice with Dahlia eye pencil slightly lining my eyes. Julie's rose-scented mascara graced my lashes and my eyes were set. Now, my lips, first lined with #11, a pretty rose, and filled in with Nude Noir, nude with a red undertone. This is a great day look, and if you are afraid of reds, Nude is the perfect choice to get you started. For nighttime, we went to Coco Noir, a brick red. I thought I would go with Film Noir, which is a blackberry red, but Coco really was the perfect choice. All the Noir lipsticks are heavily pigmented, so if you're going straight from the tube, you're going to have A LOT of color. Use a lip brush for the stronger colors. Coco went great with my hair and coloring and made my teeth look whiter. I wore Coco to work on Monday and I didn't have to reapply my lippy till after 3pm - the color wore to a stain. Perfect!
When I was ready to leave, I didn't do a thing to my new look. Now, I don't know about you, but most of the makeovers I've had always involved washing something off my face as soon as I left or couldn't be seen from the makeup counter!
Click onto her website and see if you can find her products in your area. Also, when you pick up this month's Allure magazine, you'll see two of her products featured on page 76. If you are looking for multi-purpose makeup, this is the line for you. And if you like being the first to discover new artists, you had better hurry because she's soon going to be a household name. And just remember where you first heard about her - from Cosmetic Connection! :)
- Marissa
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Posted May 9, 2006
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