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Bella Interview: Leslie Blodgett, Part Two

BellaSugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:11 -0700

In Part One of my interview with Leslie Blodgett, the founder of Bare Escentuals, we talked about her clients, but in this part, I wanted to know what are her current loves. Read on for her desert island products and to hear about the forthcoming Bare Escentuals skincare products. (This is the first time she's mentioned that an eye cream is on the way. Scoop!).

What are your skin and hair care product staples?

Leslie Blodgett: I started using Pureology on my hair, for color treated hair. We're launching more skincare products, so I'm using an eye cream that's coming out next Fall, and the moisturizer is launching in January. We have a mist coming out next month, it has the Resurrection Plant from South Africa in it, which comes back to life when it's dead. It can reactivate makeup, hydrate you, refresh your makeup. Also you can spray it onto your face when you're cleansing.

To read more of the interview, read more.

How involved are you in developing tools and packaging, in addition to the formulations?

Leslie Blodgett: The tools are extremely important. You get completely different effects by whatever brush you're using. You can use the same color foundation with a different brush to get more coverage. A fluffier brush gives you less coverage and a more firmly packed brush will give you the fullest coverage. When you swirl it, it's breaking down the minerals so that it tucks inside the bristles, so that's part of the art of buffing it onto the skin. Products cling more to animal hairbrushes; we offer both. For the new skin care products, I asked the audience [at an event] whether they wanted a pump or a jar for the moisturizer; they wanted a pump. And for the eye cream, I wanted a jar, and we did another test, and they wanted a tube, because it's anti bacterial.

If you could take five products to a desert island, what would you take?

Leslie Blodgett: Foundation. [Bare Escentuals] Warmth. Rare Minerals Night Time Treatment. Um, the new moisturizer. I guess I don't need eye shadow or mascara because I'm alone, right?

I guess it depends, like are you on the island with The Professor and Gilligan, or are you Tom Hanks in Castaway, are you on a reality show...?

Leslie Blodgett: I'll make sure my lips stay full in my old age. I'd bring Buxom Lips in Jessica. It's a nice nude color, like a sandy beach.

Bella Interview: Leslie Blodgett, Part One

BellaSugar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:00:11 -0700

As promised last week, here's more of my interview with Leslie Blodgett, the founder of Bare Escentuals. In this installment, she imparts her wisdom about what she sees way too much of, how to update your makeup for Fall, and shares her best beauty advice.

What do people ask the most about on your tours?
Leslie Blodgett: The master class is mostly about eye looks. The smokey eye is the number one thing people are so intimidated by, how to make it smoke out without looking like too much. We just launched The Rocker Eye, it's a fun look, too. Even for day, you can do a soft-rock look. Go over the whole lid with a very dark shade. We like a little metallic in there. Then take the pointy part of the brush and go under the eye, as close to the lash line as possible. You could also do the light shade and the contour, but it's easier to just do the lid and blend it out under the eye.

What's the best beauty advice you've ever heard or given?

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Leslie Blodgett: Always take off your mascara. I know so much about lashes now - when they fall out, they take so long to grow back in. You really have to treat them with care. If you sleep and you roll around, they're going to crunch up and fall out. Don't wear waterproof mascara unless you're extremely greasy or you swim. Waterproof is not recommended.

What's the biggest mistake you see people make?
Leslie Blodgett: Too much blush. And I'm a huge fan of blush. I recommend you wear it, but put a little bit, sweep it once. Don't go back a couple times. Especially in bad lighting, it looks hideous. But another mistake is to not wear it at all.

What's the best way to update your makeup for the Fall?
Leslie Blodgett: Lavenders and plums and grey tones on the lids. We have a shade called Soft Black. Lipstick instead of lipgloss. We want more of an opaque mouth. Lots more mascara.

Check back later this week for more of my interview with Leslie!

In NYC? Meet Leslie Blodgett, Founder of Bare Escentuals

BellaSugar — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:00:11 -0700

Tour buses aren't just for rock royalty: Bare Escentuals is running one of their own right now. I caught up with founder Leslie Blodgett recently, who told me she loves meeting with fans of the brand. "I use it for my market research," later adding that she polled a room full of Bare Escentuals enthusiasts about the packaging of the brand's forthcoming moisturizer (they wanted a pump, not a tube). Stay tuned next week for more of my interview with her, including her desert island beauty products, and her new favorite fragrance.

If you're in the New York area, today's appearance will be at the Times Square Sephora from 2-4 p.m.!

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Leslie Blodgett Opens Her Perfume Diaries

BellaSugar — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:01:40 -0700

Leslie Blodgett, the CEO of Bare Escentuals, is coming out with her own line of fragrances based on different trips she's taken. The first scent in the Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries series, Bare Skin, aims to capture a vacation in Mexico. Esta bueno? Find out when you read more.

Best of Bella, 10/19

BellaSugar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:00:22 -0700

We talked to celebrity colorist Johnny Ramirez to get the low down on Posh's new hue.
Leslie Blodgett, founder of Bare Escentuals, shared with us her best beauty advice, including how to update your makeup for Fall, and why never to fall asleep with your mascara on.
Bella's personal hair stylist shares her five essential hair-washing tips.
Ouch. Y'all really weren't feeling Lo Bosworth's makeup at the Lauren Conrad show.
Do tell: What are you worst beauty bad habits?

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