So many of you might know that I make my living in retail cosmetics as a trainer for Smashbox. I travel throughout the Midwest educating other artists and clients on the brand and application. Our biggest retailer is Sephora and within that store the top selling brand the past few years has been Bare Escentuals. They were recently sold to Japan's beauty guru Shiseido. Check out the article here: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/japanese-cosmetics-giant-shiseido-to-buy-bare-minerals-for-1-7/19318606/?bId=MoneyBoard&tId=dfblogida19318606&bpId=%2f&sort=3&pg=2#Comments

My team and I found the client comments most interesting. Many of them mentioned that they would no longer buy the brand because it was no longer a US company. Does this affect your purchase of something discretionary like cosmetics? Curious...

The photo on my home page is me doing makeup for the MYKE Adams short film- So Mad About You. Check out the film at http://vimeo.com/8831495
What a fun project and a great group of people to work with!!

I am SO excited!!
I have a profile on behance.net- it is another way of gaining exposure for my portfolio. check it out at www.behance.net/makeupbyjulia

So I just found out that the beauty portfolio that I posted has been featured on a partner website!! It's right on the front page!!
http://www.fashionserved.com/

Please check it out and hit the button that says click to appreciate! THANK YOU!

I am new to this whole blogging thing but check back- I will post events I am doing along with new products that are launching and maybe even some how-to videos!!