As a working makeup artist, I am always thrilled when I get the opportunity to play around with a cosmetics brand I’m not familiar with AND when I get to work on faces of people I am familiar with and really like!!
Recently I had the pleasure of doing both of these things.
Mary Kay has been a loyal brand and sponsor of the 6th Annual Blog Societies conference that was held in Atlanta this year.  I was honored when they hired me to be the makeup artist for the two co-founders, Cathy and Jessica and of course I then got to use all of the MK products on them for the 3 days to create their looks!
Jessica of My Style Vita
Cathy of Poor Little It Girl
Jessica & Cathy’s finished looks from Day 1
Not having had much prior experience with any of the Mary Kay products in the past (except for the amazing Satin Hands collection!) I was PUMPED when I received their makeup artistry kit. It was full of everything from skincare, to foundations, to a gazillion lip colors, right down to a makeup setting spray!! And it just made sense I got to work with Mary Kay because, well, my two makeup trunks are already their signature Cadillac pink
I got the kit shipped to me a couple weeks before the actual conference. This was extremely helpful because I got to play around with ALMOST everything they sent me so that I was familiar with how each product and formula worked once I got in front of my clients/friends.
And spoiler alert, I was verrrry impressed with the products I w...