Smashbox Cosmetics

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Smashbox cosmetics line is truly makeup for the stars. If you are striving for a little more Hollywood glamour in your life, visit the Smashbox makeup counter at your local Nordstrom’s or explore their website at www.smashbox.com.

Company History

While most successful cosmetic companies along the aisles of major high-end department stores have been around for more than 40 years, Smashbox has come into its own relatively recently. The founders of Smashbox Cosmetics are Dean and Davis Factor, brothers who are also great grandsons of the renown Max Factor. Combining their talent and genetics, they created a makeup brand to rival the likes of Lancome and Maybelline.

Dean is the business man, with the MBA from University of Southern California. While Davis handles the creative side as a fashion expert photographer with real life experience from Jennifer Lopez to Vanity Fair. The starting year was 1991 as a photo studio in Los Angeles… but, by the year 1997 it had expanded into Smashbox cosmetics.

Smashbox Today

Currently an international sensation, Smashbox cosmetics has moved past its simple luxurious roots as a high fashion studio on the streets of Los Angeles. A place frequented by a major celebrities – from models to musicians – it has become more than simply a makeup brand. Evolving to contain a modeling agency, production company and a clothing line, along with the cosmetics, this talented family has created a vibrant and unique beauty organization.

Smashbox Cosmetics

The cosmetic line was created through a strong relationship between Davis and the celebrity makeup artists he worked with regularly during his photo shoots. The desire arose to share these Hollywood secrets and pass on some of the glamour to the average woman. With a very California style vision, the cosmetic brand image is presented much like a feature film. Flashy and intriguing, the makeup products are exclusive and vast in their assortment. With a wide range of skin and cosmetic products produced, they focus on some of the hottest new trends.

It is easy to get lost in the amount of products offered at Smashbox, but if you love makeup this is certainly the destination for you. When you wake up each morning – do you look forward to the artistic design of putting on your face? Then Smashbox cosmetics are just the right fit for your creative soul.

New Makeup Products

With makeup products seen in most major fashion magazines, some of the newest items from the Smashbox line are:

  • Metallic Eye Pencils – Available in three effervescent shades that can be applied either wet or dry depending on the look you desire. Creating the watercolor effect that Smashbox is known for, the pencils are equipped with a brush on one end and a self-sharpening color pencil on the other.
  • Makeup Refresher Spray – Designed to spray on your face either before or after makeup application. Contains fixative agents to help ensure makeup stays polished even in warm weather and includes freshening skin enhancers.

Popular Cosmetic Products

With vibrant colors and fantasy style makeup, their core products include:

  • Anti Shine Face Makeup – For the absolute oil control, they offer top-of-the-line powder and foundation.
  • Cream Eyeliner – Known for a true smudge proof coverage to last all day.
  • Primer Collection – With their Photo Finish primers - for the face, lips and eyes – they offer a range of opportunities for adding bronzing to erasing the fine lines.
  • Gifts – Amazing assortment of makeup kits perfect for the makeup fiend on your list.

Learn at Smashbox

As a studio based company, there is a strong focus on learning to apply makeup along with selling the cosmetics. The website provides ample makeup artist style advice along with specifying the precise products to create the looks presented.

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Comments

Hi Tracey,

I would strongly recommend that you contact the company directly (their website is located in the body of this article). Thanks so much for the post and good luck with your salon!

-- Contributed by: Jacqueline Dautaj

I am in the process of setting up a salon, and am on the search for a quality makeup range to stock, how would i go about getting smashbox? I am a qualified makeup artist, master nail tech/Educator

-- Contributed by: Tracey Clark

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