Meet the artisits at GIELLA Custom Blend Cosmetics

Years In Make Up:25 years

Location:New York

Creative Influence:Fashion, Food, Italian Culture, Changing Lifestyles, Trends in Leisure Time

Favorite GIELLA Product:Foundation (whether it be in our liquid, cream or tinted moisturizer); Cuticle Oil with Grapeseed and Kukui oil

Favorite Beauty Tip:Keep it simple, recognize how much (or little) time you have and choose the right products. Select products that you are going to use and not sit in your drawer. Remember, beauty starts from within. When you feel glamorous and confident and pretty inside, makeup simply lands in the perfect place on your face, eyes, cheeks, lips and nails. Be "beautiful" for you, and only you.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Of course, Brush #6... a must have!

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Years In Make Up:6 years

Location:New York, NY

Creative Influence:My inspiration depends on the individual characteristics of the canvas in front of me. Whether it be a celebrity walking the red carpet, a supermodel strutting the runway, a career woman at the office, or a soccer mom at the grocery store, I thrive on making a woman look and feel gorgeous. My versatility is limitless, as I specialize in everything from a soft and flawless look to a dramatic, glamorous, red carpet visage. To me, the essence of beautiful make-up encompasses this entire spectrum of beauty -- from delicate to elegant.

Favorite GIELLA Product:So many of GIELLA's products are my favorite, so I have to tell you about two of them. I LOVE GIELLA'S custom blended tinted moisturizer because I can manage how much coverage I put into it depending on my client. I use it all over the face and it gives a beautiful, subtle, youthful glow to the skin. My other favorite GIELLA must-have necessity is the cover release. This is a cover-up which can also be custom blended in your shade. It has an amazing, soft texture that doesn't sit dry on your skin and it never creeps into fine lines around the eyes. My suggestion to every woman "don't leave home without it!"

Favorite Beauty Tip:Many of my clients ask me to give them smoky eyes that will last throughout the day and night. I do this look often for photo shoots. First, I apply magnetic eye (a primer for the eye lids) over the eyelids, then I dust some translucent powder over it. Next, I custom-blend a cream eye shadow and pat it from the lashes to the crease of the eye. On top of that, I use a custom accent powder (pure pigments) with a shadow brush. Afterwards, I line the upper lid with a custom liquid liner (usually the darkest color) and blend it with a brush into the shadows. If I'm going for a cat eye, I blend upward and outward. Next, I rim the eyes (both top and bottom) with a black pencil and smudge it into the lower lashes. Lastly, I curl the lashes and layer on black mascara. This look is dramatic, sexy, and gives any woman confidence and a commanding presence amongst her peers.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Of my favorite beauty tools are the Shu Uemura eyelash curler; it gives you a beautiful rounded lash, and the GIELLA buffer brush # 11. I use this fluffy brush to dust loose powder and bronzer on the face, neck and shoulders. The handle is very short, making it easy to travel with too!

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Years In Make Up:6 years

Location:Henri Bendel, NY

Creative Influence:Being in a retail environment. I am influenced by a variety of looks and personalities.

Favorite GIELLA Product:Beaming lightswitch. It's a quick and easy way to get that young healthy glow

Favorite Beauty Tip:Blend! Blend! Blend! Make sure all colors come together gradually.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Crease brush # 6. It makes my life a million times easier.

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Years In Make Up:8 years

Location:Henri Bendel

Creative Influence:Nature. It captures and appeases all of your senses. It's the color of hydrangeas in the Spring or the colors of leaves changing in the Fall.

Favorite GIELLA Product:Without a doubt, Beaming Highlighter.There is no other product in the world like it. It makes any face luminous and dewy.

Favorite Beauty Tip:When applying makeup always start with eyes first. Eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara have tendencies to fall on your face and make a mess when applied. So save time and product by applying your foundation afterwards.

Favorite Beauty Tool:My # 10 GIELLA brush. You can use this brush for everything from concealer to eyeshadow. It's a synthetic brush so it glides easily and distributes the right amount of color on to your skin.

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Years In Make Up:2 years

Location:About Faces Day Spa and Salon, Towson, MD

Creative Influence:To find unique beauty in each woman and show it to the world.

Favorite GIELLA Product:Magnetic eye for the best eyeshadow application.

Favorite Beauty Tip:Always use a blush for a finished makeup look. Powder only on the T-zone to keep the shine away and cheek areas glowing. Also, use lip liner all over the lips for a defined look; and a great primer for red lipsticks.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Lip brush creating the most desirable lips.

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Years In Make Up:7 years

Location:Lower East Side, Manhattan

Creative Influence:I get most of my creative influence from the person I’m working with. Most of the time I find that a person is born with natural beauty that leaves clues as to what colors to work with. For instance, I have noticed that some people have a natural, but very faint purple line underneath their bottom eye lash line. Instead of always covering that up with black eyeliner, I will make the line more intense with a purple shadow. It looks so natural and just makes the eyes pop. I also like to think of the colors in terms of a painting and the face in terms of sculpting. I use colors most people would not think for themselves but in a subtle way. I also pull some of my creativity from nature, and interior design.

Favorite GIELLA Product:People know that Giella’s foundations are amazing mineral foundations but what some people don’t know is that they can be used as an add-on to your skincare routine as well. Most woman put on foundation or tinted moisturizer everyday with out even thinking otherwise. The foundations start oil-free but we are able to put all these amazing natural oils into the foundations and tinted moisturizers for the added benefits of antioxident power as well as just the amazing moisture that helps to fight aging of the skin in the long run. I have a skincare back round and I believe that the natural ingredients of the earth are the best way to help any problem. We also have a very potent form of anti-oxidant called Amblica that can be added as well. This is proven to in time diminish the look of age spots and wrinkles.

Favorite Beauty Tip: My favorite Giella beauty tip is to use the Brow Gel. I feel the first step to looking well put-together is shaped and groomed brows. It is much more youthful to have fuller brows, and with one coat of the brow gel they look perfectly groomed. The tinted brow gels are amazing for matching your brow color to look more like your hair color and covering up grey hairs. If you don’t want to use the tinted ones, we make the best clear brow gel. I have used others that dry and become obvious, but I like that this one is completely transparent.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Giella’s foundation brush. I use one for foundation and one for cream blush.

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Years In Make Up:24 years

Location:Frances for GIELLA, Houma, Louisiana

Creative Influence:Art has always been a part of my life. Observing Color and how it transpires from Nature into our Lives of Fashion, Food and Design is a constant creative influence.

Favorite GIELLA Product:It is the Concept of GIELLA custom blend cosmetics. When a product, whether it is a lipstick, eyeshadow or foundation is custom blended just for you and has the perfect balance of color and texture, there is no doubt it becomes a personal favorite.

Favorite Beauty Tip:Remember your face is your canvas, by evening out skintones with the perfect shade and coverage of foundation, along with concealer and magnetic eye (a primer for the eyelids), your face will be ready for color to bring out your eyes and lips. When applying and blending color, always use a circular motion to achieve a beautiful soft finish.

Favorite Beauty Tool:Brush #6, it’s like two eyeshadow brushes in one. The flat side is great for applying highlighter or all over color to the eyelids and the tip is perfect for circular blending color together.

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Years In Make Up:13 years

Location:Cole Street Salon and Spa,
2388 Cole Street, Birmingham, MI 48009

Creative Influence:Nature’s colors, seasonal changes, making vintage modern, finding the fashion era in each woman. Capturing a moment in a memory, whether it is a scent in the air, a lipstick color you wore, the color of the leaves falling, or a song remembered. I am influenced by life, but most importantly, the beautiful face in front of me. It is my mission to bring out the transformation beauty can create. Let your “Beauty Mark” shine!

Favorite GIELLA Product:Tinted moisturizer, it gives a unbelievable glow to the skin.

Favorite Beauty Tip:I always put at least 5 drops of tea tree in the foundation, not only is it an antibacterial, it gives the foundation a very clean scent.
I always enhance natural beauty, never overdone. Sometimes you have to know when to put the brush down! Less is more but more is good in the right places!

Favorite Beauty Tool:Foundation brush, it is super soft and the foundation glides to perfection on the skin.

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