ON SCENE: Make Up For Ever Brunch |

A while back I was asked to attend a Make Up For Ever Brunch to highlight their new brush collection and learn about foundation basics. I was going to be out of town during the session so Oliva was kind enough to attend for me! Here is her recap.

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In September, I went to a Make Up For Ever event where I got to meet celebrity makeup artist Troy Jensen (Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez are some of his clients) and learn about foundation basics. The event was held at The Eaton Centre inside Sephora. The MUFE section is every makeup lover’s dream. The set-up and atmosphere is similar to the feel of the backstage scene of a fashion show – sans craziness and chaos of course.

When we arrived we were given an overview of their brush collection…and they have a ton. A brush for every single function that you will need when painting a face.

I can’t wrap my head around it since I am not a professional but I am sure that the selection is very much appreciated by makeup artists. The brushes are vegan and have a very artisan look and feel about them. We were even told that the angled tip is handy for picking up pigment and applying falsies. How multi-functional is that?

During our beauty talk sit down with Troy we learned the following tidbits:

Tip: To bring runway looks to the red carpet, take one element and tone it down
Fact: He currently loves the colour orchid pink from vintage YSL
Fact: It takes about an hour to do celebrity makeup
Fact: He loves the look of tanned skin and beige lip.
Fact: He wanted to pursue music and art and is a self-taught makeup artist
Fact: His celebrity dream client would be Diana Ross but he loves working with a wide range of celebs.
Tip: Use highlighting makeup several ways: apply under foundation, upper cheek bones, upper lip, corner of eyes, clavicle and seam of legs and arms

After our beauty q & a with Troy we got to have our personalized foundation consultation. This is how mine turned out. Me likey A LOT:

Yvonne Macinnis, who is the boutique manager for The Eaton Centre location used the following products.

HD Foundation #123
Pro Finish #123
Sculpting Blush #12

Yvonne’s beauty tip: match blush to the colour of your lips for a natural look.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Stay beautiful! Xoxo

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Here are a two of the brushes that I have:

Brush 158 is a dual ended one and I use the angled side for bronzer and the rounded end to put blush on the apples of my cheeks.

Brush 234 is an angled shadow brush which I use to apply eye shadow all over my lid and blend into the crease.

The MUFE brushes are all hand crafted from the island of Mauritius – it takes 25 steps and 30 people in the product process for each brush from start to finish!

Thanks so much to Oliva for covering this event for me!

***Disclosure: brushes were sent to me for review consideration***