What’s new at Bare Escentuals
By Nadine Kam
Nadine Kam photos
Bare Escentual’s International Makeup Artist Bravon Pascua with Valerie DeRoos, who attended Pascua’s master class Friday and won his first appointment of the day this morning at the Ala Moana boutique.
Bare Escentuals’ International Makeup Artist Bravon Pascua was happy to be home again for two days of appearances, including a Friday master class at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It was a great deal for newbies to the line of mineral-based cosmetics, who, for $75 got breakfast, $150 worth of BE products, first crack at pre-season products and more BE door prizes.
I caught up with Bravon at the store Saturday, where he was performing makeovers, including his first of the day with Valerie DeRoos, who had attended the master class. He’s a great people person, which is an advantage for BE as he travels the globe and women lay out all their cosmetic questions and problems, information that is then turned into products.
The company has added skin care to its mix, SPF 30 sun protection as much for the hands and decollete as for the face, and are at work on an eye cream and serum, plus little technical innovations, like a sifter for their mineral products that will keep powdery messes to a minimum.
“We always listen to our clients,” he said. “They pretty much build our products.”
While some across the Internet are wondering how to get their hands on preview items such as a Mother’s Day trio of kits dubbed “Free to BE naturally,” plus a quartet of Flowers Buxom lipglosses (pictured below), those in Hawaii could get them over the weekend.
The Mother’s Day kits ($39.50) otherwise won’t be available until about mid-April. Each comes with shadow, shimmer and blush colors plus corresponding lipgloss packed into a clutch to suit your mom’s style, whether Classic, Elegant or Adventurous.
Quartet of Flowers Buxoms (standing outside the pink box), is one of the pre-season items being offered this weekend only, before formal introduction in mid-April.
Bravon’s makeup kit.
Valerie examines Bravon’s work in a mirror.
