If you had one hour to spend one-on-one with a brand, which brand would it be?
Maybe Tom Ford or Chanel, just because I’d love to see the behind-the-scenes of really high luxury brands.
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I think MAC, they have such a diverse range of products and so many creative ad campaigns and collaborations. I would love to watch how they plan their many collections without repeating too much.
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Too Faced, I love their vision for products and girly design aesthetic. Or Hourglass, simply for the innovation! To go BTS would be so interesting and enlightening.
Hourglass. To convince them to expand their range and to finally make themselves more easily available in continental Europe!
Chantecaille, Laura Mercier, Trish McEvoy becausy their owners seem to be interesting people with their own idea about makeup. Tom Ford, Chanel, Cle de Peau, Suqqu- just curious why do they discontinue the best products or make them limited editions. Paying 3-4 times the price on ebay becomes annoying. And how do they decide what to launch? Sometimes I see no practical value in new products, crazy colors or formulas. How much are they led in their decisions by being seen as a modern thinking brand vs. what consumers really want/can wear?
Guerlain.. for their vast array of fragrances, of which I am a fan.
MAC or Clinique.
Hands down MAC I adore everything about that brand from products to what they stand for.
Probably Urban Decay or Colour Pop…Seems like it would be fun.
Inglot came to mind first, but Urban Decay and Illamasqua as well.
I wouldn’t mind having a one-to-one chat with Bobbi! 😉
If I could pick the setting, I’d go with MAC during a major collection shoot. If it’s just a sit-down and talk type of deal, then I’d go with Tom Ford, Hourglass, or NARS.
YSL or Nars because it’s on my top5 fav brands!
Nars! I love their whole vibe. Their products are my fave treat and the look of everything is so beautiful. I’d love to go behind the scenes.
Urban Decay or TheBalm! I’d love to see what kind of fun stuff they’re working on 🙂
I think I’d pick between Bite Beauty, Tarte, Illamasqua, Hourglass or Chanel! I think that sounds kind of all over the place, and that’s not exactly one brand haha. I think Chanel would be my #1 overall pick! 😀 It’s classic yet innovative, and covers all kind of beauty & fragrance.
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Chanel
Guerlain. I just bought a rouge g and les fumes the other day and i’m more than a little obsessed…
MAC or NARS. I love how trendy and innovative they are. It would be a real treat to see everything behind the scenes. Like how they come up with collections and color schemes.
Urban Decay. I’d ask what the hell they were thinking with that Vitamin B spray. That product is one part beneficial, 10 parts irritant and 20 parts water. What an insult, UD. Using the placebo effect to scam your “valued” customers. Shame.
Wow, that is a hard hard decision. Quite possibly Guerlain. I love their perfumes and many of their cosmetics but I’d use my hour to tell their color directors to change their foundation lines to include more skin tones both super pale and super dark. I feel they do great shades for NC 20 – NC 35 ish but nothing else.
Kat von D, to see what the heck they’ve been thinking lately.
Oh, I’d just gush about tattoos! 😛
Ha, ha! I probably would, too. I have 13, want more. Do think Kat would give me a freebie? And take some color suggestions for makeup? 😀
NARS! So luxurious!
MAC
Lush Cosmetics because of the company’s values and the fun factor. I think hanging out with those folks would be a blast!
Tarina Tarantino and Urban Decay – to ask why aren’t their products available in Australia.
Guerlain – because I love their eyeshadows
Dior – to find out why their blue palettes are not as good as their others.
Bobbi Brown needs serious feedback. They have had little collections this year and they continue to pick only 1 spokesperson(Katie Holmes and then Kate Upton) who look best with a simple nude look. The need more collections, product colors and someone that has versatile face that can pull of different makeup looks.
I’d have to say Eddie Funkhouser. I like that they are cruelty free and very affordable and Mr.Funkhouser seems like a pretty cool guy
Inglot, or obsessive compulsive cosmetics
Probably NARS. I adore their complexion products (concealer, tinted moisturizer, foundation). I do really love Urban Decay, too, though!
Nars, because they have a vision of beauty that I find interesting.
Guerlain, if I could visit the Meteorites factory :p
I would spend this time with Becca Cosmetics xD
Armani. It’s bizarre that I don’t even consciously buy their stuff but end up getting everything from there. I would love to see their bts.
Guerlain! It’s the most glamorous brand, imo.
MAC
NARS! I have really fallen in love with it recently!
Tom Ford no doubt! I would need way more than an hour!!
Probably NARS or Dior for me. I’m lucky enough to have worked for some cosmetic brands before and these two have always intrigued me.
I would have to say Rock & Republic because I am absolutely obsessed with their blushes and I want to find out whom they went through for manufacturing since they are no longer available.
Are we shopping for free for an hour, or doing an interview with it?
Interview sit down 1 hour: 1. Charlotte Tilbury, because I want inside the head of a sex crazed booby blush creator! Like, you don’t? 2. Urban Decay: I want to drill them about their formulations, item color names, and encourage much better! Also, Chanel and is so iconic, it would be an honor to sit down and go through their incarnations! Other: Chantecaille, because I really respect them, and Tom Ford: I’ve never gone that route so it would be a learning experience laden with samples, I’m sure! 😀 And Fendi: I want to find out why they discontinue their best fragrances after releasing them.. >!<
One hour Spree, grab all you want: Tom Ford and Chanel! Chantecaille!! 😀 Burberry..
Obviously I'm having difficulty with choices. 🙂