Customization is Key: 3 Custom Color…

Ever since I saw a special on the Style Network years ago about custom makeup, I knew I would LOOOOVE 3 Custom Color Specialist. I was super excited when I got a chance to meet them briefly at the Makeup Show and they made the mistake of saying, “Come by the studio! We love to meet bloggers.” That was all I needed to hear. So when I went up to NYC the other day for business and blogger errands, I had to add 3 Custom Color to my list.

That’s me with Chad, on of the three founders, a fabulous person who gave me a tour of their studio and he was my color specialist of the day. So I know what you all want to know is why do I adore 3 Custom. There are three main reasons:

1. They have so many options! There are over 250 products in their online store and they cover every end of the spectrum. If you’re fair, olive skinned, light, dark brown, hell, purple…they’ve got you covered. They break it down into cool skin tones versus warm so you can always find a color that suits you. Their concealer/foundation is magnificent (more about that in another post) and they are always coming up with new collections with innovative colors. Plus, the quality is fantastic.
2. They custom blend makeup! On top of their extensive ready to wear products, they can custom blend blush, eye shadow, brow powder, pressed or loose powder, lipstick or lip gloss. More about this in a second…I heart anything that you can customize and custom makeup is at the top of my list.
3. They make their own recipes & their archives are huge! They have an archive of discontinued lipsticks/lip glosses or if you have just a little bit of your favorite special edition gloss left that you love you can send it in and they can recreate it for you! HOW GENIUS?! Have a lipstick you love but wish it was sheer? They can do that and then they’ll save your recipe for you to order again and again.

Now because I love 3 Custom so much, I can’t do one long post, I have to talk about some of their other products in other posts, they’re just too fantastic to only talk about once, but I have to share with you what they created for me while I was there.

The very fabulous Chad said he’d love to make me something while I was there and I told him I’m always on a quest for the perfect lip gloss. I wanted something with a strong pink shade a bit of shimmer and a lacquer like finish to it. I want something that lasts after I swipe it on without having to look in a mirror because the color is so fantastic I don’t need liner or a mirror to apply. I’ll know it’s that good. Chad and I picked the perfect shade of raspberry and added dashes of sparkle, shine and a lot of makeup magic to it to create the most perfect shade of pink gloss I’ve ever owned.

And the color really lasts! If you are interested in having a color custom created just for you, definitely check out the 3 Custom Color Specialists website. I promise I have more from 3 Custom to talk about, but I thought I’d spread it out. So what do you think of my color?
dwj

P.S. Thank you so much to Tess and Chad at 3 Custom Color Specialist for welcoming me to their studio and making me feel so great on such a yucky rainy day. I promise there are Thank You notes in the mail to you both.

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