A Look Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of a Beauty Expert

As I walked into the luxurious office space, I couldn't help but notice the array of beauty products and artwork adorning the walls. Angelica, the retoucher, greeted me with a warm smile, welcoming me to her workspace. She explained that she spends most of her time touching up images, ensuring that they look as close to real life as possible. The brand has invested relatively little in this process, which is why it's easy to spot differences.

Angelica showed me her artwork, explaining that she's responsible for creating all the packaging designs and details that make each product unique. She shared with me that she loves experimenting with different colors and textures, finding ways to bring each design to life. As we browsed through her portfolio, I couldn't help but notice her infectious enthusiasm and passion for her work.

Meanwhile, Michelle, a marketing expert, was getting ready for her own meeting. She showed off her favorite lipsticks from the brand, explaining why she adores them so much. Her love for the product is clear, and it's easy to see why – the shades are rich and vibrant, with a payoff that's hard to resist. As we chatted, I learned about Michelle's background in L'Oreal, where she spent 10 years honing her skills before joining this project.

One of the most exciting aspects of the meeting was the discussion around the upcoming spring collection. The team was working on creating new palettes, and Michelle shared with me her vision for a rich, payoff-based shade. She showed off some stunning samples, highlighting the shimmer effect that will be added to each palette. I couldn't help but get caught up in the excitement of it all – there's something truly special about working with a team that shares your passion.

As we wrapped up our meeting, Michelle mentioned her love for taking coffee breaks and trying new flavors. She shared with me her favorite black coffee, brewed to perfection in her L'Oreal break room. The conversation flowed effortlessly from coffee to beauty, and before I knew it, the time had flown by.

Next, I found myself at a creative studio in Los Angeles, surrounded by Michelle's beautiful artwork and face charts that she'd illustrated herself. It was clear that art and design were an integral part of her work, as she took me through her process for creating each piece. We discussed the latest project, which involved building palettes for the 2014 spring collection. Michelle shared with me her vision for a rich, payoff-based shade, highlighting the importance of experimentation and creativity.

As we worked together, I couldn't help but notice the attention to detail that went into each palette. The team was dedicated to creating something truly special, one that would stand out from the rest. With every new sample and color combination, Michelle's passion and enthusiasm shone through. It's clear that she's a true artist at heart.

Finally, I caught up with another beauty expert, who welcomed me to her studio with open arms. We chatted about everything from makeup to family life, and I was struck by the importance of work-life balance in her eyes. She shared with me her own experiences working long hours, often spending more time at work than with loved ones.

As our conversation came to a close, she smiled warmly at me, inviting me to join her next project. It's clear that she values collaboration and camaraderie in the workplace, believing that happy team members are essential for producing high-quality results. As I left the studio, I couldn't help but feel inspired by the dedication and passion of this beauty expert.

As I walked away from each meeting, I couldn't help but reflect on the importance of work-life balance. It's clear that these beauty experts prioritize their personal lives, making time for family and friends whenever possible. Whether it's Michelle's favorite lipstick or Angelica's artistic talents, every moment counts in this industry where creativity and passion reign supreme.

The conversation flowed from coffee to beauty, as we explored the world of cosmetics and artistry. With each meeting, I gained a deeper understanding of the people behind these products – their passions, creativity, and dedication to excellence. It's clear that they're not just experts in their field but also kindred spirits who share my love for all things beautiful.

As I left the office space, I couldn't help but feel inspired by the team's camaraderie and enthusiasm. Whether it's Michelle's favorite lipstick or Angelica's artistic talents, every moment counts in this industry where creativity and passion reign supreme. The next time you see a beauty product, remember the person behind it – someone who poured their heart and soul into creating something truly special.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi ready to wake up with me before I hop out of bed I like to check my emails so I can get up to dat and up to speed with everyone then afterwards I check my Twitter to see what's up and then of course I can't not check my Instagram and now I'm ready to get out of bed but first I got to figure out what I'm going to wear first so I like to plan out my wardrobe according to my day and then afterwards I go downstairs for breakfast now I'm not much of a breakfast person but I have to put something in my body which is why I'm all about drinking a healthy juice sometimes I'll weigh myself to see what's up and I'll always do at least a 10-minute workout and after showering and all that good stuff I get into hair and makeup but before I do that I like to wipe my face down with a moist cotton pad to remove any excess dirt and oil and before I apply my skincare goodies I use sunscreen first this will help maximize uh sun protection but like today if I'm in a hurry I'll use my BB or CC cream that has built-in SPF and then afterwards I do my brows usually I like doing the rest of my makeup at work so I'll just bring whatever I can with me here I have one of my life palettes in day life and it comes with a free uh travel palette so you can pretty much take whatever you want with you to go my mascara today is lancom defin seals and my lipstick is Cabana beige so what's in my bag basically my life got to have my laptop cuz I edit everything on this baby headphones definitely need this when you're in New York and the rest of my makeup I am officially bag lady you got me coffee I got us coffee a Brazilian Brazilian coffee Brazilian coffee Brazil Brazil thank you Mercy my man got me coffee that is what I am talking about I take the subway tiller walking gives me the excuse to sneak in a little bit of cardio throughout the day and I'm walking to work ah here we go oh it's elevator darn just get another one oh today's my lucky day look at that all right here's the pass to get into the secret office of L'Oreal push push here we go is my playroom tada hi inspiration board for all of our pictures who shall we go to first ranne and then the hi what are you doing what are you covering up well we're working on something for like next year so we can't like show you well you can see like the camera can't see we'll do a little w w hi everybody my name is is Rosanne F I'm uh in charge of product development for m Michelle F Cosmetics what does that mean product development it means that I'm responsible for finding and developing formulas and textures making sure Michelle loves them and I develop them in the labs with the chemists and make sure that it's perfect for all of our M girls but a lot of people think that we play in my office it's just just a job that I love and I've loved it for a little over 20 years I guess my favorite yes your favorite favorite favorite M product Oh I I honestly I really can't I can't go a day without this compact powder it's amazing oh my God it is so refined I mean you just it's like a baby's bottom I can't wait to work on on new products new 2014 products keep the camera down and sit down cuz I'm ready for you babe all right there we go Constantine I work in the beauty industry for 16 years I've been working and I'm in charge of any international business and my favorite product is a CC cream really yeah you know for man you use this we don't have the chance of a woman to have a perfect skin I need it and I put it I have a perfect skin don't look at how a man applies products because the woman will freak out you know M sister or brother Hi everyone um my name's Lynette what do I do here bro they they dubb me as the everything girl like the everything CC cream you are I moisturize I protect I even everybody out no but I really love working on this project I work with row on product development and I also work with d on marketing I see you're already swatching let me see your hand right there I am I'm I'm working with r she's having me review some new um formulas yes what is your favorite M product the product that I love the most but I am just like row I love all of them is the shade play eye palette in soul suweet and I love this one because I named it I'm Korean and I'm very proud of it your shade play palette so sweet I'll come back later on secret 2014 2015 all right bye bye okay who are we going to bother now hello mister hey how you doing what are you sketching I'm just sketching some new ideas for the store that's opening uh in October I'm really excited about oh I can't wait to see it I can't either it's going to be really cool so MJ could you tell my viewers what you do sure I'm I'm senior vice president of creative for all of L'Oreal Lux so I work on all the L'Oreal Lux projects that's uh Lancome George Armani YSL Flower Bomb Ralph Lauren and now the greatest one M Cosmetics wooho m m is a luxury brand luxury brand that's kind of crazy what is your favorite M product well my god of course it's pillow plush in vanilla I love it it's so good a pillowy plushy yes look at my plushy lips it's like that thing with the pillow is so cool pretty cool light box a lot of times an will get these files from the um the retoucher and we'll look at things on your face look at the color we want to make sure that it looks um as close to our products and our colors as possible but luckily on this brand we spent the least amount of money on touching cuz you don't need any really true check out Angelica's office it's so cool she works on flower bomm lot of stuff here well it's all over oh it's like everywhere Angelica could you tell my viewers what you do okay I um basically help create all the artwork for all the packaging basically anything that has anything to do with the brand and just like kind of all the details on how it should look uh that's printed I'm your girl um is that what you're wearing right now on your lips and it's actually my favorite part of it is that you can like take two colors and you can actually see what it's going to look like and kind of mix it in here in this little well that's what this is for the artist and you probably and crating like Yay put this all together and then you make your own shape tada hi Miss D hi everyone my name is D um I head up marketing for the project for M um and I've been I worked at L'Oreal for 10 years I worked on lcom before I got here okay so my favorite M product has to be the lipstick I'm a lip girl love me for me it matches your dress you know it's like the perfect red it's like oh wow look at ear such a pro no mirror needed so oh good Michelle I'm actually glad here cuz what do you think about this okay I need to sit down uhoh okay so you have the waterliner any color any lipstick color and then of course the coveted must have life palette the lock sample I love it so we would have all three of these at a very you know an under I don't know like under $30 price point we have to like run the numbers but yes definitely under $30 under 30 like 2750 so that it all works out I'm going to head out all right loving the bundle pack we need a good name for it too by the way we need to come up with a good name I don't know maybe like get ready with me or get started with them get started with M there it is get started with M that was easy I'm really tired I usually get my pigme up here in the L'Oreal break room now I like to take my coffee black see this is what I do when it's too hot cuz cuz right now it's burning my fingers I Double Cup it I take another cup and a lot of times when I'm taking when I'm getting another coffee I'll use the second cup so it's fresh and I don't waste anything and of course here at L'Oreal we recycle we have here chicken salad and I think today I got a tomato soup fantastic beauty blogger Michelle fwn 700 million views oh here here I am this is my studio in Los Angeles it's where I make all my videos for you guys I don't know if you guys can tell but I'm surrounded by my face charts that I drew and Illustrated we decided to make a face chart and they wanted me to illustrate so here it is I love drawing and sketching and I love creating beautiful faces all right so you're probably wondering what do I do on this project and I'm going to show you hi ladies am I late to the meeting hi hi pull up a chair okay let's go we're working on 2014 spring stuff right and we're build yeah we got to build palettes so you know got to start with a rich shade Rich payoff it's good payoff there you go I love this Shimmer let's see isn't it fun it's like a puzzle it really is it's like playing puzzles you put your favorite Shades in oh I love how this is looking so far like this I want one more pop of color how's that wow isn't that nice when is this going to be available soon soon sh hi heading home have a good weekend press down time to go home there we go evolving door this there we go I believe that when it comes to work you got to have a family there too for most people they spend more time at work than with their own family so you might as well work with people that you love right hello how you doing glad I crossed your path today and know I'm nothing really special but I've got a lot to say man that smile how it holds me and catches me off guard and that voice how it molds me and shapes me my broken heart cuz you you've got to hold on me yeah you you've got a hold on me yeah you you got holdhi ready to wake up with me before I hop out of bed I like to check my emails so I can get up to dat and up to speed with everyone then afterwards I check my Twitter to see what's up and then of course I can't not check my Instagram and now I'm ready to get out of bed but first I got to figure out what I'm going to wear first so I like to plan out my wardrobe according to my day and then afterwards I go downstairs for breakfast now I'm not much of a breakfast person but I have to put something in my body which is why I'm all about drinking a healthy juice sometimes I'll weigh myself to see what's up and I'll always do at least a 10-minute workout and after showering and all that good stuff I get into hair and makeup but before I do that I like to wipe my face down with a moist cotton pad to remove any excess dirt and oil and before I apply my skincare goodies I use sunscreen first this will help maximize uh sun protection but like today if I'm in a hurry I'll use my BB or CC cream that has built-in SPF and then afterwards I do my brows usually I like doing the rest of my makeup at work so I'll just bring whatever I can with me here I have one of my life palettes in day life and it comes with a free uh travel palette so you can pretty much take whatever you want with you to go my mascara today is lancom defin seals and my lipstick is Cabana beige so what's in my bag basically my life got to have my laptop cuz I edit everything on this baby headphones definitely need this when you're in New York and the rest of my makeup I am officially bag lady you got me coffee I got us coffee a Brazilian Brazilian coffee Brazilian coffee Brazil Brazil thank you Mercy my man got me coffee that is what I am talking about I take the subway tiller walking gives me the excuse to sneak in a little bit of cardio throughout the day and I'm walking to work ah here we go oh it's elevator darn just get another one oh today's my lucky day look at that all right here's the pass to get into the secret office of L'Oreal push push here we go is my playroom tada hi inspiration board for all of our pictures who shall we go to first ranne and then the hi what are you doing what are you covering up well we're working on something for like next year so we can't like show you well you can see like the camera can't see we'll do a little w w hi everybody my name is is Rosanne F I'm uh in charge of product development for m Michelle F Cosmetics what does that mean product development it means that I'm responsible for finding and developing formulas and textures making sure Michelle loves them and I develop them in the labs with the chemists and make sure that it's perfect for all of our M girls but a lot of people think that we play in my office it's just just a job that I love and I've loved it for a little over 20 years I guess my favorite yes your favorite favorite favorite M product Oh I I honestly I really can't I can't go a day without this compact powder it's amazing oh my God it is so refined I mean you just it's like a baby's bottom I can't wait to work on on new products new 2014 products keep the camera down and sit down cuz I'm ready for you babe all right there we go Constantine I work in the beauty industry for 16 years I've been working and I'm in charge of any international business and my favorite product is a CC cream really yeah you know for man you use this we don't have the chance of a woman to have a perfect skin I need it and I put it I have a perfect skin don't look at how a man applies products because the woman will freak out you know M sister or brother Hi everyone um my name's Lynette what do I do here bro they they dubb me as the everything girl like the everything CC cream you are I moisturize I protect I even everybody out no but I really love working on this project I work with row on product development and I also work with d on marketing I see you're already swatching let me see your hand right there I am I'm I'm working with r she's having me review some new um formulas yes what is your favorite M product the product that I love the most but I am just like row I love all of them is the shade play eye palette in soul suweet and I love this one because I named it I'm Korean and I'm very proud of it your shade play palette so sweet I'll come back later on secret 2014 2015 all right bye bye okay who are we going to bother now hello mister hey how you doing what are you sketching I'm just sketching some new ideas for the store that's opening uh in October I'm really excited about oh I can't wait to see it I can't either it's going to be really cool so MJ could you tell my viewers what you do sure I'm I'm senior vice president of creative for all of L'Oreal Lux so I work on all the L'Oreal Lux projects that's uh Lancome George Armani YSL Flower Bomb Ralph Lauren and now the greatest one M Cosmetics wooho m m is a luxury brand luxury brand that's kind of crazy what is your favorite M product well my god of course it's pillow plush in vanilla I love it it's so good a pillowy plushy yes look at my plushy lips it's like that thing with the pillow is so cool pretty cool light box a lot of times an will get these files from the um the retoucher and we'll look at things on your face look at the color we want to make sure that it looks um as close to our products and our colors as possible but luckily on this brand we spent the least amount of money on touching cuz you don't need any really true check out Angelica's office it's so cool she works on flower bomm lot of stuff here well it's all over oh it's like everywhere Angelica could you tell my viewers what you do okay I um basically help create all the artwork for all the packaging basically anything that has anything to do with the brand and just like kind of all the details on how it should look uh that's printed I'm your girl um is that what you're wearing right now on your lips and it's actually my favorite part of it is that you can like take two colors and you can actually see what it's going to look like and kind of mix it in here in this little well that's what this is for the artist and you probably and crating like Yay put this all together and then you make your own shape tada hi Miss D hi everyone my name is D um I head up marketing for the project for M um and I've been I worked at L'Oreal for 10 years I worked on lcom before I got here okay so my favorite M product has to be the lipstick I'm a lip girl love me for me it matches your dress you know it's like the perfect red it's like oh wow look at ear such a pro no mirror needed so oh good Michelle I'm actually glad here cuz what do you think about this okay I need to sit down uhoh okay so you have the waterliner any color any lipstick color and then of course the coveted must have life palette the lock sample I love it so we would have all three of these at a very you know an under I don't know like under $30 price point we have to like run the numbers but yes definitely under $30 under 30 like 2750 so that it all works out I'm going to head out all right loving the bundle pack we need a good name for it too by the way we need to come up with a good name I don't know maybe like get ready with me or get started with them get started with M there it is get started with M that was easy I'm really tired I usually get my pigme up here in the L'Oreal break room now I like to take my coffee black see this is what I do when it's too hot cuz cuz right now it's burning my fingers I Double Cup it I take another cup and a lot of times when I'm taking when I'm getting another coffee I'll use the second cup so it's fresh and I don't waste anything and of course here at L'Oreal we recycle we have here chicken salad and I think today I got a tomato soup fantastic beauty blogger Michelle fwn 700 million views oh here here I am this is my studio in Los Angeles it's where I make all my videos for you guys I don't know if you guys can tell but I'm surrounded by my face charts that I drew and Illustrated we decided to make a face chart and they wanted me to illustrate so here it is I love drawing and sketching and I love creating beautiful faces all right so you're probably wondering what do I do on this project and I'm going to show you hi ladies am I late to the meeting hi hi pull up a chair okay let's go we're working on 2014 spring stuff right and we're build yeah we got to build palettes so you know got to start with a rich shade Rich payoff it's good payoff there you go I love this Shimmer let's see isn't it fun it's like a puzzle it really is it's like playing puzzles you put your favorite Shades in oh I love how this is looking so far like this I want one more pop of color how's that wow isn't that nice when is this going to be available soon soon sh hi heading home have a good weekend press down time to go home there we go evolving door this there we go I believe that when it comes to work you got to have a family there too for most people they spend more time at work than with their own family so you might as well work with people that you love right hello how you doing glad I crossed your path today and know I'm nothing really special but I've got a lot to say man that smile how it holds me and catches me off guard and that voice how it molds me and shapes me my broken heart cuz you you've got to hold on me yeah you you've got a hold on me yeah you you got hold\n"