YOU ARE A BABE
BLANDA EGGENSCHWILER, ILLUSTRATOR / GRAPHIC DESIGNER
MARCH 19.2012
by AIMEE BLAUT
"I was born and raised in Switzerland and came to New York to study graphic design at SVA and then graduated and worked at The New York Times as an Art Director, and then at a brand engagement firm. Creative freedom is the most interesting to me... If you have a project where you can go nuts and use your judgment, then it’s amazing. I do different side projects that are a good balance to my everyday work; I’ll take on pretty much anything that’s fun. I did a t-shirt and jewelry line for OBEY recently, and that was great."
“I am a big believer in less is more when it comes to beauty, especially with my hair. I feel like the less I do to it, the better it looks. I try to air-dry it and I use Moroccan Oil shampoo and conditioner — they also have this amazing mask that makes my hair looks shiny and awesome. I cut my hair myself and color it myself…. I know that is the one thing they tell you not to do [laughs]. I was blonde for a while but went back to darker hair, which was nice for the winter.”
“I feel like makeup can clog my pores so I use Bare Minerals, which I love — it’s light. I love a little blush; that is probably my one thing that I always put on. I use Bare Minerals in Warmth and then I have another one they make that is a little peachy. The peach is great for the summer when your skin is a little sun-kissed. If I am going to work, I usually just do that and add mascara.”
“I like to vamp it up when I go out and do a smokey eye or eyeliner. I like to play with complimentary colors. If I apply a pencil with a bit of purple in it, the green in my eyes comes out and I notice that I get a lot more compliments than when I wear black. Also red lips are the one thing that is so easy and you automatically look ready to go. I just recently discovered this MAC lipstick called So Chaud. It’s matte and looks very Sixties when you put it on. I prefer lipsticks that are orangey for my skin tone.”
“I’m really into old grandma tricks and love the idea of using stuff in your kitchen to take care of your skin. I shower cold every day as it is good for circulation and keeps your skin flexible. Afterwards I use coconut oil, which is the best to moisturize with.”
Photos by: Aimee Blaut
Tags: Bare Essentials, Bare Minerals, BLANDA EGGENSCHWILER, MAC, Moroccan Oil, OBEY, Switzerland, you are a babe
YOU ARE A BABE
CONNIE WANG, GLOBAL EDITOR, REFINERY29
DECEMBER 26.2011
by AIMEE BLAUT
"I grew up in Minnesota but then I went to school out in San Francisco. Um. . . I moved to New York and when I started at Refinery I was maybe the third editor they had. I was number six on their staff, now we’ve grown to maybe fifty people with a huge team. I’m the Global Editor, so I manage everything that shows up on the homepage for Refinery. I source freelancers and contributors that have really niche interests and I also write stories and trend reports."
“I don’t use face wash since I have very dry skin, if I wash it even once a day it gets super dry. I think it’s a well-known cardinal sin for beauty but it works fine for me. I use the Boscia luminizing black mask when I need to recover from a long weekend of debauchery. The only thing about it is you need to do it by yourself since it goes on super black. It peels off all in one sheet and is very satisfying. I feel super clean afterwards like it pulled out all the impurities and build up. Since I don’t wash my face this kind of thing is really helpful.”
“Since I live so close to where I work, I wake up fifteen minutes before I have to be at the office. My beauty routine starts with messing up my hair. I shower before I go to sleep and wake up with crazy bed head so I like to play off that. I use Bare Essentials on my cheeks because they can be a little bit red and some Bare Minerals bronzer and then Stila eyeliner and I’m ready to go. On fancier occasions I have this eye shadow palette that I’ve been using for like five years, it’s a mix of gold colors by Smashbox. I doubt they even make it anymore. I don’t wear mascara since I have really short eyelashes and I don’t think it makes much of a difference. I generally stick to Tarte lip balms or lip crayons because they stay on longer than lipsticks do. I picked up a lot of wet N’wild Halloween lipsticks that come in those vampire makeup kits – they’re super pigmented and last forever.”
“At my core I’m a very lazy girl but I’ll take risks with my nails. I’ve had stiletto and 3-D nails before, I’ll go all out. I’m also obsessed with body lotions and creams; I love La Roche Possay cus it’s made for sensitive skin. Otherwise I use this Avène body lotion – it’s a little thick though, so I only use it during the winter. I use a ton of hand lotions too and keep a million of them at my desk because I type all day long and forget to wear mittens during the winter. The Khiels ultimate strength hand salve, is my super serious one.”
“Working at Refinery I road test a ton of different treatments. Over the past two years I’ve had the most insane things done to my hair. I’ve gotten a perm, which was awesome for a couple of weeks and then just destroyed my hair. I’ve gotten it dyed six different times in the past two years and I’ve gotten really strange haircuts that took forever to grow out. My hair has seen everything and is super dry now. I try to take care of it with oils and deep conditioning treatments. The Rene Furterer intense hair mask and karite oil transforms my hair and makes it look amazing. I also use the Sally Hershberger wave spray and it smells so so good I end up over spraying it as perfume.”
Photos by: Aimee Blaut
Tags: Avene, Bare Essentials, Bare Minerals, Boscia, Connie Wang, Editor, Hair trauma, La Roche Possay, Nail Art, Refinery29, Rene Furterer, Sally Hershberger, Smashbox, Tarte
THE LOOK
JANE KELTNER DE VALLE, TEEN VOGUE
NOVEMBER 02.2011
by AIMEE BLAUT
Jane Keltner De Valle, Fashion News Director, Teen Vogue in Paris: “ I am wearing a Bare Essentials blush, I think it is called sorbet and a NARS lipstick in roman holiday. I am wearing some eyeliner too but you can’t really see it right now. That's it--I like to keep it simple.”
