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Artist Spotlight: Christine Sciortino
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Artist Spotlight: Starr Blackshere
Meet Starr Blackshere, a beauty professional whose arsenal of skills includes makeup, hair, and specialized brow and lash services. In addition to her busy freelance career, she recently achieved her dream of opening her own makeup and brow studio, Blackshere Beauty, this past April. In this interview, she shares her journey of growth, adaptability, and [...]
Glamour Ghouls Halloween Makeup by Starr Blackshere
Introducing the Glamour Ghouls, four Halloween looks created for Alcone Company by professional makeup artist Starr Blackshere. Each character cleverly combines her beauty sensibility with some of the season's traditional themes.
Artist Spotlight: Martin Pretorius
Martin Pretorius is a living legend in our industry. As a hair and makeup artist, his talented hands have beautified some of the most iconic women of our time, captured by world-famous photographers for top magazine editorials and advertising campaigns. In addition, his prolific work in the music video arena has influenced not just my [...]
Halloween Makeup By Yuki Hayashi
In this spellbinding video, makeup artist Yuki Hayashi designed four Halloween makeup looks using a variety of products available at Alcone Company. These otherworldly creations include a Marilyn Manson Look-A-Like, Punk Alley Cat, Romantic Blitz Pierrot, and a mysteriously spooky Spirit of the Dead. If you're looking for Halloween makeup ideas, let Yuki's creativity and [...]
Alcone Company Gets Certified in Sanitation Standards
We're excited to announce that Alcone Company has invested in company-wide training in health grade sanitation standards to better serve the professional industry and all of our customers. That means everyone from our CEO to our customer service and our in-store Teams have been certified through Sanitation Conversation. While there has been a boom in [...]
Zach Dishinger: 17 Going on Superstar
When I was a teenager, the last thing on my mind was taking on any additional responsibilities whatsoever, especially if they would take me away from my active social life. Then there's Zach Dishinger, the 17-year-old CEO and founder of Formula Z Cosmetics, a beauty brand that delivers a strong message of self-love and acceptance along [...]
Artist Spotlight: Dani Spinks
At Alcone Company, we’re always excited for the Halloween season, but this year even more so. That’s because we’re the official makeup sponsor of Into the Dark SF's Terror Vault and Apocalypse, two fully immersive, theatrical haunt events taking place in San Francisco through November 3rd and 9th respectively. And what would a haunted attraction [...]
Mark Traynor: The Man Behind The Face Lift Tapes
If you’re like most makeup artists, when you hear the name Mark Traynor, the image conjured in your mind is an elastic string with tape tabs attached to both ends. In other words, the Temporary Face Lift–the beauty tool that’s been the secret weapon of professional makeup artists and celebrities since its launch 50 years [...]
Artist Spotlight: Marla Belt
Marla Belt is a New York-based makeup artist known for her expertise in everything from the extreme avant-garde to beautifully clean makeup looks. Her exceptional talent saw her go from her beginnings at MAC Cosmetics to an eight-year gig assisting Pat McGrath on everything from fashion editorials and advertising campaigns to runway shows all over [...]