Hi, I know it’s been a while! I figured it’s finally time to tell you about my Estee Lauder appointment with national makeup artist Robert Williamson.

My appointment was scheduled at 4:30 on a Friday, which was probably not the best time, because everyone was tired, and just wanted to get their work done, and go home.

In addition to this, if you haven’t figured it out already, I’m a germ-a-phobe. In fact, 2 out of the 3 sleep labs that I worked at tried to make me start buying my own gloves, because I used so many…but hey, I was taught that you put on gloves every time you touched a patient, not just for your safety, but for the patient’s safety as well, so that’s what I did.

Anyways, we arrived at Macy’s early for the makeover, and I had to take a bathroom break. When I was walking into the bathroom, what did I see coming out of the bathroom, but a woman, dressed all in black, with a black pocketed apron around her waist.

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “Ok, she’s really lost it, what on earth is so scary about a woman dressed in black wearing an apron.”

That’s because I haven’t got to the good part yet.

Now, what do you think was in that apron?

No, it wasn’t a notepad.

No, it wasn’t the newest and greatest pen on the market.

It was a big, fluffy,

makeup brush!

I seriously considered skipping the appointment.

Who takes their makeup brushes into the bathroom?

And even if nothing got on the makeup brushes who wants to use a makeup brush that someone had wrapped around her waist while she went to the bathroom?

Let me tell you, I took a good look at her, and made sure she didn’t use that makeup brush on me!

Anyways, like I said, I was a little early for the appointment, so I checked in (the SA actually remembered me, which surprised me, since it was the second time I’d been there), and walked around the store until it was my time to go.

I actually went to the appointment with no makeup on, because my face has a tendency to get red after I wash it, and I decided I’d rather go with no makeup, then sit around with a red face, so instead of talking about the skincare line while my face was washed, the makeup artist just talked about the skin care line.

The only things that struck me as really odd during the whole event, was that when I said I had a problem with acne, the makeup artist looked at me like I was crazy, and said “You don’t look like you have acne,” which I guess means I’ve been doing something right; and when I told her that I’d been using mineral makeup, she said that my acne could be caused my the mineral oil in my mineral makeup.

Mineral oil is a byproduct that is produced when petroleum is distilled to make gasoline, and I’m pretty sure that none of the mineral makeup companies add mineral oil to their mineral makeup. It would defeat the whole purpose of the makeup.

After I had listened to the makeup artist talk about Estee Lauder’s skin care line, and the products that she recommended for me (the Idealist, Hydra Complete lotion, and Advanced Night Repair), the makeup artist began putting the foundation (Double Wear - Linen) and concealor (Ideal Light brush on illuminator - Light) on me. Then I sat in my chair, and waited for all of the other women waiting for their time in the spotlight with National Makeup Artist, Robert Williamson to take their turns.

After everyone else had their turn, I finally got up, and went to his chair.

I was really surprised at how fast everything went after that. He did make some small talk, then started applying the makeup, without saying anything other than what the colors were, so the makeup assistant could write them down on a little face chart that I took home.

He used honey shimmer and sand blushers, bronze goddess bronzer, charcoal eye liner, chameleon glow and smokey eye shadows, projectionist black mascara, spice lip liner, and blush lipgloss on me.

My husband really liked the lipgloss, but it was a little too sticky for me, so I ended up getting the Projectionist black mascara, which I really like, and the bronze goddess bronzer.

You could see the makeup artist’s face fall when she realized that I wasn’t going to get more than $50 worth of makeup. It made me feel bad.

I forgot to tell you - in order to get an appointment with the national makeup artist, you had to pay $50, which was placed on a giftcard that you could use after your appointment.

The day I made my appointment, I went to Macy’s looking for a way to spend a $50 gift card I’d gotten from mypoints. Of course the original item I wanted at Macy’s didn’t fit…so next time I’m getting a Sephora gift card from mypoints!

So since I had a $50 budget I got about $50 worth of makeup…

My husband and the makeup artists (of course) really liked the makeup job. I didn’t. I thought it looked different, I guess.

I wasn’t too impressed with the eye makeup, because it wasn’t blended that well.

I really wasn’t impressed when I went to the bathroom (no makeup brushes were seen during this visit, or any subsequent visits, in case you are wondering) and realized that there were tons of little mascara marks under my eyes. I can’t believe everyone was saying how beautiful I looked, but didn’t bother to clean up the obvious mascara on my face!

That just seems…rude I guess, with the exception of my husband, they were all makeup artists, they were close enough to me to see my face, and they all know how important a great makeup job is, and that even the best makeup is ruined if you have mascara streaks all over your face.

After we were finished with the makeup at Macy’s we went out to eat.

Before our food even arrived (and it came really fast, less than 10 minutes after we ordered) I wiped my lips after eating some chips and salsa, and my husband looked at my napkin and said “What is that?” with an expression of awe and disgust.

I looked at my napkin, and there, for all the world too see was a perfect outline of my lips, surrounded by a blurry, beige outline of my face.

Not only was I shocked by the fact that I now had proof that I’m not some polite ,dainty woman who only blots her lips when she wipes her mouth, and doesn’t show people the napkin with the proof of the blotting on it, but I was shocked, and to be honest, a little grossed out at the outline of my face on the napkin.

It’s a good think the napkins were paper, because I would have been really embarrased if they were cloth.

It’s one thing to have a little lipstick or lipgloss on your napkin…but to have a complete foundation outline of everywhere the makeup has touched is just too much for me.

Although I have seen foundation evidence when I was blotting oil off of my face, I’ve never seen that sort of goo on a napkin before, and I really hope I don’t see it again.

And for the grand finale…remember when I told you that the makeup artist didn’t believe me when I told her I had acne?

She would have believed me if she’d seen me the next day. My face really started breaking out after that makeup appointment, and since I hadn’t changed anything else in my routine, I have to blame it on Estee Lauder’s products.

Although my experience with a national makeup artist was interesting, I really don’t think that I’d do it again.

I know how to apply my makeup, and thanks to great sites like Twisted Fayte (who I just found out is closed), and Lumiere Mineral Cosmetics< ,/a> I can easily and cheaply afford to experiment with colors that I never would have thought I liked, so I don’t need to pay someone else to do that. There are also enough great makeup tutorials online, so I can figure out how to change up my designs a little as well.

If I’m going to pay someone to do my makeup, I want to be able to spend enough time with the makeup artist and feel comfortable enough with them to ask questions about the process and colors used, and to be sure that I can recreate the look myself at a later date.

Although I did feel comfortable with the makekup artist who did my foundation and concealor, and I had more than enough time to ask questions, I didn’t have any questions about those products, and the national makeup artist seemed like he was in such a rush, and moved so fast that I didn’t have time to ask any questions.

If you want the experience of having your makeup done by a national makeup artist, then go for it, but if you want to learn new techniques, or give some input about the look you’re looking for, I’d say skip the national makeup artist and find another makeup artist with enough time to focus on you for a while.

Here’s a picture of my eyes after the makeup artist did them? Aside from the need to have my eyebrows done, what do you think? Good look, bad look, good job, bad job, enough blending, not enough blending?

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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