Bella Magazine December 2013 | Page 40

my beauty picks BEAUTY rules Sona Gasparian A makeup artist shares her favorite products and tricks to look beautiful and confident every day. Los Angeles, What is your daily beauty routine? I keep my daily makeup very soft and natural. I always apply my moisturizer, my fave is a SkinCeuticals Daily Moisture, and sunscreen, followed by a bronzer, blush, mascara and a soft lipgloss. Sometimes I also use a primer, Murad Dew Finish, and a brow gel by MAC to lighten my brows. USA makeupbysona.com How do you care for your hair? I use masks and leave-in conditioners before styling. As to hairspray I use Moroccanoil Luminous Hairspray. Do you spend a lot of money on cosmetics? As a professional makeup artist, I do spend a lot of money on cosmetics, especially foundations, however, for my personal use, I don’t splurge as much. What’s your best beauty discovery? I think the beauty blender is one of the best tools out there for artists. I also really love Urban Decay’s original Naked palette, because it has all the basic colors you need in a kit. What’s in your make-up bag? I have at least two foundations, like MAC Face and Body, mascara, several lip products, bronzer and a highlighter to define my features, like Urban Decay Baked Bronzer and of course blush. 39