This week’s “What’s in Your Kit” features a seasoned beauty industry pro, Roque Cozzette, owner of Cozzette Brushes and a well respected New York makeup artist. Roque brings an extraordinary depth and scope of experience to his multi-faceted career and has selected the following products from his kit:
Cozzette S125 The Oval Powder Brush
An ultra soft oval shaped powder brush created to facilitate the application of setting powder, blush and bronzers to enhance the complexion. This makeup brush is a standard for all professional makeup artists as well as makeup enthusiasts.
Cozzette S175 Eye Contour Brush
S175 Eye Contour is best brush for contouring the eyes, and happens to be the most popular brush in the S series. Designed with the softest faux squirrel fibers available to modern technology. Perfect makeup brush to compliment the eye socket (contouring the crease) with creme or powder eye shadows.
Cozzette S185 Mini Eye Contour Brush
A petite cylinder shaped crease brush ideal for creating fine detail in the crease of the eye or around the lash line. Ideal for smaller eye shapes. Designed with the softest faux squirrel fibers available to modern technology.
Cozzette Vessel 8 inch
The best accessory for any makeup kit. Designed for artists on set or on the move, these essential capsules protect brushes; lash curlers, and disposable tools like mascara wands, cotton swabs, and spatulas. When empty, the lids to the 6-inch Vessels are the perfect place to mix liquid pigments or thoroughly clean your brushes. Cozzette Vessels help you compartmentalize your kit stylishly with 5, 8, and 9-inch sizes. They are made of PVC.
Senna Cosmetics Brow Book 1
Brow expert and Senna founder, Eugenia Weston, designed this super skinny, refillable magnetic palette as the ultimate pro tool to master perfect brows on everyone. The Brow Book contains: 9 highly pigmented, natural looking and long wearing matte powder brow powders that suit every brow and skin tone; 1 Browlite soft matte highlighter that defines the brow line and accents the arch; 1 Brow Pomade that adds texture, fullness and is perfect for creating faux brow hairs; 1 Educational Brow Book with dictionary and expert tools, tips, and techniques for mastering the Art of Brows, written by Eugenia Weston.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz
Ideal for filling in sparse brows with the ultimate natural look, Anastasia’s ultra-fine pencil tip mimics the appearance of tiny hairs. The dual-ended mechanical pencil and essential Spooley Brush make creating a fuller brow look not only easy, but convenient too. The mechanical lead saves product and never needs sharpening, and the built-in spooley brush on the opposite end brushes and blends in Brow Wiz to natural brows seamlessly.
Embryolisse Lait Creme Concentrate
Lait-Creme Concentrate (24-Hour Miracle Cream) is a rich moisturizing lotion. This specially formulated lotion is quite versatile; throw it in your travel bag when you don’t have enough space for numerous products. Our creamy lotion is really three products in one: the make-up artists use it as a primer, moisturizer, and make-up remover. It also reduces irritation after shaving!
Mark Traynor Face Tapes
Available in-store or via special order
Jao Hand Refresher
Jao Hand Refresher The first “upscale” antibacterial is an instant disinfectant and aromatherapy boost in one. Jao kills germs and freshens hands with ethyl alcohol (less drying) and our very own blend of antiseptic essential oils: Lavendar, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Geranium, and Sage. Some antibacterials use a synthetic bacteriostat called Triclosan which is a known marine pollutant and has become controversial for its ability to give rise to bacteria that can become resistant. Alcohol does the job and leaves no residue to foster microbial resistance. Combined with cosmetic moisturizers and the essential oils Jao will not dry out your hands. It’ll feel like you just washed with an herbal lavendar soap. Jao. It’s your portable sink!
Mehron Metallic Powder (in Gold & Silver)
This ultra fine Metallic Powder Makeup enables you to create dramatic makeup designs and effects. The soft Metallic Powder Makeup made by Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927, is finely crafted and evenly blended to provide you with the best available accenting powder on the market. The Metallic Powder formulated by the researchers of Mehron is currently available in Gold, Silver, Cooper, and Bronze allowing you to add dynamic shiny powder to any makeup look. This ultra fine, silky smooth Metallic Powder can be used dry or combine it with Mehron Mixing Liquid to form a water-based metallic liquid makeup. The dynamic effects of Metallic Makeup Powder can be used in body painting, face painting, costume makeup, character makeup and sexy evening makeup.
Mehron L.I.P Color Cream Palette Night-8
Monda Studio MSL-747M Eyelashes
These must have accessories will enhance your look while intensifying and adding depth to your eyes. A great look for special events, parties, photo shoots, or just for an everyday look. Instructions: Apply glue on the edge of your own lashes and press gently from the outside to the inside corner of your eyes. These eyelashes are easily removable by simply pulling the external edge of the lashes up. 100% Human Hair Lashes. Unpackaged (sold without a box). Glue not included.
Monda Studio MST-140 Small Pouch
This small stackable pouch is the perfect solution for keeping your products safe and organized while traveling. Great for makeup artists, hair stylists and junkies in general…this bag is durable, easy to clean and comes with an ID tag to label the products inside.
Monda Studio MST-SP35 Airbrush Gun
The Monda Studio MST-SP35 Gun is a dual action gun, featuring a push-pull trigger allowing you to control both the amount of air and makeup being sent through the gun. This advanced airbrush provides the artist with superior control over all aspects of their makeup application.
Refecto Cil (All colors)
Available in-store or via special order
At Ease Touch Up (In Blonde)
At Ease instantly covers grey hair in hairlines, roots, beards, mustaches and sideburns. This advanced, long-lasting formula contains Vitamin E and Pro-vitamin B5 to help strengthen and protect hair from daily damage. 1/4oz tube bottle.
PPI Products Telesis 5 Silicone Adhesive
WolfeFX 12 Color Essential Face Paint Palette
Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion Skin Exfoliant
Available in-store or via special order
About Roque Cozzette
Roque Cozzette has been creating beauty since the ‘80s. A seasoned beauty-industry pro with experience in print, television, fashion, celebrity image and cosmetic product development, Roque brings an extraordinary depth and scope of experience to his multi-faceted career. Though largely self-taught, Roque earned his formal accreditation early in his professional journey and quickly found himself working his magic on beautiful faces around the world.
He began integrating the airbrush into his technique around 1997 and soon realized the power of the tool to create myriad looks and effects. This discovery changed the trajectory of his career. During a period spent globe-trotting with celebrities like pop-star Christina Milian, and jazz inspiration Melody Gardot, Roque perfected his airbrushing technique.
On the fashion front, he lent his creative vision to the runway for fashion houses like Christian Dior, Valentino, Y3, Louis Vuitton, John Galliano, Yohji Yamamoto, Victoria’s Secret, Prada and Givenchy. By accommodating the demanding standards of his stars and fashion icons, and with the unforgiving lens of the high-def camera as his main critic, he honed his application techniques and product knowledge until he knew better than anyone else in the industry what worked and what didn’t when it came to airbrushing beauty.
An artist, innovator, and educator, Roque’s creativity and love of learning keep him on the forefront of new formulas, new techniques, and new methods to share with the artists of the world. And in keeping with his genuine spirit of growth and evolution, his newest venture, Cozzette, brings the focus full circle with a return to makeup brushes and multi-function containers to house these vital tools of the trade.
Today, he focuses on product development, marketing, core educational curriculum, and facilitating makeup seminars globally. He brings the synergy of traditional and airbrush-makeup techniques to professionals around the world as a solution to the advances of digital and high-def technology.
Roque Cozzette thinks creatively and creates strategically. His talent comes from the orchestrated sensibilities of hands, head and heart, and his firm belief that a person “will succeed in any activity that they love because this is when they feel most powerful.”
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