Senna Cosmetics at The Makeup Show

What’s the biggest beauty mistake women make? What’s the single best beauty product? This week, I met up with beauty experts from the likes of Stila, Kevyn Aucoin, Hissy Fit and many more at The Makeup Show and asked them to spill their best kept beauty secrets.

The Makeup Show, which travels from Los Angeles to NYC to Chicago and throughout Europe, serves up tips and tricks from top beauty experts and is open exclusively to makeup professionals. Not to worry dolls, I snuck in to this exclusive show to grab beauty advice from some top professionals, and of course, share it with you.

First, I met up with Sheila Ondrachek, an Education Artist at Stila Cosmetics who told me that Stila’s Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner ($20 at Ulta) is her favorite product in part because it’s so easy to apply, even for makeup novices, and it’s difficult to make mistakes. Plus, true to its name, “I’ve slept in it and it still says on,” said Ondrachek.

When asked about the biggest mistake women make with cosmetics, Ondracheck put it succinctly, “stripes,” referring to the linear streaks of blush some women mistakenly apply to their cheekbones. She explained that blush should be focused on just the apples of the cheeks, giving the look of a pop of flattering color, hence the name “blush.”

From Stila I headed to Senna where I met Theda Weston, Director of Product Development. She swears by Senna’s HD Hydra Cover Concealer ($38 at sennacosmetics.com). Boasting High definition diffusing pigments and hyaluronic filling spheres to plump skin paired with collagen stimulating ingredients, this concealer truly does it all. The concealer diminishes flaws and wrinkles, brightens skin and boosts skin renewal. Her best beauty tip for women who want to look flawless and take years of their faces is, “have great brows.”

At Kevyn Aucoin, Danny Griffin, Vice President of Product Development, told me that Kevyn Aucoin’s The Sensual Skin Enhancer ($45 at Barneys New York) is the must have product in the Aucoin collection. It can be used as a concealer or as an overall foundation and, according to Griffin, it’s the product that Kevyn Aucoin typically used on his celebrity clients. And Griffin says that curling ones lashes is the essential beauty step too often overlooked by women. (I must admit, I was in awe of his long, curled lashes.) Enter Kevyn Aucoin’s Eyelash Curler which boasts a perfect angle and red silicone pad so that you can actually see where your lashes end and the curler begins.

Next, I hit up Hissyfit and the brand was busily launching a new product called the Clockpot ($60 and up at hissyfit.com). Created for Oprah by Makeup Artist Reggie Wells, this all-in-one palette comes in series for eyes, face or cheeks and offers up expert picked color combinations that make putting on a pretty face quick and effortless. Crystal Peters, who was representing Hissyfit at the show along with Reggie Wells himself, told me that Oprah uses the silicone-based product line which Peters says, “Feels just like a second skin.”