Move Over, Estee Lauder

Leslie Blodgett vs. Estee Lauder

This might surprise you, but there’s nothing I love more than getting to write a fashion or beauty business profile.  Fashionistas don’t take themselves too seriously (the way a U.S. senator always does.) And an individual with loads of creativity + business smarts is usually open, self-aware, colorful, intelligent, and thrilled to be interviewed.  Leslie Blodgett, the visionary behind Bare Escentuals who caused a cosmetic industry revolution with her crazy mineral foundation, was – as my 13-year old son would say – da bomb.  You can click on the photo above to link to the New York Times story that I wrote earlier this month, or use this permalink below.  

 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/fashion/leslie-blodgett-of-bare-escentuals-the-queen-of-beauty.html

(Photo credit: Peter DaSilva for The New York Times; Getty Images)