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Hello Fabulous Readers,

We haven’t posted in a while, but for very good reason…we’ve been really busy! Seriously, we have so many things going on here at Ferro Cosmetics that we’ve put the blog to the side, hence putting YOU, our readers aside. Obviously we don’t want to do that and we are going to make a conscious effort to write more and keep you informed on what we have going on around here.

Where can I begin? Well for starters, I wanted to give a great big THANK YOU to our very generous community for stepping up and “trashing” their old makeup to benefit Buffalo City Mission – Woman and Children’s Center. We haven’t actually donated our brand new Ferro products yet, because we want to make it a very special event where we can go and personally give it to the women there and see the joy in their faces. But the old products keep coming in and that just means more for them. We can’t wait!!

We are currently working on some other great things that I can’t quite tell you about yet, but stay tuned… what an awesome year 2009 will be!!

On a final note, I wanted to share an experience I had the other day on a personal level with you. My role here at Ferro Cosmetics is to keep things running smoothly, behind the scenes. That’s where I like to be, because that’s just me. Although if I’m the only one here and a customer comes in I will do all I can to educate and help them choose the right products, and sometimes do a “color match”. I usually stay away from the full out makeup application, due to the fact that I am not a professional makeup artist.

Anyway, last week, our makeup artist stepped out to grab a bite to eat, and of course, in come a mother and daughter looking for…you guessed it, a makeup application. Although, I was panicking on the inside, I wanted to help them and make them feel comfortable, you see the daughter had severe acne and that was clearly the main purpose of their visit. I guided them to the rear of our boutique where we have our makeover counter and she sat in the stool. Now I know from personal experience that mineral makeup is an awesome thing and covers almost every imperfection and blemish, but I was worried because of the severity her acne that it just wouldn’t cut it for her. I picked the shade I thought would work best for her, and started to apply it to her otherwise cute little face… I was amazed, it was working, and covering like magic.

When our makeup artist walked in, she said “Kel, do you need any help with anything”, and normally I would have said “yes please” and would have been happy to step aside and see the final product, but something made me want to stay and help her, so I replied, “No, I’m ok, thanks”. I finished, and let her check it out in the mirror. Her reaction was everything that I was hoping for. She said to her mom “oh, I wish I had this for the job fair the other day”.

That comment in and of itself was enough for me to know that ONE, I can apply some makeup if necessary, but more importantly and even more gratifying is that our mineral makeup is pretty awesome and the fact that it might give this young girl the confidence that she’s been lacking is such a great thing. But then a few minutes later while they were looking around for some brushes, I over heard her say to her mom, “finally mom, there is hope!” I almost cried right then and there! Wow, I can handle being nervous every day if that’s the outcome!!!