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Best-known for creating beautiful hair adornments, trendy accessories and attracting the masses to their booth at beauty shows, Pink Pewter is excited to bring the brand to the next level with its new makeup line,

Pink Pewter founder and designer Mireya Villarreal models the new makeup line, launching June 2017.
Best-known for creating beautiful hair adornments, trendy accessories and attracting the masses to their booth at beauty shows, Pink Pewter is excited to bring the brand to the next level with its new makeup line, Pink Pewter Cosmetics, launched during a hugely successful Facebook Live with MODERN SALON to adoring fans (you guys are the best).
“It hit me one day while getting ready: ‘I need to do my hair and makeup,’" says Pink Pewter’s founder and designer Mireya Villarreal. "It was in that moment I knew what would come next: a makeup line to perfectly complement our hair jewelry. Now everyone can complete their look with Pink Pewter from the neck up."
From brushes, contour, eyeshadow, lips, highlight, brows, mink lashes and more, the line's hero products include the “I Want It All” Palette of 33 highly pigmented eyeshadows and contours, and the "Contourversy” contour palette that includes eight creamy contour options.
The line is 100% vegan and cruelty-free, with core ingredients made with coffee bean and coconut oil to create creamy and highly pigmented looks.
If you're headed to Premiere Orlando, check out the Pink Pewter booth to sample the pigments and palettes yourself, and learn more about the line with Villarreal and MODERN's Editor in Chief Alison Alhamed in our exclusive interview here:
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The sound is tough for the first 2 minutes, but stay with us and you'll get the full run-through of the line... it's worth it!]

This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.

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