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Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva

2022-12-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 10m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva
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About this episode

Working as a Hollywood makeup artist in the early 2000s, Rea Ann Silva designed a sponge that reshaped the face of beauty. She’d been looking for a technique to simplify makeup touch-ups without worrying about the smudges or streaks that were easily detected on HDTV. Her solution? A teardrop-sh