Makeup Monday...Tempted by Temptu!

I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon yesterday with the oh-so-talented Rachel Galey. We signed up for an airbrushing seminar to see what all the fuss was about over this Temptu product. Supposedly one of the best air brushing systems out on the market. We wanted to see for ourselves. 

As I sat thru the three hour seminar I found myself constantly doubting the teachers claims about the magic this product could produce. The stories she told about her experiences using the Temptu would make one think it must be an unstoppable device with superhero powers. She reminisced about a shoot she worked on when her models were submerged in water six different times throughout the day. She said that thanks to the Temptu, every time the models emerged from the water the only thing she had to touch up was their lipstick!!! Apparently their faces remained completely unfazed by the chlorinated pool and the Temptu product never failed to be anything but flawless. Now....I am one of the bigger skeptics I know so there was no way I was going to buy this bill of goods hook, line, and sinker. Too good to be true, I kept telling myself!

Fortunately for me, I must have been looking exceptionally underwhelming which drew the instructors attention straight to me. I was picked to be the guinea pig. As I approached the front of the room I had many doubts. I sat through the ten minutes it took her to apply my newly airbrushed face. And I would say that after it was complete, I was left with quite a lovely even skin tone. The circles under my eyes had vanished and all of the redness I normally see in my face was erased.  While I didn't look like I had been airbrushed in a Vogue magazine, I will say, there was a very nice, even, natural look given to me by the Temptu. At this point I would say I was rating the airbrush around a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. 

It wasn't until I went home after our seminar and spent the evening examining my face every hour, that I began to see why this product could be quite amazing and worth every single penny. My makeup never moved. It never shifted. It never faded. It never shined. I literally looked the exact same from the moment it was applied to me at 1 in the afternoon until I washed it off my face at 11pm at night. I was shocked. The instructor was right!! The staying power of the Temptu makeup combined with the application thru the airbrush is a winning duo. I have never seen another product last so well. I have never seen a finished face that needed zero touch ups throughout the day. I must say....I have become a believer. The Temptu IS all it's cracked up to be. 

Because the product is really as good as they say it is, it is gaining popularity quickly. Now it is not only available for industry professionals. Consumers can purchase it at Sephora's across the country or on their website, www.temptu.com. It is a modified version of the industrial Temptu. It is more compact and easier to handle and comes with your skin tone already individualized into tiny capsules for easy use.