Body & Soul cosmetics, still in business?
by admin on Mar.03, 2010, under Makeup Q & A
When I was younger I loved the cosmetic line by Body & Soul, it was in a teal & silver 50s style packaging and only available at Nordstroms or Sephora. I am trying to find it now and am having no luck, did they go out of business??
Any info is appreciated, thanks!
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It's funny you asked this question because I was just googling trying to find out the same thing. Their sheer lipstick in Jewel is the only lipstick I've worn for seriously about 12 years because the color was perfect, red but not overwhelming and it never gunked up, it had amazing texture. The whole time I worried they would go out of business because they were a small company that didn't seem well run in terms of marketing and getting their product out there. All their products were really great, I loved their powders and foundation too, but they were bafflingly so off-the-radar. They used to be at Barneys but for a long time were only available on their own website or sometimes Sephora website. This was a line started by makeup artists in L.A. and their philosophy about foundation and powder was to start with a subtle yellow toned base even if you're pale, not that horrid pink-toned foundation one always finds for pale skin. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find just a nice neutral, non-pink foundation in pale colors. Since this line started others got a clue and started making some yellow-toned foundations and Le'Clerc always made the Banane powder, but Body & Soul deserved credit for doing something right and something nobody else was doing. I hope they are just restructuring or sold to somebody else and will be relaunched. Good luck to them!
