Entering the Orange County, Calif., headquarters of Too Faced cosmetics is like arriving at the beauty version of Oz. Giant tubes of Melted, the brand’s popular liquid lipstick, greet you like beauty sentinels, and every turn reveals a new surprise: A bunny-and-bird-dotted mural at the elevator bank is a clever ode to the brand’s Natural Love eyeshadow palette (and de Gournay wallpaper); an enormous mobile of smiling peaches hangs beside a tree “sprouting” Sweet Peach palettes; and unicorn heads, flirty black lashes and Chanel-tweed-inspired carpet accent chandeliered conference rooms. The Yellow Brick Road here? A pink and black stairway painted with inspirational maxims like “Makeup is power” and “Own your pretty.” The beauty wizard behind all this cheeky fun? Chief creative officer Jerrod Blandino , who co-founded Too Faced in 1998 with his husband, Jeremy Johnson. The duo met while working behind the counter at Estée Lauder in Saks at the...
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