This is the true story of how a hospital camouflage foundation artist teamed up with a chemical engineer and a dermatologist to form an up-and-coming successful makeup brand.

Cover FX has an amazing story. I hadn’t heard of the company until a few months ago, but ever since then I have completely fallen in love. And their background and history proves just how thinking outside of the box can help you be successful in the workplace.

Lee Graff (the camouflage foundation artist at the CosMedic Clinic at a hospital in Canada), Jenny Frankel (the chemical engineer), and Dr. Neil Shear (the dermatologist) have worked together since 1985 developing their cosmetic brand. Helping people who had serious skin problems due to rosacea, scars, acne, and various imperfections, Graff has taught patients to use this camouflaging brand to feel better about themselves.

“My dream was to help men and women with skin conditions face the world with confidence by offering them makeup products with therapeutic benefits that would perfectly match their skin tone, be affordable, well tolerated by even the most sensitive skin and achieve a perfectly natural, flawless effect,” says Graff.

The brand is really remarkable, in fact. There are more than 30 foundation shades that can be closely matched to your skin color. The products also contain SPF, which in today’s world is a very important feature to protect your skin against the strong rays of the sun. Additionally, products are cruelty-free and the packaging of the products have become more green. You’ll find concealers, primers, bronzers, brushes, and more at Cover FX. It’s all about your skin with Cover FX so check out all it has to offer.

And while you’re at it, think about what you can do to think outside the box of your current career, especially if you’re unhappy and want to do something you’ve always been passionate about. It seems that you can really steer your career in a direction you may not have thought possible. Who would have thought a chemical engineer and a hospital staffer would make a successful cosmetic brand?! What a great way to be beautiful!

- Amanda Fornecker

Tags: beauty career, makeup, makeup artist

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