Jerrod Blandino has been in the beauty business since 1998. Bill Clinton was president. Michael Jordan played his last game as a Bull. And the iconic makeup line Too Faced was born. After selling to Estée Lauder, Blandino never sat on his laurels, jumping back into the industry with Polite Society—a brand based in clean, non-toxic formulas with high-performance results—all while being a close friend of Madonna on the side.

“We are friends, and our collaboration on her beauty line for her concert came from a moment when we were sitting on her sofa eating popcorn,” shares Blandino when asked about Madonna and the off-the-radar beauty products sold via her official online store. “She was telling me about her upcoming show and what she was thinking for wardrobe and sets. I said, ‘Oooh, you should bring back that red lip from the Blonde Ambition Tour, and that highlight from the Who’s That Girl show.’”

“She was like, ‘OK, you do it.’ So, I did.”

Full article at Newbeauty.com