New York City: Alcone where top makeup artists stock up. Small and unintimidating (yes, the salespeople will answer questions from non-pros), Alcone is onestop shopping for hard-to-find professional lines like Joe Blasco, Research Council of Makeup Artists, and Visiora. Want to be on top of the trends? Get a minipalette from Kryolan - every makeup artist working the recent runway shows did.