In a bungalow a few blocks east of some of the finest surfing in Newport Beach, Wende Zomnir is attempting to capture Southern California in a bottle. Actually, a “tottle” (squat bottle, tube-like opening).
It’s a bit of a pivot for someone who made her name with a heavier hand. In the mid-90s, when she was living in an illegal loft apartment by the El in Chicago, Zomnir helped turn that gritty aesthetic into Urban Decay, a makeup company that became a wild success and was acquired by L’Oréal in 2012 for an estimated $300 to $400 million.
