Puerto Rico flag inspired makeup

Hey, 

Being out of work has given me the opportunity to do a couple of looks to upload to my blog. I used products from one of my favorite brands Sugarpill Cosmetics.Burning Heart review. The other two I will review soon. This look reflects my heritage which I'm really proud of. This make up is inspired by the colors of the my flag. Puerto Rico's flag

For this look I used:

Face:

Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream SPF 35 BB cream in Medium

Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer in DOD

Cheeks:

Sugarpill Pressed Shadow Love +

Eyes:

Sugarpill Pressed Shadow Velocity (Heart Breaker Palette)

Sugarpill Pressed Shadow Love + (Burning Heart Palette)

Sugarpill Pressed Shadow Tako (Sweetheart Palette)

Maybelline 24 hr Color Tattoo  Too Cool 

Lips:

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick True Red

I will soon be posting some more hope you like this one. If you would like more pics or want this look to be made into a tutorial just leave me a comment. 

XOXO

Z~

I'm still alive

Hey, like always I hate that I'm not consistent. I was trying as hard as I could to write to all my readers but it seems impossible. I have several issues right now like, my muse is MIA. because of that I have no idea how my website/portfolio/blog should look. This week I will start in a new job (the one I had was driving me nuts). I think I can make a new blog entry every week, or maybe two. I'm still very shy about vlogging, so my youtube channel will be on hold. Before I start my new job I want to take the time to feed my brain with some creativity. To do so I prepared this list: - I will draw for at least an hour every day. - I will do my makeup with funky colors (my new palettes from Lime Crime and Sugarpill Cosmetics are amazing) - I will use pinterest to find inspiration. - I will read inspirational quotes every morning. This is it for today. XOXO :)

FOTD: Blueberry Lemonade makeup

Hey beauties, hope your day is going as bright as mine. In this post I just wanted to show you the look I did for my date today, to go out with my fiancé to eat. =)

Here are some pictures of how it looks.

Products used:

Face:

Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream SPF 35 BB cream in Medium

Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer in DOD

Eyes

E.L.F 144 ultimate eyeshadow palette.

Lips

MAC Viva Glam Nicky Minaj (This is like my fav pink ever!!!!!) 

Day & Night makeup looks

Hey Beautiful people, I'm here posting from my beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Here are some looks I've used in the past couple of days. Since my skin has been behaving I just wanted to share them with you.

Look #1: Day Look

This is my take on a day look -it can also be a bridal look, very simple. [I look extremely funny in this pic I don't know why] 


Products used:


Face:


Smash box BB cream: Medium-dark
Urban Decay 24/7 concealer: DOD


Eyes:
LA Splash eyeshadow sealer
E.L.F 144 eyeshadow palette: Orange and light gold [15 USD in Target]


Lips:


Mixed MAC Neon Orange with MAC Lady Gaga Viva Glam 2

Look #2: Night Look

It reminded me of the different shades of the sea. Nice for a night out in the town, a party or if you just want to have fun.




Products used:


Face:

Smash box BB cream: Medium-dark

Urban Decay 24/7 concealer: DOD

Eyes:

Maybelline eye studio color tattoo 24hr cream gel shadow: Tenacious Teal

E.L.F 144 eyeshadow  Pro Palette: Dark blue & black

Lips: 

Maybelline Superstay 14 Hours Lipstick: Perpetual Peony

Hope you liked the looks, if you have any ideas for makeup tutorials you would like to see on my new youtube channel please contact me. 

Please go to my Facebook fan page and like. As soon as I hit 100 I will be posting a video in youtube. Also follow me on twitter @ZahschaGMUA. 

XOXO,

Zahscha

New Year...New Look

Happy New Year readers. I'm not big on celebrating but this year I did miss being in Puerto Rico. Everything is much louder there. =) 

I know I haven't posted in like forever, I believe I will be able to make at least 2 post a week [cross fingers].

Let's start the year posting a look I was thinking about since a couple of  days, but wasn't sure what colors to use till yesterday.

WARNING: It's very, very green...

Some pics:

For this look I was inspired by the contrast the colors themselves create. I thought it would look pretty, and I do think I delivered. 

Products I use:

Foundation: Revlon Colorstay in Rich tan

Blush: Pink-Red row from  my E.L.F 144 eyshadow palette

Eyes:

Base: Kat Von D High Voltage eyshadow primer

Eyshadows: Silver (all over), deep blue (outer corner & crease) Deep Green (center lid), Light turquoise (inner corner)

Liner: no brand black eyeliner, Urban Decay liquid liner in Ectasy (no longer available) NYX Purple glitter

Mascara: Maybelline Falsies 

Lips: Lime Crime Glamour 101

Hope you like the look, I would appreciate if you subscribed, comment, suggest, email, read... =) Till next time....

Sigma sale tomorrow: Free Shipping

Well this year, Sigma Beauty's Black Friday deal, is pretty sweet. I will be buying many brushes because they will be shipping for free, not only shipping to the US but also FREE shipping internationally. I might record my review for the blog when I get the package. Here is the link to the site:


LINK =)
http://www.sigmabeauty.com/?Click=165140


Using Promo Code: BF2011




Also check their special offers, they will have the brush roll for $24.00 a $5.00 saving.

FOTD: Bridal-dramatic

Hope you like my look for today. =)

Products used:

Eyes:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Potion

Urban Decay Naked Palette:

Inner corner: Virgin

Lid: Sin

Outer corner: Toasted

Crease: Hustle

Brow Bone: Naked & Virgin

Liner: Creep

Waterline: NYX Slide one in Jet Black

Lips: 

MAC Chromagraphic Process Magenta

Face: 

Neutregena Healthy Skin: Honey Beige

Cheeks: 

Sugarpill Love+

Hope you like it =)
Feel free to comment, suggest, ask questions... Whatever! =)

Sugarpill: Burning Heart Palette

Hey, I know I promised my beautiful readers I was going to be doing a full review of the products I've purchased from Sugarpill Cosmetics.

In my first purchase I got thr Burning Heart Palette ($34 USD) that includes Flamepoint, Poison Plum, Love+, and Buttercupcake.

Flamepoint is a very bright matte orange. Highly pigmented

Next is Poison Plum, this is a very deep purple, (if you saw the very first Barney you can have an idea). This is also a color that can be used year around and it can be combined with almost every color you can find. The down part is that every time I put it on I am never able to take it off completely and it leaves a very noticible stain on my lids or crease. It also has a little bit of shimmer.

Love+, is a beautiful intense red that if combined the rigt way any girl can rock it like a rockstar, I adore this color for very dramatic looks, uwing purple, black, orange or white. Gold or silver also go very well. If used with an angle brush just as a liner it looks beautiful giving just a hint of color that would make any eye pop.

Last but not least Buttercupcake is the ultimate yellow, I've spent years looking for the perfect yellow and it wasn't until I got this palette that I found it, the texture is silky and it blends so nice is perfect. I wear this color almost everyday because I love how it looks by itself, with the other colors, with gold, with brown, other shades of yellow, greens, every color goes with it. 

If I would have to grade Sugarpill products I would give it A+++ because they are easy to use, the blend flawless, they are vegan (which is a plus) their colors go with almost every skin tone the packing is gorgeous (even though is a little heavy) and they have a mirror (another plus).
Why get this palette?


You will not find colors so true in todays cosmetic market. I can say I love this more than MAC, yes the palette is 34 USD but the shadow pan is the size of a MAC blush, what means that you get a lot of product for the prize.





On the next review I will be talking about more Sugarill stuff so stay tuned.

Announcement, soon I will start recording tutorials for you tube and posting them here so stay super tuned.

FOTD: LOUD!

I can't call it anything else but loud. When I was wearing my natural makeup yesterday, I felt lifeless, like I had no direction. Today I just went all the opposite. I just couldn't help it. What I regret is not having a black light to show you that my shadow glows in the dark


Here are some of the pics (sorry for the quality, they were taken with a phone camera even though is 8MP is not as good as a real camera)

Products used:

Face:

Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Rich Tan


Cheeks:

MAC Wonder Woman Limited Edition Blush in Amazon Princess

Eyes:

Kat Von D High Voltage Eyeshadow Insurance in Skin
NYX Eyeshadow base in White
Inner corner: NYX Single Eyeshadow in White
Middle: Sugarpill Buttercupcake
Outer corner: Neon Pink from Sleek iDivine Acid Palette
Crease: Sugarpill Poison Purple & other purples from the Sleek iDivine Acid Palette
Browbone: NYX Single Eyeshadow in White
Maybelline Falsies Mascara

FOTD: NATURAL

Well today I've decided to start doing my face of the day, and will post images of my make up for the day.


Today I was going for a natural look, with a cute cat eye. BTW this is the FIRST time that it's come out so great.

Products used:

Face: Revlon Colorstay Foundation Rich Tan
Cheeks: Pink Manly Palette

Eyes: Kat Von D High Voltage Eye Primer
Neutrals of the Manly Palette
Maybelline Falsies Mascara


Random Comment: Since my Manly palette has visited the floor on many occasions many of the colors have broke what palette do you think I should get... Coastal Scents 88 or NYX Box of color (122 colors)???

My Crazy NYX Cosmetics sale experience!

I’ve been expecting the NYX Cosmetics 12 year anniversary sale for a week Most of their items would be $1.20. Today was finally the sale (starting at 12 PM PST until 12 AM PST) I’m in Eastern time so I knew it was going to start at 3 PM ET. My first intent to get in the site was at 3:01 PM (I was here all along to be from the first in.)


Then the problems began:

• NYX did not prepare their servers for such bizarre sale.
• They never thought that social networking was going to be such a huge impact on their sales.
• I take a wild guess and was not prepared for the servers to crash right in the middle of the sale. (They warned people that they had limited quantities, and to get in the site ASAP so you could get what you wanted)
• People are upset because they can’t get in and shop for the things they wanted.
• It was an hour into the “sale” the site was still down. Worse than that they had to take it offline.

It was 3 and half hours since the site crashed. I was still waiting because I really want some of those products they are offering =)


After 4 hours of trying nonstop to get in the site I gave up, I figured no one was going to be able to shop anyways because the page was not responding.


 I woke up about 8 am and I got in to see if I could do my final purchases, I put everything I wanted in my cart (took me about an hour or so to do it). When it was time to checkout forget it. It was a nightmare. I remember this sale last year and I don’t know if it was the lack of traffic or what but I could check out fine with no problems or hassles.


The reps from NYX said they were prepared for the traffic the site was going to have; many things say the contrary though. After almost 4 and a half hours of trying to checkout I fail, and finally I give up.


Share your experiences.

Ebates: get cash back for purchases

I want all of you to know that every time I post something on my blog I make sure that it works and that is legitimate.

So let me talk to you about this site called Ebates.com This is a wonderful site I stumbled like a week ago where you receive cash back's for every purchase you make (so literally you are spending less than you think you are). You can get up to 26% cash back on purchases.

You can find almost every site imaginable. From Home Depot to Sephora (which BTW offers 12% cash back). At one point I thought it was fake but today I got a notification on my email that they were giving me the 12% of what I spent back. Cool isn't it? Know what is the best part? You can receive your money either by check or via PayPal (which I find COOLER). Well again check that site out. Register, don't hesitate I can assure you it is NOT fake! =)

Here is the link if you didn't click on the top one www.ebates.com

Try it! =) and give me feedback onces you've tried it once.

E-Shopping Haul: Sephora, MAC & FaceFront

Hello to all my gorgeous readers. Hope you are having a nice day.

This Sunday I ordered a couple of things online that I've been wanting to get and some that came out that day and I got because I liked it. 

From Sephora I ordered the Stila Long Wear Lip Color in Exhilarating which is a gorgeous matte hot pink lip color that is really amazing. I am in love with it and it is definitely worth the $20 I paid for =).

I was also dying for an orange lipstick, when I checked my email and MAC had free shipping. I ordered MAC Amplified Neon Orange Lipstick $14.50 and for it was worth I bought MAC Pro pan refill Purple Haze (matte deep purple) $11.00.

Then I saw in Facebook that FaceFront Cosmetics had added some new swatches of cyber gel (which I previously owned in Black Jax) I ordered 2 Painters Blue and Red Hot $9.50 ea. plus 4.95 shipping.

I loved everything I got. In a couple of days I will post some reviews of these cyber gels from FaceFront and also will post some other stuff to.

Bonus! SWATCHES =)

Stila Exhilarated & MAC Neon Orange

Stlila Exhilarated with flash

Stila Exhilarated without flash

MAC Neon Orange with flash

without flash

Top to bottom

 FaceFront Painters Blue cyber gel  & Red Hot cyber gel

Rio Make Up Series: Nico

This is my take of Nico in makeup, he is a yellow canary. He is also Pedro's best friend.

Products used:

Face: 

Foundation: Revlon Colorstay Rich Tan

Powder: Revlon Colorstay Medium-Dark

Blush: MAC Kissed by Sunshine (Bronzer)

Eyes:
Base: FaceFront Survival Paint & NYX Yellow Jumbo Eye Pencil
Inner corner: MAC Blanc Type
Outer corner: Matte Yellow
Liner: MAC Chocolate Eyeshadow
Mascara: Maybelline One by One mascara

Lips:

NYX Beige Mega Shine Lipgloss

Quick update: Spring/Summer E-shopping

While I wait here for my class to start just wanted to let everyone who has been reading my blog that today I just ordered a couple of things online to show you guys, even a possible dupe for MAC Quite Cute Candy Yum Yum. I have yet to swatch it when it arrives. At least the description was the same Matte hot pink. 


Then I just ordered MAC Neon Orange and MAC Pro Pan refill in Purple haze. Then this afternoon I ordered the new Smudge pot duos from FaceFront which were 9.50 a piece I got Painters Blue and Red Hot.


Well class just started, Keep an eye on my posts to see the swatches and some looks I might post this week =) Till next time!

Rio Make up Series II: Pedro

Last night I did the II of the series of Rio themed make up, I think it came out pretty good. First let me tell you a bit of Pedro, I think he is the coolest bird in Rio, he is a red crested cardinal for the most part in the movie he is funky and loves dancing. He is my favorite bird from the movie. =)

List of products used:


Face:

Foundation: Revlon Color Stay in Rich Tan
Powder: Revlon Color Stan in Medium-Dark

Eyes

eyeshadow base: FaceFront Survival Paint
Lid: Manly Palette (Silver and Charcoal Grey)
Crease: Manly Palette (Red)
Highlight (Pink Shimmer)
Liner: FaceFront Cyber Gel in Black Jax
Mascara: Maybelline One by One in Black

Rio the Movie Make Up Series

Hey readers,


I was watching the Rio movie today and the pretty colors of the movie inspired me to make a series of make up looks with those colors of the birds. My first one is the Blu & Jewel Macaw bird inspired. Hope you like it. =)

List of products used

Face:

Foundation: Revlon Color Stay in Rich Tan
Powder: Revlon Color Stan in Medium-Dark
Blush: Mary Kay Honey Wheat

Eyes

eyeshadow base: FaceFront Survival Paint
inner corner: MAC Wonder Woman Palette Lady Justice
Lid:  Manly 120 color palette Light Blue
Crease: FaceFront Symphonic and MAC Deep Truth
Liner: FaceFront Cyber Gel in Black Jax
Mascara: Maybelline One by One in Black

Lips

Lipstick: MAC Viva Glam Gaga 2
Lipgloss: NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Beige LP129

Review: Facefront Artistic Pigment Swatches

Hello my beautiful readers, hope you are having a stylish awesome weekend. Today I will to talk about my latest craze, FaceFront cosmetics. As right now I'm in love with this brand, they have so many pretty swatches and one of the best eyeshadow bases I've ever used. First let me tell you about the brand, their products are vegan (that means they don't test on animals, nor use things that come from animals), minerals, and eco friendly.

Why I love these pigments?

They have the prettiest swatches, they are really pigmented, you can use them wet or dry, and they come in a variety of finishes; from matte to steel finish. I currently own: Bee Incredible, Death By Rubies, Symphonic, Sea Soldier, Black Jax (cream liner and eyeshadow), and Weekend Warrior.

These make up pigments sell for 10.50 USD each at www.facefront.com.  The pigments have 5g and the cream liner/shadow has 2.3g, this brand also makes lipgloss, blush, finishing powder, bronzer and a brow/eye base called Survival Paint.

Review: Purple Lab Fat Lips Skinny Hips

Hey gals, since I saw Purple Lab's Fat Lips Skinny Hips (info here) I wanted to try it, but for a lip gloss it seemed quite expensive, two weeks ago I went on hsn.com to see another beauty product offer, but I didn't consider it. I stumbled upon a very good deal (2 for $7 while the MSRP is 25.00) so I bought them. This lip plumper hoodia, what can calm your food cravings.

The package is super cute, in purple and pink. The inside of the box is really weird, it has like a smaller box space where the lip gloss goes, It's a waste of space. Another weird (but creative) thing about this brand is the  names of their products.

The one's that I got are called No Panty Lines (clear) and Kitty Pole dance (old pink with sparkles).


After testing this product I am really disappointed, I should've read more about it. The pink one has no pigmentation what so ever, it goes on clear and it smells pretty weird, I guess it is because of the Hoodia. What I liked was, that after 10 minutes you can see the difference in your lips, it makes them look fuller (not injected) and it's not sticky. It also carves your cravings but not for long... Make sure to have a back up plan. =)

Review: Victoria's Secret Secret Moment

On Monday I went shopping. I went into Victoria's Secret to see if I could get the new Passion Fruit and Plumeria limited edition cream, but they didn't have it. I was also looking for a good body scrub one of the girls showed me the Secret Moments line, this line doesn't have a large variety but most of the them smell so good.

From the Good Day Sunshine scent I bought the body wash, the body scrub and the body cream for $15 which is the deal right now at the Victoria's Secret stores and at the www.victoriassecret.com. If you are the kind of person that likes the smell of peaches this is your scent. It smells like bright peach and blue freesia, I love it because it smells like peaches and cream, well BETTER.


This is the Body Wash is 8.4 FL OZ and MSRP is $10.00 (if you buy it by itself). Since the first time I used it I LOVED it, it is light it smells awesome and for some reason it just puts a smile on my face when I use it. It really revamps my mood. So if you would like to level your mood this could be your scent.

The Soothing body scrub has 7 oz its suggested retail price is $12.00. Let me tell you when I used this I immediately felt my skin soother. I really liked this product a lot and I would definitely recommend it to others to buy.

Finally there is the body cream is 6.7 oz is $12.00 too. This cream moisturizes and makes you feel super soft, the smell is really good and you don't need a lot of it to get your arms and your legs covered.  I was going to get the body lotion, but I knew that was going to be to strong and the cream is not strong at all. This is another product from this line of scents that I would recommend to anyone who asks or read this.

 I recommend to get these products when they are on sale. If you don't catch them on sale they will still be only $32 which is still pretty affordable.

Hope you enjoy my entry. More reviews are on the way =)