Blogger Spotlight....Swatch Freak!

Zombies!

I have a *thing* for pimping out blogs, stores, anything I find interesting and amazing. Today I have for you an awesome guest post by the lovely Tamara from Swatch Freak! I am absolutely in LOVE with this girl's blog (and may have a little bit of a girl crush as well). Her swatches are so amazing, as are her lovely looks. You all must check out her blog asap!

Seriously...look at that blending!






Her goods:


For the whole look I used:

Face:
Sheer Cover - Mineral Foundation SPF 15 - Bisque

Eyes:
Sundara Cosmetics - Siahi - on lid
Meow Cosmetics - X Collection - Mothman - in crease
Sweetscents - Chameleon - outer V
Persephone Minerals - Sailor Senshi Sailor Moon - Eternal Sailor Moon - in tearduct
Essence - Gel Eyeliner - Midnight in Paris 01 - for lining
Max Factor - False Lash Effect Fusion - Mascara

Lips:
Manhattan - Soft Mat Lipcream - 56K



Thank you Tamara for this amazing look. As always, you're drop dead gorgeous and your skills are fantastic!

If you'd like to do a guest post or if you'd like me to spotlight your blog on Makeup Zombie, email me at makeupzombie @ yahoo.com!

Persephone Minerals Swatches of Love and Awesome and WIN!

Happy ass Saturday Zombies!

I have some lovely swatches for you today, though I feel they didn't at all convey how awesome these shadows are.

I did a little swap-a-roo with Victoria from Persephone Minerals last week and wanted to share them all with you! I was able to snag a few of the Halloween colors as well as some of the new Holiday colors. I also really wanted Rainbow Moon Heartache and she threw that in too!

*What I labeled Wassu is actually Wassail*





Natural Light


My swatches really don't show the massive amounts of lovely these shades are. Spirit Realm and Dead Ringer especially! Each one is a color shifting eyeshadow and Spirit Realm is either blue, pink, or grey depending on which angel your looking at it from. Dead Ringer shifts from gold to brown to copper in my eyes. I can even see some red in there! They are both gorgeous. Actually, this whole lot is amazing, full of sparkles, and sooo blendable. But, my absolute favorite from this group is Deviant Dasher. I'm on a serious gold kick right now and WOW is this color amazing. Yellow gold with tons of sparkle, but not enough that it glitterbombs your face. I am totally IN LOVE.

I love Persephone Minerals..always have, always will. You should most definitely check out the store and see all the new Holiday goodies that have been added.

What's your favorite color?

Swatch Spam! Persphone Minerals "Lost" Collection and Randoms!

Zombies...

I am such a bad blogger.. *sigh* I've had the.worst morning sickness this pregnancy and it leads to me lying around all day, trying to keep myself calm. Makes it hard for me to swatch and play with makeup, because some of the colors or smells make me want to vom. Isn't that insane?

Who's ready for a little:


?

I've had some samples from Persephone Minerals and wanted to swatch them for everyone. They are from the limited edition "Lost" collection and are GORGEOUS! My pictures do NOT do the colors justice. There is so much sparkle throughout these shades, it makes me want to scream with joy! Victoria also threw in some samples of the Mystical Highlighters and a Stardust Shimmer for me to check out.

Who didn't love the show "Lost?" I was an addict right up until the end, and then I was just pissed off and totally underwhelmed. I know you know what I mean if you were a fan!

Are those colors not the most absolute perfect colors for Fall? I adore 42, 8, and 16! I also think Saggita is AMAZING and would look so awesome over a light rose blush, giving just a hint of it's iridescence.

The entire lost Collection (jar samples) will be given away in my 800 Follower Giveaway.. Go, GO NOW and enter!

That's that for the day! I have some more fun things coming up..it's just a matter of WHEN I get them posted. Hang in with me Zombies!

EPIC 800 Follower giveaway...FINALLY! CLOSED

CLOSED

Zombies!

I can now officially post the giveaway I've been teasing you all about. I'm SO stoked about this. It's fun that what started as a little hobby for me has become what Makeup Zombie is today. I know I've been slacking with the posts, but hopefully once Fall comes around I'll have some more inspiration and get to posting more. Thanks for sticking around and reading. And helping me reach 800 followers..That.is.EPIC!

So, what's up for grabs you ask? Well, here is a teaser picture of some of the loot:

• Full size Husbandry Affliction Collection from My Pretty Zombie
• Sugar Candie Beauty Bar body scrub "Midnight Monster Mash" (green) scrub is- buttercream +fudge + maple cake + sugar cookie
• 2 full size Mystical highlighters and 1 full size Stardust Shimmer from Persephone Minerals
• Full set of samples from the "Lost" collection from Persephone Minerals
• Urban Decay loose pigment in "Shag"
• Wet N Wild nailpoish in "Eggplant Flash" one of my favorite colors ever!
• 8 samples from Rockeresque Beauty- not pictured- I will update once I've received the shades.
• 3 shadows, a bracelet, and a pair of earrings from StellaStarish Cosmetics- not pictured- I will update once items have been received.
•  Absorbed (black) spectrum pot, Not Your Barbie hardcore lips, and Zombie eyeshadow from Evil Shades Cosmetics: not pictured.

But guess what?!?

There will be 2 winners for this giveaway!

One person will win 3 5 gram (full size) jars of their choice from AlteredEgo Cosmetics!

Dudes...that was exhausting to post, 2 lucky people are going to be happy ass bishes!


So what's the catch?!

Well, you must be a follower of Makeup Zombie (duh) blog. Google, blogger, however. You must leave a comment to enter and tell me one (can be more) thing you're excited about seeing in makeup this Fall. (not from me, just in general.)


Extra entries:

Follow me on Twitter
"Like" me on Facebook
Blog, tweet, or Facebook about this giveaway and leave the link in your comment. 

One comment please! 

Giveaway is open International and will run until  11:59 pm Sept. 11, 2011 (because it's my son's birthday!) Winners will be announced on Sept. 12th.

Good luck everyone and thank you SO much to everyone who donated a little something to this giveaway. it's appreciated and you're all loved!

The 7 Deadly Sins...Pride and Humility! Featuring Persephone Minerals!

Good morning Zombies!

And so, upon us is the final "episode" of the Sins/Virtues collaboration between Ms. Snarky P herself and I.

I wanted to do a little something different for the end of the series.

I AM PRIDE!

pride/prīd/

Verb: Be especially proud of a particular quality or skill.

Noun: A feeling of pleasure from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.

Not gonna lie. I am very proud of my sweet little girl. She's the light of my life (aside from her brothers and Daddy.) There is something very special about having a little girl. So, yes, I dolled her up (a little), took pictures, and am featuring her today on the blog. I am not ashamed. I AM PROUD!



 

That is SO a Mommy face!

It's odd seeing her with makeup on. And it's TOO soon! Good thing this is a one time deal for now. I don't want her to grow up too fast!

The Goods:

UDPP all over lid
NYX jumbo pencil in "Strawberry Milk" blended into lid
Persephone Minerals "Pinkaholic Anonymous" main lid
Persephone Minerals "No Tip, No Strip" (lol) above pink
Mascara
Pink and blue liner on the side of her eye for the heart

Cheeks:
Hard Candy "Living Doll" (cause she is)

Lips:
Revlon matte lipstick "Stormy Pink"

So, you want to see Pride's polar opposite "Humility"? You'll have the check out The Snarky Princess for Amanda's take on it! I'll let you all know once it's live!

Have a great day Zombies!

Week in Color with Persephone Minerals! Day 2!

Hey Zombies...I am BACK!

Here is today's look using Persephone Minerals. Day 2!

I ADORE Mars Crystal Power, and I'm sure some of you know why. It's such a cool orangey pink with orange shift. LOVE IT!

On ze cheeks I have Bokeh Face Cosmetics amazing blush in "Perfect" and on ze lips I have Morgana Cryptoria's lipstick in "Gilded Cerise."


What a fun combo!

Week in Color with Persephone Minerals!

 
Zombies!

So begins my week in color using Persephone Minerals.

This look is from yesterday, but I didn't have time to post it as we were super busy yesterday. So, I'll double up today!

This is my look using all purple Persephone Minerals eyeshadow.





On ze lips I am wearing Covergirl lipstick in "Embrace" and on ze cheeks Bokeh Face Cosmetics blush in "Lotus".

We went to the mountains yesterday and I found this on a guardrail. ONE LOVE, FTW!


Have a great Tuesday!

The 7 Deadly Sins...Greed and Charity!

Good afternoon Zombies!

And yet another installment of "7 Deadly Sins" is upon us! (Small change, this feature will now run on Thursdays.) And this one was a little difficult for me.

I am CHARITY.

When I think of Charity, I think of selflessly giving to those in need. Not just monetarily, but emotionally and physically. But then I got to thinking, HOW would I portray that on my face. Draw some $$ signs on my cheeks?! NO! Make myself an angel?! NO NO! So, instead, I went to Google and found this:

Definition of "Charity"

• a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
• an activity or gift that benefits the public at large 

Which lead to this:


As a beauty blogger, I feel I am actually practicing the above two actions daily. 

I also decided to go with a smokey green and gold look, because green and gold is associated with paper and gold currency. I added some silver sparkle to represent silver.




 

 



Low light

  

The Goods:

UDPP in Sin
pop Glitter Stix crayon in "Sage" as base (sage green with silver sparkles)
Persephone Minerals "No Tip, No Strip" main lid and inner corner
BftE "Emerald City" layered over NTNS and swept into lower lash line
Brazen Cosmetics "Jaded" blended into crease
Persephone Minerals "Sailor Venus" blended above crease
Evil Shades "Devil's Bonfire" blended into crease and swept onto lower lash line
BftE "Bubbly" as highlight
Random liners and mascara

Cheeks:
MAC Mineralized blush "Gentle"

Lips:
MAC "O" mixed with MAC "Viva Glam IV"

I noticed AFTER the fact that the colors are the exact colors in my eyes. Happy accidents!

Wanna see Charity's polar opposite "Greed?" You'll have to check out Snarky P's interpertation by clicking the image below!

Swatch Spam Saturday! Persephone Minerals and OPI!

ZOMBIES!

Are you all ready for a little:



A few weeks back, I did a trade with Victoria from Persephone Minerals. I sampled up some of my loot, for samples of Persephone colors I'd been lusting over. We both agreed to jar up the samples for each other. :) It was so fun, and I adore the eyeshadow I received. Thanks again Victoria!





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Unfortunately, some of the colors didn't want to photograph very accurately. Kyla's Purple is much more purple in real life with tons of sparkle and Sailor Venus has what looks to be aqua sparkles in it. So unique. These colors are so much prettier in real life and very soft and pigmented. Love them!

Speaking of a new love of mine. I recently purchased OPI's Russian Navy, after seeing a review of it on NAILSTAH'S blog. I immediately fell in love. I've been loving deep blue colors that glow from the inside out. This particular deep blue has pink shimmer. It is so unique and a new favorite in my collection.





It reminds me a little of China Glaze's "Little Drummer Boy" but the application is not as tricky and it's deeper and more complex.

My hubs and I got our tax return yesterday and went a little cahrazy! We always get things we've really really wanted through the year, and clothes for the kiddo's and then put the rest away in savings. I poured over what I wanted yesterday and finally ordered a shit ton of MAC. Of alllll the things in the world. HAHA I will soon show you all my little MAC collection. Oh I also discovered Tokidoki eyeshadow! You can not tell me that packaging is not freaking AWESOME! LOVE!

I hope you're all having a terrific weekend!