Matte is Murdered with Sparkle!

Hey Zombies!

The air is officially COLD here in NM. The large oak tree out from has now shed all of it's yellow leaves into my yard and all down the street. LOL Have I mentioned I LOVE this time of year?

I've been digging black (or darker colored) nails with a glitter topcoat lately. When I thought up this combo in my head, I had to implement it right then.


Isn't that freaking RAD? I love how the glitter in "Chunky Holo Purple" changes colors depending on the angle. It's not your traditional "holo" but it's super fun and unique. Also, the contrast between "Baby Got Back" and "Recessionista" is AMAZING!

The Goods:
Mialni base coat
ManGlaze "Matte is Murder" on all but ring finger
Essie "Recessionista" on ring finger
Kleancolor "Chunky Holo Purple" on all fingers but ring as bling
Darling Diva Polish "Baby Got Back" on ring finger as bling
Sech Vite top coat

Rust and Aqua-y, LOTD!

Zombies!

I hope you've all had a wonderful week so far! It's getting older here in New Mexico and the leaves are truly starting to change! I love this time of year!

I did a smoky aqua and rust colored look today just because. I love this combo and I'm surprised I'd never implemented it before.






The Goods:
TFSI as primer
Tick: Tock Cosmetics Milky Way eyeshadow base
Fyrinnae "Bride of Frankenstein" main lid abd into inner lower lash line
Rust color from Sleek "Sunset" palette above crease and into outer lower lash line
Matte black from Sleek "Sunset" palette blended into crease
Fyrinnae "Moon Child" as highlight
Random liner and mascara

Cheeks:
MAC "Gentle" blush

Lips:
Revlon "Ruby Star" mixed with Covergirl "Embrace" lipstick

OH OH and...here are my killer nails from earlier this week! I love the blue and pop of awesome purple glitter!
 

The Goods:
Milani base coat
Orly "Royal Navy" as base color
Sally Hansen "Blue Frosting" over Royal Navy
Jordana Cosmetics "LA City Lights" glitter to top it all off
Sech Vite top coat



Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

A few of my favorite things!

Zombies!

The start of a new week! I hope everyone had an amazing and eventful (or relaxing) weekend!

As the air outside gets cooler, my go-to makeup/nail polish colors change too! I want to share with you all a few of my favorite things as of right now, as I'm sure they will all change in another month!

Let's begin, shall we?

RED NAILS!

I've been desiring the perfect candy apple red color for my nails lately. I've had the *perfect* color in my head but didn't have a polish that fit the bill. That is, until I asked my friend Megan! She handed over Zoya's "Isla" and well, I'm hooked! Just LOOK AT IT! I used Manglaze's "Matte is Murder" on my accent nail with Jordana Cosmetics "Sequins" glitter on top. I adore this combo. I'd wear this all Winter if my tastes weren't so fickle and change on a whim. ;)


RED LIPS!

I've worn red lips almost every day this past week. I'm normally terrified of red lipstick because of the size of my lips but have discovered that if I mix the perfect red lipstick with a blue (cool) based pink, it gives me the perfect red without being too crazy! I still need to play around or just GO BOLD! On my eyes I'm wearing L'Oreal's Infallible eyeshadow in "Golden Emerald" and a black matte eyeshadow from Sleek.



OWLS!

We all know I love Zombie related "swag"! But did you know I'm also addicted to owls? My husband gave me 3 adorable owl necklaces for my birthday and I've worn them every day since. He purchased them at Walgreen's for $6.99. (I only know because we looked at them together at one point.)

Isn't he cute?


I'm curious to see what I'll be wearing the shiz out of in the next few months. I wonder if my tastes will change. What are your go-to beauty/clothing related items these days?


 

October Giveaway Winner!

Hey Zombies!

I'm a day late and a dollar short. I was SO tired yesterday! I didn't do much of anything. But TODAY, I'm excited to announce the winner of my "Because I LOVE October giveaway"!

I had 254 usable entities which I randomized on random.org! WHOOT WHOOT!

And the magic winning number was:


Which belonged to:


And her entry is here:


Congrats MissMidnightBlue! I'll be emailing you momentarily!

Thank you to everyone who entered and welcome to my new followers! I'll have plenty more giveaways in the future! :D

Happy Halloween! MEOW!

Zombies!

Happy Halloween my beautiful and creepy readers! I hope you all had a wonderful day. I had fun with my little ones "trick or treating!" They got so much candy that we're set for a month....or more.

Here is my simple little cat faced makeup. MEOW!



The Goods:
Black eyeliner for cat whiskers and nose. I used MAC "Blackground" with an angeled eyeliner brush. I also outlined my lips with it as well. The red lipstick is L'Oreals Infallible Le Rouge 10HR Wear in "Ravishing Red". It stays put FOREVER!

I will announce the winner of my "Because I love October" giveaway bright and early tomorrow morning so stay tuned!

Sexy Vamp Halloween Look!

Zombies!

It's that time of year! My favorite time of year! It's almost Halloween! The time of year we can dress like we want and not give a damn! (I'm sure most of us do that anyway!) I know there's a stigma lately about Halloween these days and "sexy" women's costumes. You have to admit, some of them are just ridiculous and not practical or fun at all. Some are however, classy/sexy and fun! I decided to do a spin on a "sexy vamp" look, while trying to keep it PG.

















The Goods:
TFSI as primer
MAC "Blackground" paint pot as base
Matte back eyeshadow from Sleek's "Sunset" pallete on patted on main lid and carried down into outer lower lash line
Fyrinnae's "Sultry Samhain" blended above crease
Evil Shades "Voodoo" blended into "Sultry Samhain" and down into inner lower lash line and tear duct area
MAC "Shroom" as highlight
Sephora liner electro in "Black Electro" to line eyes
Random black mascara

Cheeks:
Milani "Fantastico Mauve" baked powder blush

Lips:
Sephora liner electro in "Black Electro" for outline of lips. I then filled in the two outer portion of my lips in with the liner, leaving the middle of the lips bare. I then patted a matte black eyeshdaow over the black and defined the line with a lip liner brush with the matte eyeshadow. I filled in the middle lip with NYX lip liner in "Fuchsia" and covered the liner with Revlon's "Fuchsia" lipstick. I made sure not to rub my lips together. I then dabbed Fyrinnae's "Sultry Samhain" over the lipstick lightly to give it a glow. I topped it all off with a clear lip gloss to make the lips look wet.

I am super proud of myself and LOVE the way this turned out. I could totally see rocking this look with a fun vampress costume for Halloween or just wearing alone for the night with a black T-shirt. Halloween makeup is fun!

Because I LOVE October, GIVEAWAY! CLOSED

Zombies!

Anyone who knows me, knows that Fall is my favorite season, HANDS DOWN. I especially love October because of Halloween and my birthday! ;) So, because I'm feeling the love, I wanted to share with you and have a little giveaway!

What's up for grabs?

An entire sample set of Chinovi Cosmetic's Christmas 2012 collection (yet to be released!), a  sample vile of "Zombie" perfume from Dorian and Dahl Perfumery, AND a Milani Illuminating Face Powder in "Beauty's Touch"- which I've swatched HERE! (I'm not going to give you the names of the eyeshadow from Chinovi, so it's a surprise! :D)

Look at that pretty zebra print bag!


These are what the samples look like! (This is my personal stash, above is what the samples come in!)


So what are the rules and stuff?

Giveaway IS open to my international readers! (YAY!!!) 

Giveaway runs from today (10/23/2012) until 11:59 PM MST next Tuesday (10/30/2012-which is the day after my birthday!) I will announce the winner some time on 10/31/2012!

Must have/do's:

• Please follow Makeup Zombie via Google Friend Connect or BlogLovin' and tell me the name you follow with.
• Please leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win this giveaway!
• Leave me a comment telling me something you enjoy most about Halloween!

Extra entries- each will count for 2 extra!:

• Follow Makeup Zombie Facebook HERE
• Follow Makeup Zombie on Twitter HERE
• Follow Chinovi Cosmetics on Facebook HERE
• Follow Dorian and Dahl on Facebook HERE
• Follow me on Instagram at @makeupzombie
• Post about this giveaway on Twitter or Facebook OR blog about it!

Please try to leave everything in one comment! 

Good luck my loves!

Digital Sea, LOTD and Shirt of the Day!

Zombies!

Is it Monday AGAIN? *sigh* What better way to save a "meh" Monday than with sparkles?

Today, I wanted to wear my new Jimi Hendrix shirt that I got last week at a thrift store for $2.00. I wasn't completely sure what eyeshadow color(s) to pair with it, until I put on the ring I'd decided to wear. And.... then this happened!









The Goods:
TFSI as primer
Maybelline Infallible eyshadow in "Endless Sea" as base on main lid
Tick:Tock Cosmetics eyeshadow base in "Milky Way" above main lid
Fyrinnae "Digital Fairy" main lid and blended into lower lash line
Fyrinnae "Bride of Frakenstein" bblended above crease
Fyirnnae "Dorian Grey" blended into crease
Random eggshell color for highlight
Rnadom liner and mascara

Cheeks:
MAC "Gentle"

Lips:
L'Oreal "The Temptresses' Kiss"

Full shot of awesome shirt. Please excuse the derp face.


A closer look at my ring. My Dad gave this to me years ago. I adore it.


And my earrings of today. The turquoise earrings were sent to me by a friend and I purchased the two nail polish earrings from Bec's Baubles.


And last but not least, my nail of the day. The base color is L'Oreal's "The Muses' Attitude" accented with Darling Girl Cosmetics "Party Favors" on ring finger.


The day ended up being a great day! I hope you all had a great start to your week!

Random Makeup, Nails, and Outfits!

Zombies!

I've had a busy week this week! I first found two adorable shirts at WalMart earlier this week (I know, WALMART?!) and was excited that they were both under $10.00 each. Because of my excitement, I decided to bite the bullet and show you all here on the blog!

This adorable "Happy Owl O' Ween" t-shirt was in the Halloween women's section at WalMart for $5.50! I paired it with a long sleeved black crew neck shirt and jeans. On my finger is a purple and turquoise sterling silver ring. I'm also wearing a Zombie Girl necklace a friend sent to me.  This shirt is so comfortable and cute! 


This shirt made me so giddy when I found it! It was in the women's clothing section at WalMart for $9.88! The top back section of this shirt has ivory lace. the skull is made up of gorgeous pink roses and black glitter! I paired it with a black tank top, black short skirt, and grey leggings. Pretty baller, right? I'm wearing a cute black and white bangle bracelet as well.


Here are my nails from Friday! This is L'Oreal's "Brit Invasion" with Darling Girl Cosmetics "Gold-Digger" on my ring finger to add some bling. (Gold-Digger will be available soon!)


I found this at Target today! It's L'Oreal's "The Muses Attitude." It's a hot, vampy, dark teal with just a slight flash of purple. I am LOVING the new L'Oreal nail polishes! The formula is awesome and they are coming out with some awesome new colors!


I wore this amazing combination yesterday with my cute skull shirt. The colors are all from Fyrinnae's new Samhain 2012 collection! "Mermaid Masquerade" on main lid and into lower lash line, "Sultry Samhain" in crease, and "Mischievous Sidhe" above crease and to blend. That awesome blue liner is "Peacock" smudge stick from Stila. The lasting power on this bad boy is incredible!



There you have some super random makeup, nails, and outfits from this week! How do you like the outfit pictures? Is this something you'd like to see more on Makeup Zombie? I'd love to show off outfits that are budget friendly AND for fluffier girls such as myself? Let me know what you think!

Happy Saturday my beautiful friends!