Vero aka Queenbchronicles Photoshoot!

Vero's pictures are back and she looks gorgeous!!! I love how confident, beautiful, and just amazing she looks. I love her beautiful dress and hot heels. I wanted to post and let you take a look better than the dark photos my camera takes lol. Enjoy!

To see what I used on Vero visit here:

http://theoriginalqueenbmakeup.blogspot.com/2011/02/few-looks-featuring-vero-charlese.html

A few looks featuring Vero & Charlese!

My friends came over the other day, you know them as @veroqbc & @sociallyflyy on twitter to get Vero's makeup done for a photoshoot featuring @flixbda1. Vero was having it done for her website http://www.queenbchronicles.com and upcoming events.

I decided to keep her eyes light since she was pairing it with her red lip. She's gorgeous and doesn't need much makeup & plus since she was wearing a red lip. I will have to get her products she used to post here later but she looked great! After I was done, Charlese wanted hers done too and I was more than willing! I loveeee to do makeup and it's always nice to have people come by and just enjoy the time.... when I do have time lol. I wish I could do this more but it's hard to do when your doing graphics as well. I was just happy to have them happy and really enjoy the pigment colors in the sunlight.

I thought I would share some of these looks I put together quickly with a few shots. I might do both these looks for upcoming youtube tutorials too. I really like how they came out. I do wish my camera picked up these colors a lot better but.. what ya gonna do? lol anyways, I used Wet & Wild palettes on both girls with a combination of Heavenly Naturals. I think these two work so well together and are my favorite to work with just like these girls! :D Check it out and let know what you think!

Vero's Look:
I used the Terra Cotta color from the Greed Palette to smooth out the brow bone. Single eyeshadow Brulee for her brow highlight. Combination of the Dark blues in the Pride palette on the lower lashline. I did a mixture of purples from the Sugar Plum Fairy palette & the dark blues again in her outer v. Middle lid is Heavenly Naturals in Etheral. Tear ducts is the lightest creme in the Golden Goddess palette. Top lid tear duct is Heavenly Naturals Color in Opal right over that light cream in the tear ducts only to bring out that purple iridescence. Motives Dark Brown pencil top liner. HIP eyeliner in Blue Spark in the waterline. Jordana pencil in Coffee Bean to fill in her brows a bit. Heavenly Naturals Blush in Blushing 14. For concealer I used my wonderful Graftobian Hi-Def Glamour Creme to conceal under eye & balance skin tone. She doesn't use much liquid so I used a small dime sized drop of liquid Revlon Colorstay in True Beige with a MAC 187 for the photos & set with some of her Bare Escentuals Face Powder. Vero lipstick and liner were provided by her and I will fill in later!






Charlese's Look:
I used a mixture of Wet & Wild and HN again. I used the Terra Cotta color from the Greed Palette to smooth out the brow bone. I took the white from the Sugar Plum Fairy palette for her brow highlight. Heavenly Naturals in Opal on her brow bone over that Greed terra cotta color & blended over that crease and also in the tear ducts. Urban Decay 24/7 Zero liner in her waterline and blended out on her lower lashline. I used the silver from the Night Elf palette on her middle lid. To darken her crease & outer V I used the dark Grey from the Lust palette. In her crease to bring up the purple I took the purple from the Sugar Plum Fairy palette & also a tad of the sparkly dark burgundy. Heavenly Naturals Blush in Blushing 10. For concealer I used my wonderful Graftobian Hi-Def Glamour Creme to conceal under eye & balance skin tone. Lips just a tad of Graftobian Hi-Def LipColor super palette #88292 Nude.

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Wet & Wild New 3 Pan Trio Eyeshadow Palettes & Swatches!

Tulio has done it again lol he found the new 8 pan eyeshadow palettes & also picked up these new 3 pan eyeshadow palettes for me as well. I love that man!! He said it was a struggle but once you see them, get them!! I'm serious.. buy them because they are worth the price & the hunting you might need to do.

Each palette is set with 3 eyeshadows ranging in sparkle, lustre and matte. Each shadow is so pigmented you don't need much to make them go a long way. I can't even express how Wet & Wild has stepped up with the formulas on their eyeshadows. Out of all the drugstore eyeshadows I've tried.. I must say Wet & Wild has taken the cake. Not to say that there isn't great eyeshadows at the drugstore.. but these are the best by far. You get exceptional product for such a affordable price, you are almost shocked. I highly recommend these as well as the 6 & 8 palettes they sell. You really can't lose with any of these eyeshadow palettes.

Again, I recommend staying in touch with your local Walgreens. You can call and ask when shipments come in and most say that it takes up to 24 hrs for the product to hit shelves. Go ahead and ask and they will be happy to help! I also would try a Walgreens out of the way from busy areas, we go to one kind of in a quite neighborhood. Shout out to the Walgreens on Bird Ave in San Jose and the two Ladies who took the time to help search but didn't have. It's hard to find people willing to take the time to look these days. So thank you!!

Swatches & Eyeshadow Palettes

Spoiled brat is perfect for those nights out on the town. This trio is gorgeous and my favorite. The pink is so close in color to Ben Nye's "Azalea". The black sparkle eyeshadow is the perfect touch for a glitzy look.

Silent Treatment is beautiful in person!! the sparkly brown is beautiful in person and the brow bone color is perrrrfect to blend out any harsh line. The lid color is also great for a sexy day time lustre.

I Dream of Greenie is awesome for spring time! I can't wait to rock these greens and the sparkly lime green is my favorite out of the bunch. Pair this with a hot pink lip & you are set!

I'm Getting Sunburned is fantastic!! This is one of my favorites not cause of the beautiful deep sparkly brown or the lovely pink but of the GOLD!!! I LOVEEEE GOLD!!! Hahahaha This gold is so pigmented and paired up with a neapolitan color scheme. This is a must get!


I Got Good Jeans is for sure!! You can do a sexy smokey eye for those days out with friends shopping or take into night time to pair up with a sexy navy dress. This dark blue is worth spending the $3 dollars on this palette. I'm a sucker for all types of blues and it's gorgeous!!!


I wanted this palette as soon as I saw it. It was the one I was most looking forward too.. unfortunately the colors come off a bit sheer. They are very beautiful but this one was the only one you will need to pack on the color. Kinda sucky cause I was looking forward to these bright bold colors. The most pigmented is the blueish green and it's gorgeous. I will still rock this one, but was the least liked out of the bunch.

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Wet & Wild New 8 Pan Eyeshadow Palettes & Swatches!

Wet & Wild Cosmetics New 8 Pan Eyeshadow Palettes!!

I don't know about you but I was so excited to hear about the new 8 pan palettes from Wet & Wild. I've been using Wet & Wild for years! even dating myself with the 666 lip pencil my sisters and I always rocked, it was the perfect roseish pink brown. After loving the Holiday palettes I knew I had to search for these new 8 pan palettes.

Tulio the awesome man fiance' best friend ever found these for me after weeks of searching for them. He found the Holiday palettes for me too and I just love him for it! I appreciate him supporting my likes and shows he really listens. The lady told him that most Walgreens get shipments on Wed-Thursday and it usually takes up 24 hrs to put the delivery on the shelf. Just to let you guys know if you are also on the hunt!

I recommend these over and over and have been pleased with every color icon palette that Wet & Wild has come out with. Each shadow is incredible, affordable, so easy to blend and so pigmented. I don't know who they hired or who is doing the products for them now .. but these eyeshadows are amazing!! I have high end makeup and never touch it..these have definitely are a everyday thing for me now. The colors in the palette are so blendable and pigmented you don't even need a primer to make them show up. I can't even tell you how soft and little you need for them to show up. You will have these for a long time but if you use them as much as me ... lol you might need two of each. ;)

I took a few pictures of the packaging, the eyeshadows and swatches. (Swatches are over base, but does not effect the pigmentation at all)

This is my favorite palette. Quite surprising because I'm totally not a neutral person but these shadows are gorgeous! I wish my camera could pick up on the awesomeness cause this palette was worth the hunt. Tulio said this was his favorite as well. Most of these colors are dupes for MAC eyeshadows but I can say way better.. way... way better. Now I might be shot for saying that but I don't care. You barely have to touch these shadows to make them work.

This is my second favorite palette, I love these colors and I want to do some wedding looks featuring this palette. I'm getting married next year and our colors are purple and these colors are just soooo gorgeous and I can't wait to try this palette. I got them today and tomorrow I'm doing a look with them right away. I can't can't wait. I have so many ideas for this palette, and this is gorgeous to take from day time to night time in one palette. Wet & Wild really thought about the design of these eyeshadows and I'm quite impressed.

BLUES & TURQUOISE! my favorites!! I love this palette too. The turquoise is gorgeeeeeeeous! I love colors like this and I was so excited and this was the first palette I grabbed. Just seeing it in person just pops! I can't wait to use this one too and do a tutorial. I do have one thing to say.. I do wish there was more darker blues, because the third blue in from the left comes off a bit black. Other than that.. it's a gorgeous palette to use for a hot smokey night look.

I can't wait to do tutorials using these for YouTube, I hope you guys can find them at your local Walgreens to do the looks with me. They are worth the wait and search!! If you find all three, get them! you never know when you will see them again and you'll regret not pickin' up these awesome palettes. Remember to call your local Walgreens about shipments and some might put some aside for you if you ask? Happy Hunting!

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A Burgundy Valentine's Day Look

Happy Valentine's Day you guys!! I know people say "Boo Valentine's Day!! You should show people everyday you love them. blah blah blah" Yes.. we all know this. However, you should still just take the time to spend some extra extra love on a holiday for our loved ones. In the end it's all about love! so celebrate the people you love... we got a special holiday for it.

You should be supportive, loving, understanding, appreciative to the people you love everyday. Life is short and people you love can go with a simple breath. I've lost some family members last year and it has pushed me to value life even more and the people in it. I wish you all a happy holiday & even if you have no one.. spend some time loving yourself. <3

Happy Valentine's Day!


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What I used:
MAC Painterly Pot for base as always

Wet & Wild "Sugar Plum Fairy" palette (lavender-browbone/ purple-crease/ dark burgundy-crease)
Wet & Wild "Greed" palette (terra cotta/brow bone)
Wet & Wild "Lust" palette (purple/ brow bone crease)
Wet & Wild "Brulee" single eyeshadow (waterline)
Heavenly Naturals "Hummingbird" pigment (tear ducts)
Heavenly Naturals "Opal" pigment (brow bone)
Jesse's Girl "Rust" Pigment (lid & middle of lower lashline)
Jesse's Girl "Penny Arcade" Pigment (lower tear duct)
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in "zero" (waterline)

Cheeks:
Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Blushin 10"

Lips:
Revlon "Raisin Glaze"

Hot Pink Valentine's Day Look #1

HELLO!! I'm back with some color for ya'll! I will be doing a few more tutorials for Valentine's Day. I will be having some other choices in looks as well. I hope you enjoy this look & tutorial!

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What I used:

Base:
MAC Painterly Pot for base as always

Eyes:
Ben Nye "Azalea" Eyeshadow
ELF palette in "Silver Lining"
ELF palette in "Drama"
Wet & Wild "Lust" palette (dark sparkly pink)
Heavenly Naturals "Opal" pigment
Jesse's Girl "Pink Glitz" Pigment

Cheeks:
Wet & Wild Icon Blusher in "Heather Silk"

Lips:
Revlon "Fucshia 030"
N.Y.C "#557" lipgloss

Where the Heck.. I've been!

SORRY I've been M.I.A!!

I have been working like a mad woman and usually around this holiday time a lot of people are calling for flyers & advertising. I run a Graphic Design business with Tulio my fiance' and we do this in breaks while I'm not working on iPad books.

I've also had some hard family stuff come up and we are trying to be there for my Grandma as much as possible. I cannot fathom how she can feel right now, watching her friends die & then deal with her Dementia. She was just diagnosed and didn't take it well... then a few days later her best friend of years died. It was very emotional. It's a tough time, and honestly family is first.

I hope you guys can just hang in there.. I've been missing blogging & doing videos. I have one almost done & another I want to record, so hopefully this week you will be seeing something by me.

I really do hope you guys are all doing well & are in good health. Remember to tell the people you love.. that you love them. You really NEVER know when they will be gone..

Thank you for your letters, twitter messages & Facebook messages!

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MAC Delft, Blue Brown & Spiritualized Look (Recreation)

I have been meaning to recreate this for a YouTube tutorial for awhile now, but I recently got contacted by a few people who wanted to see this done. I appreciate the contact & requests so I just had to go ahead and find time to record this.

These past few days has been great getting back into the swing of things with the videos. I've been so busy working I haven't had the chance to upload. Look forward to a few more coming soon! also some great reviews on hair, and a brush roll!

I really hope you guys like what I'm doing and will continue to do more looks for you any time I have free! Thanks for the support and the comments!

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What I used:

Eyes:
MAC "Delft" paint pot
MAC "Spiritualized" pigment
MAC "Blue Brown" pigment
Heavenly Naturals "Soulful" pigment
Wet & wild "Golden Goddess" palette
Stila Eye Kajal "Onyx"

Cheeks:
HIP "Enamoured" creme blush
HIP "SPRY" creme blush

Lips:
Graftobian "Runway #88224" lip palette
MAC "Strange Potion" Lipglass

BOY! A Wolf's Tale by Unicorn Labs

As some of you know or don't know what I do for work. I am a Graphic Designer/Illustrator/ Animator. I run a company with my fiance' Tulio named Dataroom5 Design and I also am currently working for UnicornLabs.com. Most of you have noticed I haven't uploaded any videos as of late. I apologize but work always comes before play. I do makeup for fun, but Illustrating is my dream. I hope you understand. :)

I have written before on my blog that I illustrated a iPad/iPod/iPhone App called "Turtle and Rabbit's Amazing Race" a few months ago. Well the book went great and is a "(a perennial Top 20 iPad Book)" They wanted to start on another book right away featuring great illustrations again, with awesome sounds and a great moral story."BOY! A Wolf's Tale" was created and was recently approved by Apple! Note this isn't just for kids, it's fun for the whole family! It's a truely a great story.

I had a awesome time again designing this book and they say a artist shouldn't have favorites.. but this one was my favorite to design. I truly had fun with the different night camping scenes to the joking & the color spectrum I love it all. I hope you check it out, I put in some hard work on this bad boy.. and truly am proud of the little group we got over at Unicorn Labs. I'm very blessed to be around such creative people!

'BOY! A Wolf’s Tale' (BAWT) is a re-envisioning of the classic "Cry Wolf" tale, rendered as an amusement park ride and wrapped in an eBook.

"BOY!" - Once you hear it, you'll know. Beautifully told, as a rhyming story.

It's quirky, irreverent brain candy for your kids; a book that is specifically designed to be touched, played with and engaged at multiple levels.

Made for the entire family, BAWT is an original for a new medium, a re-envisioning of a timeless story about personal responsibility, consequences and redemption.

Check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Check out the video below for a short preview!




Features:
— “Read it to me” mode: The book is read to you by the narrator
— “I want to read it” mode: No narration, moderate ambient sounds
— Hand-drawn artwork that is specifically mastered for the iPad
— Touch the text box on any page to dismiss it from view. Touch again to restore
— Numerous hidden touch-activated surprises, animations and sounds
— An Easter Egg that you won’t soon forget

Tip: This Holiday Season, do something extra nice by “gifting” this book to someone that you care about. You can do this by clicking on the “Gift This App” tab (upper right corner on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch; upper left corner on your computer).

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A Holiday Look feat. Wet & Wild Cosmetics

I have been dying to use my new Wet & Wild Holiday palettes but since I've been working so much I haven't had the chance. This past weekend my family wanted to go get our Christmas tree and I wanted a cute holiday look to wear out.

I pulled out "Night Elf & Snow Sprite" which were the two I wanted to use the most. I have a thing for dramatic looks ;) Anyway, I loved how this came out, it was super Christmasssy and Tulio loved the red lip. The crease and red didn't come out to harsh so I think anyone can really rock this look. It's a very sexy smokey eye and the Green/Brown eyeshadow in the "Night Elf" palette is a awesome dupe for MAC's Club eyeshadow. I might even think it's better. I barely have to touch it to pick it up on my brush.

I've been loving Wet & Wild lately, and I think more people need to give them a chance again. Seriously, I think it's catching on cause people have trouble finding these holiday palettes all over the place!! I hope they continue to come out with holiday palettes, I have been loving the colors and who needs MAC when you have something way affordable and more pigmented!!

Let me know what you think! Thank you! Happy Holidays to you!

What I used:

Eyes:
Primer- MAC "Painterly Pot"
Wet & Wild Holiday Palette in "Night Elf"
- Red (Lid)
- Bronze/Gold (Brow Bone)
- Green & Brown Duo Tone (Crease Area)
- Sparkly Black (Crease)
- Sparkly Creme (Placed lightly over the highlight)
Wet & Wild Holiday Palette in "Snow Sprite"
- Lime Green (Inner Lower lashline)
- Dark Green (Outer Lower lashline)
Wet & Wild single eyeshadow in "Brulee/Creme Brulee" (Highlight)
Prestige Eyeliner in "Dark Green" (Waterline)
NYX "Gold Glitter" (Lower lashline/tear duct area)

Blush:
Wet & Wild Blusher in "Berry Shimmer" (Cheeks & Contour)

Lips:
Wet & Wild Lipstick "911D"





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Love Story Collection by Heavenly Natural Beauty (Review & Swatches)

Wearing: Heavenly Natural Beauty "Love Story" collection pigments in "Kisses, Nectar, Romance, Flush, & Kiss and Tell". "Blushing 10" on cheeks, Revlon "Fushia" lipstick & NYX "Gold Pink" Lipgloss on top.

UGH! I can't wait to get a better camera. I say this because the photos clearly don't show the beauty of each of these pigments. I really can't wait to show the real colors in a YouTube tutorial. I couldn't wait to try this gorgeous collection once Rene' told me about it and I was honored for her to send me both parts for review and swatches. She also said to always provide a honest review since it's great to hear feed back. I love that because constructive criticism makes people grow.

You will probably see me doing a lot more YouTube tutorials coming up in the future using these. I know not everyone has these, but seriously once I find a product I love & is easy to use.. I use it often. I always rave about Heavenly Naturals since I found the company a few years ago. I'm always impressed with Rene's pigments and affordability. I'm always the kind of girl who wants more for less and really when I drop $50 dollars I get amazing amount of products.

I was still loving her latest collections (Peacock & Iridescence) Look forward to tuts with those too! This new collection is just as worth it. Each color is so gorgeous and original. It's not flat like some colors you can buy. Flat colors are great but I love original multi-dimensional pigments. Take for instance "Captured", when I first saw the color in the jar it looks GREEN! but really it comes off green-purple and is amazzzzing!! Tulio loves color just as much as I do, since we are both artists and he loves to paint. I love to show him pigments when they come in to compare. Each time he always says "Rene's pigments are the best colors you've got" and he's right. Seriously.. awesome product and originality. That means a lot in a market with all the same products.

I really can't say anything bad about these pigments. Each jar comes individually plastic wrapped for safety. There is a stiffer and sticker stopper on the stiffer to stop fallout. Jars are clear to see each pigment color clearly. She also placed the name & ingredients on each of the jar lids. There isn't any mattes in this collection, and I figured so with the name being "Love Story" .. you gotta have glittery colors! Each color is extremely blendable and easy to apply. You won't have any issue pairing up any of these colors together. As you can see from a few of my looks posted I combined each parts of the collections and they look amazing! you can really come up with some awesome color combos, just as original as her pigments.

I highly suggest you check out these collections and her previous collections to this for the Holiday's. They are affordable, long lasting, original, amazing and you get tons of product even in the samples!

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Wearing: Heavenly Natural Beauty "Love Story" collection pigments in "Giggles, Nectar, Kiss n Tell & Kisses". "Blushing 10" on cheeks, Wet & Wild "903c" & Graftobian Lip palette in "Kiss me & Nude"


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