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Houston, Texas, United States

Friday, January 28, 2011

2011 Golden Globes Sofia Vergara Inspired Makeup

I had the pleasure of meeting Sofia Vergara sometime around 2000/2001. She was along with Harry Gainer, and Adriana Lavat, the host of a TV show titled "A Que No Te Atreves" that aired on Univision.

She was splendid and had a natural talent and incredibly friendly with the guests and audience members.  Yes, and your truly appeared on the show, dressed up as a cavewoman!

Her dress at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards was a total hit. It was absolutely sensational.  It cried out I'm LATINA!
Thanks sofia for empowering Latinas showing us that language has no barries and borders.  She has been able to dominate the English language and embraced her accent.  It's what gives her sex appeal apart from all her wonderful assets! Here is a tutorial on how to achieve this sexy Latina look!







LANCOME Coral Crush All in one Design Palette


Thanks for "washing" Gracias muah! J Zubire The Mexican Makeup Artist

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Jennifer Lopez 2011 Golden Globes

Ive been a fan of J-Lo since her inception.  I've always loved her amazing makeup.  I remember watching her "aint it funny" Video. I remember sporting this exact look back in 2001, the look as she opens the door.

Click here for Aint it funny video

I was totally captivated by the makeup of this entire video.  Since then I have followed her and her music videos.

Do you remember that incredibly amazing smokey and nude lips she sported on the video with LL cool J. I do!

Or that awsome glo on the I'm real vid! Did you know tha Jonathan Barnes was the creater of the J-Lo Glow. Yes he was the mad scientist (makeup artist) that created the coveted and signature look for Ms. Lopez.

The awards are in full swing and Jennifer Lopez managed to captivate me again with her amazing look from the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Here Is a video of the recreated red carpet look.







Here are some still Pictures of the recreated look.

Thanks Everyone..... J Zubire "The Mexican Makeup Artist"

Friday, January 7, 2011

J's Top 10 Makeup Habits to Leave in 2010

So here is my top 10 list of bad habits to ditch!
1. Skipping the Gym!
Apart from making you feel good, exercise as we all know increases blood flow to the skin.  Voila you get a super healthy looking flushed look on your face! Since exercise decreases stress and tension it reduces cortisol levels which reduces the acne and skin aggravations that are caused by being super frazzled!

Which leads me to number...

2. Eating Junk Food
The old adage "you are what you eat" has definitely been proven.  According to the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology , High glycemic foods and processed carbs lead to more breakouts and stimulate oil producing hormones.  So ditch the chips and sodas and stick to healthy snacks suck as nuts, raw veggies, peanut butter and fruits.  Follow @ToscaReno @AmyLeeMartin @Jamie_Eason on twitter for great tips on eating healthy!

3. Don't drink too much!
Yes I know I'm taking all the fun out but if you must drink have a glass of red wine which is packed with antioxidants and artery scrubbing flavonoids (see Blue Zone) I Love the book by Dan Buetnner that discovers how centenarians are able to live so long.  On the other hand drink too much increases inflammation and can lead to skin sagging over time.

4.Not washing your face at night!
Did you know that if you sleep in your makeup you age 7 days? Congrats you are now seven days older than you were the day before. Leaving your makeup on clogs pores and leaving all the sweat and daily grind junk and oil causes free radical damage to increase.  Another reason is that skin repairs itself at nite hence the ageing when you leave it on. Finally, it creates a breeding ground for bacteria, eww grossies!

Which leads me to number...

5 Not washing you makeup Brushes
Dirty makeup brushes are GROSSIES!!! They transfer old makeup, germs, and bacteria each time you use them and who wants that on their skin. Dirty makeup brushes prevent a flawless application so for a younger looking you keep those darn brushes clean!

6. Neglecting You Eyes!
The skin around our eyes is thinner than the skin in any other part of our body, add constant rubbing and pulling and you are sure to start seeing signs of aging.  So number 1) Stop Rubbing your Eyes, 2) use a daily eye cream in the A.M. and Before bed. I use Arbonne's Intelligence line Daily Eye Cream. 3) Stop waxing, waxing pulls the skin and causes trauma to the skin around the eye, opt for tweezing or threading which is less traumatic on the skin.

7. Matching your makeup to your outfit
Yes, I have said this one too many please don't match your makeup to your clothes.  This makes you look dated and old. Instead try this if you are wearing an over the top outfit with lots of bright colors and bling try a soft neutral palette and enhance the drama on your makeup with liquid liner and some "wow" falsies.  If you are going for a little black dress or neutral colors play up your eyes with a purple smokey or do a vintage look with hot red lips and ultra thick liner.

8. Playing up 1 feature not all of them
If your going ultra dramatic in the eyes play down your lip color and if you have soft natural colors on your eyes then tweak up you look with red, orange or hot pink lips! Do one or the other but please don't do both.

9. Bleeding red Lips
So if you decided to play your lips up select a color staying rouge.  Try MAC Prolong Wear Lip Cream in Prolong, Perpetual Flame or Extended Play or MAC Prolong wear Lipcolour in Passion Preserved. Remember to line your lips with a lip liner and gently trace the outside of your lips with powder to keep it from feathering.

And Finally....

10. Baked to the MAX
Using bronzers is a great way to make you look young and dewey but use too much and people are FAUX sure to tell its caked on #FAIL.  Go easy on bronzers and choose one that is for your skin tone all bronzers are not made equal.  choose one too dark and you look muddy, too orange HELLO Oompa Loopma and to gold and well you'll be Goldmember from Austin Powers.  2-3 shades darker than your skin color is a good practice and use it on your hollows of your cheeks, jawline, nose chin and forehead lightly. The key is to looked a little sunkissed not total bake!

So practice good habits in 2011 everyone.... Happy New Years with Love J Zubire The Makeup Artist

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

OMG WTF? Happened to my Hair!!

Here is a story of my debacle with my last hair Job!

Thursday 10am my appointment at salon to get my roots redone!(this is the Thursday before the Kentucky Pro Show)

I sit there for nearly 4 hours and after its done and washed out the lady I look at my hair my pink hair is orange and the black natural color is CHEETAH PRINT! What the F!!! 2:00pm

I was devastated!. My signature look for the last 4 years and it was ruined! As many of you know I have sported the Hot Flamingo Pink for so long its become who I am and I even started texting and polling friends and clients last year about what color they think I should change it to but everyone voted to leave my pinkness in so I opted for new haircuts/hairstyles!

After crying on the phone to my wonderful boyfriend and blaming him for making me go to this appointment he contacted his sisters and they referred me to LILLY's Hair Designers (Houston TX).

Lilly the salon owner took a look at my hair and yes brutally honest told me it was a hot mess and it was very over processed the bleach the other salon used had severely over processed and "COOKED/FRIED" my hair.

Those of you that know me my hair is never fried looking.

I sat in the chair from 3:30 to 8pm where Luz a SR. Stylist carefully color corrected and recolored my hair. WOW! The process took so long because they had to be careful to lift different areas at different time intervals in order not cause any more damage than what was expected.

Yes my hair on the ends were a gooey over processed mess but they managed to restore the color!

So after a great blow out and great organic products my hair looked like it had not endured so much.

MY First WASH......
After my first wash my hair felt gummy again and kept breaking so I googled hair treatments. I stumbled upon Sephora and they had the best reviews of OJON www.Sephora.com/Ojon


after much reading and a trip to visit my friends at the Sephora Counter and countless questions they recommended I purchase the 4.6 jar which includes a jar and is more product for your money!

I tried it and I can saw it did restore my hair and has definitely made a difference. It claims a 52% improvement I give it a 30% on first use and the more you use it the higher the improvement becomes so yes I think my hair is 60% better than on the day of my hair debacle!

Watch my how to video and tips on this amazing product that saved my hairtastrophe!