Musings of a City Girl

Last week I was interviewed by Victoria Kirby from Makeup.com.  Click to view the post:  Behind the Vlog: 5 Questions for DRBrooklyn730′s Cindy Diaz.

Glossy Kissez,

DRB

Check me out on page 56

Just wanted to let you know that I am in the November issue of Seventeen magazine. Thank you for watching my videos and making this a possibility! Elle aka AllThatGlitters21 is also featured in the article titled “shake up your makeup!” It is all about having fun with color.

The shoot was fun as always. We had to pack on the cheek color to really get it to stand out in the photograph. I was looking cah-razy, but you need a heavy hand for a camera to pick up blush.

The issue, with Kristen Stewart as the cover-girl, is scheduled to hit newsstands on October 20th, 2009.

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

My failed attempt at showing what my hair looks like. Towards the end it looks more like what it looks like in person, but it looks even lighter than that.

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

Note: I am not changing my haircare regimen. I was using a deep conditioner (my UANS Intensive Reconstructor) once a week and will continue that routine. My hair was color treated before and is color treated now.

I have done many tutorials where I apply many eye shadows on my eyes but the truth is that I wear very little makeup on an everyday basis. I wear the bare minimum:

• Foundation (sometimes lol) – lately I wear either MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Plus or Make Up For Ever Face & Body Liquid Makeup in #32 that I set with Make Up Forever’s HD Powder.
• Cheeks – some blush, whatever I’m feeling that day, I don’t have a favorite at the moment, or bronzer in Laguna by NARS.
• Brows – I fill them in with my Shiseido The Makeup Eye Brow Pencil in #2 Deep Brown
• Lashes – I wear my Covergirl Lash Blast mascara in Very Black.
• Lips - I use Rosebud Salve. I am wearing lipstick and lipgloss more often. It’s summer so I am wearing a lot of coral colors like Ravishing and Costa Chic lipsticks by MAC.

It sounds like I wear a lot of makeup after typing this up lol. But it doesn’t appear that way at all when you see me. It just looks like a polished version of me.

What is your everyday makeup?

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

August issue of Seventeen

I’m so excited to tell you that I am in the August issue of Seventeen magazine! This would not have been possible without all of your wonderful support so thank you!

I am part of their Beauty Smarties project. They found 10 real girls on YouTube and we will be creating exclusive videos for them on their website. You can check my video on how to get flawless summer skin on their website. While you’re there you can also check out a behind the scenes video of a photo shoot that four of the Beauty Smarties (including me yay!) took part in this spring in New York.

Many of my viewers raved about the makeup I wore in my Top  10 eye shadow video, that was the makeup from the photo shoot, I did not want to take it off when the shoot was done lol.

It was an amazing experience. I would like to thank everyone who made that day great and made me look fab: Meredith from Seventeen, Kelli from Seventeen, Bradley who did my hair, Keiko who did my makeup, Ana who fixed my nails, Sarra Fleur the photographer, the stylist and everyone else who made it happen.

So you may be wondering why I am including music in my blog.

There are 3 reasons:

1. In a fashion show its not just about the clothes, the shoes, the accessories, the makeup and the hair. There is also music. Its the soundtrack. Its the context. They all have to click.
2. YouTube won’t let me put music in my videos so I need some place to share my favorite jams.
3. Its my prerogative.

And speaking of my prerogative check out one of my favorite songs. I have to throw it down in the club when this comes on. Its a throwback (hint: its a song by a group sanz Bobby Brown). (more…)

The shoe equivalent of my MAC addiction would be Steve Madden. I love their large selection of shoes that are stylish and are great quality. From embellishments to brights to basics Steve Madden always has me covered.

The shoes I’ve been musing on recently:

Raccer

With so many gold accessories I need a pair of gold sandals for nights out in the city. The platforms on these sandals make the heels a lot more comfortable.

Soya

The zipper detailing on these sandals make these sandals stand out.

Tayla

I love anything with ankle straps so these shoes landed on my wish list right away. Sexy!

View a snippet of my collection: (more…)

MAC’s Naked Honey Collection hits counters next week (June 11th, 2009). From the poll posted earlier in the week, it seems like this is the collection everyone is excited about the most. A couple of things have caught my eye.

I have been listening to Kanye West‘s 808s and Heartbreak album since it was released last November. Say what you want about his ego but Kanye is one of the most creative artists out there right now. Definitely an inspiration, and have I told you guys that this album is the story of my life yet? lol. Well sort of.

Anyway, if you haven’t figured it out by now, Rihanna is one of my makeup inspirations. Her makeup artist Mylah Morales can beat a face (no Chris Brown jokes please).

So when I found out Rihanna was going to appear in Kanye’s “Paranoid” video, you know I was hype. Check out the video after the jump. (more…)