My Makeup Essentials

My favorite things! Oh and I have a LOT of favorites, but if I had to narrow it down to top 5...ok 6 makeup items that I had to have, these are it! 

• Chanel Vitalumiere in 40- Beige: my all time favorite foundation, it's light, dewy, has buildable coverage, and is natural looking. There is also an Aqua option for lighter coverage

• Butter London Cheeky cream blush in Ruby Murray: such a natural looking blush- comes from within almost. Buildable, long lasting, and all of their blushes are rich in color *imagine the look of flushed cheeks after sprinting a flight of stairs*

• Christian Dior Creme De Rose lip balm: soothing, creamy, plumping, and the aroma of rose is at perfect potency (notice the perfection of this balm...I'm obsessed)

• Kevyn Aucoin concealer pot in SX08: such a huge amount of product in these concealer pots, creamy, full coverage, and doesn't settle into fine lines (those would be my lil finger prints...a little goes a long way)

• Motives Perfecting face primer: I attribute the compliments I get on my skin to this lil number. Holds my makeup in place ALL day, lays down a velvet veil underneath my foundation, and feels like silk

• Shiseido eyelash curler: I can't live without it. Curls my lashes without denting them, doesn't pull or snag, and the curl is natural and lasts throughout the day

• (shown at the top- barely) BECCA shimmering skin perfector: if you mix this with your foundation each day, you'll notice people staring at your glowy dewy angelic face (shhhh it's a secret)

Ok that was technically 6 things, but if you sent me off to a deserted island these would be the things I hoarded away at the bottom of my satchel! That and a razor ;) 

Tell me what your makeup essentials are and I'll see you back here on Wednesday to chat all things wedding season! 

Have a beautiful day beauties!

xoxo- Jess

Staying young, raising a teenager, and giving back!

I'm raising a teenager guys! Pretty crazy right? My daughter is 17 years old. I have to say this over and over to people sometimes and I still can't believe it myself. Post coming soon on what it's like to have her go to college soon and my empty nesting! 

I get asked a lot about my skin care regime and lifestyle since I'm no longer in my 20's but still have 20 something skin (all hail the eye cream). I have a video on this that goes into detail about routines and the importance of drinking water and getting rest, but it's also genetic. Genes and lifestyle are the two main components I believe in skincare. Prevention prevention prevention!

Here are my current obsessions:

I was the face of this amazing campaign called the "ACURE pop up challenge" (see the whole series HERE) where I skipped around L.A. talking to strangers about skin care and if they knew what was really going on their skin and in their bodies. We talked to people of all ages at farmer's markets, at colleges, and from all walks of life. You'd be surprised how clueless we can all be when it comes to ingredients...yours truly included.

I fell in love with this company, what the brand stands for, and the story behind their products. If you love organic, all natural, and putting pure ingredients on your skin, hair, and eventually into your body, give this brand a try. 

Of course get your rest, drink a ton of water (I'm talking at least a gallon a day), be active, be well, be happy! And your skin, your body, your energy- will all reflect that. Follow my advice and your glowing skin will thank me later ;) And speaking of thanking (is that a word?), I want to thank all of you always supporting my work, and 10 of you personally - so I'm giving away TEN Acure Organics kits to the first 10 people to share this post on your social media! 

Have a beautiful week! See you later this week, right back here, to talk fad dieting, working out, and the other 'F' word....fruit. lol. More on that soon!

xoxo- Jess

***To enter into the ACURE giveaway, simply post a link to this post to your social media and share it, then screen grab it and email me at jessicalizamabusiness@gmail.com! First 10 to do so get a care package from yours truly! Thank you! <3***

Inspiration, goals, and 2015!!!

New year, new beginnings, new goals. We're all setting them so lets share what our goals are and any updates..... accountability is everything! So here are some goals of mine for this year and you can crack the whip on me if I slack up on one of them:

• 3 blog posts a week (alternating 6 of my most passionate topics)
• stick to it (anything and everything and this includes being active)
• family time (and me time, this is necessary and I should do more of this)
• a video a week on my YouTube channel and Beauty channel
• read more (20 minutes before bed each night)
• give time to my friends (dedicate time each week to empower another friend of mine)

So share with me what your goals are this year, if you have a blog, the name of it so I can check in with you, and where you draw the most inspiration. I'm inspired by different things every day and today it was my daughter coming home from school and asking me to paint with her. She inspires me to be creative. In the drawing world and even though I suck at it, she makes me feel so talented!

Updates: My app (in the app store and totally free!) is going through some awesome updates and new features are rolling out each month. Download it if you haven't and join our community of creatives! 

My home screen and this face 

 

Some of the content you'll see in the app

 

The login page, which will be changed to our logo, the Encourage, Empower, Inspire infinity circle

Hope to see you in the app and hearing your goals for this year! Have a beautiful week! 

xoxo- Jess

New Year new things

Happy new yeearrrr! Sorry for the lack of posts here but I like to post when I have something to say not just post to post. But I finally have words to say! Wahooo for getting over this sicky feeling, got the flu over NYE and still fighting it but I missed blogging so here I am. 

Onward with the new year, I love that each year NYE brings on new possibilities in the year to come, new goals to set and achieve, and new starts. It really does remind us though that any day we can start over, set new goals, or begin again. 

2014 was an incredible year. Probably one of the best I've had in a while. I accomplished a lot of things this year both personally and professionally. You all had something to do with that too, so thank you for coming back to check in on my posts, share in my videos, and participate on social media. This space can be overwhelming at times, but so rewarding when you think about what it is that we really do. 

I crossed some things off my bucket list this past year, held on to my courage, let go of some people in my life that were toxic to me, and strayed from my comfort zone which was a good thing. 

This year I resolve to blog at least twice a week, post on my beauty channel twice a week and on my main channel twice a week, whewww that's a lot of posts! But I can do it, just have to take focus from other projects and redirect them back to my own business. I also need to learn how to take a day to rest. Like really rest. From work, from working out (this too I started on the 1st, like a real plan that I'll stick to like for reals), and just let my well refill. We have to remember to do that especially being creatives, we get burnt out. A lot. 

So I hope your new year had a kick ass kick start, I hope this year is incredible for you, set goals, give yourself a break sometimes, and remember that each day is a new chance. 

All the hugs, 

Jess xoxoxo