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Speaker 1: I see because hi, madam, I am a big fan
Speaker 1: of cosmetics. I'm a big fan of makeup. I'm a
Speaker 1: big fan of beauty. I'm a big fan of all
Speaker 1: those things. Anything that can make your self esteem higher,
Speaker 1: that can make you feel better. They can enhance what
Speaker 1: you naturally already have. There's so many things that you
Speaker 1: can do to enhance your face, your features, your skin
Speaker 1: without having to go to cosmetic surgery. And that is
Speaker 1: the beauty of makeup right and makeup not only can
Speaker 1: obviously make you look natural for those that like you
Speaker 1: know that natural look. Me, I'm a little bit more,
Speaker 1: we'll get dragging. I feel like Domino Dodo. I want
Speaker 1: the lastes. I want that because it's supposed to be fun.
Speaker 1: You're supposed to have fun. I like to experiment. Sometimes
Speaker 1: I want to be classy, sometimes I want to be extra,
Speaker 1: sometimes I want to be bogie. There's always new trends
Speaker 1: when it comes to makeup, even though that I feel
Speaker 1: that at this point we've already tried it all, but
Speaker 1: funny enough, there's always new things to try when it
Speaker 1: comes to that. Anyways, long story, store men Ganta that
Speaker 1: we're always inviting the Latin ex community to come in
Speaker 1: and show them love because we're one big We're one
Speaker 1: big community, all different but all the same at the
Speaker 1: same time. He's an amazing makeup artist. He's worked with
Speaker 1: artists like Drake, Kanye West, everybody sore, the Kardashians, Maria
Speaker 1: Carrey l the one and only Missus b Missus Bonce.
Speaker 1: She honestly, he has worked with the best of the best,
Speaker 1: and obviously in order to work in that like like
Speaker 1: that level is not only just about the way that
Speaker 1: you work as far as your art is concerned, is
Speaker 1: also about your discipline, your professionalism. Tolomas and I just
Speaker 1: want him himself to come in and tell me about
Speaker 1: his experiences, what got him started the best and the
Speaker 1: worst of the celebrities. I want to know it all. Anyway,
Speaker 1: how are you, my love, how did you get here
Speaker 1: or how are your beginnings?
Speaker 2: Okay, Lays meet up. My dad smells Salvador. And then
Speaker 2: my mom is from Mexico and I was born in Mexico.
Speaker 2: But for some reason, when my mom was pregnant me,
Speaker 2: she went back to Mexico. Okay, so that's why I
Speaker 2: was born there, and then they decided to come back.
Speaker 2: So I grew up in the US. It was a
Speaker 2: very tough time for me growing up because I had
Speaker 2: to adjust and you know, my parents were very, very lying,
Speaker 2: very very you know, their culture was very traditional. Yes,
Speaker 2: in our family. So I had a hard time learning English,
Speaker 2: and I remember as a kid, I was always struggling
Speaker 2: and I was like, I'm going to learn English and
Speaker 2: I'm gonna and I I've always been like this since
Speaker 2: I was a kid. I'm like, you can't tell me,
Speaker 2: I'm not going to this because I'm gonna go do it.
Speaker 1: What signer are you?
Speaker 2: By the way, libra?
Speaker 1: No? What day? October seventh, October fourth libra gang gangang?
Speaker 2: Oh my god. Yes, I love.
Speaker 1: Peace in love to the universe. We're very artistic by nature.
Speaker 1: I love that I understand coming from a very you know,
Speaker 1: traditional household, and I love that you hit that point
Speaker 1: when it comes to even our language at home, you
Speaker 1: only spoke Spanish. I'm guessing, yes, how was it?
Speaker 2: It was interesting because you know, my dad obviously spoke
Speaker 2: a lot of you know, from like the dialect from
Speaker 2: Al Salvador. Then my mom with her from Mexico, so
Speaker 2: it was a little confusing. So even now, when I grew,
Speaker 2: you know, speak Spanish, I get a little bit like
Speaker 2: tongue tied sometimes, Okay, And I'll be honest with you too.
Speaker 2: You know, my families, for some reason, there's this like
Speaker 2: really weird disconnect between l Salvador and Mexico. So I
Speaker 2: was always struggling with my dad said of the family,
Speaker 2: and my mom said, like it was always a little
Speaker 2: bit of like a rif. I loved all my families,
Speaker 2: so I still had to you know, be around. But
Speaker 2: it was definitely interesting growing up.
Speaker 1: With Yeah, but the way the way that and that's
Speaker 1: why for a lot of you know, our English listeners,
Speaker 1: they they see us, okay, so you're Latin in their mind.
Speaker 1: They any occasions they just see like Mexicans or maybe
Speaker 1: like if you're in New York or the Dominicans. But
Speaker 1: the Latino community is so big, like there is so
Speaker 1: it's so diverse, and every country has their own terminologies
Speaker 1: on how to say things a different accent, and I
Speaker 1: get how it can be confusing, but oh for sure.
Speaker 1: But here's my thing though, if you come from such
Speaker 1: a traditional household, how did you tell them, oh, by
Speaker 1: the way, I want to do makeup like this is
Speaker 1: my thing? Was that really hard?
Speaker 2: It was very hard because my parents, you know, especially
Speaker 2: around that time, makeup was not a thing. It was
Speaker 2: like you you know, like we came to this country
Speaker 2: so that you can have a better life, and they
Speaker 2: were hoping that I would expire and I'll be When
Speaker 2: I was a kid, I thought it was even architect
Speaker 2: Like I was very interested in building and designing, and
Speaker 2: like I was always drawing and sketching things that were
Speaker 2: not nowhere near like makeup related, right, So my mom
Speaker 2: thought I naturally had an inclinician to go to that direction.
Speaker 2: But you know, it just my destiny was in makeup.
Speaker 2: So when I was in high school, I was like
Speaker 2: playing with my friends purchase and their makeup, and I
Speaker 2: was like I always doing stuff and I just loved it.
Speaker 2: I knew that was something there for me, and so
Speaker 2: I went to beaut school and my mom was really
Speaker 2: fighting me around the time. She was like, you know,
Speaker 2: I will pay for you to go to different college
Speaker 2: and go back to school. And I was like, no,
Speaker 2: like I'm already in this. I feel like I'm already
Speaker 2: hited in a direction. But you know now, it's like
Speaker 2: I I I always knew I was going to go somewhere.
Speaker 2: I just didn't know what right right, Like I felt
Speaker 2: I scared it is gonna. I don't mean to sound
Speaker 2: like crazy, but you know, deep downe Is said, I
Speaker 2: knew how to purpose that I had it. It was more
Speaker 2: purposeful rather than like ambition or like successful. I was like,
Speaker 2: I just have them and it's my calling? Is there? So?
Speaker 1: I mean, I've always said that some people are born
Speaker 1: knowing what their purpose is in life, and others have
Speaker 1: to go through different experiences in life to kind of
Speaker 1: find her path. And that's okay too, But some of
Speaker 1: us just naturally know from an early age, like I
Speaker 1: don't know, you're not Ago, I don't know what it is,
Speaker 1: but he is in there, right, So I love that
Speaker 1: you were able to find that. And even being an
Speaker 1: architect or whatever, there's still art in that. So art
Speaker 1: was definitely there in your veins from a very early age.
Speaker 1: Was it hard you know?
Speaker 2: Or?
Speaker 1: Rather better? I want to know for those that may
Speaker 1: be struggling and not know how to how did you
Speaker 1: decide to tell your father, your mother ja, I want
Speaker 1: to do makeup like because usually and we're already know
Speaker 1: the stereotypes of the machistas, you know, the very macho
Speaker 1: in our countries. You know, a man doing makeup? No right?
Speaker 1: So how was it for you?
Speaker 2: For me? Honestly, I never to be honest with you.
Speaker 2: I never got to tell my dad. My dad, he
Speaker 2: kind of found out about my direction in life when
Speaker 2: I came out.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then how was that?
Speaker 2: It was not good, you know, but my dad eventually
Speaker 2: we made you know, we came together and we made
Speaker 2: it a peace. But he wasn't really happy with a
Speaker 2: lot of stuff. But I'll tell you one, maybe three
Speaker 2: years before my dad passed away, I went to Al
Speaker 2: Salvador and I had never been to Alfalvadors and at
Speaker 2: that time I already worked with Goria Trevi and my
Speaker 2: family found out an Al Salvador and when I got there,
Speaker 2: they were like, oh my god, you should be so
Speaker 2: proud of your son. He's doing the thing, you know,
Speaker 2: and blah blah blah. I think that kind of gave
Speaker 2: my dad like a little bit of I guess peace
Speaker 2: and saying you know what, Okay, it wasn't the choice
Speaker 2: that I wanted for him, but he he's doing something
Speaker 2: with it, and my family is part of him. So
Speaker 2: it helped. And I think for a while he was
Speaker 2: very disappointed that I went in there rot. But my
Speaker 2: mom was ready. After you know, I finished Peedy school.
Speaker 2: She was supportive and you know, she was my mom,
Speaker 2: so she and she was my best friend, so she
Speaker 2: couldn't help but to you know, just let me go
Speaker 2: with my flow. But you know, it took some time
Speaker 2: for sure with both of them. Right.
Speaker 1: I also saw something that I thought was very inspirational
Speaker 1: because been there, done that for those that are just
Speaker 1: new to exactly Amada, I've spoken about it in the past.
Speaker 1: At one point in life, I was in the peak
Speaker 1: of my career. I trusted the wrong person financially. He
Speaker 1: used to me, know, administrate all my money. I was
Speaker 1: also romantically involved with this person, so when things didn't
Speaker 1: turn out to be good, he kicked out. My mom
Speaker 1: kicked me out, and I ended up being homeless and
Speaker 1: living in my car for like three months. And it
Speaker 1: may not seem like a long time, but for a woman,
Speaker 1: you know, a very bodied woman as well, to be
Speaker 1: living in your car, you know, bathing in the bathrooms
Speaker 1: of the Walmart and McDonald's, and it was very difficult.
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to ask for help because I
Speaker 1: was embarrassed and just things were hard, right, So I
Speaker 1: understand what it feels like to be homeless. And a
Speaker 1: lot of times people may be like, but you're talented,
Speaker 1: but you're pretty you can find yourself a man. You
Speaker 1: could have done this, you could have done that. Da
Speaker 1: da da. Sometimes it's not like that. So can you
Speaker 1: talk about because I heard that at one point you
Speaker 1: were homeless as well, how was that experience for you?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, That's what I was saying earlier, is
Speaker 2: that I always knew I had to do something, and
Speaker 2: I was like, I'm gonna have to do it. I
Speaker 2: remember at the time because I lived in Sammardino and
Speaker 2: some Maridino was about an hour and change from LA
Speaker 2: but if there's traffic, it could be a three hour drive.
Speaker 2: So I was like, you know what, let me just
Speaker 2: sleep there in my car. So, you know, because I
Speaker 2: was getting jobs, but it wasn't enough even a hotel
Speaker 2: sometimes because you know, it was getting expensive in LA.
Speaker 2: So for me, I was like, you know, the best
Speaker 2: bay is just for me to live in a car
Speaker 2: until I can really get my feet grounded in the
Speaker 2: city and really build a clientele of where I can
Speaker 2: afford to. But I also knew it and I went
Speaker 2: through some really crazy experiences when I was living in
Speaker 2: a car, like you know, but I knew at the
Speaker 2: same time that that was part of the process because
Speaker 2: I'm very spiritual, you know, but I'm like, I'm trusting
Speaker 2: in you that this is something that you're allowing to happen,
Speaker 2: you know. And yeah, to me, I was almost like
Speaker 2: I felt like I knew I was paying my dues.
Speaker 2: I know I was meant to, you know, sacrifice some
Speaker 2: things in order to be where I wanted to be,
Speaker 2: because if I didn't do it, my family was never
Speaker 2: I felt like my family was always going to be
Speaker 2: like a little you know, treading very carefully and making
Speaker 2: sure that we're always have some type of comfort zone
Speaker 2: and always like, in order for me to get there,
Speaker 2: I know, I have to completely like leave my life,
Speaker 2: like I I'm believing almost my past behind. And I
Speaker 2: felt that and I was right, because now I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 2: had I'm not done that, I probably would have been
Speaker 2: stuck in a makeup counter, you know, or somewhere in Sambordino,
Speaker 2: and I would have never taken the chance.
Speaker 1: And you know what, I'm glad that you're talking about
Speaker 1: that because in many occasions, a lot of people want
Speaker 1: to like I have a dream, I want to do this,
Speaker 1: I want to do that, but you're not willing to sacrifice.
Speaker 1: You're not willing to risk and the only way you
Speaker 1: can really achieve your goals and dreams. There's some part
Speaker 1: of your life that you're going to have to sacrifice,
Speaker 1: whether it's time with your family, you know, going out, money,
Speaker 1: eating out, whatever it is. People who have succeeded in
Speaker 1: life had had to sacrifice something. And sometimes when you
Speaker 1: believe so much in yourself, when you believe in your vision,
Speaker 1: when you believe in yourself, when you see that in
Speaker 1: your mind that nobody else can see, you're willing to
Speaker 1: sacrifice every single bit of your being for that vision
Speaker 1: that you have inside. That is so important that you
Speaker 1: talked about it, because now you have you have reached
Speaker 1: the top of the top of the top. So obviously
Speaker 1: you know my platform. I always like to encourage and
Speaker 1: motivate the Latino community. How do you think that being
Speaker 1: latin has played a you know, a part in the
Speaker 1: makeup industry in your career. Has it been beneficial for
Speaker 1: your career or did you find any like, you know,
Speaker 1: roadblocks in the way.
Speaker 2: I will say in the beginning, it was very tough.
Speaker 2: There was not a lot of Latinos. I don't know.
Speaker 2: I actually I don't even think there was Latinos like
Speaker 2: that in the rooms and in the places where I
Speaker 2: was trying to go, especially like you know, this is
Speaker 2: pre like Instagram era. You had to have a portfolio,
Speaker 2: you had to have an agent, and I would, you know,
Speaker 2: I would go to the agencies. And even though clients
Speaker 2: and people are remember like, you're so good, You're going
Speaker 2: to do this, You're going to do that. One day
Speaker 2: I was like, well, how come nobody's responding to me.
Speaker 2: I'm like, am I not dressing right? Hey? Like what
Speaker 2: is the reason? You know? Thank god I stuck it out.
Speaker 2: And then when the Instagram era came around, then I
Speaker 2: really feel like that's what kind of gave me the
Speaker 2: opportunity to showcase what I was doing. But I feel
Speaker 2: like now it's not so much maybe that it helps.
Speaker 2: I just think people are more open to allowing other
Speaker 2: cultures and other you know, people in their space, and
Speaker 2: because they realize it's very beneficial because you're like, this person,
Speaker 2: this has something to bring to the table that not
Speaker 2: everybody or the norm of what we were seeing.
Speaker 1: Do you think that the Latino community in the makeup
Speaker 1: or the beauty industry supports as much as other cultures.
Speaker 1: I don't know, let's hear about it. Let's hear about it.
Speaker 2: No, okay, I'll tell you what it is. I think
Speaker 2: for a while and I'm praying, and I feel like,
Speaker 2: maybe you're people starting to realize that, especially in the
Speaker 2: beginning of this era of the makeup like Instagram influencer era,
Speaker 2: people are very competitive. So it was like, who's going
Speaker 2: to be the top Latino influencer because you know, they
Speaker 2: allow only so many opportunities to so many people, or
Speaker 2: you know, brands only approach so many people. So I
Speaker 2: realized there was a competition, competition, but I wasn't trying
Speaker 2: to be in competition with anybody but myself, right, And
Speaker 2: also I'm trying to be a professional artist. I wasn't.
Speaker 2: I really did, wasn't trying to compete with anyone because
Speaker 2: I know that you in order to do something, you
Speaker 2: have to be fully focused on it. Either you're an
Speaker 2: influencer and that is your life, or you're a makeup
Speaker 2: artist and that is your life, because it's a lot
Speaker 2: of time and effort that goes into it. So I
Speaker 2: was like, I want to be, you know, working with
Speaker 2: these people, and I was focused on that. But I
Speaker 2: just feel like for the law or for a while,
Speaker 2: you know who's going to be doing who's gonna be
Speaker 2: doing this? But now I think I see a shift
Speaker 2: where we were like, oh, there's enough pie to go
Speaker 2: around for everyone, and everybody can have their own space
Speaker 2: and still be you know, flourishing.
Speaker 1: Right. I agree, And I think it's also important to
Speaker 1: support each other. Have you had like a really good
Speaker 1: mentor or someone that has been like, let me take
Speaker 1: you under my wing. Either you out then let me
Speaker 1: open these doors for you, or do you feel because
Speaker 1: I feel like every the street there's a little bit
Speaker 1: of cattiness like now, you know, especially if they see
Speaker 1: you doing good and they yeah, but there's other places
Speaker 1: where they're like, you know what, you're really talented. Let
Speaker 1: me bring you under my wing and then how are
Speaker 1: you got there? Let me open doors for you?
Speaker 2: Uh? You know. I have like, I'm very good friends
Speaker 2: with Anastasia. I don't remember the beauty A specifically Hills.
Speaker 2: She has been an incredible mentres since I met her.
Speaker 2: I think I probably maybe like six seven years she's
Speaker 2: been like that with me. You know, she's taking me places.
Speaker 2: She's like I'm going to this event, come with me,
Speaker 2: and she's just like my Grandma, you know. And then
Speaker 2: I'm really good friends with Patrick Starr two and he's
Speaker 2: been incredible because he's giving me a lot of marketing
Speaker 2: advice and just beautiful, like, you know, insight on how
Speaker 2: to build your brand because that's where I'm going right now.
Speaker 2: And so and I've known Patrick Star for years too,
Speaker 2: and you know, he's killing it. So it's it's such
Speaker 2: an honor and a blessing to have people. I have
Speaker 2: other people, but those are right now the ones that
Speaker 2: I'm like, I've been in contact like almost every other day, you.
Speaker 1: Know, right, That's that's super cool. Are you helping anybody
Speaker 1: at this moment or is there any how do you
Speaker 1: feel like, is there anyone right now that you're like Mitra,
Speaker 1: There's a lot of talented people that hit me up
Speaker 1: all the time, and I do my best to help
Speaker 1: out or support or like not right now, I'm just
Speaker 1: focused on myself.
Speaker 2: Well. To be honest with you, I always like, I
Speaker 2: don't really get hit up like for stuff and I
Speaker 2: turn it down. I'm I honestly try to make everything happen,
Speaker 2: but it goes through my agency, So I don't if
Speaker 2: there is anything that I can take the handle all
Speaker 2: that because we have people in the house. But you know,
Speaker 2: there's there's I feel like, in a way maybe that's
Speaker 2: my way up, Yeah, because you know with within the
Speaker 2: agency as me, Hey, you know this person wants to
Speaker 2: do that, I'm like absolutely yeah. And there's a guy
Speaker 2: that I love. I don't know if you're wherever, mister Castillas,
Speaker 2: Miss Suena, and he's killing it, like he's doing a
Speaker 2: lot of amazing stuff boos. He's a Latino. So I
Speaker 2: but I definitely have been like, yeah, you should you know,
Speaker 2: do this, and you should do that when I'm not available.
Speaker 2: So I in a way I have done it like that,
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 1: So now I want to get more. Let's get into
Speaker 1: the fun part of makeup and cosmetics. Right, makeup are
Speaker 1: consistently changing and evolving, and there's always something new. What
Speaker 1: do you see because obviously everything has changed throughout generations.
Speaker 1: We had this moment with it, the red lip, the
Speaker 1: very Marilyn Roy time of energy was like the Jessica Rabbit.
Speaker 1: You know, we've gone through so many different stages. We've
Speaker 1: gone through like a very natural clean, We've gone through
Speaker 1: the glowy, We've gone through like the heavy lashes and
Speaker 1: the light lashes, the bit, we've gone through it all.
Speaker 1: What is happening right now in trends of cosmetic and
Speaker 1: makeup and what do you see coming up?
Speaker 2: Well? I definitely for me, I've always stayed classic. I
Speaker 2: love the nineties clan, but I do feel like the
Speaker 2: colors are going to start coming back, okay, because we've
Speaker 2: seen so much of the neutral, like you know, like
Speaker 2: Matt nineties vibe that I think people are like rated,
Speaker 2: especially after COVID. Everybody wants to go out, they want
Speaker 2: to get a club or you know, partying, so they're
Speaker 2: trying to have so much fun with their makeup. And
Speaker 2: I've never seen you know, makeup artists and even just
Speaker 2: you know, consumers have so much fun with makeup, like
Speaker 2: and like now. You know, when I grew up, it
Speaker 2: was very like not too much, you know, just natural
Speaker 2: and pretty. But the girls are going out these days,
Speaker 2: you know, right, So I think color is definitely gonna
Speaker 2: come back. It's it's sparkly too, you know, sparkly eyes
Speaker 2: shadows and are.
Speaker 1: We doing the yellow lips and the purple lips? Are
Speaker 1: we doing the I don't know, are we doing them
Speaker 1: type of this green lips? I mean because you say cutters,
Speaker 1: let's clarify it for the girls.
Speaker 2: I think for sure that's gonna probably be in there too,
Speaker 2: just because I'm also seeing some brands that are dropping
Speaker 2: colored geared products. So you know, the thing about makeup
Speaker 2: is people you can use it wherever you want. I personally,
Speaker 2: I know it's going to sound crazy. I personally love
Speaker 2: a colored lip because sometimes you can just have an easy,
Speaker 2: beautiful face and then just pop a lip on and
Speaker 2: it's just you know, you can make it, you know,
Speaker 2: as long as you don't go crazy with it where
Speaker 2: you have like a rainbow and you're walking around because
Speaker 2: it's distracting. You're like what, But it's there's certain colors
Speaker 2: like I love a mustard lip shaing like Olive scan tone.
Speaker 2: I think it's gorgeous. You know, maybe Ombrea will like
Speaker 2: a verry lip line and make it like Ombrea Mustard.
Speaker 2: I think that's so studying green is a little okay,
Speaker 2: maybe we got to think about that.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's not too much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, where are we going?
Speaker 1: But you know, now now I also want to know
Speaker 1: as a professional makeup artist, as a professional you know,
Speaker 1: beauty icon at this point, because that's what you are
Speaker 1: how you know, do you feel a little bit affected
Speaker 1: in the industry when you see all these makeup influencers
Speaker 1: on social media that now you know, act as if
Speaker 1: or say that they are makeup professionals. What's truly the difference?
Speaker 1: Because I see a lot of people doing these videos
Speaker 1: like oh, I'm a makeup artist and they do anything
Speaker 1: in the yeah they have like all these views. And
Speaker 1: then because they have all these views, yeah, you like,
Speaker 1: how do you feel about that?
Speaker 2: You know? When I first started, you know, I guess
Speaker 2: with Instagram, Let's say I was a little like I
Speaker 2: always had a question work because I'm like, well, what
Speaker 2: do you because enough, I'm honest, I would see them
Speaker 2: do their makeup and they would do an incredible job.
Speaker 2: But then sometimes they would do professionals and I'm like,
Speaker 2: that doesn't look like them or they made them very
Speaker 2: look they gave them their face and put it on
Speaker 2: them right. And the thing about being a professional makeup
Speaker 2: party is is you have to learn how to be
Speaker 2: able to be like very mouldible, and you have to
Speaker 2: adapt to different branding for you know, different like for example,
Speaker 2: like let's say one celebrity has a different specific look
Speaker 2: to known for you have to be able to do
Speaker 2: them and still look like themselves, you know. And so
Speaker 2: for me, I just I don't know. I think if
Speaker 2: you can do different people and make them look like
Speaker 2: themselves and make them look like their best selves, absolutely,
Speaker 2: But if you're just stamping your face on everybody and
Speaker 2: you could tell I don't know.
Speaker 1: Now, Now I know achievement just a little bit, not
Speaker 1: too much, right, But like when you see these big
Speaker 1: celebrities that come out, we're not mentioning any names to
Speaker 1: each his own, right, But when you see these big
Speaker 1: celebrities they come out with these cosmetic lines, do you
Speaker 1: feel that their brands have become bigger because of the
Speaker 1: quality of their makeup or more because of the name?
Speaker 2: I think definitely the name the name for sure, right
Speaker 2: for sure, because you're you're buying it to wanting to
Speaker 2: look like that person. And sometimes people will compromise like
Speaker 2: the quality because they're like, oh, I'm worrying this person,
Speaker 2: and they truly do somethings because makeup is a very
Speaker 2: emotional like like it's something that when you put on it,
Speaker 2: actually it makes you feel a certain kind of way,
Speaker 2: especially if you like the way you look back in
Speaker 2: the mirror, you know, so sometimes quality You're like, and
Speaker 2: even me like, you know, I get all kinds of brands,
Speaker 2: you know, send me stuff, or I buy stuff from
Speaker 2: different people just to make up no way. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 2: sometimes I'm like, hey, I want to check out this
Speaker 2: person's pidat and see what it is, you know, and
Speaker 2: I don't know, and like, not everybody sells the stuff,
Speaker 2: so sometimes I have to, you know, try other stuff.
Speaker 2: But as soon as I'm like, yeah, this could have
Speaker 2: been done so much better, you know this is missing that.
Speaker 2: But you know, like.
Speaker 1: White because let me tell you, I just launched my
Speaker 1: cosmetic line, Eternal Beauty by Amada. I definitely want to
Speaker 1: then you stop, Yes you have to, and one of
Speaker 1: the reviews, because that's how you get better. I don't mind,
Speaker 1: because that's how you evolve and that's how you get better.
Speaker 1: It would be such an honor. And I know that
Speaker 1: you're also working on your cosmetic line, right, yes.
Speaker 2: Yes, I've been working on it for almost like six years.
Speaker 2: In the process we launched Lash year, so those came
Speaker 2: out like three years ago, actually a couple of years
Speaker 2: ago or a three year anniversary, you know. For me,
Speaker 2: I wanted to do something that was very special and
Speaker 2: that I knew when people saw, they're like, this is different,
Speaker 2: you know. And also too, it was just a lot
Speaker 2: of the products that I was missing in my kit
Speaker 2: for you know, my clients, Like I always was mixing
Speaker 2: either bronze or the second products to create this kind
Speaker 2: of effect undertone. Yeah, exactly, And that was easy for
Speaker 2: anybody to use, especially for me and quick, and because
Speaker 2: you know, I'm always rushing with clients and always on
Speaker 2: the time, you know. So anyways, that's why I was like,
Speaker 2: let me make sure that I make something that I
Speaker 2: know everybody will love. And even though it's taking me
Speaker 2: that long, and I know everybody in their mouth puts
Speaker 2: stuff out right. Yes, I know when people see they're like,
Speaker 2: oh my god. People see it, they say it now,
Speaker 2: and the practical like, I've never seen anything like that.
Speaker 2: So it's exciting because you know, even though I know
Speaker 2: I took a long time and you think you missed
Speaker 2: the mark so many times you're like, wait, I should
Speaker 2: have launched two years ago. I'm like, oh, I'm still
Speaker 2: you know, somewhere you're supposed to do. It always works out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't really matter. I started the idea of
Speaker 1: creating my own cosmetic line during COVID, You know, I
Speaker 1: think everybody was home chilling, just trying to figure out
Speaker 1: what's the next move. I started and I never launched
Speaker 1: it because I was reading for the right moment, and
Speaker 1: the right moment doesn't exist. You create the right moment.
Speaker 1: The right moment is here now because here's where you're at.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you're like, oh, wait, I got that. Next year,
Speaker 1: you start that now, and even if in the beginning
Speaker 1: you feel a little bit and things are slow, they'll
Speaker 1: pick up eventually. As long as you're consistent. I think
Speaker 1: that's extremely important. Talking about consistency. Does it annoy you
Speaker 1: or do you have any celebrities You don't have to
Speaker 1: say any names, but any celebrities that'd be like, don't
Speaker 1: do this, I don't like this too much? Makeup? Wait not.
Speaker 1: I know that has to be mad annoying.
Speaker 2: I have had some, and I don't work with them anymore,
Speaker 2: thank god. But it wasn't so much that I don't
Speaker 2: like this. It was just, you know, they're in their
Speaker 2: head too much and they're saying self sabotage, right, So
Speaker 2: it's like it's not that you're doing too much, it's
Speaker 2: just they're you know, they're having personal things they're dealing with,
Speaker 2: and so you just got to let it go and
Speaker 2: be like, it's not about me. You know, I'm not
Speaker 2: I'm not here to be your punching bag. But you know,
Speaker 2: you just you work with it. And that's another thing
Speaker 2: that I've learned now is you have to be very
Speaker 2: protective of you know, your your gifts and in the
Speaker 2: sense that it's not for everybody, because now everybody's gonna
Speaker 2: you know, when you connect with someone and there's people
Speaker 2: that I obviously I'm still working with them that you
Speaker 2: connect with on a creative level and on a different
Speaker 2: like the flow, you know that it just it just
Speaker 2: it comes naturally. And that's the thing is that you know,
Speaker 2: I think especially coming from you know, culturally, you you
Speaker 2: think you're supposed to be working with everybody. To be successful,
Speaker 2: you have to be everywhere at the same time, and
Speaker 2: that's not how it is you when you're really successful,
Speaker 2: so you can be really impactful in one place and
Speaker 2: affect so many people with just being in that purpose
Speaker 2: that you're supposed to be doing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, so I agree.
Speaker 2: I feel like because of social media, we see so
Speaker 2: much we think like and even though people I do
Speaker 2: do a lot of people, but I feel like the
Speaker 2: most impactful work out puts me right, you know, and
Speaker 2: that's where I want to be. I'm wearing myself out.
Speaker 1: It meant to that. And also protecting, like I love
Speaker 1: that you said that protecting you know, your art, protecting
Speaker 1: your peace, protecting your space because your aura all that
Speaker 1: good stuff, because especially those that are artistic that you
Speaker 1: know you are driven by muse, you're you're driven by
Speaker 1: by how you feel, how you're in tune with yourself.
Speaker 1: You can also allow other people stress and attitudes and
Speaker 1: personalities and drama to affect you, because that won't affect
Speaker 1: everything you've worked so hard for. So I love the
Speaker 1: fact that you mentioned that, you know, protecting your speed,
Speaker 1: your your space, your peace, your art, your gifts. I
Speaker 1: hate that we're ending the podcast, but I love that
Speaker 1: you ended it in that way because more than ever
Speaker 1: now I realize I was one of those girls that
Speaker 1: I wanted to be everywhere and doing everything like I
Speaker 1: am right now, But after having my twins, now I
Speaker 1: understand the importance of I need to protect my space,
Speaker 1: my energy back off so that I can handle me
Speaker 1: and if I'm in a good space, then I'll be
Speaker 1: able to be the best version of me. So I
Speaker 1: love that. When and where can we purchase your cosmetics?
Speaker 1: Where can we follow you? Where can we see you?
Speaker 1: Do you do any classes? So I want to know everything.
Speaker 2: Yes, when I get back from a tour, I'm going
Speaker 2: to definitely focus on doing some classes. But the makeup
Speaker 2: line will be on October. You can purchase our lashes
Speaker 2: right now at roquel beauty dot com if you follow
Speaker 2: me on social media site that I'll start teasing stuff
Speaker 2: within the next couple of weeks for the makeup line.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean that's where I'm at Roquelbeauty dot
Speaker 2: com and at Roquel Beauty.
Speaker 1: I love it. I am so grateful to have you here.
Speaker 1: It is such an honor. Definitely slend me that INPU
Speaker 1: and the load, you know, I'm saying, DM me yeah,
Speaker 1: so that I can send you my cosmetic. I would
Speaker 1: love to be able to support you as well. Latino,
Speaker 1: that that has come you know, from humble beginnings, that
Speaker 1: now has been able to somewhat break that generational curse
Speaker 1: and now you are the success of your family. You
Speaker 1: are someone to be proudful about your accomplishments. I love
Speaker 1: everything that you're doing. I love that you're still humble.
Speaker 1: I love that you still love to give back. You
Speaker 1: can tell that you're a beautiful soul. And I want
Speaker 1: all my listeners to support his cosmetic line everything that
Speaker 1: he's doing, because he's really representing the Latino community the
Speaker 1: way that it needs to be represented. Muchisi Ma, I'm
Speaker 1: so grateful for having you, and guys, thank you, thank
Speaker 1: you one more time. Thank you once again for being
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