To those of you that have been with me and Zombify since the outbreak thank you for all of your continued support and encouragement with the line. I never expected Zombify to be as successful as it has been. Thank you to everyone for sticking with it through the highs and the lows. I'm looking forward to the relaunch as being another high for the line.
After the recall I decided that I was going to use only unblended ingredients. My original formulations were all orginal mixtures, but the base ingredients were blends of micas, oxides, and chemical preservatives or additives. While all of these blends were vegan-friendly and cosmetic grade, I didn't feel comfortable with some of their ratings on Skin Deep and other sources. I vowed to make the line better, safer, more pure.
I have since found new suppliers (my main supplier being one that is all natural and vegan!) The cosmetics for the relaunch will be Zombify's signature fresh and bold colors, but they will no longer use blends that contain fillers, additives or FDC colors. This poses a bit of a challenge for me to find new ways to create the same bold colors as my competition, but I enjoy a good challenge and I love getting creative.
The few test colors I've mixed have received positive reviews. The price of each eyeshadow however will reflect this ingredient change. Raw ingredients actually cost twice the amount of the watered down blends I used to buy. Those of you that have visited my shop may have noticed this new price reflected in my preview sale of the yet-to-be-named Midnight Blue. The original 5g jar size will now sell for $8.
However, in order to ensure that my original goal for Gothcupcake products to be both cute, goth and affordable stays true, I have decided to offer more ways for Zombify cosmetics to be purchased. With the new all-natural ingredients will also come the options to buy Zombify in sample bag form, affordable 3g jars and in the original 5g jar size. This way, no matter what your budget you can still afford to be Zombified.
I look forward to this new chapter for Zombify cosmetics and I hope you all stay on board for the ride! I have a lot of new and exciting things in the works for the line as well as for Zombify's soon-to-be-announced sister line of cosmetics.
Love and Brains,
Gothcupcake and Zoe Zombie
Labels: cosmetics, eyeshadow, goth, gothcupcake, improved, makeup, minerals, new, spooky, vegan, zombify
So in the morning on my way to work the sun is coming up, so I usually have on my heart-shaped sunglasses that I picked up while in Little Tokyo in LA. They are one of my favorite pairs of sunglasses for their instant cute power. They also usually get me a lot of attention--even at Ren Fest one of the gate keepers started singing Marilyn Manson's "Heart Shaped Glasses" to me and asked if I was a MM fan :P
He totally is rocking the heart-shaped glasses! I've inspired a trend. When I asked to take his picture, because I was sure no one would believe me otherwise, he said "Make sure you post it on that site everyone uses--facebook--maybe someone will recognize me and say 'Hey you're the guy with the glasses!'"
