'There's no English subtitles on the products. 'I love the fact they named the products after her songs and kept them in Spanish,' Quintanilla said. The collection reflects what Selena wore on and off stage, Quintanilla said. Quintanilla took photos of the contents of Selena's makeup case, which she kept after her sister's death, and sent it to MAC to create the Selena collection based on the products and colors she used. This is something she was working on when she was taken from us.' Clearly, we're girls, and makeup was one of the key things we liked to talk about. She is the president of Q Productions Inc., the entertainment label founded by her family. 'This line is Selena on and off stage,' Quintanilla said. Selena's older sister, Suzette Quintanilla, worked with MAC to create the collection. She noted MAC's 2012 collection honoring Marilyn Monroe, and she thought young Latinas should have a brand for their icon. The petition was the idea of Los Angeles radio producer and Selena fan Patty Rodriguez. The MAC collection came after a petition to create a Selena line drew nearly 40,000 signatures. Fernanda Echávarri holding up the prize.The collection is available to the public online and at MAC counters in department stores through Nov. With Selena’s “No Quiero Saber” finally playing in the background, we went straight for the kill. Of course, we didn’t need to try anything on.

Employees were letting fans in one by one so they could try on the products without interruptions. It felt like we were outside for at least one Selena playlist rotation. One employee assured us there was a Selena playlist on rotation and that we just happened to walk in at the wrong time. Once we made it into the store, we were surprised Selena wasn’t blasting on the speakers. We made it in! This is for research, obvi. The MAC employees reassured us and everyone in line that they were not sold out, yet. Dreaming of You, Como La Flor, Amor Prohibido – all names of Selena songs that had been whipped into creamy lipstick colors. Fernanda Echávarri holding the product sheet that everyone in line filled out.Īs we inched closer to the front of the store, we checked off the items that we’ve had our eye on. “I always followed her and I was hoping that they would come out with something for Selena and I needed to be here to get her stuff,” she told Latino USA.

“When you’re Latino, whether you’re a boy or a girl, whatever, every morning you wake up to cleaning and Selena music blasting in the house. “I was a baby unfortunately when she passed away but I grew up on Selena, especially with my mother, she’s Mexican,” he said. He was buying the products as a gift, he understands what Selena means to the women in his life. He’s going to surprise her with the whole collection. She doesn’t know that Sandoval waited in line. He mentioned that she tried to buy the collection online, but it quickly sold out. “She wanted to come out and wait but she’s pregnant,” he said. after working an overnight shift- just so he could buy his girlfriend Selena makeup. The second fan in line, Gerson Sandoval, stood in line before 7 a.m. “I’m a different generation of being a Latina woman but I understand the importance of Selena and the legend she has become so I just wanted to come here and be supportive of a young Latina woman who has become an icon and a revolution,” Alamilla said. Selena fans (left to right) Maria Girón, Gerson Sandoval, Nicolasa Alamilla were the first three in line. Multiple stores in NYC were launching the collaboration, and at that specific SoHo store we visited, the first fan in line, Nicolasa Alamilla, had been there since 6 a.m. Latino USA Producer Fernanda Echávarri and I met early on Selena-MAC launch day, October 6th, in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Thanks to the efforts of those thousands of fans, that day has arrived. The company went on to say, “Like the legend herself, Selena Quintanilla’s fans are an inspiration to us all for their love and enthusiasm.” Her fans clamored and someone finally listened. It all started when Patty Rodriguez launched an online petition over a year ago with a single mission: to get MAC Cosmetics to release a “Selena Quintanilla for MAC” limited edition collection. A few months and 38,000 signatures later, MAC said the magic words, “It’s happening! We are excited to announce the MAC Selena Quintanilla collection, available in 2016.” Fans of the Tejano singer would soon have the chance to hold Selena-inspired products made by a global beauty brand. Twenty-one years after her death, Tejano singer and pop culture icon Selena Quintanilla Perez once again became immortalized.

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