Sabtu, 31 Maret 2012

Icing Magnetix Nameless Blue

Recently I picked up a bunch of different Magnetic Polishes, and I've been having a blast playing with them. Strangely enough, so has my hubby! Last night we sat down and did Semi-Matching Magnetic Manis. What fun!

Since I have been wearing nothing but Pinks for over a week now, I decided that it was time to wear a blue. You guys  know how much I love blue polish, right? I hadn't played with my Icing Magnetix yet, so I decided to wear their Nameless Blue magnetic polish using the Wavy design. I had a very hard time capturing her in pics, since the blue shifts into a dark blue/purple and the light was playing off my nails in a BIG way.

This is 2 coats of Nameless Blue over Instant Artificials Base Coat and topped with SV:

















































Isn't she gorgeous? I love the color variations and the subtle shimmer in this girl.

Application was pretty easy, although I found it to be a bit watery on the first coat. It's also a bit of a stainer so load up on your base coat! The magnet is also very finicky, too much or not enough polish and your design will barely show. As with the China Glaze magnet, this one wouldn't pull the design on the edges of my nails since I have such a pronounced C-Curve. I'm starting to accept that the designs will only show on the center of my nail, and it still looks pretty darn cool, so I can't whine too much.

You can find these babies at your local Icing store, retailing at $9

Hope you're all having a fantastic weekend!

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

LOTD: A twist of purple

Hello everybody!

This is actually the look of yesterday but I didn't have time to publish it here before now. Today I've been to a Sci-fi convent which contained lots and lots of Star Wars items (maybe I should do a Star Wars inspired look soon?) and since then I've been pretty tired. It was a fun thing to attend though. :) Tomorrow, Mr Noire is going to take me to see the Hunger Games movie. Yay! :D

Anyway, here's the look!


I thought I'd do a twist of a regular smokey eye and put some purple underneath the eye and in the inner corner. Poison plum by Sugarpill is by far my favorite eyeshadow at the moment. :) Yesterday, I got some new MakeupGeek shadows as well though, which I will review in a few days. 


Funny, it looks more red on this picture than on the previous. That's probably because of me fiddling with the settings on my camera. I find that I have periods when I need to change my settings a lot to get the pictures right and this is such a period, with a change in the daylight and all. 


The lip look so doesn't match the eyes, but I really wanted to try it out so I figured now was the perfect time to do so. :) 


This lip look is really summery but not too practical since the colors blend into each other after a while. Unfortunately, all of these lipsticks are from my unmarked samples from Oriflame so I can't tell you the names of them. 

Face
*Clarins Everlasting foundation
*M.A.C. Studio Finish Concealer NC15

Eyebrows
*Latte (MakeupGeek)

Eyes
*Eye Khol Smolder (M.A.C.)
*Pollution (Make Up Store)
*Purely naked (MakeupGeek)
*Mocha (MakeupGeek)
*Poison plum (Sugarpill)
*NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk
*Shimmery white from an Isadora palette
*False eyelashes #28 by Red Cherry

That's all for today! :) I hope you're all having a great weekend! 









Winner of the giveaway! :)

Hello everybody! :)

First of all I want to say thank you to all of the participants who entered my giveaway! I drew the winner at random today, simply by putting identical pieces of papers into a bowl and let my dog, Ester, pick the winner! It's quite an unorthodox method but it's fair. :)

So, the winner of the MakeupGeek giveaway is:

Mattehttp://www.nattstad.se/Midsommarnattsdröm

Congratulations! :D

Send me your address and the list of your four chosen eyeshadows and I will have them shipped to you!
You can send them to: madamnoire (a) hotmail.se

For those of you who didn't win, I will soon host another giveaway! :) Better luck next time!

Tomorrow it's time for the monthly theme at http://www.sophistiquenoir.com/, and this month's theme will be flowers! It's a great theme and I've got some ideas for a suitable makeup look!

That's all for now! Have a nice day!

Jumat, 30 Maret 2012

Still stuck on pink! Milani One Coat Glitter in Pink Flare

Hi Guys! Hope your week was awesome and you're gearing up for a fabulous weekend!

I apologize for the lack of posts this week. We had an emergency with my daughter and I wasn't able to change my mani until this morning.

Today I have one of Milani's new One Coat Glitters to share with you. Since I am still showing my pink polishes some lovin', I just had to pick up Pink Flare. Pink Flare is a sheer pink jelly with a ton of small round Holo glitter and silver microglitter. I really wish that I could capture the depth and amazing holo in this glitter, but I'm not that good with a camera. Instead, I'll just spam you guys with a ton of pics! Some pics are intentionally blurry to show sparkle.

This is 2 coats of Pink Flare over NYC Wall Street, all over Instant Artificials base coat.

First, in the lightbox:


















































































































And since this polish is chock full of holo glitter goodness, here's some shots in sunlight!

































Despite this shade of pink not being all that compatible with my skin tone, I LOVE this polish! It is a bit sheer, hence the "underwear", and although it could be worn with one coat, it really needs 2 for full opacity.  I only have 2 of the newer One Coat Glitters, but both of them need at least 2 coats, which was a bit of a let down since the older OCGs are much closer to being a true one coat polish.  It's also a very thirsty glitter! I used a coat of gelous as well as a generous coat of Seche Vite with this, and it's still a bit gritty. I don't mind a bit of texture when I wear glitters, but if you like yours to be smooth as glass I would be very generous with the Gelous, or use some Glitter Tamer.  Having said that, the holo in this is amazing! My husband is sitting next to me and was apparently being blinded by the flashes from my nails! In person, this polish just shines. It's almost blinding! I wish they made this mix of holo glitter in different colors, but the pink seems to be the only holo glitter in the lineup.

Milani One Coat Glitter Nail Lacquer retails for around $4.99 and can be found at most CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and many other Drug Stores.

Kamis, 29 Maret 2012

quick post / Un post rapidito

otro post  jeje pero este es rapidito ya que queria compartirles mi idea de hacer el desafio de 31 dias (31 day nail challenge) el cual es muy conocido por las amantes del arte de unias, yo no lo he hecho porque no se si pueda con el ritmo de cambiar todos los dias de manicura, (por la escuela, mi hijo, mi trabajo, etc..) pero estoy pensando si seria buena idea hacer el ''challenge'' una vez por semana :s

por fa dejenme saber que piensan :D

Aqui esta el contenido del desafio para las que gusten hacerlo:


chevron nail design/ Diseño de unias ''chevron''

Hola!!!!
Es jueves!!! si ya pronto saldre de vacaciones yay!!!

Hoy les traigo otro diseño que anda muy de moda estos dias que he andado por la bloggosfera he visto muchos disenios dierentes con diversos colores, pero esste que les voy a mostrar aunque es sencillos me encanta la convinacion de colores.

Para este disenio de CHEVRON use: Essie-turquoise & caicos, color fun de fuller- verde esmeralda y Rimmel london- steel grey

Es muy simple solo pinta la unia con el esmalte turquesa, cuando este seco pinta el color cafe en forma de triangulo y al secar pintas un triangulo mas pequenio dentro del cafe y listo!!!

Las convinaciones de colores pueden ser muchisimas :D


 he estado utilizando la marca ESSIE muy seguido y me encanta, pero la formula en este esmalte fue un poco mas difcil que la de los otros essies que usé 









ANOTHER LOVES

Very very stoked that Another Magazine featured my Kusama nails on their Another Loves blog. It's one of my favourite places to look for amazing images - so I'm pretty happy! 

Have a look here

Tutorial: Makeup for lazy people

Hello everybody! :)

Although I know that most of you are here to watch my more creative and unique makeup looks I occasionally like to do something that most people find wearable. This time I am doing a tutorial on a look that is very easy to achieve and doesn't require a a lot of expensive products. The name of the tutorial might be a little deceptive, since you don't have to be lazy to not have enough time for putting on makeup. It's just meant as a joke. :) 



So if you're short of time, don't feel like spending a lot of money on makeup products or simply just lazy this look is definitely for you. :)

You don't need a lot of brushes for this look either, but the brushes you do need are a flat shader brush and a fluffy blending brush. Now I know that the M.A.C. ones are very pricey, so you might as well buy another brand but I do think that my M.A.C. brushes are worth every cent. The brushes from Sigma are a great alternative! 

Fluffy blending brush, #217 from M.A.C. This is my favorite brush ever! 

Flat shader brush. This is a very useful brush that I'm using in all my makeup looks. The M.A.C. one is #239 but I think the one from Sigma, E55, is a little better. 

With that said, let's get the tutorial started! :) 




Step 1. Apply your foundation and concealer. Also apply an eyelid primer to help your makeup last throughout the day (or night). If you're on a budget you can use the e.l.f. eyelid primer which costs about a dollar and is still a fabulous product! Fill in your eyebrows with a soft brown, using your flat shader brush. The color I've used is Latte by MakeupGeek. 


Step 2. Line your upper and lower lash line with a black eyeliner pencil (or a brown one if you want a more subtle look). Also line your upper waterline. 


Step 3. Using the flat shader brush, smudge the eyeliner pencil out. 


Step 4. Still using the flat shader brush, apply Latte by MakeupGeek over the smudged eyeliner, both on your upper and lower lid. Use the fluffy blending brush to soften any harsh edges. 


Step 5. Wipe off the blending brush on a clean towel. Then pick up some shimmery white eyeshadow on it. Tap off the excess and apply the white right beneath your brows and in the inner corners of your eyes. The white I'm using is one from Isadora but you can use any shimmery white! They are usually not that hard to find. :) 


Step 6. Apply some black mascara and your eyes are done! 


Step 7. Powder your face and apply a soft pink blush. I've used Shy by e.l.f..  For the lips you can just use your favorite lipgloss. I've chosen my usual, nude Edelweiss by Face Stockholm. Now, I know that Face Stockholm is not an affordable brand but I got this lipgloss for free so it doesn't really count. :P 

If you want to put some color on your face, simply use a more colorful lipgloss, or exchange the brown eyeshadow for a purple, blue or teal one. :) 

That's all for this blogpost my dear friends! Tomorrow (30th) will be the last day to enter my giveaway. 

Enter by clicking the link and following the instructions.










Rabu, 28 Maret 2012

Paso a paso de ''CAVIAR MANICURE''

Hola!

Lo prometido es deuda, aqui esta el paso a paso de el disenio que use hoy en post que subi en la maniana, creo que esta tendencia va a estar muy de moda esta primavera ya que he visto que varias chicas van a estar posteando sobre esto.

Lo mejor de este disenio es que:
1.-Es barato
2.-muy accesible
3.-Vanguardista!!!

Van a poder usar algo que vaya mas aya de lo que las demas mujeres usan y la gente si se fija en eso, he recibido muchos alagos por esta manicura.

Bueno aqui esta el tutorial: (pueden usar los colores que quieran y para mejor efecto pueden mezclar las bolitas con varios colores)

ESTO ES LO QUE NECESITAS
 micro beads (balines pequenios de colores), esmalte y un plato de papel o servilleta (yo use un filtro de cafe)
Asi se ven los balines (yo use rojo y dorado) estos me costaron como 8 pesos (7 U.S.cents)

1er paso: pinta una capa de esmalte y deja que seque, luego pinta otra capa (una unia a la vez)

2do paso: mientras la segunda capa esta fresca espolvorea los balines hasta cubrir la unia 

3er paso: presiona ligeramente los balines contra la unia para asegurarlos mejor y si quieres usa un esmalte transparente (yo no use top coat)

TaDaaaaaaa!


Me encantan y a ti????