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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Day 16 - A Picture Of Someone Who Inspires You

Day 16
A picture of someone who inspires you.

manwomanfilm

My Favorite YouTube Beauty Beauty Guru!! Asahi aka manwomanfilm!! She's My Number 1!! Asahi is so creative, silly and unique! Makeup, outfits and her personality. A True Artist! She is a dancer and a performer she also enjoys video editing production. I love watching her makeup tutorials! She's BEAUTIFUL!!! ^_^

I'm showing more then one picture! LOL! + videos
(Pictures are screen shot by me)
(Videos are place here for viewing purposes only)

Makeup Ethnic エスニックメイク

She really got me on this one. I love the look and how she made the head band and jewelries. She's the BEST on my list!

Makeup Flower Garden / 花畑メイク

I really like this creative look she made. Flowers! I'm going to make my own flower wig soon! LOL! Can't wait ^_^
Super Sexy Valentine's Makeup ~ red glitter lips ~

Super sexy with the red glitters lips and the eyes! Beautiful...
Super Cute Valentine's Makeup ~ stickers on lashes ~

This one is so cute! ^_^ She's so very creative with the heart stickers on lashes. KAWAII!!!

Mid-Week Beauty Masterclass: How to clean and care for your False Eyelashes

Hello my lovelies :) I scheduled this post as I will be at a wedding while you're reading it :) This week, I will show you how I clean my false eyelashes and preserve them for another few uses rather than using them just once and dispose of them. This is also a great tip for saving some money with the more expensive falsies. I honestly do not wear falsies much but when I wear them, I tend to clean them the day after as after a night out I would be too tired to clean my falsies :p

What you will need:

~ Paper Towel

~ Brow/lash Comb

~ Small fan brush

~ Tweezers

~ Eye Make-Up Remover

~ Small plastic container

~ dirty false lashes

Method:

1. Pour a little eye make-up remover into the plastic container and put in a pair of the dirty lashes.

2. Leave the lashes to soak in the make-up remover for a couple of minutes.

3. Carefully, take one lash out at a time by means of tweezers and place on the paper towel.

4. Dip the small fan brush in the make-up remover and remove mascara from the lashes. Put the lash back in the container and repeat until no more mascara comes off. Do the same with the other lash. Remember to clean the underside of the lashes as well.

5. Take off any left-over lash glue with your fingers.

6. Brush the lashes through with the lash comb to separate them.

7. Store the lashes back in their original case and voila'! Lashes are clean again and ready for another use!

Steps 1 - 4

Steps 5 & 6

Step 7

I hope you found this post informative :) If you have a different method as to how you clean your falsies, do let me and other followers know :)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

STEP-BY-STEP GEL NAIL LESSONS - Lesson #2) Full-Set Sculpted Gel Nails With Forms.......

STEP-BY-STEP GEL NAIL LESSONS - Lesson #2) Full-Set Sculpted Gel Nails With Forms.......

Part A: Using clear gels only
Part B: Using White Free Edge

PART A) The following "Full-Set with Clear Gel" method can be used for "transfers"*, full-sets, overlays, or fill-ins with major service breakdown!(*Transfers from acrylic to gel or from one tech to another)
1)Prep natural nails as usual AND/OR file off old product, and file entire nail thin and flush, be careful to NOT file on the natural nail.

2)Do rest of prep work (dust, prime, etc), apply forms. (Do not shorten her natural nails or "even" them out. Keep as much of each natural nail free edge as you can, you will "even" them up with the gel as needed.)

3)1 coat of gel on entire nail and slightly out onto form. Cure. (see gel nail lesson above for gel application methods)If you need to actually build a SHORT free edge, draw a box with a line of gel from one sidewall straight out to length desired and back down to meet other sidewall, then "pull" gel back and forth to fill in box thinly.

4)Lay down fiber from mid nail bed out past free edge onto form (to help "hold" the slight extension, and to reinforce stress zone of the nail to help prevent future breakage). Pat fiber in till "gone". Cure.

5)Lay down coat #2 of gel, over entire nail again and out onto form as in first coat. Add slight arching and top "C" curve (convex)for strength, beauty, and natural look, by using "ribbon" or "tail" method with "thin" gel (described in gel nail lesson above)or building it with builder gels (depends on the brand gel you use!). Cure.

6)Remove forms. Apply 3rd coat of gel (final coat usually in a full set, some techs need to use more coats though if they lay down their gel too thin),with more arching as needed. Cure.

7)Cure upside down one cycle. Cleanse nails.

8)Use straight edge toe nail clippers to clip off any "stray" gel to make free edge shape, and sidewalls straight, or file by hand.

9)Shape and finish nails as usual, shape free edge, perfect sidewall taper, bevel cuticle, sidewalls and free edge, adjust top surface arches etc, use drill for concave of "C" curve as needed(Underside of nail if gel seeped under forms), buff till smooth as you would any acrylic nail. (Buff out and polish, or buff out and a gloss coat if preferred)

PART B) Building Full-Set Gel Nails Over Forms With WHITE Free-Edge Gel.....
1) Prep nails as usual, prime, apply forms.

2) Apply 1 coat of gel to natural nail only. Cure.

3) Apply white gel onto form and overlapping natural nail as needed (depends on the length of ther natural nails), being sure to make a nice smile line with the white. Use the "drawing a box" method described above to make the white free edge on the form.

4) Optional: Add fiber at this time if desired, bridging it over the clear onto the white. (see above and below lessons for more step-by-steps on adding fiber to gels). Cure fiber for at least 30 sec before continuing.

5) Apply 2nd coat of clear gel to entire nail (clear nail bed and white sculpted nail on form), adding arching as appropriate. Cure.

6) Remove forms. Apply 3rd (final) coat of gel with more arching as needed. Cure.

7) Cure nails upside down for 1 complete cycle.

8) Cleanse nails with cleanser or 99% alcohol on a lint free wipe. Do not rub residue into skin. Lay down the wipe at cuticle, and pull off nail in one firm stroke. Move to a new section of wipe and continue with other nails. Don't forget to wipe the backs of the gel extensions as well when needed!

9) Do finish work as above (shape, taper, contour, bevel, buff, etc).....

10) Now either polish or apply gloss coat!

GLOSS COAT Application:
After doing finish work to ensure nails are perfect, you must also remove all glossy surfaces remaining. Dust very well. Apply gloss coat thinly and evenly, examine nails carefully for full coverage and to be sure there are no streaks or air bubbles. When the nail is perfect CURE. Wipe with cleanser and you are done. For MINOR imperfections in gloss coat use a 3 or 4 way buffer gently in the spot of the imperfection. For MAJOR imperfections in gloss coat, buff it out and start over again on the affected nails.

Gel Gloss Coat over Airbrushing:
(WARNING, THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS!!!!) Be sure paint is very dry, and apply gel with brush parallel to the nail and a very light touch, being sure to pull out and over the free edge. Cure and wipe with cleanser. To remove, simply file it off (gel and paint) as you prepare for the next fill. Between fills, simple polish over it.
This lesson and others are "under construction" and will be added here as soon as they are ready!.....See lesson #4 for some ideas and insight into this procedure in the meantime!

source: nailspalsh.com

Pink Wednesday! Honeybee Gardens Goddess!

This week I want to tell you about a company called Honeybee Gardens. They are a local company to me, based in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Honeybee Gardens makes a line of cosmetics, including nail polishes, that are made from all natural ingredients. I was really curious about their nail polish because it is water-based and free from any chemical odors. It also does NOT require nail polish remover! Honeybee Gardens does have a special acetone free nail polish remover that you can use, but rubbing alcohol or vodka/grain alcohol also does the trick! They were nice enough to send me Goddess to review as well as a bottle of their polish remover. I am intrigued by this company and I really hope you will check them out!

Goddess

Their special remover.

Two coats, no top coat, artificial light, no flash.

They also included this informative brochure. Click the photos to view larger if you would like to read it.

Honeybee Gardens WaterColors Non-Peel Off Polish comes in a variety of colors as you can see here...

(image courtesy of honeybeegardens.com)

Honeybee Gardens nail polishes contain no formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalates or FD&C colors. They retail for $9.99 and you can buy their 4oz nail polish remover for $8.99. They reuse and recycle as much as possible and never test their products on animals. You can find their products in health food stores, pharmacies, etailers, herbal shops, specialty and gift stores.

Click this link to learn more about this unique brand of nail polish.... http://www.honeybeegardens.com/product/natural-cosmetics/npwcne.html

Honeybee Gardens also has a whole line of other types of cosmetics such as lipstick, mascara, eye liner, lip gloss, bronzer, foundation, etc. They also sell cosmetic tools, body care items, hair care items and even products for men!

They offer samples to try, click HERE to learn more.

Honeybee Gardens is on Facebook!

Click HERE to check out their website or go to www.honeybeegardens.com for more information.

The Trace Face Philes 500 Followers Giveaway!!

YAY!! My blog has hit another milestone thanks to YOU!!
OF COURSE we need to celebrate!!

I am pleased to announce The Trace Face Philes 500 Follower Giveaway!

There are two prizes this time. As you can see there are several Nicole by OPI nail polishes up for grabs!

One winner will get the Nicole by OPI Justin Bieber collection!

(14 polishes total)

And one winner will get the Nicole by OPI Target Exclusive Spring 2011 collection!

(12 polishes total)

Thank you again for your support. I read all of your comments and it really means a lot to me to have you as a part of my blog. I look forward to having many more giveaways in the future!