Wednesday, November 26, 2014

HAPPY THANKSGIVIN!

HAPPY THANKSGIVIN Y'ALL!!!
Today I have my turkey day nails! It's not what I originally planned for myself but I ended up not havin much time to do it, although I love what I ended up with! Even if ya don't celebrate, these nails are still awesome for fall! 

It's a dark brown base with a two toned gold blobbicure! I am really lovin blobbicures lately and I'm sure I'll have a few more to finish the year out! 
I didn't do a tutorial for these because I just recently did a tutorial and I was short on time but here is a link to my previous blobbicure. 

These are the polishes I used:
China Glaze "Mingle With Cringle"
Pure Ice "Studette"
Confetti "Debutante"
Orly "Buried Alive"

I really love how it turned out. When in doubt go with gold! It fixes everythin! 
GOL! (giggle out loud)
I'm not gonna have time to paint my nails again til next week so I slapped on my UV topcoat to protect this and hopefully make it last for the next 5 days! I might go crazy! hahaha! 

This photo makes my heart flutter! It's just gorgeous and the bracelet compliments this design beautifully! I was sent this bracelet from a dear friend on instagram, her mother made it! Thank you Jess! 

Alrighty well that's all for today! I hope y'all have an amazin Thanksgivin! Spend time with your families and reflect on all the wonderful things you've been blessed with! 
I've been blessed with all of you! 
If you get inspired by me use the hashtag #MagsyInspired so I can see your recreations!

HAPPY THANKSGIVIN!

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~Maags



Monday, November 24, 2014

Color Block That French

Hey y'all!
Today I have my last design before Thanksgivin!
It's a color blocked french tip. I have had this design in mind since beginnin of November and I'm so glad I accidentally remembered it just in the nick of time! I've always liked this color combo, reminds me a little of a business suit but also fall like. 


I didn't really do a full out tutorial for this it's pretty self explanatory. 

Start with a base of Sinful Colors "Endless Blue" which is one of my most favorite blues ever!

Then I use a striper brush and some black polish and outline my smile line and fill in for a black french tip. I used Salon Perfect "Oil Slick"

Then I used Pure Ice "Shore Bet" with my striper brush again and added an accent line across the smile line. 

Finish off with your favorite top coat! Mine is Salon Perfect! It's soo awesome and dries so quick!



That's it! I really love how these turned out, so sad I have to take them off soon to do my Thanksgivin nails but I'm really excited for those! 

see y'all in a couple days! 

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~Maags



Salon Perfect: Brow Defining Kit

Hey y'all! 

So this is a bit of a strange post for me today because it's all up in my face! GOL! I know it's not nails BUT I've been asked to review some Salon Perfect makeup as well! Lately I've been gettin very into makeup! I've been watchin lots of tutorials and buyin more makeup and havin lots of fun with it! 
So today I have the Perfect Brow Defining Kit to share with y'all!
Here's the inside of the packagin
Here's the inside of the pallet. You get 3 colors and a highlighter with an angled brush applicator, also a grooming waxy pencil with it's own sharpener and a spoolie with another angled brush. 

Now I am in no way a professional makeup artist and I'm new to learnin proper makeup so bear with me and this is just for my personal opinion of the product and how I like to use it. 

So here's the back of the box and the instructions of how it is to be used. 

ah dreaded photo! buahaha! This is 1 eyebrow done and 1 not to show the difference and how I do this. 
I start off by quickly drawin the groomin pencil all over my brow. 

Then I use the spoolie brush to distribute the product and shape my brows.
Horrible picture! ugh! buahahahha

Here's the size of the pallet. I really love the packaging. It's nice and sturdy and sleek. Also nice to have a little mirror included. 

Then I take the other end of the spoolie brush, which is an angled brush. I dip into the color that matches my brows which is the darkest one for me since I have very dark hair, and I outline my brows. 

Then I use the angled brush in the pallet to fill in the rest of my brows with the color. I either use the middle shade near the inner corner and the darkest for the end of the brow or I use all dark and just keep it lighter for the inner corner. This little brush is sooooooooo soft! I love it! It doesn't hurt or scratch. It just applies the product really smoothly. 

To finish it off I go over it real quick with the spoolie again just to make sure everythins smoothed out. After I'm done with my brows I take the highlighter color in the pallet and use it with my blendin brush to add just under my eyebrow and inner corners of my eyes. I really love the highlight, when you see it in person it's a little shimmery and to me I wasn't sure I was gonna like that, but once you get it on you can barely see the shimmer it blends beautifully and just gives a nice highlight. I might actually try usin a little on my cheek bones next time hehe. 

And that's it! It's very easy. I really like how it still makes my eyebrows look natural while also givin them some color and definition. I have worn this product for 3 days now all for full days and it's lasted perfectly. I haven't had to reapply or touch up my brows once. I like the packaging. The pallet is a great size. The brushes are all great. I think the colors are good and could probably be mixed very nicely to get the one you need. If I hadn't been sent it I would defnitely have bought it and tried it on my own. It retails for about $8 at Walmart. Super convenient, almost everyone goes to Walmart gol! I am not being paid to say good things about these products, I genuinely like them! Salon Perfect if you don't know also sells false eyelashes and nail polish! I have had wonderful experiences with their polish and their contact people. Their products are wonderful and their prices are affordable. This brand is really becomin my all time favorite right now. I also received some eyelash products to test out and I am super excited about that! I'll have that posted sometime after Thanksgivin! 

Here's some more pics of my mug! buahahahha



Hope y'all enjoyed this and will think about tryin these products! 
I'll have some more nails for ya next time!

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~Maags








Saturday, November 22, 2014

TNAG: WEATHER

Hey Y'all! 
It's time for The Nail Art Guild Again!

This week was 'weather'

I didn't quite know what to do for this one. I searched online and thought about the weather here but for some reason nothin was comin to mind. I started talkin to my mom about it and she reminded me of this glass wind ornament we have for Christmas. It's a face blowin wind curls. So I thought I would just do a representation of that. It's a pretty clear glass ornament so I knew I couldn't actually recreate it so I decided to just base it off that but go with a blue watercolor look.

Here's how I did it
Start with a base color of Island Girl "Honolulu Orchid" or any lightish blue base. 

Take a little piece of foil and scrunch it into a little cup. Put a few drops of a darker blue polish into it. I used Wet n Wild "Listening To Blue Reed." Then pour a small amount of acetone into the polish and mix it up with a dotting tool or anythin you have to mix with. 

Next with a striper brush dip into the watered down polish and draw random lines across all your nails like blowin wind. 

Do the same with a light blue. I used Pure Ice "Bikini." 

Draw more lines with the light blue into the dark blue.

And lastly do the same with a turquoisy (is that a word? gol) blue. I used Salon Perfect "Robin's Egg."
Add more lines in with all the rest. 

That's it! Simple as that! I also added the face blowin the wind on my pointer finger. 




Hope y'all enjoyed this! If you wanna see more be sure to go follow (TheNailArtGuild) on instagram and follow the #tnagweather!

If you get inspired by me use the #magsyinpsired.

Have a Blustery Day! ;)

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~Maags









Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Fall French Apples

Hey y'all!
Today I have a fun fall french tip distressed apple design! 
I was inspired by a pin on pinterest of these cute distressed apple blocks! I really wanna make the blocks too! I love them! 

Let's Jump Right In! 

Start off with Island Girl "Old Lahina" or of course any colors you have. 
Usin a striper brush outline your french tip with the red. Use your natural smile line as a guide.
Then with the polish brush fill in the french tip with red.

Next take Sinful Colors "Clementine"
Sinful Colors "Pistache" 
and Sinful Colors "Pull Over"
Repeat the first step with these last 3 colors, one on each nail. 

Next take Zoya "Louise" 
and do a quick dry brush mani over each color. 

Use "Louise" again with your striper brush and draw a triangle above the french tip to create the stem.

Lastly go in with "Pistache" and your striper brush and add leaves to all your stems. 

And that's it! Super easy, quick and cute fall design! 




Hope y'all enjoyed this! If you get inspired by me use the #magsyinspired on instagram!

see ya next time!

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~Maags