Get Creative with Marble Effect Nails…

I am loving my nail art lately and I wanted to create a beautiful effect on a budget so I have recently discovered water marble for nails!  You can create your very own marble nail design by dropping nail polish onto water, dragging a point through the circles of polish and then inserting your nail. The swirled nail polish will adhere to your nail, giving you a marble design right on your nail. You can use your marble nail design on your natural nails or on acrylic nails. This project can be very messy. This also inspired me to create my own marble effect nails without using the water.

Get the Look-

 First thing is first file nails and then cover the skin around your nails with tape or cuticle oil to simplify clean-up. If you are using acrylic nails, apply double-sided tape to the end of a pencil and stick the nail on the tape.

Step 1:

  Pour room temperature water into a disposable bowl or cup, almost to the top. Open all bottles of polish and place them within reach. Use at least three colours that have a bit of contrast. For example, dark shade and a medium shade. I have used Love hearts- U & I, LOVE U 24/7  I WANT U all £2 and Shade 12- £1.

 Step 2

Drop one or two drops of polish onto the surface of the water. The nail polish should spread out and make a circle on the water. If it drops to the bottom without creating a circle on the surface, try a different nail polish. This colour is your base colour for the marble effect, meaning it will show the most.

Step 3:

Drop one or two drops of your second colour of nail polish on top of your base colour. It should create a smaller circle on top of your base colour.

Step 4:

Continue with each colour that you would like to add to the effect. You can use many colours and repeat each colour at least once in the same order.

Step 5:

Now this is where the fun starts. Drag the tip of a cuticle stick or anything small and thin through the circles of polish to create the marble effect. Begin at the centre and drag the tip toward the outer edge. Reverse this for more swirls.

Step 6

 Insert your nail. The nail polish will adhere to your nail.

Step 7.

Remove nail from water. Remove tape or use nail polish remover and cotton swabs to clean up any excess polish. Repeat Steps 1 through 7 for each nail. Apply Shade 17 top coat and let dry.

The Finished Look:

My Top Tips for creating water marble nails:

·         Use water at room temperature- Cold temperatures allow the polish to harden easily while warm water can make everything look messy.

·         Clean the surface of the water before doing another one.

·         If there is a coat of polish on the water surface, you will have a hard time trying to spread a new drop of polish.

·         Patience is a virtue.

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I hope you have fun experimenting with different MUA colours. These tips and tricks in creating the marble effect will be able to help in making it a success.

Or if you feel this is too hard to create you can try creating these marble nails without water. You literally overlap three or more nail varnish colours whilst the nail varnish is wet merging and dabbing the colours into each other for a gradient effect. There are no rules it’s just about having fun and being creative with nail art.

All MUA Cosmetics can be purchased from selected Superdrug stores or online at www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

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Easy Weekend Make-up with MUA

I have no trouble with makeup for office or a night on the town, but what about casual days? When you are going shopping with your friends are for lunch?  it’s nice to look pulled together and pretty, but not too done up. For those times, here is a makeup look that is the makeup equivalent of a ponytail and takes less than five minutes I have created on myself:

■For a natural, lit-from-within glow, use Mosaic bronzer- £2.50 Swipe the brush around the bronzer to pick up all the wonderful colours, and then smile to find the apples of your cheeks. Start applying the blush a tiny bit under the roundest part and blend up and out a bit.

■Next apply a bit of concealer. I love 'Radiance' Brush on concealer pen- £2.50 for this because it is subtle and brightens the whole eye area. Apply a bit in the dark circles (if you have them) and then in the inner and outer corners of the eye.

■Step three is foundation. Use MUA Matte foundation -£2 mixed with MUA’s Primer-£4 -  It is sheer and easy to apply, either with your fingers or the Blending Brush.

■To bring out your eyes without looking made up try Trio Innocence set -£2.50 which suits all eye colours. Just remember a little goes a long way with this powerhouse product!

■Apply Extreme Curl Mascara in Brown- £2  There is no need to go all out, it should look soft and natural in the day time.

■Step back several feet from the mirror. If your eyes need a bit more definition (or you still look sleepy), apply a bit of neutral coloured Pencil, like the 3 in 1 eye contour pen in Auburn into your lash line- £1.50 No wings or cat’s eyes here! Just stick to defining the lash line. I like to swipe the 3 in 1 contour pen across the tip of the pencil and then wiggle it right along the roots of the lashes.

■Get those lips looking beautiful. I love Lip gloss tube in Shade 4-£1 Put your gloss in your purse or pocket and you're on your way.

Have a fantastic weekend guys!

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All MUA Cosmetics can be purchased from selected Superdrug stores or online www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

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MUA Wedding Make-up Giveaway…

Its Wedding season and I recently did a blog post on wedding make-up ideas on a budget with MUA Cosmetics. As this blog post was so successful and I had a good response I thought why not create a giveaway on all the products I featured suitable for Wedding Day make-up?  These products can also be used if you are attending a friend or families wedding or just if you LOVE our products so much you need more of them in your life.

To take part in this Amazing Giveaway or you simply have to do is follow this blog via Google Friend Connect and at the bottom of my blog post, comment on which Celebrities Wedding make-up you  loved over the years and you would rock on your wedding day! Are you a Kate Middleton fan? Katie Price?  Victoria Beckham? I would love to hear your comments. The best comment will be picked at random, and the winner will be announced on this blog post.

Good luck guys!

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 THIS NOW APPLIES TO ALL RESIDENTS and the competition Ends on the 5^th April 2012.

All the amazing MUA Cosmetics to be given away in this competition…

Shade 13 Lipstick

Innocence Trio Eye Shadow Set

Extreme Volume Mascara

Plumping Lip gloss in Shade 'Buff'

Extreme felt eyeliner

Starry Night Eye Shadow Palette

Shade 7 Lipstick

Good luck to everyone that enters! What a fab giveaway :)

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Karla

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Get Jessie J’s Makeup Look she rocked at the Grammy’s with MUA Cosmetics…

 Jessie J worked a mauve smoky eye on the Grammys red carpet. The look got extra definition with the help of some water-lining and false lashes. Bronzer warmed up Jessie J's skin and the colour was carried through with a toffee-toned gloss finishing off the makeup palette. I loved this look so much that I have re-created it here for you with MUA Cosmetics…

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My take on Jessie J's Look:

Products to get the look:

Glamour Nights Palette- £4

Glam False Eyelashes- £2 (online exclusive)

Intense Colour eyeliner in Jet Black-£1

3 in 1 eye contour eyeliner in 'Auburn -£1.50

Extreme Curl Mascara- £2

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Get the look:

Step 1:

Using the flat side of the 3 in 1 Contour pen and apply this all over your eyelids.

Step 2:

Now using the thin part of the nib apply this to the lower lash line.

Step 3:

With the Glamour Nights Palette use Shade 1 and load a flat eyeshadow brush and apply this over the eye lid to set the 3 in 1 eye contour pen

Step 4:

Load a firm angled brush and apply Shade with to the bottom lash line

Step 5:

With shade 'Jet Black' Intense eyeliner apply this to your bottom and top water line

Step 6:

Load a flat eye shadow brush with Shade 2 and sweep this out from the outer corner of your eye- You want to create a cat eye look 

Step 7:

With an angled fluffy brush- Blend,blend!!

Step 8:

To add more defintion and depth apply Shade 2 into the outer corner of the eye. Build this colour up

Step 9:

Now Cut, Flex and apply glue to 'Glam' False eyelashes .Let the glue get tacky before apply to the root of your natural lashes.

Step 10:

Finally apply two coats of extreme black mascara in order to blend your natural lashes to the false eye lashes.

Final Look:

How you enjoyed this look! Would love to see you guys re create it!

All MUA Cosmetics can be purchased from selected Superdrug stores or online www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

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Get beautiful eyes with MUA’s Immaculate Collection-And for now International customers; you can get a FREE Immaculate Collection until midnight tonight (UK time)! 1st March 2012.

This is one of MUA’s 24 eye shadow palettes ranging from high-voltage colours to soft natural hues in shimmer and matte colours to match every look.

I love the immaculate collection of shades as they are all on trend colours and of course suit most occasions, and you can have so much fun with this palette.

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Here is a make-up look I have created with the immaculate collection using the natural shades from the palette and MUA’s New Online Exclusive False eyelashes in Style ‘Vixen’...

MUA False eye lashes(Only Available online, £2)

Because I love The Immaculate Collection so much and keep using this particular style of false eyelashes I am giving you the chance to WIN The Immaculate Collection and a NEW pair of false eyelashes in style ‘Vixen’. To take part in the competition all you have to do is follow this blog via Google Friend Connect and at the bottom of my blog post, comment on what eye make-up look you would create with the Immaculate Collection and style ‘Vixen’ False eyelashes.

Good luck guys!

THIS IS NOW APPLIES TO ALL RESIDENTS

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And for now International customers; you can get a FREE Immaculate Collection until midnight tonight (UK time)! March 2012.When you order from the MUA store today on:

www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

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