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Hey Nubians,

Can You Be My Sweetheart?

Valentine's Day is around the corner and while I had a few free moments on a Sunday evening while sipping on some coffee, I started thinking about a simple yet attractive beauty: hair & makeup look I could put together. Now-a-days most looks I see on blogs or videos are so over the top! Too much contouring, or highlighter and 50 layers of foundation... I wanted to share something I thought was a bit more relatable and easy to do.

I put together a cute red glitter cat eye along with a nude lip. I also did a cute little unicorn hair braid on myself. I'll explain how I put together the look. Hope you enjoy it! Valentine's Day is a great day to feel beautiful on the inside and outside. Try to spend some time with a loved one. Cheers!

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Hello Nubians,

"May Your Feet Take You Where Your Heart Wants To Go..."

As some of you may know, I'm currently living in Las Vegas and I'll be the first to tell you that the desert can take a toll on your feet. Foot Care is so important! One of my pet peeves is seeing a gorgeous woman with unkempt feet. It's terribly unladylike. With that being said I know keeping up with foot care can be difficult and we may not always have the time or the funds to get a weekly pedicure, I know I don't. This might be something The Amopé Pedi Perfect & the Amopé Pedi Perfect™ Electronic Nail Care System can help you with. I'll explain more in just a bit.

I do all sorts of things that tend to make my feet rough. I work out often which can cause roughness, blisters and more. I tend to walk barefoot at home, on the grass, and occasionally even on pavement. Usually I just try to lotion my feet up and keep them moisturized but it still doesn't seem to be enough. Lately I have found 2 great tools that not only keeps your feet soft and beautiful, but they also save you so much time and headaches.

I've been using The Amopé Pedi Perfect™ electronic foot and nail files. Mostly I have been using the Amopé Pedi Perfect™ electronic foot file. At first I was a bit scared because I thought maybe I would cut or hurt myself but not at all! The Amopé Pedi Perfect foot file gently buffs away your thick hard skin and leaves it baby soft. I felt such a huge difference when I started using it. It's a great addition for your pedicure kit at home. It might just be your favorite new item. You can also get a extra coarse roller head with diamond crystals that spins 360 degrees for quick results on thick, calloused skin... fancy!

Amopé Pedi Perfect™ Electronic Nail File is amazingly useful too. The kit includes 3 different insert heads you can attach to file, buff, and shine nails effortlessly. My favorite part about it? It's so freaken fast! Usually filing my nails is a pain and time consuming but the electronic feature makes it so easy.

I am enjoying these tools so, so much! They have left my feet and hands looking beautiful. I'm very happy with them.

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Cheers!

Xo Nubia Xo

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My New York Comic Con Ghost Rider Cosplay Was Epic!

You might be asking yourself how this cosplay costume came to be... well let me take you on a little journey. It all started out with this young lad in the photo above with me, my big brother Daniel. Every year I attend New York Comic Con I cosplay different characters, I told him to pick one for me to do this year. He replied back with Marvel's Ghost Rider. I'm familiar with the Ghost Rider back story and all but it's not like I was a crazy super fan or anything. My immediate reaction was "Be Realistic" How am I going to get those flames going? I didn't want to use plastic or foam because I didn't like the way it looked. He stuck to his guns though with Ghost Rider AKA Johnny Blaze, so I decided to figure it out.

Enter this young lady below, My sister in law Kaori.

Hair

Cool kid ain't she? Besides being my sister in law (married to my other brother Dean) she's a woman of many talents. She has a beauty license from Japan and can do awesome things with hair. Kaori suggested I try to do fire hair! I must admit, I wasn't very confident at first but she painted a pretty picture and I figured anything is better than foam. I purchased a regular wig with the colors orange and red, the one below to be exact.

After Kaori applied her imagination and unique set of skills to the hair, she turned this regular synthetic wig into THIS.

I was BLOWN AWAY and highly impressed. It was everything I wanted and more. If you're wondering, there's nothing inside of the wig holding the hair up... all hair, molding, and layering. It's a work of art. If you ever need a wig or your natural hair done for cosplay or any special event, you should reach out to Kaori at [email protected] or [email protected]. I promise you, you wont find a lot of people that can do what she does in the time she does it. The was the center piece of the Ghost Rider cosplay and a VERY important part of the character.

Outfit

After I got my main concern out of the way which was the flames, I still had to make the outfit and makeup look good. For the outfit I started out checking what I had in my own home (This should be your first step for any cosplay, you'd be surprised). I was about to throw out this faux leather jacket I purchased at H&M a few years back because it was peeling. I'm so happy I didn't because it was perfect for my Ghost Rider cosplay. I also figured the peeling could look like pieces of the jacket were burned through so I didn't worry about that. I went to a few trim stores in Manhattan and picked up a handful of spikes to add on the shoulders of the jacket. I also found the chain at a trim store because I decided to not use aluminum or plastic. The chain ran me about $20. I already had a pair of Dr Marten boots because well... every fashionista does. I was hunting for a pair of faux leather pants but I couldn't find them anywhere surprisingly. I walked into Walmart and found a pair of leather leggings that looked like pants for about $12. I purchased medium instead of small because I didn't want them to look skin tight... I wanted them to look masculine and have a bit more of edge to them. Lastly, the gloves I found at a random little gift shop for 5 dollars.

Makeup

After the clothing was settled, the day I wore the cosplay I had to wake up a bit early to do my makeup. It's not that hard BUT I didn't use stage makeup so it was a bit annoying to layer. I purchased some regular Halloween makeup from Walgreens and I had to do a few layers to get the white face paint looking bold and evened out. I recommend putting on your regular primer and/or foundation under first for quicker results before applying the makeup. Before I started looking evil I looked like a Panda! Haha it was kind of funny. After searching the web for images, I took a little inspiration from everything and ended up looking like this. I think it came out nicely.

After the makeup was done, I applied the wig which was definitely the WOW factor and BAM! (Emeril Lagasse voice) my 2015 New York Comic Con Ghost Rider cosplay was done.

I had so much fun at the convention this year. This might be my favorite cosplay look I've done yet. The hair, makeup and outfit are all on point. The reactions I got on this look were amazing! I think this cosplay finally beat out my X-Men The White Queen from a few years back (which was pretty popular). I would absolutely wear this again. Not to mention it's probably the most comfortable look I've done. No heels or exposing too much flesh. The impact this had on people even left me surprised. I was very pleased. I took photos with a lot of people and had a lot of photos taken of me too.

Ghost Riders Meet.

Ghost Rider and The Joker.

Who knew Ghost Rider likes dogs.

Behind the scenes.

I guess there's a lot you can take from this post. Like always, life will show you anything is possible. I know it sounds silly to say something like that about a costume, BUT my first reaction when my brother mentioned it was something along the lines of "Get real, I can't make that look good or legit" and now I think it's my favorite cosplay I've done. There you have it kids, Cheers!

If you have any questions for me about the look, drop them in the comment box below.

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello My Beautiful Nubian Queens!

I love Korean Beauty Products!!!

Panda Selfie Time! Heyyyyy.

Korean beauty products are so unique compared to some of the stuff I buy on the regular. I mean... don't get me wrong, I love my American products, but that damn Korean packaging is soooo cute! Not to mention the products are great for your skin too. If you roam the web you'll see rave reviews. One of my favorite Korean beauty brands is Tony Moly which you can find at Urban Outfitters,

Anyway, I always talk about the importance of skincare. I saw these SNP Animal Face Mask online and I couldn't resist! I had to try them.

Each facial mask serves a different purpose. You'll see here there's whitening, soothing, wrinkle and a aqua mask. There's also a variety of animals: Panda, Dragon, Otter and Tiger. I decided to try out the panda whitening mask because I thought it would be good to even out small skin imperfections and well also... because I love pandas and really wanted to see the mask on! The whitening mask focuses on restoring dull and rough skin with brightening energy, luminosity and softness.

Watch my first impressions video review below and make sure to subscribe to my channel to see more randomness HERE.

I think these SNP Animal Mask would make great stocking stuffers and cute gifts for your girlfriends. They also feel super nice on your skin.

Cheers!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello My Beautiful Nubians!

I love art and comic books and being creative. I'm very excited for New York Comic Con coming up soon (Oct 8th to be exact). In honor of that excitement, I decided to do a comic inspired makeup look! This week my inspiration is Wolverine from Marvel's X-Men. I used to always watch the cartoon Saturday mornings on Fox and I have read a few of the comic books as well. I'm actually currently reading the fairly new X-Men '92 series.

When I say comic inspired, I mean mainly the color story behind the character and perhaps some small details. Watch my video below to see how I put this look together. I used products from Wet 'N Wild beauty, L'Oréal, NYX cosmetics, BH Cosmetics brushes and more.

Also remember to visit my YouTube channel HERE and hit the "like" and "subscribe" button. Thanks for all the love!

Cheers my darlings!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hey Nubians,

The 90's has a lot of awesome fashion and style that has recently been trending again now-a-days. I often watch shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, movies like Clueless, or even animated shows like Daria and think to myself... I love these looks!

The style back then seemed a lot more effortless sometimes and was very accessory driven. Depends what time period we're talking about the looks can be very girly or very grungy or gothic. I put together a How-To: 90's Grunge Look for your entertainment and because quite frankly it rocks.

In this video you'll see what kind of make-up I use and what sorts of hairstyles will make you travel back in time to the 90s! From heavy eyeliner, dark lips, multiple hair clips... Lots of tips!

Here's one of the final looks below.

Los años 90 tenia un montón de moda y estilo que recientemente ha sido tendencia otra vez hoy en día. Yo aveces miro Buffy The Vampire Slayer, películas como Clueless, o incluso animada muestra como Daria y creo que a mí mismo... Me encanta estos looks!

El estilo en aquel entonces parecía que no usaba tanto esfuerzo a veces y era muy accesorio conducido. Depende de qué período de tiempo estamos hablando de lo que parece puede ser muy chica o muy sucias. Que armar un How-to: 90 Grunge Mira para su entretenimiento y porque francamente que las rocas.

En este vídeo verás qué tipo de maquillaje que usar y qué tipo de peinados hará viaja atrás en el tiempo a los 90. Delineador de ojos pesado, labios oscuros, varios clips de pelo... Montón de consejos!

Aquí está uno de la final.