Nubia's Nonsense: lipstick

This Rimmel London Stay Matte Liquid Lipstick is a treat!

It's been a while since I've posted about a lipstick, lipgloss, or any lip color in general. People often talk about that one beauty item they can't go without. For some, it's brows, for others mascara, but for me, it's always been lipstick.

Recently I tried out the Rimmel London's Stay Matte Liquid Lipstick and was impressed with the quality of this lipstick retailing at only $4.99. I can tell you based off personal experience that for a liquid lipstick that offers 12hour wear, Rimmel London delivers. It doesn't get dry or start flaking off your lips like other brands I've tried tend to do. These lipsticks are perfect for any food outing or even a girls night out. The color truly does stay put.

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Hey Nubians,

Like Emojis For Your Lips!

Violent Lips Minis are these super adorable temporary lip tattoos. They're a great alternative to lipstick when you want to do something fun and make a statement or simply get creative with your makeup. You can also use these little temporary tattoos on your face so they're perfect for Coachella or any type of cool festival or party.

What You'll Need.

Scissors
Cotton Balls
Water

If you're animated like me and love comics, cartoons, and art you'll probably enjoy sporting these for a day. If you're a Social Media Manager or work in the Digital Realm they're also perfect for you.

Remove them with some makeup remover or coconut oil. They last a fair amount of time if you don't do anything crazy like bite your lips, or go a a crazy make out session.

Watch my video below to watch the application process. Also be a doll and follow me on YouTube.

Cheers!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hey Nubians,

Spring Has Sprung!

I'm so happy it's Spring! Spring is such a transformation season and all over healthy for the soul. People are itching to switch up their fashion, hair and makeup. It's a great time to create an inspirational vision board and see what attracts you. As most of you know, I love colors. Spring is a great time to break out some cute pastel colors.

I noticed when it comes to beauty, Sally Hansen and Rimmel London have some gorgeous pastel colors you might want to pick up right now especially considering easter is around the corner.

Rimmel London: From total babe Kate Moss Nude’s Collection, these beautiful neutral pastels will add just the right amount of spring to your lips! These are the shades #40 and #41. 40 probably wouldn't work great with my complexion but it's still a great color.

The pink below is precious. It's from Rimmel London's new Oh My Gloss Oil Tint Collection. I believe the cover girl for this collection is Rita Ora.

Sally Hansen always nails ~~(no pun intended)~~ Spring time with their beautifully pigmented and innovative nail color collections! They are one of my favorite drug store brands. I remember when I was younger, it was always my mom's and my favorite go-to brand for color and quality. These shades are perfection from their Insta-Dri and Miracle Gel collections.

These are some cool drug store purchases that cost 10 dollars or less each. Looking fab on a budget is a good way to start the new season. Plus that means extra money for traveling :)

Who's super happy it's Spring?!?!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hey Nubians,

Kiss and Pout!

I absolutely Love lipstick. I can go on without barely any makeup on my face, but I must have some sort of tinted lips. Every season I try to rotate my lipsticks according to the seasons. Lately I've been all about matte lips too! For Fall/Winter I enjoy using darker, deeper shades. Below please enjoy my 4 favorite lipsticks so far this month for Fall/Winter.

The lipstick brands are Avon, L.A. Girl Cosmetics, Wet N' Wild Beauty and Covergirl.

**Tips**

-Always moisturize before wearing lip color to avoid chapped lips and peeling skin.
-For darker colors use a lip brush to stay in the lines better.

Watch the video below to see swatches of the colors and the exact names. Subscribe to my YouTube HERE.

Avon- Berry Cute

L.A. Girl Cosmetics- Blue Valentine

Wet N' Wild Beauty - 24 Carrot Gold

Covergirl - #50 Storm Trooper

Which of these lip colors is your favorite?

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello Nubians,

Tis the season! For the holidays and unfortunately chapped lips.

Lip care year round is very important as is moisture. Even when applying makeup, it's always a smart move to apply some sort of lip balm under your lipstick.

Burt's Bees has just released this Mint Cocoa Moisturizing Lip Balm and it's sounds dreamy. Nothing like a warm cup of cacao on a cold Fall/Winter day, now you can wear the taste on your lips! I can't wait to try it, I might want to eat it ha ha. I'm a big fan of Burt's Bees products because they're very helpful to stop chapping during harsh season changes.

Check it out and shop HERE For a limited time only!

• Hydrates and moisturizes dry lips, leaving them soft and smooth
• 100% natural
• Softens with Coconut Oil and Shea Butter
• A delicious touch of Cocoa Fruit Powder

If you try it out and let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello My Beautiful Nubians,

“Do. Or Do Not. There Is No try.” - Yoda

The CoverGirl x Star Wars collection is dropping next Friday, September 4th. Exciting stuff for all you makeup obsessed ladies out there. Lot's of lipsticks, nail polishes, & mascaras. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a few pieces from the collection to review, yay!

The collection consist of the following and I have highlighted the pieces I am reviewing.

Colorlicious Lipstick ($7.99) (Limited Edition)

Droid — Gold #40
Lilac #20
Nude #70
Stormtrooper — Dark Purple #50
Red #30
Silver #10

Star Wars SuperSizer Mascara ($7.49) (Limited Edition)

The 10 COVERGIRL SuperSizer Mascara's are divided in half. 5 Light Side (Waterproof) and 5 Dark Side (Regular). The bottles include iconic Star Wars movie lines, unique to their corresponding side.

5 x Light Side (Waterproof): “May The Force Be With You”; “Do, Or Do Not, There Is No Try”; “You’re My Only Hope”; “I Feel The Good In You”; “Luminous Beings Are We”

5 x Dark Side On-Pack Quotes (Regular): “I Will Finish What You Started”; “There Has Been An Awakening”; “Indeed You Are Powerful”; “You Will Meet Your Destiny”; “Immune To The Light”

Star Wars Nail Gloss ($6.99) (Limited Edition)

Light
Nemesis
Red Revenge

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Cheers my darlings!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello Nubians,

Photos via Avon

It's #NationalLipstickDay! Hurray! Ha. Honestly, Let's face it... What is National Lipstick Day really? I just think it's a fun day to look through my favorite lipsticks and take photos for my social media channels.

Avon has some pretty nice lipsticks I've collected over the years. They're also trying to add a little fun to National Lipstick Day.

In honor of National Lipstick Day, Avon is sharing a Lipstick personality quiz - a series of seven questions designed to help you identify the perfect lip shade for you. And, just in time to celebrate, Avon’s newest launch - Beyond Color Plumping Lip Color SPF 15 - available in ten full color shades, for any and every lip personality.

Pretty awesome right? I took the quiz and my results were "The Life of The Party" and my lip shade is Poppy Pink, which to be quite honest is pretty spot on. The quiz has a lot of fun, cute question so I suggest you all stop by and take it HERE.

Pucker up! Cheers my darlings!

Xo Nubia Xo

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Who doesn't love a good haul?

Lately I've gotten my hands on a whole bunch of make-up and beauty products I'm super excited about. I wanted to share a few I plan to review this month with you from John Frieda and NYC New York Color.

Let's start with the hair products because lord knows I need all the help I can get with frizziness this summer being that my hair is so thick and it's going to be very hot.

1) John Frieda Frizz Ease KeraFlex - A keratin infused hair spray that provides shape + finish and claims to create frizz-free styles.

2) John Frieda Frizz Ease Expert Finish - Polishing serum that controls fly-aways and boosts shine.

3) John Frieda Frizz Immunity Primer - Eliminates frizz at the source. Works from the inside out.

4) NYC New York Color BB Creme Line - We all know how effective in making your skin look wonderful a good BB Cream can be. Being that this is a drug store brand that's fairly affordable I'm very curious and eager to try these NYC BB products. Here you'll see an Instant Matte, a Bronzed Radiance creme and a Perfecting Powder.

5) NYC New York Color City Proof 24HR Waterproof Eye Shadow- I'm hoping these black and white eye shadows live up to the 24HR promise they make.

6) NYC New York Color Smooch Proof Lip Stains and Intense Lip Color - These colors look very pretty. I'm planning to do a NYC Haul video with all the makeup soon. I'll make sure to provide some swatches.

I featured these photos on my new dripthat account. dripthat is an awesome new app that I've been enjoying playing with because of it's neat features. I can post a photo or video and I can either make it public or choose who gets to see it. Also, I can choose to have the photo up anywhere from 2 minutes up to 90 days. Unlike instagram, dripthat also lets me upload various photos at once and create a cool slide show. Fun stuff! I'm a total tech head so I always love to keep up with new fun apps. You guys should check it out because it has a community where you can follow your friends.

There you have it! All fun new products I'm just waiting to review. It's always good to enjoy what you do and boy do I love playing around with makeup.

This information is on behalf of dripthat.

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Hey Nubians,

I love mixing lip colors. A lot of times you love a color but it's too bold and you may not be in the mood to rock something so strong that day.

Below is the result of me mixing NYX Blue Velvet and NYC Parsons Pink lipstick colors. NYX Blue Velvet is very bold and looks almost identical to the color of a smurf (I kid you not). The NYC Parsons Pink is a metallic pink. When you mix them both it lightens the NYX blue to look more like a sky blue and also gives it a metallic finish which is super cute.

Do you have 2 lip colors you enjoy mixing?

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello Nubians,

Let's talk about my muse for this outfit, Patrick from Spongebob... isn't he the cutest! I've collaged some photos of him below for your viewing pleasure.

Anyways, I took a ride over to Town Square, Las Vegas the other day just to shop and eat. I Love going there because it's so visually pleasing and there's something for everyone... I find it very relaxing.

My first stop was Whole Foods where I just had to go and pick up my Synergy Kombucha drink. After moving from New York to Vegas these are a lot harder to find. In NY I used to find them easily even at Deli's, but here I have to check out more healthy type stores.

Visuals...

Ha, this shirt makes me laugh because I love the expression on his face. I picked up the shirt at Buffalo Exchange a few weeks back.

I stopped by at Crazy Pita and it was super delicious! I highly recommend you try out their Shrimp Pita... good stuff.

After Crazy Pita I stopped by Mc Faddens for a happy hour drink, cheers! It's a cool bar and it get's super packed and popular on Saturday nights.

Hearts from the dessert.

One of my last stops of the day was watching The Gambler movie starring Mark Wahlberg. I'm a big fan of his but really didn't like the movie much at all sadly... I found it too posey, a bit forced and sort of unrealistic... but that's just me.

Anyway the AMC Theatre in Towns Square is nice. Cool place to watch a flick.

Here's a full shot of the outfit. Jacket from H&M, Nike Airmax sneakers and some comfortable sweats from god knows where lol if you really want to know ask in the comments and I'll find out.

This is my comfortable yet still stylish look. Also I got SO MUCH compliments on my lipstick this day, literally everywhere I went. It's NYX Violet Macaron Lippe. People were saying things along the lines of "OMG I wish I had the courage to wear this color it looks so good". I think you all have the courage... Just have to be gutsy enough to express it.

Lastly it was cold as hell so I ended the day with a good 'ol coffee from The Coffee Bean. They have a mean Hot Chocolate too.

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello my beautiful Nubians,

You all know I'm obsessed with lipsticks right? Makeup can be so much fun! I like to live a little and try something bold and a little crazy every so often and that's why I love the NYX Cosmetics Macaron Lippie Lipsticks. Bright purples, blues, turquoise, black, yellows, pink.... so many not so everyday colors that you can get creative with.

I find a lot of people get scared when trying these colors out but don't be! Life should be all about trying new things and putting yourself out there even with makeup, go for it. Plus these colors all have a beautiful satin matte finish which doesn't hurt.

Below you'll see me review my 2 favorite colors from the NYX Macaron Lippie Lipstick collection as of yet, Blue Velvet and Violet.

Enjoy and CLICK HERE to subscribe to my NUBTube for more videos.

Xo Nubia Xo

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Hello Nubians,

Holy Moly Batman!

Are you heavy into hair and makeup? Do you like to basically travel around with your own little studio? Well now you can! Check out this amazing roll around luggage you can store your makeup and beauty needs in. Isn't it dreamy?

Just pull up a stool and take a seat. Besides having lighting which you should all know is SO IMPORTANT when applying your makeup, it also has a variety of compartments. Store your brushes, lipsticks, eye shadows and even your blowdryer. Here are the details.

Features:

A Free-standing Portable Makeup Station. Perfect for Studio and Artist Making Up
Six 40-Watts Warm Light Bulbs with Dimmer Control
Comes with Top Cover Mirror
Auxiliary Power Oulets On the Top Cover for Hair Dryer Using
Lock and Key System for Security
Four Padded Trayed, One Bottom Part, Two Side Compartments and One Rear Compartment for Organization of all your makeup things
Two Trays Covered with Waterproof/Dustproof Thin Layer of Film
Telescoping Handle to Place the Appliance Holder (for holding hair dryer & curling iron)
Inline Skate Wheels and Four Adjustable Legs for Easy Mobility and Settling
6 Adjustable Heights(15 3/4"--34 1/4") for You to Select
Heat Resistant Material Keeps the Case Cool and Protects your Cosmetics
High Quality Medium Density Fiberboard Finish
Two Brush Pots for Storing Brushes As FREE GIFTS
110-250 Volts Circuit

Even though the description says it's perfect for makeup artist, I think it's the perfect travel bag for all gals who are into DIY makeup and hairstyles.