Thursday, March 10, 2011

Tattoos For Men


A tattoos is a very personal thing and must be a reflection of something that is important to the recipient. it is a good idea to have a selection of designs that you are interested in. Men will naturally select different images whereas a masculine and powerful tattoo.


if you have a selected design already in mind, the artist may present you with varying possibilities that will present you with a difficult decision. It is advisable that tattoo recipients give careful consideration to personalized tattoos.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Small Butterfly Tattoos Designs


Small tattoo designs for hips considered by a lot of girls. They are many places on the body where small tattoo designs can be made. Women also like to wear these tattoos beneath their navel; on the thighs, ankles, and wrists; on the top of their feet; on the lower back; behind the ears; on the shoulders; and on the back of the neck. Small tattoo designs are appropriate to be made even on the smallest space on the body.


When choosing a small tattoo, you need to go in for one that will display what kind of a person you are. There are many small tattoos designs that you can choose from such as Butterfly Tattoos.


These tattoos are most popular among women, as they largely add up to the women's femininity.

Henna Tattoo


Henna body art is made by applying henna paste to the skin: the lawsone in the paste migrates into the outermost layer of the skin and makes a red-brown stain.




Henna will not stain skin until the lawsone molecules are made available (released) from the henna leaf. Fresh henna leaves will stain the skin if they are smashed with a mildly acidic liquid. This will stain skin within moments, but it is difficult to form intricate patterns from coarse crushed leaves. Dried ground, sifted henna leaves are easily worked into a paste that can be used to make intricate body art. Commercially available henna powder is made by drying the henna leaves and milling them to powder, then the powder is sifted. This powder is mixed with lemon juice, strong tea, or other mildly acidic liquids. Essential oils with high levels of "terps", monoterpene alcohols such as tea tree, eucalyptus, cajeput, or lavender will improve skin stain characteristics. The henna mix must rest for 6 to 12 hours so the leaf cellulose is dissolved, making the lawsone available to stain the skin. This is mixed to a toothpaste consistency and applied with a one of many traditional tools, including resist techniques, shading techniques, and thicker paste techniques, or the modern cellowrap cone.



A properly applied design is a creation of great beauty and intricacy. The delicate lines and swirls have long been a fascination upon the female's skin. Thanks to more and more celebrities embracing Eastern culture, the influence has reached far into Western ideas and images of exotic beauty and continues to enjoy a rise in popularity.

3D Tattoo


Tattoos are a great way to express yourself. 3D Tattoo Designs, are a unique style of tattooing that adds depth and realism to the tattoo design. This is accomplished by adding shadow to the design to make it look like it is either a part of your skin, or something standing ontop of your skin.


Because of 3D tattoos’ unique style and specialized artistic qualities, finding appropriate designs can be extremely difficult. If you have tried searching, you’ll know what I mean, there simply aren’t as many available as more traditional tattoo designs.While 3D Tattoos Designs certainly stand out from the crowd, if the design is wrong, they can totally miss the mark and look lame.

Tattoo Pics


If you're looking for a tattoo, you want to find the best pictures of tattoos to make sure you get your favorite ink design. You don't want to have any regrets in choosing your design, so make sure you look in the right spots for the best designs.


Some tattoos could also stand for protection as well as the special connection of earth to the cycle of life. These types of body art were generally considered by individuals to be a symbol and way which would help a deeper.

Ear Tattoos

The ear tattoos is a rather unique tattoo location. Compared to other more subtle tattoo locations such as the ankle or small of the back, the ear tattoo is more often exposed, and has a rare combination of exposure and discretion.

How difficult a “canvas” this would be for the tattoo artist, but either way, it is quite easy to see how this could become a trend.

Some of the popular behind the ear tattoos for females are the astrological symbols, stars, birds, hearts, flowers, cartoons and butterflies. You can also consider to have someone's name permanently attached behind your ear to signify a close relationship.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Nubar Spring Garden Collection Spring 2011 Swatches and Review

Here's Nubar's spring 2011 collection, "Spring Garden". A set of pastels that are a little different from all the ones we've seen lately. They're kinda dirty (in a good way) and each shade except Honeysuckle has a silvery hidden shimmer.


Baby Sprout. Not the mint green clone I was expecting! This is just barely green, like a creamy white with a bit of green cast to it. It's lighter than China Glaze Groovy Green. Really pretty color, though unfortunately it gives me mega lobster hands.



Blue Hydrangea. This is a pastel blue- it's like a dark baby blue or a pale sky blue. It is the only one that actually looks shimmery, the shimmer in the rest of the colors is more of a secret shimmer. The shimmer gives it a reflective pearl finish.



Earthen. A dirty, murky grey! I like. It has a little bit of a taupe tone to it, but it looks mainly grey on my skin. The very fine shimmer softens the color a little bit so it looks sort of... fuzzy? It's ever-so-slightly pearly, but only in certain lights.


Honeysuckle. Here's the obligatory Pantone 2011 Color of the Year honeysuckle shade. It's the only true creme in the collection and it adds a jarring pop of bright color amongst all these faded, dusty pastels. It's bright and clean and surprisingly nice; it has a subtle jelly look to it, though I wouldn't call it a true jelly finish (it's too opaque). Oddly, I never think of this color when I think of honeysuckle flowers. The honeysuckles I remember from my Grandma's garden were all white and yellow.


Pink Lily. Light, peachy pastel pink. Slight subtle pearl finish from all that fine silver shimmer in there.


Purple Aster. A light lavender pastel. Not quite as blue toned as it looks here, but still slightly blue toned in real life. I had about two seconds of sunlight to take this picture, I think it shows how subtle the shimmer is. Only a hint of silvery frost, you would never know if you didn't see it in direct light.


White Peony. This looks like a pure clean white in this picture, but in real life it has a bit of a dirty look to it. Not enough to call it off white or ivory, but it looks slightly faded and really creamy. I can't tell if this one has shimmer or not, actually... At some angles it looks like it, but my eyes hurt from staring at it!


Yellow Primrose. Very pale butter yellow. Lighter than Nubar Lemon Sorbet and Maybelline Banana Pudding. Very cute, very springy. The shimmer in this is almost invisible, but it softens the look of the color so it doesn't look chalky.

There's one more color in this collection- a coordinating glitter topcoat called Dewdrop. It doesn't really show up well alone, so I've only photographed it layered. It's a pastel opal glitter in a clear base, reminds me of something like Color Club Bishop's Weed or China Glaze Glacier.

I've done one coat over each color, no topcoat.

Dewdrop over Baby Sprout.



Dewdrop over Blue Hydrangea.


Dewdrop over Earthen.


Dewdrop over Honeysuckle.


Dewdrop over Pink Lily.


Dewdrop over Purple Aster.



Dewdrop over White Peony.


Dewdrop over Yellow Primrose.


The formula on all of these was good. It was thinner than usual but still nice and even, not runny. These weren't as opaque as previous Nubar cremes, I found that I needed three coats on all shades to get them completely even. Drying time is good. Bottles and brushes were all without defect.


These pastels are a little bit different from all the other pastels this year. I really like Earthen and Yellow Primrose, and White Peony is a nice white for wearing alone since it's not quite as chalky looking as other whites.

These will be available soon on ByNubar.com, though I don't know the exact date.

(These were sent to me for review.)