The Small Things Blog. On Labor Day, my mom and I made the trek to Wisconsin in order to pick some not yet ripe Cortand apples.
See, when they are still a little green they have a nice tart bite to them! They are, by far, my favorite apple! We went into the bakery first and we were immediately drawn in my the baked goods just waiting to be eaten. We bought a few caramel apples (the caramel was amazing), some apple dumplings, some apple cider doughnut holes, and some good 'ol apple cider. And we hadn't even picked our apples yet!! While waiting in line, we were watching the children send cans of food up to the lonely goat on Golden Goat Bridge. Then we began our walk into the orchard. Then we came to the first row of Cortlands! Yum. I ate 3. There's mom! Yay! Have I told you yet that I like Cortlands? Action shot. Then mom broke the law and picked some apples that were not "ready" yet. Here is our loot! If you get a chance, and live somewhere that there is apple picking, go. Secrets learned at makeup artist school.
You could say that I have a love/hate relationship with makeup.
Some days I enjoy playing with all the different colors and get excited when my smoky eye turns out perfectly. But then there are those days when my liner refuses to go on straight, my bronzer makes me look like an Asian Snookie, or my lashes refuse to curl. That's when I want to toss my makeup bag out my bathroom window. I had one of those days last week, and after walking into work wearing two very different winged tips on my eyes, my editor assigned me a new story: Go to makeup school and write about it. Want to see the best techniques I picked up without spending the thousands of dollars (and crazy amount of time) it takes to go to makeup school yourself? Lesson No. 1: Spend some bucks on your tools At Napoleon Perdis' Makeup Academy in Hollywood, Rebecca Prior, NP's National Educator, begins the first lesson by introducing us to our tools. Here are the eight basic brushes you need: 1. Totalbeauty.com. DIY - MAKE YOUR OWN WAX FOR HAIR REMOVAL.
I was chatting with someone on my flight back from my vacation.
She lived in another country where salons are hard to come by or if they are around, they aren't very good. So, sometimes a girl has got to depend on herself. You can make one on your own so easily. So when I described it to her, she loved it and she said I just have to put it up online. So here goes: Wax recipe Ingredients 2 cups sugar ¼ cup water ¼ cup lemon juice Method Pour the sugar, water and lemon juice in a saucepan, and heat it over a low flame. How do you know it is done? Take a glass of water and put a drop of wax into it.
Benefits of making your own WAX: 1. Waxing strips: We used to do this in college all the time. NOTE: The inner facing fabric of the jeans should be the one touching your skin otherwise if you use the opposite side, your skin will probably get blue with the denim color. Waxing technique Test the temperature before applying the wax to your skin. Benefits of Waxing 1. Homemade Lip Balm - How to Make Lip Balm with Beeswax, Honey and Cocoa Butter - The Daily Green.