10 Cosmetic Uses for Everyday Foods - The Ten - Top Stories
The folds in a chef’s hat are supposed to symbolize the number of ways that chef knows how to prepare an egg, but we’re sure there’s at least one missing: as a facial mask. Many common foods can be used as cosmetics with surprisingly good results. So no matter your motivation (you want to save a few dollars, up your green quotient, or just find a novel way to pass the time), here are 10 cosmetic uses for food that are just as good, if not better, than their store-bought counterparts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Frame your own artwork
For a while now I have wanted to make an art piece of my own to place above our humble dining room table. The problem? I am no artist. That's right, sometimes crafty girls cannot paint or draw.. or it may just be me. Either way, I have created a fabulous piece of "art" using scrapbook paper, ribbon, fabric, cardstock, embellishments, and any other scraps you have laying around the house. It's beautiful and sophisticated, and I didn't have to use a paint brush! What you need: Large Frame with the piece of glass insert (I got mine on sale at Hobby Lobby. Here we go! Here are some close-ups of the different types of textures I used. Here is the end result. This project is a little time consuming, so mommies - plan accordingly! This is where the completed artwork will hang. Hope you try this fun project. And let your husband hang your framed artwork up. ;) Ciao bella,
Homemade Lip Balm
Thank you for visiting Little House in the Suburbs. Please subscribe and you'll get great simple living tips and how-to articles delivered to your inbox, for free! This couldn’t get much easier. Everyday Lip Balm 3 T. vegetable oil2 T. vegetable shortening1 T. beeswax Melt shortening and beeswax in double boiler or small pan in larger pan of barely simmering water. Luxury Lip Balm 3 T. avocado oil2 T. shea butter1 T. beeswax1/2 tsp. calendula extract (optional)3-5 drops essential oil (optional) Melt shea butter and beeswax in double boiler (or small pan in larger pan of water) warmed just enough to melt the oil and wax. The oils and extracts are available through soapmaking suppliers and some health food/nutritional supplement or craft stores. For containers you can do better than the salt cellar in the picture above. Tagged as: chemical-free, frugal living, green living, homemade body products, natural body care
37 Ways to Tie a Scarf | by Scarves
Hello there! Welcome to The Knot Library. Are you ready to knot, twist, tie, tuck, loop, braid, fold, and fluff with Scarves Dot Net? How to Use Scarves.net How does The Knot Library work, you ask? On the left-hand side of your screen, simply find the type of scarf you want to learn more about. If you would like to see all of Scarves Dot Net’s knots in one spot, check out The Master List. Need more help?
V and Co how to: jersey knit bracelet
i don't know what it is about this time of year that makes me just want to have my bare feet in the sand, be watching the sun setting into the ocean, and breathing in the warm salty air of the beach...as i get older, more and more i find myself missing that place i used to go to almost every.single.day. as a teen. (my skin doesn't miss it. as a matter of fact, i now wish i listened more and DID put SPF on my face...hindsight is 20/20). my mom calls me from her walk on the beach almost every morning...*sigh*yeah, i get a little homesick around this time of the year. heck on my pinterest my "dreaming of summer" has the most pictures in it. ah yes. i miss my ocean. case in point. this bracelet, brought a flood of memories, not because i used to have one like it but because i can totally see me wearing it by the beach, not caring that it's gotten salty and wet, because i can totally make another one in like less than 5 minutes flat when i get home. *sigh* okay... *cut off excess tails!
Lip Balms - Martha Stewart Holidays
To make more than one kind of lip balm at a time, divide the recipe in half and scent and color the batches separately. For lip balms, we like to use essential oils that have an "edible" scent, such as citrus. Beeswax pellets are available at crafts stores. Our how-to makes two .15-ounce tubes and two 1/2-ounce tins or pots. Gift-Packaging Idea: Top cosmetic tubes and tins with custom labels: Water-slide decal paper is clear, making the design look as though it has been printed directly onto the container. Resources: Similar containers, sunburstbottle.com. 8 1/2"-by-11" clear water-slide decal paper for ink-jet printers, beldecal.com. Get More Bath and Body Treatments and Learn About Essential Oils
DIY Lingerie
To make all of these Instructables, download this collection of How To’s as an ebook. Download » "DIY Lingerie" is a collection of the sexiest how-to-lingerie projects. Save money by making custom lingerie for yourself or your sweetheart. We have patterns and tips for making your own lace underwear, bras, and even edible undergarments! All projects come from Instructables.com, are written by racy, lacy experts, and contain pictures for each step so you can easily do it yourself. Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet.
Art From Everyday Objects: Paperclips + String
So today I thought it would be a fun challenge to work with paperclips. You can’t get much more mundane than a paperclip! After much thought, I came up with paperclip earrings. If you have paperclips and some pretty cotton string, you can create these beauties. They’d probably look pretty cool as a necklace too. Here is a diagram to show you where to open the paperclip to create this triangular shape. You are basically unbending the clip at all three of the curves. Once you’ve got the triangular shape, you need to glue the ends together. Fig 1: Winding the string around // Fig 2: Starting to wrap the string around the earring, secured with Liquid Stitch Once you’ve wound all the way round and secured with glue, you can then take another length of string and wind around the width of the “earring” creating horizontal stripes or you can create a more messy look by creating a “net” design (see below). Then just clamp on a pair of earring hooks. Categories: Art, DIY, Fashion
From Kitchen Counter to Beauty Counter | Beauty Nerds United
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of Cosmetic Couturier lip videos. In every video she always uses the sugar scrub from LUSH. I know a lot of you probably have the same problem I do when it comes to LUSH…it’s ridiculously difficult to get to one of the stores and ordering bath products online can be a bit scary. I am hypersensitive to certain scents, so I can’t just pick something out and try it out without some serious fears. Today, I decided, I want my own lip scrub. I headed out to my kitchen and came up with this… I used a stainless steel bowl that I rubbed down with alcohol first to disinfect. I used a 1:2 ratio for sugar to olive oil In the picture I used straight up white sugar because it is what I have. You should get a slightly crumbly and lightly moistened mixture. I added about 1/2 a teaspoon or so of honey. Then I added a half a capful of lemon juice and vanilla extract. You can add whatever flavorings you want. Then stir… Transfer your mixture to a sterilized container and store!
