Be creative and make it your self. 🙂
DIY: MAKE YOUR CURLER INTO A CURLER WAND
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKTnHL1kLo
DIY GLITTER POLISH
DIY BRSUH HOLDERS
Make Your Own Bronzer & Blush
HAVE FUN!
DIY Salt Spray
These videos will teach you how to create your own sea-salt hair spray at home with ingredients that you may already have at home. The sea-salt hair spray will help you achieve beautiful curls or give you more volume if you have more fine hair.
Watch these videos:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-1u03rTpdE
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSw7omukuaE
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJbo2c_p70
DIY Lip Balm
Lip Balm How-To
Makes 4 tins, 1/2 ounce each
1 tablespoon beeswax pearls (also called pellets or pastilles)
1 tablespoon pure shea butter
2 tablespoons sweet almond oil
10-15 drops essential oils
Melt beeswax, shea butter, and almond oil together in the top of a double boiler or in a heat-safe bowl set over a pot of simmering water; stir continuously with a whisk. Once the ingredients are liquefied, remove them from heat. Whisk in essential oils. Working quickly, transfer the liquid to a measuring cup or a container with a pour spout and then divide it among four 1/2-ounce lip balm tins. Let balms cool completely until solid, about 20 minutes. Store in a cool, dry place.
Variation: Peppermint-Eucalyptus Lip Balm
Use 6 drops of peppermint essential oil and 4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil.
Variation: Vanilla-Rose Lip Balm
Use 10 drops of rose oil, also called rose otto, and 5 drops of vanilla oil, also known as vanilla absolute.
Enjoy!
Idea from: http://www.wholeliving.com/134182/diy-lip-balm
Easy DIY Body Butter
You’ll Need:
-solid raw shea or cocoa butter
-plant or nut oil of your choice (jojoba, sweet almond, coconut, olive, whatever)
-double boiler or a large heat-proof bowl fitted over a small pot of simmering water
-electric mixer or a whisk if you’re really patient
-rubber scraper spatula
– lidded container for storage
-optional: essential oils to scent your body butter
Instructions:
The key to a successful body butter is a 3:1 ratio of solids to liquids. If you’re using an oil like coconut or neem that’s semi-solid at room temperature, switch that ratio to 1:1. You can make this recipe in any quantity you want.
Put butter and oil in the top of a double boiler or heatproof bowl set over simmering water and heat until just melted. Remove from heat and stir to combine.
Note: I know some of you are going to want to do this in the microwave. I can’t stop you, but shea butter in particular is sensitive to high heat. Since microwaves don’t heat the molecules evenly (ever try to soften butter only to have it be solid on the outside and totally melted within?) you risk destroying some of the vital nutrients and/or having a busted butter. No one wants that, so just use the double boiler.
Now here’s the hard part: let it cool to a semi-solid at room temperature.
Trust me, I know how badly you want to put it in the fridge.
Don’t.
I tried that cheat the first time and I ended up with a batch of lumpy butter. If you must, you may chill it for 5 minutes only, but only once it’s truly room temperature and a skin starts to form on the surface.
Now whip it. Whip it good.
I like to use my Cuisinart hand mixer instead of a stand mixer or whisk. It came with a whisk attachment and although I’m not usually a sucker for retro design, it had the power I wanted and was on sale in Mamie pink. It makes me feel like I’m making moisturizer for Eisenhower.
Whip your mixture on medium speed until it creams and becomes pale and opaque, remembering to scrape down the edges as you go.
If you prefer your body butter on the solid side, you could probably use it just like this. I prefer it a bit fluffier, so I popped it in the fridge for 5 minutes (seriously, no more), and whipped it again. If you want to add fragrance, add your essential oils now. I’ve heard of people doing it during the liquid stage, but I don’t think you get a very good scent payoff that way.
Repeat the whip/chill routine until it’s the consistency you like.
The more air you incorporate by whipping, the lighter and easier to spread it will be. I used coconut oil and shea butter and ended up whipping mine to a light frosting consistency. Since coconut oil is one of those solid oils, mine cooled to a light solid that melts instantly into the skin but doesn’t spill.
That’s it. Slap it in a lidded container, smooth it out if you want to be fancy and rub it over the beloved Cold War president of your choosing.
Idea From: http://www.afterplumcake.com/2013/01/quick-n-dirty-diy-body-butter.html
How to Make Bath Bombs!
What You Need:
•2 T citric acid
•2 T cornstarch
•1/4 C baking soda
•1/4 tsp fragrance oil
•3-6 drops food color
•3 T vegetable oil
•Mixing Bowl
•Waxed Paper
•Small Cup or Bowl
Steps:
1.Mix all dry ingrdients (citric acid, cornstarch, baking soda) in the bowl.
2.In a different bowl or a small cup, mix the vegetable oil, fragrance, and coloring together.
3.Slowly incorporate the oil mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix well.
4.Place 1″ balls of the mixture on waxed paper. They will be semi-hard within 2-3 hours, but allow 24-48 for them to fully dry before storing them.
5.Store bath balls in a sealed container, away from moisture.
6.Add a few to the bath and enjoy! For gift giving, the balls may be placed in individual candy cups.
Tips:
1.Either fragrance and/or coloring is optional.
2.Suggested vegetable oils include coconut oil, avocado oil, apricot kernel oil, sweet almond oil, or olive oil, although any emollient oil is good!
3.Use small molds to make three-dimensional fizzy bath shapes.
Now, Take a bath & enjoy your bath bomb. 🙂
Idea From: http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/fizzybathbomb.htm
DIY ~ Pink Lemonade Body Scrub
You will need:
– 2 cups of White Sugar
– 2/3 cup of Sunflower Oil
– 2 tsp. of lemon juice or lemon fragrance
– Jar (Can be bought from Dollarama)
– Optional: Ribbion & Labels
– Mixing Bowl
– Spoon
– Red Food coloring
Steps:
1. First, Put the 2 cups of white sugar, secondly put in 2/3 cup of sunflower oil and lastly add 2 tsp. of lemon juice or lemon fragrance then with a spoon mix all the ingredients together.
2. Get a drop of the red food coloring and mix it again until the color is pale pink. The color will get darker as time goes by which means you don’t have to put a lot of food coloring.
3.Put the Body Scrub into the jar.
4.This is Optional but you can write an label and stick it on the top or side of the jar.Also you can wrap ribbon around the jar making a bow.
Your done your Pink Lemonade Body Scrub!
Enjoy it!
Idea from: – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8duTRRTxYU
– http://showmecute.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pink-lemonade-body-scrub.html
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