How To : Make Your Own Lipstick/Lipgloss

How To : Make Your Own Lipstick/Lipgloss

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1) Petroleum jelly, however much you'd like 2) Scrape some old/used eyeshadows onto jelly until you get a color you'd like (I actually did this in a separate cell, and THEN mixed it with the jelly, so I could blend the colors thouroughly.)

If you want a gloss, use less eyeshadow. I noticed the matte colors also aren't as sharp, so use those. 

If you want a lipstick, use more eyeshadow, to the point where you start to think you've actually used a little to much. Glittery colors seem more highly pigmented. 

3) Add peppermint extract for flavor. (And tingle!) 4) Mix together 5) Melt in microwave 6) Spread into container. (I used a $1 e.l.f compact, and it was VERY MESSY, but totally worth it.) 7) Done! You've officially made your own lipstick.

Re: Gradient Nails

Whatever, I get obsessive! I know! But I had to make them match my hair and jewelry, didn't I?

Again, can't find the tutorial video I learned from, but this is the closest.

    P.S. Now this time the right hand came out better, rather than the left. Probably I was trying to correct for last time, and was just hyper-careful. Either way, the both hands look more like each other this time, so I'm getting better.

I love Dairy Free Ice Cream, it’s such an awesome and useful book, but I was so disappointed when I made the Classic Vanilla Ice Cream. I used cheap Vanilla Extract, so it was probably my own fault, but the whole batch tasted strongly of alcohol from the first bite to the last! The mark of a good batch of Vanilla Ice Cream is something that doesn’t require toppings to be palatable, and honestly I don’t mind going artificial to get there, and that is how I got here. Is propylene glycol safe to ingest? No idea, and honestly I don’t really care at this point, because this ice cream is DELICIOUS!

Ingredients: 1 can (13.5oz) Whole Foods 365 Coconut Cream 1 ½ cups Homemade Cashew Cream (approx 1:3-ish cashews to water) ½ cup Wholesome Granulated Allulose 1 Tbsp LorAnn Butter Vanilla Bakery Emulsion ½ tsp Xanthan Gum (optional)

Directions: 1) Place Coconut Cream in a sauce pan and heat until steam begins to rise, stirring constantly. 2) Add Allulose and continue stirring until fully dissolved. (I usually take it to a light boil, just to be sure) 3) Add cream/sugar mixture to a blender with all other ingredients and blend to mix. 4) Chill in refrigerator until cold (or overnight, which is what I usually do) and then process in your ice cream machine.

Gradient Nails, EASY

All of the gradient nail tutorials on youtube were way too labor intensive for me, until I finally found one that was just two stripes of color on a makeup sponge, stipple & repeat until you get the desired coverage. FINALLY! Something I could see myself spending a few minutes on!

I grabbed a packet pf makeup sponges today, months later, and tried it out. AMAZING! But now I can't find the video that taught me. This one comes closest.

    P.S. Right hand included for posterity, even though it looks shit. The left hand looks fantastic in person, though! More so than it does in the photo. I should have switched to the other side of the sponge when I started on the right.

Who can resist taking photos of rainy day flowers? Not I.

So I watched this easy Newspaper Nail Art tutorial the other day, tested it out, and it worked great! Then I thought to myself... "You know, self, they also print photos and art in the newspaper, in color! Do you suppose that would transfer as well?"

Apparently the answer is yes.

Quite like how grainy and subtle they turned out. If you look closely, you can actually SEE the pixilation.

Pro Tip : Use a light touch when putting on the top coat or the brush will rub off the newspaper ink! Example: my thumb in the second picture. And please ignore the bad paint job in general! I'm not great at painting and I was doing this in the dark, to boot.

All patterns taken from a photo of one of Shepard Fairey's wheat-pasted Wynwood murals - featured in El Sentinel