DIY Nail Polish out of Pigments???

Hey! So, yesterday I was experimenting with making my own nail polish with a pigment I had and this is how It came out.

Its really easy to do, just take a random clear polish and a favorite or not favorite pigment that you want to use up and mix em!

So....this is the pigment I used and how it came out :)

Hope you love ;) Thanks to my new family members (followers) <3

Rachel

My NEW Homemade Brush Cleaner

Happy Saturday!! Last night I decided I was going to clean my brushes with a little more than just alcohol and water and make myself a brush cleaner!! I looked online at the many types of brush cleaner and the one that caught my eye was the Mac Brush Cleaner because it was pink. SO I decided to make my homemade brush cleaner PINK!!

Ok, mine came out like this:

A Day in the Life of Rachel

Ok, so to make this I used 3 main products, cheap that you can get at the dollar store and Walmart....

This is from DT:

A Day in the Life of Rachel

 This is from Walmart:

A Day in the Life of Rachel

 and this is from CVS:

A Day in the Life of Rachel

You can use shampoo as well instead of shower gel though I would not recommend dish soap because it left some of my brushes kinda dry...

Also I would add a little bit of leave in conditioner, the clear kind so that you don't have clumpy conditioner throughout your bottle. I added a little bit but I couldn't find it when I went to take pictures :)

I don't think the measurements have to be exact so i just threw in a tablespoon of each ingredient plus a little water and a tip of red coloring that i got in a 'make your own' makeup kit...

Here is a good place for recipies:

http://tipnut.com/homemade-makeup-brush-cleaner/

I am not one to follow a recipie because I prefer to learn from mistakes, the next time I make this brush cleaner I think I will add less alcohol and less baby cologne, more conditioner and more water.

Anyway, hope this kinda helps you! I tried out the brush cleaner after I made it and it did a good job. I use this as a brush cleaner for my face painting brushes and my makeup brushes :)

Love you Followers,

Rachel

 

AWESOME EYE PRIMER SUB!!

                Ok, so as you know if you have been reading this blog I am relatively new with the makeup thing.  I, having no money, can’t just run to the store and buy an $18.00 eye shadow primer, so over the past couple weeks I have been experimenting with different things that I could potentially use as a primer. I have extremely oily lids so keeping eye shadow on my face it a bit of a challenge.

A couple things I have tried:

·         Lotion – NO

·         Sunscreen  - NO

·         Vaseline – NO

·         Foundation and Lotion mix (from youtube) – Kinda worked for a couple hours but it couldn’t even get me through half a school day.

·         Plain Foundation – Same as above

·         Burts Bees Chapstick – Yes, depending on the weather and your environment -  If you need a good 10 hours then no. I got about 5 hours outa this.

·         Lipgloss- 2 hours MAX

·         Hairspray – NO NO NO NO NO, I don’t even know where I go this crazy idea

·         Cream eyeshadow stick – NO – the cream eyeshadow creases.

I tried a few other things that aren’t even worth mentioning…but I want to tell you about something that really worked and it lasted ALL DAY today, and today was a quite stressfull day, and I didn’t even need to buy anything extra!

What Worked:

        So,  what I did was I took my Burts Bees Chapstick and I put it all over my eyeshadow area. Then I took my Black Opal Foundation stick, you can use your own foundation, probably any foundation or concealer , and I put all over my eye(where the shadow goes). Then I took my Ruby Kisses Pressed Powder and I applied it like I would eyeshadow except with my finger and kinds pressed it into the foundation. And over that I just did my regular makeup and I was done!

Lemme tell you, IT WORKED!!

So try it out lemme know how it works for you!!

<3 Rachel

Guest Posting and a Homemade Recipe for Organic Eye Makeup Remover

Need:

- Container

- Oil: canola, extra virgin olive, or grape seed

- 1 capsule vitamin e oil *optional

In your container put one of the oils of your choice listed and if you want some extra power add the Vitamin E Oil by poking a hole in the capsule and squeezing the contents out into your container. Grape seed oil is the best of the 3 because its the lightest, smells like nothing and it doesn't leave any kind of glossy sheen (even though you would wash that off anyway). My mom buys Grape Seed Oil at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. 


To remove put some of your mixture on a cosmetic sponge or a cotton ball and dab just a little bit of oil on both lids. Let it sit for about 5 seconds then wipe away make-up with your sponge. If you are using the olive oil (which is what I use) then you are going to want to wash your face after because even though its very good for the skin it leaves it very shiny, so you are going to wash that shine away. Especially if your skin breaks out from being oily.


If you need something that is not oil based because you have extremely acne prone skin, baby wipes and lotions are very good makeup removers as well.

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Send it to:

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Thanks!