Make Your Own Lipgloss!!! DIY

For years I have been making my own lip glosses. It’s very fast, affordable and simple.

Materials:

Petroleum Jelly

Small container– Old Eye Shadow and Lip Gloss Containers work well. Even blush compacts do the job.

Blush or mineral makeup in desired lipgloss shade

1. Crush your blush up into a fine powder.

2. Mix it evenly with petroleum jelly in a small container.

3. I like to microwave mine for few seconds incraments to really mix the petroleum jelly and blush.

 

And just like that you have a new lipgloss!! Too easy, right??

Reusing Wine Corks

There are so many great pictures on the internet of how people around the world recycle their wine corks. Here are a few examples to get your brain spinning! To find more ideas and tutorials, visit my Pinterest board called “DIY Wine Corks“!!

Repurposing A Baby Crib!

Many times, before an item has already completed its purpose I am thinking of new ways to use it. My next few posts will be focusing on repurposing items which many of us use and outgrow. What better to start with than repurposing cribs?

Here are a few ideas I have compiled which are great for using your child’s crib, even after they outgrow it. These ideas are also great for cribs you may have held onto which no longer meet safety regulations!

The “art of the rs” show a crib side used as a blanket or towel rack

Repurposed Crib as a baby gate, Heres the instructions

       Repurposed Crib Desk by Chez Larsson

I’m interested in how you reuse your child’s crib! Show me!

Slow Drain.. DIY Household Solution

My boyfriend’s bathroom sink drains slowly. I was tired of the toothpaste marks left behind after the drain would finally empty. So I decided to try a solution I found on the internet. It was so simple and it proved effective.

*** Bring 1 Quart of water to a boil (4 cups). Pour 1/2 a cup of salt down the drain and rinse it down there with the 1 quart of boiling water. The water does not have to be a rapid boil for this to work. **

I hope this works for you too!

Make It Easier To Reuse Your Votive Candles.. With Non-Stick Spray

Next time before you put a candle in one of your pretty little candle holders, spray non-stick cooking spray! It will make it a lot easier to remove the candle once you have burnt the whole wick. 

Got Shutters to Spare? DIY ideas

I obsess over shutters on the curb. Every-time I see them out for the trash, I have to fight myself to not bring them home! There are so many functions for old shutters. The possibilities are endless. I have gathered a few pictures to hopefully inspire those of you whom may be remodeling and have a few shutters lying around. They make excellent mail organizers, magazine racks, headboards, etc.

Organize Teeter Tottering Bikes in the Garage! DIY with pallets!

I no longer have the privilege of living in a home with a garage, but I thought this idea was simple and efficient enough to post for all the others out there whom do have a garage and a few bikes! Many people believe that until they take time to find the studs in the wall, hang hooks and hang their bikes from them, that their bikes have to remain in that awkward stack which could fall over at any moment. However, with the simple use of a pallet or two you can change all that. AND for those of us whom aren’t drill friendly, or for those extremely frugal, this is the perfect solution!!

Also, if you personally don’t have any pallets lying around, go on craigslist, click under your area and under the for sale section select the free section. Pallets are an item I constantly see listed on free craigslist. There are also so many other functions for pallets, from making beds, couches, coffee tables, etc, etc,.