DIY
DIY Spa
As CollegeCandy’s resident beauty guru, I play around a lot with at home spa treatments. I’ve been a little stressed since moving back home so today I decided to chill out. This mask is great if you’re breaking out, need to exfoliate, or want to brighten up your skin a bit. You’d be surprised what you can make out of the stuff in your kitchen!
DIY Tuesday
You never know what you can make out of old things you have lying around. I found this old necklace that I’m pretty sure I got in like eighth grade for some reason or another. I remember there were matching earrings, and I wish I could find them. Anyway, I’ve been really into the neon colors thing lately and decided to update this necklace instead of throwing it out.
You can do a lot more with nail polish than just painting your nails!
Start with plain necklace
Grab nail polish colors of your choice
Go over with a top coat
Ta-da!
It kind of reminds me of a candy necklace!
DIY Glitter Boots
I’ve seen this trend floating around, and I finally jumped on board now that I have some spare time on my hands.
Photo: @TheStyleCrusader
So while I don’t have a spare $600 to drop on some fabulous boots like these, I found a tutorial from one of my favorite bloggers over @PrettyShinySparkly and did my own version. You can do this with any kind of shoe, but I picked up some desert boots from Target and glittered away.
You need: Boots of your choice, glitter (I used a chunky gold and a fine gold), paint brushes, fabric glue (I used Aleene’s Permanent), and Modge Podge
Pour some glitter in your glue and start painting. I could have taped off my boots, but I forgot to buy tape. So I was just extra careful.
This is after one coat. It takes a while to dry, so I dumped some more glitter on top and let it sit overnight.
The next day, I mixed the finer glitter with Modge Podge.
And did a good coat on each boot. Let dry for 24 hours! It’s really tempting to wear them before sealing with Modge Podge, but you need to do this or you’ll look like you curb-stomped Tinkerbell. Seriously.
This morning when I woke up, they were all nice and dry and ready to wear! I’m obsessed. I want to wear them every day.
Jacket To Vest
I was going through my closet and found this old jacket that was really cool when I was in like 7th grade. Now, not so much. I remember it was a Christmas present back in the day, and I loved it so much. Especially the real suede smell. I decided I couldn’t part with it, but wanted to make it a little more up to date. So I took the sleeves off.
Now it’s a vest! Simple transition, just take a seam ripper and some scissors to a jacket, remove the sleeves, and hem the shoulders. Done!
Tuesday Pick Me Up
Today was a bit gloomy and after Christmas shopping and sitting in traffic for a million hours, I was grumpy to say the least. I really need to get a handle on my road rage problem. Today’s rain just had me in a funk, and I needed a little cheering up. Since it’s winter break and there isn’t a hell of a lot to do, I decided to make use of my craft bin. It was looking quite lonely in the corner under my desk. Maybe I’ll make a bunch of quote paintings to sell and be all entrepreneurial?
And yes, the quote is by Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Harry Potter is filled with wisdom and inspirational messages. You’re welcome.
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