Avon Clearskin Professionals Liquid Extraction Strip

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Sorry, I've been sort of MIA in the blogging world lately! I've just been super busy with school and on top of that I ended up getting a cold, which turned into a sinus infection. Yay. I'm still getting over the sinus infection, but I was feeling good enough to write a blog post for you all today!

 

This isn't a DIY (sorry) but it's the oldest draft I have, so i figured I'd try to get caught up!

 

I'm going to review the Avon Clearskin Professional Liquid Extraction Strip! This is a great product that I have made part of my weekly skincare routine and I love it!

 

It comes in a 1 fluid ounce squeezable tube which makes application easy! I will tell you that it tends to be a little heavy on your face, but you get used to it after a while. 

All you have to do is apply it to wherever you have a lot of blackheads and wait 20 minutes or so for it to dry and then peel it off!

 

I took some before, during, and after pictures just so you guys could get an idea of what it does!

 

Before:

After application

After 20 minutes:

After peeling off:

As you can see, it's a really simple process! The only thing that's different than the pore strips you buy from the store is the fact that it doesn't actually pull the blackheads out for you to see. It does bubble up over the blackheads so you can see that it is cleaning the dirt out!

I would definitely recommend using this product one or two times a week!

You can purchase it here.

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Mix and Match Camouflage Nails

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I have so many things to post that are older than this tutorial, but I have been so excited to try out these nails that I had to share them with you all!

I've been planning on doing these nails for like 6 months or more, but I could never find the perfect dark green polish. Well, my little sister finally found one and bought it for me for Christmas and I could barely contain myself!

Here is the completed look:

 

 



What you need:

• Base Coat (Avon Ridge Filling Base Coat)
• Top Coat (Seche Vite)
• Matte Top Coat (NYC)
• Gelous (Optional)
• Black Polish (Wet n' Wild Black Creme)
• Black nail art polish (optional)
• Dark green polish (Revlon Parfumerie Balsam Fir)
• Light Brown/Nude Polish (Avon Gel Finish Barely There)
• Brown Polish (Sinful Colors Nirvana)
• Small Single Chevrons (Purchase Here)
• Dotting tool

Step 1. After applying your base coat, apply a coat of your dark green polish. I only needed 1 coat.

Burgundy and Gold Fall Nails

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I'm back at it again today! I have to say, I'm on fire lately! I launched the first few items in my online store, which you can check out here. I also got some new tires put on my NEW car (yes, I finally found one) and I successfully got through Christmas and new year!

 

Now, with that said and done, I realized I am really out of season with this post. But, I have to post it sooner or later, so here it is! I did these nails this fall and was in love with the colors. The leaves could use some work, but hey, at least they're cute!

 

Here is the finished look (Sorry for the terrible clean up. YIKES!)

 

 

What you need:

•  Base coat (Avon Ridge Filling Base Coat)
• Gelous
• Top Coat (Seche Vite)
• Burgundy Polish (Ulta)
• Gold Polish (Ulta)
• Dotting tool (I got mine from Avon)
• Chevron Nail Vinyls (Get them here)

**Both Ulta Polishes are unnamed. Also, I pictured a Matte topcoat but I didn't actually use it.

Step 1. Paint 4 of your nails burgundy and 1 gold.

Step 2. Paint a second coat.

Step 3. Place an oval shaped spot on your thumb with your dotting tool.

Step 4. Add a second oval on the side of the first

Step 5. Add a third oval and a line at the bottom and you have a leaf! Add 1 or 2 more leaves depending on the size of your nail!

Step 6. If desired, place different sized dots around the leaves.

Step 7. Now paint a leaf on your ring finger.

Step 8. Pick one of your burgundy nails and once fully dry, place 2 or 3 chevron vinyls on it.

**I stick them to my hand a few times first so they are less likely to peel off my polish**

Step 9. Paint a coat of your gold polish over that.

Step 10. Right after painting on your gold polish, remove the vinyls. If you have any issues with peeled polish, just touch up with a touch up brush!

I hope you all had a great holiday season and I look forward to sharing many more awesome tutorials with you!

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DIY Sharpie Mug

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I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas with your families! I know I said I was going to share this before Christmas, but I forgot that one of these mugs was for my little sister and I didn't want her snooping on here and finding it. So, I'm sharing it now!

I'm sure if you are on Pinterest, you've seen the new "Sharpie Mug" craze. Well, I thought this would be the perfect craft. Especially, when my sister told me she wanted a mug with a music quote on it for when she drinks tea. So as usual, I began doing some extensive research. And I mean EXTENSIVE.  I literally googled for days before finally starting this project.

Some of the most helpful videos I found with tips and tricks are here and here.

What you need:

• Oil Based Sharpie Paint markers (I got mine at Wal-Mart)
• Cheap White Mugs (I attempted to find some at my local Dollar tree, but they were all out, so I went to Wal-Mart and got these for $1.75 each. And of course, a few days later, Dollar Tree stocked back up)
• An oven

Step 1. Wash and dry your mugs.

 

Step 2. Now add your designs.

 

I scoured Pinterest for ideas for my mug (the far right) and finally just decided to wing it. You can either freehand the designs with the paint marker (which I did) or draw with a pencil so you can erase mistakes. If it's a big design (like the middle cup) then you should go over it twice.

 

Step 3. Let your mugs sit for about 24 hours.

Step 5. Place your mugs on a cookie sheet in a cool oven.

**Keep in mind that some colors will change when baking! My yellow turned out more of a gold and the pink ended up darker**

 

Step 6. Put your oven on 450 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

 

WARNING: Your house will smell terrible while doing this.

 

Step 7. Once 30 minutes have elapsed, turn off the oven and allow your mugs to sit in there until it is cool. (I let mine sit overnight)

This is my finished product. As you can see, the colors did change a bit, but not too drastically.

I did not test these in the dishwasher because I was too scared to mess them up. One of the videos I linked to tests them and they do fine. However, I chose to hand wash them so that they will last longer.

Let me know how this turns out for you!

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DIY Honey Spot Treatment

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I've been super busy lately looking for a car (I finally found one) and I'm also starting my own store on storenvy.com to sell scarves and stuff!

 

Here is a review/test that I've been promising you for who knows how long! I'm finally going to tell you about the DIY honey spot treatment I've been trying out.

 

What you need

•  Organic honey (I used the stuff from my local Meijer, because that's what we had!)
• Q-tips
• Gauze/band-aids (optional)

 

I'm going to apologize ahead of time for the strange faces in some of these pictures. I never know what to do with my face, and I don't want to look angry.

 

This is what my face looked like the day I started using this spot treatment:

 

To use this, simply take a Q-tip and get a small mount of honey on it. Then cover any pimples with the honey. You can then cover those spots with cut up gauze or band aids. Then go to sleep!

 

I used the gauze the first few times, but it kept falling off while I was sleeping and I would find it all over my room. So now I just put the honey on and go to bed. It's much easier!

 

What my face looked like with the gauze and honey:

 

This is a week or so later and you can see that the larger pimples have started to fade:

This is a little over a month after I started using this method:

Unfortunately, I stopped taking progress pictures, but as you can see, the honey treatment really helped my skin.

 

I will say that you do have to be persistent with it because it won't really help you if you don't keep on it.

 

I have since switched my skincare routine and began using an Avon face wash line, which has substantially helped to get rid of my acne. You can try it out here. The great news is that it is currently ON SALE for $19.99 which is a great deal!

 

I now use honey as a spot treatment whenever I get a problem pimple and it still works great!

 

Let me know what skin care tricks you use!

 

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Teal crackle nails

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I'm super excited for my current DIY project to be finished so I can share it with you all! But for now, I'll share the manicure I did for my cousin's wedding in September (I'm behind, I know)!

 

This is a super simple mix and match manicure that you really only need a few simple things for!

 

Here is the finished look:

 

What you need:

•  Base Coat (Avon Ridge Filling Base Coat)
• Black polish(I used my Art Deco polish because I apparently don't have a regular black polish)
• Gelous
• Top Coat (Seche Vite)
• Black Crackle polish (Sally Hansen Ink Splatter)
• White Polish (OPI Alpine Snow)
• Mint Polish (Wet n' Wild I need a refresh-mint)
• White detailing polish/polish brush
• Dotting tool

***See my tutorial for DIY Gel Manicure here

Step 1. Paint a layer of your base coat.

 

Step 2. Paint a thin layer of white on your thumb nail.

Step 3. Paint the rest of your nails with your mint color.

Step 4. Now paint one of your teal nails with your crackle polish. Also, add another coat of white if needed.

Step 5. Take your dotting tool and place dots on your thumb nail. I think I had too many, but really, it's all up to you!

Step 6. Again, using your dotting tool, place two dots at the base of your pointer and ring fingers.

Step 7. Take your white striper and place some stripes on your pinky nail.

Clean up your nails with a concealer brush, or in the shower and you're done!

Let me know what you think!

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Mix and Match Christmas Nails

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