DIY - Make Your Own Bracelets

Hey, everyone today's post is on a cool DIY I got from http://fashion.onblog.at/en/diy-advent-17-beautiful-recycling-barcelets-from-plastic-bottles on how to make your own bracelets with recycled water bottles.

What you will need

1. Water Bottle

2. Glue Gun

3. Tape

4. Fabric

5. Exacto Knife

Get your tape and wrap it around the water bottle once.

Then cut around the water bottle on both sides.

Then try on your bracelet it its too small your going to resize it. To resize the bracelet cute down the middle.

Open the bracelet until its the right size to fit your wrist, and apply tape to the opening as well as the inside.

Next cut  your fabric about the length of your arm and 5 fingers wide.

Next take your glue gun and place glue at the edges and fold over like in the pictures above.

 

Next glue the edge of the fabric and place it on the inside of the bracelet. Keep edges folded as you wrap the fabric around the bracelet. Like this

Now if you want to, you can apply a bit of glue to help keep everything tight as your wrapping the fabric around the bracelet.

When you get to the end fold your fabric so it looks like this. If you have alot of fabric left over your going to cut a bit of it off

Next step is to apply glue to the edge and fold over, then apply glue again to the edge and glue your fabric to the inside of your bracelet. Once you have done that your done!
 And your bracelet should look like this......
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Enjoy your new bracelet!

DIY - Update Your Handbag

Here is my first DIY that was featured on http://www.socialitedreams.com/blog-posts/whats-old-is-new-again-budget-fashionista-diy-handbag.html a few weeks ago. Hope you enjoy and coming up later this week DIY - Make Your Own Bracelets.

Have a bag that you stop wearing and it's just sitting around collecting dust? Are you about ready to though it away? Well don't, just update it with a new look. In my first DIY I'm going to show you how to add chains to your bag to give it a new look.  Update your bag in a few minutes with these few steps.

What you will need

1. A Bag

2. Chain

3. Thread

4. Needle

5. Scissors

Get a chain for any old necklace that you have laying about that you don't wear anymore, or buy a cheap chain from a store like Claire's. Also make sure you get a multi chain so that there will be a layer of chains for your bag. My chain came with a safety pin so try and get a chain that has one, if you can't find a chain that as a safety pin that's ok. Or you can just by a safety pin that matches your chain.

Next take your safety pin, if you bought a safety pin at this point you just simple attach it to the chain and pin it onto one of the straps on your bag, make sure your pining it to the front of the bag. If you don't have a safety pin skip over this and we will came back to this part at the end.

Next your going to take your scissors and cut off the part of the chain that looks like this. See pictures below to make sure you cut the right part. 

So what is gone from your chain now is the little lock that hooks the necklace together.

Next take your needle and thread and thread your needle, cut about the length of your arm for the thread. Once you do that tie a double knot at both ends of the thread.

Now take the loop from the first layer of your chain and tuck it into the straps of you bag.

Then take your needle that is threaded and start to sew. Like in my picture when you start make sure the needle is coming up, (this is so that the knot we made at the end of the thread will not show) and pull until you get to the end of the thread, its going to be like your making a loop.

Next take the last chain on the necklace and put the needle throw one of the chain loops, tuck the loop of the chain under the strap of the bag like you did before, and sew once again make sure your needle is always coming up and not going down when your sewing.

Now that your almost finished on the side that you sewed the chain onto the straps of the bag it should look like this up close. If you did a good job with your hand sewing and use dark thread or thread that matches your bag if you bag is not black you should not notice the sewing from normal view of your bag.



Next take you needle and push it throw the strap, your pushing the needle throw the back for the strap this is so that the knot will be not be seen, make a knot 1- 3 times and cut.

Know for people who couldn't get a chain that had a pin, do these same steps to the other side of your bag with the other end of the chain.

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Its time you enjoy your "new" bag :)

Now if you want to add more go ahead and have fun or if you want to add some studs, all you need its studs a glue gun and have fun!

Mac Lipsticks

Today post is going to me on my review of two Mac lipsticks that I bought. I'm not a person who wears lipstick but since I'm getting older lol I thought I would give it a try.

MAC Surf Baby- Mocha Lipstick

As the first lipstick i have every tried I love this colour on me I just have to get used to wearing lipstick. Surf Baby Mocha is a peachy yellow-brown with a satin finish.

MAC - Vegas Volt

This colour vegas volt is beatuiful its a really fun colour and it brightens up my face when I wear it. The only thing is I'm not too sure if this colour looks really great on me or maybe it's just that I'm not used to wearing bright colours. Vegas Volt is a brightened orange-coral creamy colour.

What do you think of these two colours?

Essie Summer Collection 2011

Check out Essie great colours for Summer 2011.
These colours really make your nails dazzle.

Colours: Absolutely Shore, Smooth Sailing, Super Bossa Nova, Braziliant, Meet Me At Sunset, Too Too Hot

My favourite colours from this collection have to be Smooth Sailing and Super Bossa Nova these colours are really pretty and Smooth Sailing reminds be of the beach and Super Bossa Nova  is just a nice bright fun colour.

Recently i went shopping a picked up Essie nail polish for the first time and I have to say I love it and I will be buying more of there polishes in the near future. There polish go on in 1 coat or 2 coats and that's all you need and for me they don't cheap fast like some other polishes.

Here are the colours that I got and the swatches.

Plumberrry is a berry red colour with a hint of pink.

 

 

Aruba Blue to me is kinda like an electric blue colour.

This one goes on in 1 coat but if your like me I always put on more then 1 coat.

Fifth Avenue is like a orange mixed with red, can't really tell in the picture but it's like a dark coral
and it's list under coral on Essie website.

What are some of your fav Essie colours? 



Fall 2011 Trends

Check out these cute trends for Fall 2011 and give them a try, I know I will :)

Denim by sheerbeauty featuring lightweight skirts

TopShop underwire top
$44 - topshop.com

Forever21 lightweight skirt
$25 - forever21.com

Classic Denim Fedora
$14 - forever21.com

OUTERWEAR - 2000014123
$24 - canada.forever21.com

Feathers by sheerbeauty featuring teardrop earrings

Forever21 knit top
$18 - forever21.com

Forever21 teardrop earrings
$5.80 - forever21.com

Forever21
$11 - forever21.com

BCBGMAXAZRIA: Search for "feather".
bcbg.com

BCBGMAXAZRIA: Search for "feather".
bcbg.com

Braids by sheerbeauty featuring braided bracelets

Forever21 braided bracelet
$6.80 - forever21.com

Forever21 long chain necklace
$6.80 - forever21.com

Colorful Braided Headwrap
$3.80 - forever21.com

Whats your favourite summer trends this year or whats your favourite trend coming up for this fall?

Face Products For Oily Skin

Recently I was reading Seventeen Magazine August issue and they had some great products that may help oily skin so here are some products that they suggest that I like or want to try.


Formula 10.0.6 No Time to Shine oil - Absorbing Mud Mask
This i haven't tried but I want to, this product draws out grease so you wont get pimples. Sold at Walmart.


Urban Decay De-Slick Mattifying Powder
Apply this after foundation it an oil absorbing powder and works well for every skin tone. Sold at Sephora.


Boscia Green Tea Blotting Linens Limited Edition
This is great for on the go. I always buy clean and clean blotting sheets but I want to give this one a try it's only 10 dollars and it comes with 100 sheets which is more sheets then clean and clear blotting sheets. Sold at Sephora.

H20 Face Oasis Shine Neutralizing Gel
This product is to help with shine on your face and its great for when you are active you just apply a bit to stop shine before workouts ect. I don't know where is Canada they sell this but I have been reading good things about this so I'm gonna try and find out if they sell this here. Sold at Ulta Store (US)