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How to Pamper Your Feet

TheMan — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:08:07 +0000

Check out these 15 super effective and awesome smelling recipes for natural homemade skin remedies that are perfect for taking care of your feet for the next couple months until spring finally comes!

1. Tea tree and mint foot scrub

This foot scrub by Salt and Ritual if the perfect bath time remedy because tea tree oil is antibacterial to promote healing and mint is cooling and relaxing. You’ll need:

Carrier oil
Black lava salt
Tea tree essential oil
Peppermint essential oil

2. Brown sugar foot scrub

Do you love the idea of making your own foot scrub but you’re not keen on strong minty smells? Try making this subtler brown sugar version from The A & B Stories instead! You’ll need:

Brown sugar
Baking soda
Olive oil

3. Homemade rosemary and peppermint foot scrub

Perhaps you didn’t mind the peppermint idea but you’re looking for a more accessible ingredient for the “scrub” part than black lave sale? Try this rosemary peppermint scrub by The Small Things Blog! You’ll need:

1/4 cup of kosher salt
1 tbsp of table salt
1 tsp of coconut oil
2 tbsp of olive oil
3 drops of peppermint oil
1/2 tsp of rosemary

4. Camphor and eucalyptus honey foot soak

Have you already found a foot scrub you love but now you need a moisture filled soak to follow it with? Then Honey.com has the answer! You’ll need:

8 cups of hot water
1 cup of honey
2 cups of epsom salt
2 tbsp of almond oil (optional)
6 drops of eucalyptus oil
4 drops of camphor oil (or 2 tsp of camphor gel or cream)
4 drops of arnica oil (optional)

5. Sugar cookie foot scrub

Are you still interested in a scrub but, as long as it works, your real concern is how delicious it smells? Then you can’t get much better than this sugar cookie recipe from So Let’s Hang Out! You’ll need:

2/3 cup of granulated white sugar
1/3 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of olive oil
1 tbsp of vanilla extract

6. Coconut salt scrub

Are you definitely set on having a scrub that smells pleasant, but you’d rather it be more subtle or possibly even unnoticeable because smells give you headaches? Then check out this simple sea salt and coconut idea from Wonky Wonderful! You’ll need:

1 cup of sea salt
1/4 cup of coconut oil
1/4 cup of vitamin E oil

7. Honey and lemon foot bath

Are your feet a little bit worse for wear and you’re looking for something that will both soothe and heal? Then Babble might have your solution! You’ll need:

1/2 cup of honey
1 tbsp of apple cider
1 lemon (sliced)

8. Strawberry sugar scrub

Have all of these sugar scrubs caught your attention but you’d still rather another scent that’s a little more fresh and fruity rather than these sweet ideas? Then give this strawberry sugar scrub from Seven Clown Circus a chance! You’ll need:

1 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup of olive oil, plus 1 tbsp
2-3 drops of strawberry aromatherapy oil
approximately 10 drops of red soap colorant

9. Peppermint foot scrub

Okay, we know we’ve talked a lot about peppermint scrubs, but that’s because they’re proven to have a soothing effect on irritated skin! This one from Blah Blah Magazine gives you plain peppermint without the rest of the fancy ingredients. You’ll need:

1-2 cups of coarse sugar or epsom salt
½ cup of warmed coconut oil (or grapeseed or olive oil)
10-15 drops of peppermint essential oil
2 drops of green food colouring (optional)

10. Peppermint honey foot treat

We’ve shown you peppermint options and we’ve shown you honey recipes, but we haven’t told you how awesome the two can be when they’re mixed together yet! Lucky for us, Honey.com is here to let you know. You’ll need:

4 tbsp of aloe vera gel
4 tsp of grated beeswax
2 tsp of honey
2 tsp of fresh mint (optional)
6 drops of peppermint essential oil
2 drops of arnica oil
2 drops of camphor oil
2 drops of eucalyptus oil

11. Lime and mint foot soak

Have you ever realized how deliciously fresh line beauty products smell? With just a hint of mint, this all natural lime scrub recipe from Skip to My Lou is practically irresistible! You’ll need:

2 cups of epsom salts
1/2 cup of baking soda
Zest of one whole lime
3-4 drops of lime essential oil
3-4 of peppermint essential oil

12. Exfoliating DIY loofah soap

Do your feet need a little bit extra when it comes to textured scrubbing for dried skin? Then this DIY soap with a built in loofah by Tamara Jewelry is for you! You’ll need:

Loofah sponge
Glycerin soap base (unscented)
Tea tree essential oil
Peppermint essential oil
Food coloring (optional)

13. Antibacterial apple cider vinegar foot soak

Are you worried that your nails, toes, and heels could use a treatment that’s a little more intensive than some of the pretty smell scrub options you’ve seen so far? Never fear! DIY Beauty Tips has some great advice. You’ll need:

Hot water (but not scalding)
1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
2-3 drops of your favourite essential oil if you do want a more pleasant smell.

14. DIY hydrating foot mask

You’ve probably heard of hydrating face masks, but have you ever seen a soothing skin mask for the bottoms of your feet? Then check out Humblebee & Me right now! You’ll need:

2 tbsp of green clay
2 tsp of kosher salt
1 tsp of citric acid (optional)
½ tsp of camphor powder (optional)
½ tsp of seaweed powder (optional)
Lemon juice (as needed)
½ tsp of vegetable glycerin
4 drops of lemon essential oil
4 drops of cinnamon essential oil

15. Refreshing foot spray

Once you’re finished with all of these intensive scrubs and soaks, try cooling your feet down and soothing the skin with this refreshing foot spray by Tamara Jewelry! You’ll need:

1/2 cup of vodka
20-30 drops of tea tree oil, peppermint oil, or a combination of both

Do you know someone who’s been looking for natural DIY foot remedies all winter for their poor cracked feet? Share this post with them to help them out and save their tootsies from drying out!

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Cool Lipstick Tips

TheMan — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:37:07 +0000

There are ways to pop your lips up. You can even DIY the lip balms or the lip scrubs at home to improve the condition of your lips. Just stay with us and learn more tips about your lips or the lipsticks.

DIY Natural Lip Scrub

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Brown Sugar Lip Scrub

Brown Sugar Lip Scrub via

Lip Tutorial for Thin Lips

Lip Tutorial for Thin Lips via

Homemade Lip Balm

Homemade Lip Balm via

Don’t Make these Mistakes

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Natural Lip Gloss

Natural Lip Gloss via

Heal Dry Lips

Heal Dry Lips via

Lick the rim of your glass

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DIY Lip Scrub

DIY Lip Scrub via

Get Rid of Dry Skin of Your Lips

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Nude Lipsticks

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Try Ombre Lips

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Use Your Clear Lipliner

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A Little Lip Trick

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Lipstick Lock

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Natural Lipstick

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Apply Concealer

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Store the breakage of the lipstick

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How to contour your Chest Makeup Tutorial!

TheMan — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:35:04 +0000

Instant Cleavage (Makeup Magic)

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Clever Ways To Refashion Your Clothes

TheMan — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:08:42 +0000

1. The 8 Second Shirt To Skirt

Get The Instructions: Our Life Is Beautiful

2. Add Lace To Your Cut-Offs

Get The Instructions: Minkette

3. Add Lace Sleeves To A Tank Top

Get The Instructions: Love Maegan

4. Men’s Dress Shirt Apron

Get The Instructions: Love Grows Wild

5. DIY Elbow Patches

Get The Instructions: Superficial Girls

6. Scarf Turned Racerback

Get The Instructions & Other Scarf Ideas: Brit + Co.

7. The Five Minute Draped Vest

Get The Instructions: WobiSobi

8. No-Sew Crop Top

Get The Instructions: Cotton + Curls

9. DIY Lace Inset Jeans

Get The Instructions: The Forge

10. Turn Boot Cut Jeans Into Skinny Jeans

Get The Instructions: Brit + Co.

11. DIY Lace Insert

Get The Instructions: Mr. Kate

12. DIY Swimsuit Coverup From A T-Shirt

Get The Instructions: Adventures Of A Middle Sister

13. DIY Studded Ombre Denim

Get The Instructions: Yeah, It’s Pretty Awesome

14. DIY T-Shirt Maxidress

Get The Instructions: Clothed Much

15. DIY Cut Out Back

Get The Instructions: Love Maegan

16. Add A Zipper

Get The Instructions: Sweet Verbena

17. DIY Shirt Expand

Get The Instructions: Trash To Couture

18. Refashion An Old T-Shirt

Get The Instructions: I Love To Create

19. Men’s Shirt Dress

Get The Instructions: Brit + Co.

20. DIY Braided Racerback

Get The Instructions: WobiSobi

21. DIY Fringe T-Shirt

Get The Instructions: Swell Mayde

22. DIY Painted Jeans

Get The Instructions: For The Love Of

Get The Instructions: Trash To Couture

Get The Instructions & Other Scarf Ideas: Brit + Co.

25. DIY Cropped Tank

Get The Instructions: Love Maegan

26. DIY Star Shorts

Get The Instructions: The Fashion Drug

27. DIY Bleach Art Shirt

Get The Instructions: Something Turquoise

28. DIY Tie-Dye Shorts

Get The Instructions: College Fashion

29. No-Sew Tee Shirt Halter

Get The Instructions: WobiSobi

30. Add A Chic Bow To A Sweater

Get The Instructions: Love Maegan

31. DIY Candy Corn Shirt

Get The Instructions: Paper Blog

32. Add A Giant Bow

Get The Instructions: Melissa Esplin

33. Upcycled T-shirt Dress

Get The Instructions: I Am Momma Hear Me Roar

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Make Your Face Thinner With Makeup

TheMan — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 04:52:17 +0000

1. Instant Slim Face

via chiutips

2. Contouring 101

3. Contouring by Face Shape

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4. Kim Kardashian Makeup Secret

via GlamBooth

https://youtu.be/_dLSy75M46o

5. Highlighting and Contouring

via thewonderforest

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Awesome Ways to Fashionably Revamp Your Old Jeans

TheMan — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 14:24:41 +0000

1 Printed Denim

Printed Denim (via swellmayde)

2 Bleach Tie Dye Jeans

Bleach Tie Dye Jeans (via Garotas Modernas)

3 Distressed Skinny Jeans

Distressed Skinny Jeans: Yesterday I talked a bit about the latest trend of distressed jeans which I’m loving! I experimented with a few techniques this weekend to distress your own pair (since it seems absolutely ridiculous to pay for a new pair of distressed jeans) and made some interesting discoveries about how to distress and how to prevent (via Say Yes)

4 Bleach Dipped Aztec Jeans

Bleach Dipped Aztec Jeans (via Minted Strawberry)

5 Bleach Pen Jeans

Bleach Pen Jeans (via Amanda k. by the Bay)

6 Add Texture with Embroidery

Add Texture with Embroidery: Just a few simple stitches can go a long way. (via Free People)

7 Easy Embellished Jeans

Easy Embellished Jeans: If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to update your basic blue jeans, look no further than this DIY! It’s so easy, and there’s absolutely no sewing involved. Just place the gems and studs where you want to add some pop, heat them up with glue, and you’re ready to hit the town (via M&J Blog)

8 Lipstick Kisses Print

Lipstick Kisses Print: DIY lip printed kisses pants or jeans inspired by Erin Fetherston’s Sealed with a Kiss Collection (via …love Maegan)

9 Cool Jeans with Masking Tape

Cool Jeans with Masking Tape: DIY jeans, DIY painted jeans, DIY trousers, DIY denim (via EmerJa)

10 Denim Refashioned

Denim Refashioned (via Why Buy it? DIY it.)

11 American Flag Cuffs

American Flag Cuffs: How to add American flag cuffs to your favorite pair of jeans, just in time for the 4th of July! (via Free People)

12 Color Blocked Pants

Color Blocked Pants: Color + block = the 2 words in fashion most commonly used this season. It was just a matter of time before we’d incorporate this much loved trend into a DIY. And thanks to Tommy Ton’s color blocked pants, spotted at New York Fashion Week, we were finally inspired to give an old pair of chinos a much (via HonestlyWTF)

13 Ombre Jeans

Ombre Jeans (via So, I make stuff)

14 Galaxy Jeans

Galaxy Jeans (via The Sun Was High)

15 Galaxy Print Jeans

Galaxy Print Jeans: (Jeans Exact, Top Similar, Blazer Exact, Bag Similar, Shoes Similar, Necklace Exact, Watch Exact, Bracelets Similar) This is an outfit (via Raindrops of Sapphire)

16 Pom Pom Jeans

Pom Pom Jeans: Grab an old pair of jeans and make them unique by adding cute pom pom trim… full details in this fashion DIY tutorial using vintage Levis 501 jeans. (via …love Maegan)

17 Update Your Cutoffs

Update Your Cutoffs: There’s no denying it, cutoffs are a wardrobe staple this time of year. And with all the variations of color, fabric, textures, prints and more (via Free People)

18 Sequin Pocket Jeans

Sequin Pocket Jeans: If you’re thinking it’s time for another ‘just add sequins’ project, you’d be right! I spied these amazing jeans recently and wanted desperately to recreate the look, but when I tested out it out by pinning the sequin pieces to the knees I found they didn’t have the same effect (I have a feeling… (via a pair & a spare)

19 Tie Dye Denim

Tie Dye Denim (via swellmayde)

20 Dye

Dye: Have you ever fallen in love so deeply that you overlook the bad, and highlight only the good? And then you get home and realize that the fit/shape/cut/color is all wrong? We’ve all fallen in love with a pair of jeans, that by all intents and purposes is perfect, except for one little setback. But one (via M&J Blog)

21 Floral Print Jeans

Floral Print Jeans: Make your own floral print jeans with a Sharpie marker and this DIY Tutorial! (via …love Maegan)

22 Studded Denim Cutoffs

Studded Denim Cutoffs: I have been wanting to do this DIY for quite some time now, but with the current denim dressing feature on our website and studded trend I told you about yesterday, the stars all aligned and it finally came (via Free People)

23 Studded Denim

Studded Denim (via swellmayde)

24 Beaded Jean Cuff

Beaded Jean Cuff: diy fashion (via Maykool Fashion Blog)

25 Pearl Embellished Jeans

Pearl Embellished Jeans: Amp up an old pair of skinny boyfriend jeans with this fun and funky pearl embellished design inspired by Paige Denim skinny skinny jeans. It’s an easy way to (via …love Maegan)

26 Patchwork Jeans

Patchwork Jeans (via Une Touche de Rose)

27 Animal Pattern Jeans

Animal Pattern Jeans: How to revamp your favorite Jeans by bleaching an animal print on it. Designed by Xenia Kuhn for fashionrolla (via Fashionrolla)

28 Embellish with Ruffled Lace

Embellish with Ruffled Lace: Lace shorts have been seen on style blogs and in stores all over the country, and we absolutely adore this trend! The light and airy look of lace with a relaxed pair of denim shorts is the ultimate salute to summer. We chose a ruffled trim to capture the carefree nature of the season, but (via M&J Blog)

29 Heart Pattern Jeans

Heart Pattern Jeans (via The Pretty Life Girls)

30 Animal Stencil

Animal Stencil: Every closet needs a good ole pair of statement jeans. This look is great to pair with a bulky sweater for the winter months but still great for rolling into the warmer months, since we chose more of a spring time animal. Take a look below to see how we created these pants. Supplies: light colored jeans, fabric paint, paint brush, adhesive foam sheet, sponge brush, pen, and scissors. 1…. (via A Beautiful Mess)

31 Denim Lace Inset Shorts

Denim Lace Inset Shorts (via The Fashion Citizen)

32 Lace Jean Shorts

Lace Jean Shorts: Cute vintage lace jean shorts and cut offs are a bohemian summer staple… you can buy a pair or simply DIY your own with this tutorial. (via …love Maegan)

33 Sequin Embellished Denim Shorts

Sequin Embellished Denim Shorts: Sequin embellished denim shorts have been on my list of things to make for at least the last year and so when H&M asked me to make something for their Summer magazine inspired by how I would dress at a festival, I knew that it was time to tackle this style. Sadly my trip to Glastonbury was super… (via a pair & a spare)

34 Distressed Polka Dot Denim

Distressed Polka Dot Denim (via swellmayde)

35 Cut Out Heart Pockets

Cut Out Heart Pockets: Upgrade your old jeans with a few cute cut-out heart pockets. Let the contrasting denim beneath show off your raw edges or stitch in sequins, lace, for a (via …love Maegan)

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Awesome Furniture Ideas for Your Small Balcony

TheMan — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 04:10:14 +0000

Transform a paint crate into a table:

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Recycle some pallets or old tires to make a colorful balcony table:

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Build a fold-down murphy bar that will be a great place for relaxing drink:

Click here for above Tutorial: thisoldhouse.com

Put a soft mattress or cushions on the floor, and will get a cozy reading nook:

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Paint an old stool or cable reel:

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Simple hanging corner shelves:

Hang a Cozy Hammock:

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Cool DIY Indoor Gardens

TheMan — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:10:26 +0000

Check out our top projects and products to get your indoor garden started!

1. Mason Jar Herbs

Camille Styles

2. Wine Rack Herbs

Curbly

3. Living Pallet Wall

The Brew

4. A Bowl of Succulents

Willard & May

5. Industrial

6. Full of Water

7. Simple Planter

8. Cacti

9. Tree Branches

10. Contemporary

11. Tabletop

12. Teacups

13. Tulips

14. Gutters

15. Hanging

16. Fairy

17. Garden Wall

18. MidCentury

19. Driftwood

20. Canned

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DIY Pallet Projects For Your Kids

TheMan — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:33:26 +0000

Making pallet projects is that kind of great idea will meet your desire that do something for your kids. Everywhere in your kids’ bedroom, playroom, or even outdoor space you can use pallets. All it takes is some creativity and a bit of your free time to complete the fun projects. What’s more, they are not expensive ideas. Pallets are relatively cheap and you can get them easily. If you want more new creative ideas, see our latest collection and get inspired.

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