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Posted 22 August 2016 | 10:45 pm

In: Nails

Pinterest Fail - Marbled Mugs Using Nail Polish

I'm a little bit obsessed with upcycling, re-purposing and re-imagining my beauty stash.  So when our intern Nina showed us a video of creating beautiful marbled mugs using nail polish I was keen as a bean to give it a go.

I scoured Pinterest and yeah, it looked pretty easy.  Take a bowl of warm water, pour in nail polish, stir, dip mug in, voila.  Look at this example from Pinterest:

And this one, from a KIDS page, it must be easy right?

Yeah.  Easy.  

 

I mean LOOK AT IT.  It's less marbling, more rainbow bird poop.

I called in The Husband for the next few attempts, because he's arty and I clearly struggle with kiddie crafts.

Apparently the technique is - hope the nail polish pours in to an ok pattern, swirl it with a toothpick like you know what you're doing and dip the mug with conviction and swagger.  While working quickly.  

The attempts did get better, but yeah, I don't think these will be sellers at the local boutique!

Have you tried nail polish marbling?  Was your attempt better than this? 

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Posted 20 July 2016 | 11:44 pm

In: Skincare, Cosmetics, Nails, Hair Care

Amazing (and simple) ideas to reuse, repurpose or upcycle your beauty stash!

 

Reusing the It's All About You box to hide a bad hair day

I remember Nanna Babs telling me about the war and post-war years, when the economy was stunted and people simply had to make do.  From unraveling too-small sweaters and using the yarn to knit hats or gloves, to reusing the bath water to water the veggie patch, war time households learned the hidden value of many a used-up thing.

Then came years of excess, of wants that became needs.  Houses became full, then over full, and before we knew it, we were running out of room in our landfills.

And as with many things in life, we seem to have come full circle, with more and more people trying to reuse, repurpose or upcycle

Here's some ideas for your beauty stash.

1. Create household storage from lotion bottles.

Make It & Love It blogger Ashley Johnston shared her upcycled lotion bottles on her blog.  This hanging laundry room storage system is simple, eco friendly and pretty darn cute.

2.  De-clutter with body butter.

Wash empty body butter tubs, lip balm tins and use them to store hair pins, pills, cotton buds and whatever other fiddly things you have lying around.

3.  Refill empty containers with homemade makeup.

 

Like this DIY rainbow highlighter!

4.  Make statement jewellery.

2nd Funniest Thing blogger Marta used a plastic bottle to create this chevron necklace.

5. Reuse net body scrubbers as household cleaning tools. 

They're great for stubborn surface stains and for hard to reach spots.

6. Use glass foundation jars as single stem vases.

7.  Overrun with fancy soaps? 

 Use them to freshen drawers and wardrobes until you're ready to use them.

8.  Check out if your favourite brand has a recycling program. 

Some brands like Lush offer customers a free product in return for xxx amount of empty containers.  More on that here.

9.  Turn a lotion bottle in to a cellphone charging caddy.

Make It & Love It blogger Ashley Johnston has done it again.  No more tripping up over wires while your phone is on charge!

10.  Collect the mirrors from your used compacts to create your own bit of wall art.

11.  Too many nail polishes to use?

Use them to paint bobby pins in the season's must have colours.  Cheap and cheerful!

Are you into upcycling, re-using or repurposing?  Share your ideas and tips with us below!

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Posted 12 July 2016 | 10:37 pm

In: Cosmetics, Nails, Beauty Boxes

You Know You’re A Kiwi When…

Ah, Nu Zillind, how I adore you. I was born in you. Bred in you. I couldn’t even bear to leave you for an O.E. You’re in my heart Nu Zillind. You’re in my soul. You’ve given we Nu Zillinders, both those that were born here and those that have chosen to reside here, a whole lot that makes us a little bit more special (in my entirely unhumble opinion) than the rest of the world. Quirks and beliefs, thoughts and feelings that only we as a nation can understand.

So how do you know when you’re reached peak Kiwiness?

1.  You’ve spent your summer barefoot and could walk on a gravel driveway or craggy    rocks at the beach without batting an eyelid.

2.  When you hear someone say pavlova is an Aussie invention you consider whipping up a pav, waiting for it to cool down, creaming it, adding bananas or kiwifruit on top, and then hunting them down and shoving it in their ill-informed face.

3.  You’ve hung your head in despair when an overseas makeup brand releases something amazing, and you discover no one stocks it here.

4.  You can ‘yeah, nah’ it for a good two minutes before committing to an answer or decision.

5.  If you’re eating sausage rolls and someone breaks out the sauce, and it’s not Watties, they’re dead to you.

6.  When you’re in any other part of the world and you ask where the dairy is people look at you kinda strange.

7.  Oh, and when you’ve been overseas you’ve had to endure people asking you to say fish n chips, and six vs. sex for an entire taxi trip. (True story, didn’t even get a discount on arrival, cheeky bugger.)

8.  Dip is made from reduced cream and Maggi Onion Mix – and that’s it. Anything else is just a pretender to the throne.

9.  At some point in your life your parents stuffed you in the car for a bit of tiki tour, which left you hot, bothered and bored, but it meant they didn’t have to do any parenting for an hour or so... and you fully intend to do the same to your kids one day too.

10.  When you watch YouTubers eat Kiwi lollies and complain about them you immediately dismiss them as idiots who don’t know anything anyway so whatever.

There’s more. I know there’s more. But we want to hear your thoughts… so go on, you know you’re a Kiwi when….

And the really cool thing about New Zealand?  Our fabulous beauty brands.  How about $300 worth for a lot less, delivered?

 

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