DIY: Nourishing Repair Hair Oil

If you guys have been following my ‘Hair Woes,’ you would have known that I bleached my hair-ends on the 1^st April and ever since then, my damaged ends became worse than before!  

I’ve been searching high and low for a decent hair product to counter this vanity problem of mine – afterall, bleaching my hair was something done in my own accord and I totally deserve such a consequence! Sadly, I couldn’t find anything that would guarantee the nourishment of my hair.  Everything I read about online, had mix reviews. If only I was rich enough to try as many as I could.

Long story short, I was hunting high and low for a hair product over my mom’s dresser and I found that she has alot of ‘Olive Oil’ based hair products. She once, was an avid fan of hair dyeing and perming and would have her hair done every 3 months. Her hair was like HAY then! But now, she has really smooth hair and she credits her olive oil products.

When I was younger, my mom used to slather the strange smelling oil onto my hair as well, as much as I hated it, I had really really nice and soft hair! So I figured, ‘Hheck, I’ll make my own!’

Here are the things that you need:

• Olive Oil* (Normal/Extra Virgin)
• Vitamin E Oil
• Empty Bottle
• Fragrance Oil (optional)

*You could replace ‘Olive Oil’ with other natural oils such as Jojoba oil, Coconut Oil, Grapeseed oil, Avocado Oil, Almond Oil etc. Click here for the different hair benefits of different oils! 

Those 3 are the babies of the entire hair potion, im telling ya. I'm using:

Bertolli's Extra Light Olive Oil (yes, I add them to my salad too :), 
Fruit of the Earth Vitamin E Skin Care Oil, and
Apple Fragrance oil.

There isn't any exact measurements for this oil mixture, and you can add in any amount you prefer.

What I did:

- 5 tsp of Olive Oil
- 2 tsp of Vitamin E Oil
- 1 tsp of Fragrance Oil

And you shake it all up!

Try it and let us know how this went for your hair! It has definitely helped me in restoring the smoothness of my hair, thankfully :)

Goodluck guys!

Oh, on a sidenote: this thing is pretty oily - so I would advise you to tie up your hair into a bun/braid it whenever you apply this :D 

DIY: Denim Shorts (Cut Offs)

Hello everybody!

I'll be trying to post up DIYs every week or so because I'm getting really poor these few days.

Today's DIY will be.....

Turning your old long jeans to new shorts! 

This is probably a really really popular DIY and I was thinking twice about posting this up. But since I was already intending to make a pair of shorts for myself, why not just document it down and upload it for anyone who might be looking for a handy dandy tutorial!

I don't have a light pair of denim shorts, and when my aunt came over with her bag of clothes for sorting/donating, I came across this pair of light wash denim and thought that it might look good as a pair of high waist shorts!

I've been wearing shorts to school almost every order because:

1. The weather is blazing hot!

2. I have to carry really alot large, heavy and bulky items. I can't afford to trip and fall in a skirt. 

3. Most of the time, I climb stairs, therefore shorts are much more comfortable.

But of course, I will be incorporating more jeans/leggings/ maxi skirts into my outfits! So do look forward to that because I for course, am looking forward to see myself in skirts as well. Haha. Okay, back to this DIY. It's a really simple and basic DIY.

Step 1: With a pencil, mark the desired length of your shorts when  you're wearing them.

It's crucial that you wear the jeans and mark the length at the same time, because if you were to just snip it off without wearing it beforehand, chances are the length is gonna look a lil off, well at least for me.

Step 2: Fold the jeans about 1" - 2" AFTER your pencil mark and CUT IT OFFFFF OH YEAH! 

This is to have allowance, if for instance, you're intending to fray/fringe/cuff/stud your shorts. I will be cuffing my shorts when I wear it. Or maybe dye it and slice it or something *hint hint* ;)

Step 3: There you go! 1 leg down and another to go :) Just fold the  jeans into half, like how you'd do normally . Even everything out and slice the other leg off! 

For my previous black cut offs, I didn't fold the jeans and then cut it - resulting in a difference in the length of the shorts. Haha. But it wasn't too bad since I frayed and cuffed it eventually. But hey, you learn from mistakes.

Step 4: Unfold your jeans (seriously, this step is redundant) and TA-DAH! 

Okay, wear your new denim shorts however you want it! You can cuff it, stud it, fray it, fringe it or opt for a clean classic look of just hemming the ends. No biggie, really. :)

Breakdown of Total Cost:

Old Long Jeans x 1 = $0.00 (Secondhand)
Scissors x 1 = $1.90
Time x 15mins = $0.00

Total Cost: $1.90 (which is probably not even justifiable since most of you would have a pair of scissors at home! Hence, it will be $0.00

Till then guys,
Rock your shorts.

nette.

DIY: nails cuticle treatment

It took me forever to try to get these photos organised! :( (I am really bad with computers etc)

Anyways, like the tittle, yes! This is about the ugly nail cuticles. When we go for a classic manicure the manicurist will remove it for us. But! imagine the amount of money and time we will save by doing it ourselves!

Many might not notice their nail cuticles, but it is really important to get rid of them so that we can have beautiful nails. Some might have painstakingly painted their nails to perfection, however, should they leave their cuticles unattended, the colour will not have a nice 'U' shape. Ok I might have lost you here, so here's some photos!

(I trim my cuticles often, hence the U shape is quite alright. Are yours ok too?)

To remove our nails cuticles, we need several things. I bought all my stuff from faceshop.

1. Nail balm: to soften our cuticles. So that when we remove them later, we will not tear out extra skin or bleed. Apply a little amount on our cuticles.

2. Cuticle remover: to remove our cuticles, DUH! hahaha! how to? after the application of nail balm to all 10 fingers, start removing the cuticles in the same order. Because by the time we got around to the 10th finger, the 1st finger's cuticle would have soften already! One by one, by the time we remove the cuticles one by one, the 10th finger's cuticle would have been soften.

we hold the cuticle remover in our hands, and rest the V on the cuticle. apply a little pressure and push it downwards. like the second finger, we start from the middle of the nail. to the left and downwards, to the right and downwards. We MUST NEVER push it upwards as it might tear our skin and result in BLEEDING or SEVER PAIN!

TA-DA! It's real easy! I circled the cuticles as I find it hard to spot them on the tissue! OMG! that's really alot right!

WHEEE! my cuticle free fingers! hahaha! for people who hasn't done this before, look at the U. the little white stuff has vanished and the U is smoother (less jagged).

Is this it???? NOOOOOOO! we still have to take care of our nails, by applying these~

Apple this on the nails to keep them healthy and smooth!

Cuticle Care: apply this on the cuticles so as to keep them moisturized.

Guess what? all of the stuff that I've used here is around 20-30? SO CHEAP AND I CAN USE IT FOR SOOOOO LONG!!!!!

are your fingers cuticle free too?

DIY: Saving Dried Gel-liners

HOW TO SAVE YOUR DRIED-UP GEL LINER.

Hello all!

Recently, (as stated in the nude pink lippy post), my indelible gel liner from MADminerals dried up because the bottle wasn't tightly capped for a few weeks. I really love the colour and couldn't bear to throw it away. Moreover, US$8.99 for that mini bottle isn't that cheap, despite the fact that it's staying power and vibrant colour is fan-tast-tic! Nonetheless, it's probably my Holy Grail product for Gel-liners =)

Oh , as I was saying, it dried up really bad, to the extent that when I shook the bottle, the hardened contents could be heard knocking around. I tried googling, without much help from it anyway. It was until I saw michellephan's youtube video on how to maximise the usage of your lipgloss and I thought, maybe we could do the same for dried gel-liners!

Basically, all you need is:

1. your dying to be saved GEL eyeliner
2. A pot of boiling water.

Just place your gel eyeliner in a cup of boiling water and WAIT for about 10min! That's all you gotta do =) Simple eh! You might not get the original consistency of the eyeliner when it was first purchased initially. But after a couple of 'sauna' sessions, your gel liner will loosen up and start to feel softer and smoother =)

note:

- please cap the gel liner tightly as you wouldn't want the water to enter your product.

- do allow a few minutes before placing the gel liner into the boiling water. You wouldn't want to glass to crack or the plastic cover to melt.

I'll try to get the pics up ASAP. Blogger's being a bitch today.

love,

netteeeee

DIY: Nude Pink (Matte) Lippy

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN NUDE LIPSTICK.

Hello all!

Nude has been one of the main trends this year and to get the right shade of a Nude lippy is really hard. It's doubly hard if you're on a low budget ( LIKE ME ). There are many DIY nude lips video on youtube, mainly using concealer and vaseline or such. But sometimes, it's too nude for people with a tinge of colour on their skin, especially after getting a tan.

There are many youtube videos on how to make your own nude lipstick, which is usually concealer + vaseline. I tried that before, but I looked way too pale with the 'erased lips' look. Plus, the vaseline adds shine to the lip color, which isn't really my kinda thing. Or maybe, I done it wrong by adding too much vaseline. Oh well.

In anycase, while doing up some spring cleaning in my make up case, I found this shade of lipstick I bought about 8 months ago at a local drugstore, but never used for more than thrice. The colour was a tad too pinky for my own liking -

pink makes me look really kiddy, and it doesn't really go well with my normal make-up face. So i tried to apply whatever i learnt in youtube videos in real life and chanced upon this result of a nude pinkish lip colour! PLUS, ITS MATTE ;) I love matte. It's love. =D

What you need:

1) A Lipstick of any shade/formula. Preferably with pink tones.

I'm using Silky Girl Moisture Shine in Simply Nude.

2) Powder Foundation to lighten the lip colour.

I'm using Everyday Minerals - Fair Medium in Semi matte. This is sample-sized. Got the wrong shade off the website. Depressing :(

3) Aluminium Foil for easy clearance and a Plastic Spoon for mixing

4) A sanitized container to put your lippy!

Only 4 Items and a couple of minutes to get your shade of nude lippy!

Step #1

- Take a decent amount of your lipstick and mash it into the container. I took about 2cm since I was just trying out.

Step #2

- Using the back of the plastic spoon as the scooper, put in about 4 scoops of the foundation. The more you put, the lighter/pale-er it gets. Oh, it gets thicker too. Mix to your desired shade. I used a lip brush as my mixer.

Step #3

- Using the lip brush, scoop everything(as much as you can) on to the spoon, and then put it back in the container. This is just my OCD side. Couldn't stand it when the product was all over the container.

AND TADA! YOU GOT IT!! Your very own shade of Nude Lippy.

It probably looks too dark/pink for a Nude Lippy, but the foundation makes the entire lipstick lighter and more opaque. Oh, the foundation also makes it MATTE, which is a good thing for me as I'm not exactly a fan of shimmers, for now. Nonetheless, just add the foundation till you get the desired shade =)

note:

If you want it darker - Add dark brown eyeshadow.

If you want it pinkier - Add more lippy.

darker and more pink, there's a difference. :)

SWATCHES!

left - DIY lip colour, right - Original lip colour

without flash

with flash

on lips: without flash

on lips: with flash

Tips:

1) if you find it too 'watery', place the product in the refrigerator before use. It will solidify into a lipstick as shown. But you have to place it back in the refrigerator after use due to the climate temperature.

I find that this colour suits me better, since I'm pretty tanned. It could also seen as a MLBB (My Lips But Better) color. =)

Hope you find this useful, and Enjoy.