Showing posts with label easy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easy. Show all posts
14/01/2011
How to: Take Care of Your Lips
Hi!
Today I will talk about a really important topic, especially in the middle of winter.
When I do makeup on other people I often see dry, chapped lips. That really annoys me because:
1. I have to do extra work to make a lipstick look decent
2. It's so easy to take care of your lips and it only takes a minute per day!
So, once you'll read this blog post you'll have no excuses!
If your lips are already in terrible condition use a bit of honey mixed bit a tiny bit of sugar. Put this paste on your lips and leave it there for 15 minutes, than scrub it away.
Honey
+ Sugar
= amazing lips mask & peeling
The honey nourishes your lips and the sugar helps with the exfoliation.
Than you definitely should use a good lip balm to keep some moisture in your lips.
Currently I'm using Extravaganja Lip Cream, but Vaseline should do the trick as well (or any other that you feel does the job).
If you have some persisting chapping problems try exfoliating your lips with an old (soft) toothbrush once in a while.
Jojoba oil or any other oil will also help your lips to be healthy and soft (use it after exfoliating or just when you remember about it).
That's it :)
No more excuses, OK? :)
XOXO Parisky
23/04/2010
How to: Stencil Shirt
This past weekend I felt really creative and so I learned how to sew, but that just wasn't enough and so I did some stenciling on some shirts.
Because this is such a simple way to improve your wardrobe I decided it would be fun to share it with you.
What you'll need:
- A blank shirt
- Wax paper or even better freezer paper or contact paper
- Fabric color or acrylic paints
- X-acto knife
- Brush
- Desired stencil
I decided to use acrylic color as I didn't have fabric color. You have to realize that stencils with acrylic color will be hard and not as durable as those with fabric color.
I really really suggest you to get freezer paper (here they don't even sell it) as you will have less problems when applying the stencil to the shirt.
So you have your stencil. Tape it on the wax/freezer paper and start cutting out the dark areas (or white if you have a black/dark shirt).
And now it's time to start coloring it! If you have FREEZER paper iron it to the shirt (wax side down) as it will stick to it and this step will be so much easier. If you have WAX paper DON'T iron it (I've learned it the hard way as everything starts rolling up) but rather use some tape.
Don't forget to place something between the front and back of the shirt, so that no paint bleeds through to the other side.
After this you should have the finished stencil. You should leave it to dry (check the instructions on the fabric color). I left it for approx. 30 min because acrylic paint dries really quickly.
I really love my old new shirt :D
XOXO Parisky
01/04/2010
Recipe: Easy Homemade Pizza
I've decided to spicy up a little bit this blog :) Today I'll present you an easy recipe for a homemade pizza.
Servings: at least 3 people
Time of making: approx. 1,5 hours
Ingredients for dough:
250 g of white flour
1 dcl of lukewarm water or milk
1 tea spoon of oil
1 yeast
salt
Topping:
tomato puree approx. 3 dcl or 2 cans
ham approx. 100g
2 mozzarellas (or 250 g of cheese)
oregano
How to:
1. Mix lukewarm water with yeast
2. Put all other ingredients in a bowl
3. Pour the yeast with water into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients
4. Mix and knead the dough
5. If the dough is too sticky add flour, if there is flour left, pour some more lukewarm water in it
6. Leave the dough to rise for at least 1/2 of hour for it to double the size (for best results you can leave it covered overnight in the refrigerator)
Now you have the dough!
So what to do with it?
1. Take a baking tin and cover it with wax paper or some oil, so it won't stick to it
2. Roll out the dough on the baking tin
Here comes the topping and baking. You can put all the topping on it right away. Like I did the first time.
But this will happen: even after almost an hour of baking the dough will be half raw on the inside, the tomato puree will almost evaporate and the cheese will be dry and overbaked. See the picture:
1. Spread the tomato puree on the dough
2. Put it in the oven for 10 minutes (on 230 degrees Celsius with the ventilator mode)
3. Put it out of the oven
4. Put on the ham, mushrooms, vegetables or anything you like + 1 thinly sliced mozzarella
5. Put everything in the oven again (with the same settings) for 5 more minutes
6. Add the last mozzarella and put it in the oven for another 5 minutes.
In this way the pizza will have a nice crisp edge and it will be still very juicy.
The results with this method?
Serve hot :)
Bon appetit!
XOXO Parisky
27/02/2010
How to: Neutral eye makeup
Hello Lovelies!
I'm back from skiing and in one piece! :) I did a tutorial for a neutral eye makeup. A tutorial everyone can follow as it's full of pictures (click to make bigger).
Here is what we're going for:
Here is what we're going for:
So, let's just start.
1. Start with a clean base (I've used jojoba oil to remove the previous makeup, that's why I'm shining :D).
(extra step: Apply primer if you want.)
2. Take a big brush, anyone will do.
3. I'll be using these 2 colors. The lighter one for the base, the darker one for the crease.
4. Apply the base color all over the eyelid
5. Take a smaller brush for the crease
6. Start at the outer corner of the eye and continue to the inner side of your eye
7. Apply more in the outer corner (to make it darker) and some under the lower lash line
8. Take a clean brush (the bigger the better) and smudge!
9. Apply your favourite mascara :)
Ta-dah! Easy right?
And the best part? You can use any colors you want to make it bolder :)
The result:
This very natural makeup goes great with red lips!
XOXO Parisky
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