does PINTEREST KNOW EVERYTHING: CUSTOM NAIL COLOR

When we read some posts a while ago that said "make your own nail polish"... we were intrigued. That sounds like it'd be a lot of work and pretty stinkin' complicated. But what everyone really meant was, "this is how you make your own custom nail color." Once we realized this, we thought it'd be fun to see how well it actually worked. First of all, you will need a bottle of clear or white nail polish and some eye shadow. It will help you to have a sheet of paper as well and something to scrape the eye shadow with- I actually can't remember what I used! The end of a pen maybe?

Anyways, FIRST- Pour out some nail polish if your bottle is completely full. You will need some room for the eye shadow. SECOND- Scrape the eye shadow(s) of your choosing until you pile up a good amount. We liked mixing colors because using just one seems kind of boring... unless you have a really awesome color. Our colors were all pretty simple. THIRD- Roll a piece of paper into and cone and use it to put the eye shadow into your nail polish bottle. FOURTH- Close the bottle and shake it up! We finished our polishes by using a label maker to put their "names" on the bottle- aren't we so creative? ha! joking.

Don't get me wrong- there is not a shortage of nail colors out there. This is just fun and we found it worked pretty well! We definitely liked starting with white nail polish better because you could use less eye shadow and the color was waaaayyyy more opaque. Starting with clear nail polish just gave our nails the slightest tint of color. In the picture, the orange polish has three coats and the purple has one coat. These polishes also have a very very matte finish- as I suspect would happen with any color. I think this method is mostly just fun. I think I'll stick to buying my colors already made for now. But, if you feel like experimenting- this would be a fun one!

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the DIY: SPRAY BLEACH SHIRT

So in the middle of this project I actually had to leave to go purchase more bleach. Our small amount wasn't doing the trick. All you need to do this project is a spray bottle, a barrier for the inside of the shirt, some bleach, a t-shirt and a stencil that you can make yourself out of card stock.

First off you will need to find a silhouette of something you want to be on your shirt. You could do any kind of shapes or words you would like. You probably want to choose something without much detail. If the shape is hard to cut out- it probably won't turn out so well on the shirt. Print your shape (or draw) onto card stock and cut it out.

Make sure you put something between the front and back of the shirt. We just used a rolled up piece of craft paper. Put some bleach in a spray bottle. We used 2 parts bleach, 1 part water. Place the stencil where you want it on the shirt and start spraying all around, and on top of, the stencil. It will take a while for the bleach to start changing the color of the shirt.

If you had your shirt turned to the side like we did, you will want to turn it back around the front to fix the spread of the bleach. As you can see, on our shirt there was a hard edge on the left side. Spray the bleach to fix the edges. We also removed the stencil in this step because it was too hard to move the shirt without moving the horse.

When your shirt has turned a color you like, rinse the shirt out with just water. Make sure you rinse it out a looooooootttttttt. Let your shirt dry completely and it's ready to wear! After it has dried completely, it is safe to wash it regularly.

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u LOOK HAUTE: FISHTAIL BRAID

Well, we figured it was time we did a simple and basic hair tutorial. Maybe one day we will get as basic as a regular braid but for now, you can learn how to do a fishtail braid with our tutorial over on U Look Haute. Check out the other stuff on their website as well, it's pretty awesome!

Do you like these basic tutorials? We're thinking about doing a "Back to Basics" series on our YouTube channel. What do you think? What video tutorials would you like to see?

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