Little Swan Planters - DIY

So today I was waiting at the bus stop, and I saw a cluster of Baby Tears on the ground. I quickly scooped some up into a glass container and brought them home. I've been looking for these for a really long time since I've been wanting to plant them in some little swan figures that I own, and today I was able to do just that! I feel sort of silly calling this a DIY, since it's so simple, but since I took step by step photos of the process, I thought why not. 

items used:

❀2 small swan planters

❀small stones

❀soil

❀spoon

❀glass with water

❀plant of choice ~ Baby Tears

Baby Tears

These are the planters I decided to use. They were thrifted by my mom 3 years ago.

1. Fill the bottom of the planters with pebbles for drainage.

2. With a small spoon I carefully filled them with soil (this soil I got from our compost, so it's rich in nutrients for the plant babies)

3. I took a small portion of the plant, loosened up the roots and planted it. I used a toothpick to bury the roots. 

4. I used the same spoon from before to water them. I gave them each 2-3 teaspoons of water.

And that was it! I loved how it turned out and can't wait for it to start growing :3 I planted the Baby Tears I had left outside, and hopefully I'll be able to use them in the future. I was just really happy with how it came out, and it only took me about 15 minutes (including the photo taking) to do this. I love seeing these on my desk, it really brightens up my day. 

Take care,

~Rose

Crayon Lipstick

I'm a fan of nonconventional coloured lipstick and broke… not a good combination. So when I heard about this DIY for making your own lipstick I thought I'd give it a shot. 

*This is not a tutorial, since I'm not 100% happy with the how it all came out. I did, however, want to share the process with you guys because of the interesting results. Remember this is for fun and I'm no expert. *

After researching a couple of recipes online and looking in the cupboards I finally decided to use the following ingredients:

• coconut oil
• cocoa butter
• lanolin
• crayon (of desired colour)

I decided to make a black lipstick, so in a heat proof container I added 1/2 of my black crayon, 1 heaped tsp of coconut oil, almond sized amount of cocoa butter and a pea sized drop of lanolin.

I then improvised a bain-marie so I could melt the ingredients, stirring occasionally with a popsicle stick. 

Excuse the steam, but here you can see that the ingredients are all melted and mixed.

I then poured the liquid into two different lip-balm containers, and put them in the freezer for about 10 minutes for them to cool and solidify. And there you have it!! 

After trying it out I have to say that I was rather disappointed... although the pictures of tutorials I saw online showed something that resulted in lipstick consistency and results, this ended up much like the first result in this video. It ended up being like a lip gloss, and not so pigmented, so when I applied it it left my lips with a slight grey tone. After combining it with different lipstick and colours I discovered that although it can't really be used on it's own, it does work like an excellent lip top coat, darkening the base colour. It gives results much like the V'amped Up! Lip Top Coat from NYX (according to reviews). It darkens the colours and gives it a glossy finish. 

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Overall, although the results were not what I was expecting I still ended up liking what came out and it was really fun to make. Sorry that I didn't include and photos of the lipstick on me or even swatches, but my camera broke so I didn't get the chance to take any. However I can get a hold of a camera, so if your are interested in seeing the results tell me in the comments below and I'll make a follow up post!

Blessed be,

~Rose