Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Favorite Holiday Tutorials

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photos by Running on Happiness, the Beauty Department, ShannonPix fine art photo (great last minute presents!) and the sweetest occasion

With the Holiday's around the corner I thought it would be a great time to share my all time favorite Holiday Tutorials going from my favorite Holiday hair-do's to Gift Wrapping (I just love gift wrapping) and even one tutorial that would make that perfect very special gift!
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
xoxo

1) The Bow Bun

I cannot think of a better occasion then the Holiday's for this amazing Bow Bun! I love it and the Tutorial is amazing!


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2) A very Vintage Vibe

The Beauty Department never fails when it comes to perfect hair tutorials and this is one of my Holiday favorites! The 1950's inspired ponytail!

http://thebeautydepartment.com/2012/09/1950s-inspired-ponytail/
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3) Lush Low Ponytail

This is such a beautiful and classic hair-do for the Holidays! I really would like to know the original credits since I doubt the source where I found it and I would really like to know how to do these last few steps in the tutorial!

http://fashionworship.com/2069/
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4) Tiny Bow

The Bow Bun a bit too much Bow for you? I really love the tiny detail of this simple bow from We see Rainbows! It's just delicious!


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5) Sparkly DIY Giftwrap

The Sweetest Occasion comes with an amazing Sparkly Ribbon DIY! I have to say that when it comes to gift wrapping this website has really a lot of amazing tutorials and they are really all worth checking out!! 



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6) How to make a Perfect Bow

Maybe you are already blessed with perfect bow making skills but I am most definitely not! Flights of Fancy's Bow gift wrapping tutorial is simple but ohhhhh so perfect!!


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7) DIY Paper Bows

Milomade has this amazing tutorial on how to make your own paper bows out of magazine-and-recycled paper!


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8) DIY Teacup Candles

And last but not least for that perfect little gift; Martha Stewart's DIY Teacup Lights!

http://www.marthastewart.com/273016/teacup-lights

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Saturday, 8 December 2012

DIY Baroque Baseball Cap (+ Tutorial)

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I was asked by my friends over at Miista to brew up another DIY! They really loved the DIY baroque tights and loved to see how I would apply the same idea to another item, uhm yes, one that didn't take 16 hours to make haha. So I went for a Baseball Cap. The Baseball Cap ended up being a far easier DIY, I think I finished it within a hour! I did take another approach making it so I made a separate tutorial. I loved that the cap came out having a bit of that 90s flavor! I have been wearing it non-stop ;)
xoxo

CLICK HERE for the DIY Baroque Baseball Cap Tutorial


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Friday, 30 November 2012

DIY Baroque Tights

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It has been very long since my last DIY Tights... now I remember why... bleeding fingers hahaha
But anyway, so this is what I have been doing the past week, my apartment looks like a DIY factory (yes, I made more diy'sssssss and I'm really short of calling them Die's haha) The tights took me a painstaking 16 hours to make mainly because I really wanted to make sure the tights would survive the laundry (like a 100 times) and it took me a while before I figured out the best way to work with the Baroque and Brocade trend on the tights and on other items (Placement, Prints and patterns) but I figured it out and the Tutorials are on the way!! I really hope you like them, it would be the best motivation ever to make more and don't worry, the tutorials offer serious alternatives to 16 hours of work ;)

xoxo

CLICK HERE for the TUTORIAL

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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Alice Point + COCOROSA DIY Beanie's (+ tutorial)

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Me and Alice combined forces last week in London for a fun little project, we were asked by MIISTA to brew up a DIY for the MIISTA blog (one that wouldn't take a million hours and bleeding fingers) and how could we say no? Especially since no bleeding fingers would be involved and we just love to Brew, although no brewing was involved either! We really wanted to pimp up our so necessary Winter Wear, Beanie obsession, anyone else?

Do check out THE FULL TUTORIAL and video on MIISTA.com! and do check out my partner in crime Alice Point!
xoxo

ps. No COCOROSAS and ALICE POINTS where hurt during the making of this tutorial. All added swag should be handled properly. ALICE POINT went on to live happily ever after, marrying a whole varsity team. COCOROSA eventually got the carpet (this Carpet) to fly.

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Wednesday, 21 November 2012

My Big Beautiful Curly Hair Tutorial

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So Many have asked me for a Hair Tutorial of my Big Curls so here I go! The team behind Toni&Guy have send me an arsenal of new products to fine tune my look even more (meaning more volume and a healthier Shine without a hair-sprayed look)

What you absolutely need for this Tutorial: Mouse, Toni&Guy Sculpting Powder, Curl Iron, Hair Spray, All other Products are a big plus to fight frizz and give you that Glamorous Shine!


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before and after


1) Prep Your Hair


First things first, the best way to start a good-do is to really prep your hair.
I started by washing my hair with Toni&Guy Shampoo for Damaged Hair and using the Toni&Guy Reconstruction Mask for overall well taken care off Hair!

Very important: On damp towel-dried hair I used the Spritz&Shine liquid Mouse, work in a small amount from root to tip, after I blow dried my hair. The Mouse gives my hair the perfect body and shine to start with! Plus it really helps with the curls!

Last but not least I applied a few drops of Toni&Guy Shine&Anti-Frizz serum drops to the mid-lengths and ends of my Hair and the Toni&Guy Moisturising Shine Spray for a last polish.


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All my Toni&Guy goodies!



2) Sculpting / Volume Powder

My absolute favorite Hair product in the world! I have been writing about it before and absolutely key to this tutorial since I'm really against teasing my hair!

Toni&Guy Sculpting Powder comes in a small blue tube and combats grease and creates Volume and Shape! I dust the powder directly at the roots and work it through with my fingers (I kind of massage the dusted root area so to speak)


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I first part my hair in a crown section and 2 front sections. (think a Bouffant or Brigitte Bardot)
Instead of teasing the hair at the crown as done in a Bouffant I use the Sculpting Powder to dust a layer at the roots (work in a horizontal strip!) then I part the hair half way (between the Crown and to where I hold the hair) and dust another strip! I also dust at the foremost section of where my "bouffant" starts! Last I gently flip my hair back using a brush or fingers. 

(Seriously, don't worry about messing this part up! Just think "Brigitte Bardot" and apply the powder at the roots where you would otherwise tease your hair!)


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I now start to dust the front left and right parts/sections of my hair with the Sculpting Powder!
I first dust the roots in the middle section (work vertical, from the front to the back) and then I dust the roots in 2 (or 3) sections on either side! I part my hair with my fingers or using a comb or brush, don't worry about making neat side-sections, I do it very sloppy myself!

(Again! Seriously, don't worry about messing this part up! Just think "Brigitte Bardot" and apply the powder at the roots where you would otherwise tease your hair!)


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Now the Fun Part! gently Scruntch/ Massage the roots of your hair where you applied the powder, you should get a full blown Brigitte Bardot look! Without Teasing!

See, Brigitte Bardot ;)


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3) Curl your Hair


Gently brush or comb your hair but don't comb or brush your roots through (where you dusted the Sculpting Powder) also don't worry about the volume, you will scrunch it back later! 

Pin the front sections of your hair to the side or up since we are going to curl them last, also before curling prep your hair with a heat protector! I used the Toni&Guy Heat Protection Mist!

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Start curling, it doesn't matter if you start curling on the right or left side of your hair as long as curl going outward! (see close-up pic) I also keep my tips/ hair ends outside of the clamp, I don't curl them since the hair ends would damage quickly because of the heat!

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After curling the locks you can use Hair Spray on each individual lock or Spray the locks all together as you please! But you have to use Hair Spray to set the curls! I used Toni&Guy Firm Hold Hairspray. 

Now we start to curl the front locks that were pinned to the sides, after curling these I spray all the locks again!

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4) Brush-Out the Curls


Let the hair spray set just a little bit, make sure it's dry.
We will now start Brushing out the curls! After Brushing I use Hair Spray in between and on the curls while I hold my hair up, this gives me loads of volume! Kind of setting the big fly-away fluffed up Curls!


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5) The Side-Bang and Finishing Touch


I guess you could have made the side part before but I kind of like doing it last since I want to get it perfect while having that spontaneous fly-away feel!
I basically just flip a random side part over the either left or right side (whatever looks best on your face), this way I can really control how these locks will fall plus if really necessary I curl the side-lock-bang again (totally cheating, I know) When the side bang looks the way I like I use Hair Spray to set it although I don't really spray at my roots to keep that soft natural look and feel!


I massage the hair roots again for our Brigitte Bardot volume and use very very sparingly the Moisturising Shine Spray to areas where the fluffed up curls turned matte and scrunch them up again. 

I never ever use the Shine (Gloss) Spray near the top/roots since the Shine/Gloss tends to weigh down your hair! After glossing I use hair spray again!

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6) Finito!


Et Voila! 
Big Beautiful healthy looking hair with volume at the roots! You can scruntch/massage the roots of your hair during the day to re-vamp that volume!

You can find out more about all the Toni&Guy products here!

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Monday, 15 October 2012

OUTFIT: White Studded and Gold

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Wearing: Sheinside studded collar blouse, H&M skirt, FeedYourStyle DIY fluffy clutch, Miista May Boots c/o Zalando

Wearing my new Miista boots! I'm so happy to finally have boots that are gold but still have an edge to them to gently roughen up pretty looks and it's so nice to have a pair of boots that are different from your every Zara boots and shoes! 

The boots look awesome paired with pretty lace dresses and soft silk slips but go very well with opulent dark greens, blues and blacks, dark tweets and grainy textures, so they are perfect for this seasons darker trends as well, I kind of know that since I already paired the boots with about every outfit I own, haha, Oh the pleasure of having new shoes ^_^
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Saturday, 18 August 2012

Things To Do in your Weekend: DIY collars

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Photo/collage via the beauty dial, low right photo by Brown Platform

The Detachable, Studded and Embellished Collars aren't going anywhere just yet, they are here to stay a bit longer and blend in beautiful into the coming Autumn/Winter season! So yes, what better way to spend your weekend getting creative and crafty on Collars? There are so many DIY's so I just picked a few of my favorites for upcoming season!




Yes, the metallic collar necklace would be a bit out of your average diy-league but luckily for us it's a below $15 H&M piece! I actually bought the necklace yesterday and think it would just look perfect with about any blouse, top and dress!

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Atlantic Pacific shows us how delicious diy studded collars look! She actually worked with this tutorial by Cheetah is the new Black, another amazing tutorial for a detachable studded collar: here


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Photo by Atlantic Pacific


Leave it up to Honestly WTF to figure out how to make scalloped peter pan LV collars and showing us how to do it in this tutorial here and the variations you can make are endless, for example; what about pearls?


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Photo via  Honestly WTF


I really love this collar by refinery21! Warm and Classic which makes it a perfect wear for Autumn/Winter!

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Photo by Refinery21


Prettyness by Love Meagan who created this delicious embellished collar, with a tutorial of course!

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Photo by Love Meaghan