DIY | decorating notebooks #1

Hey!
It has been quite some time since my last post, but I'm back with an easy and fun DIY. To get through the tough, boring days of school, there's nothing wrong with making it a little bit more fun. I collected some notebooks I wanted to decorate and here is what I came up with. These are all very easy to recreate, I just wanted to give some ideas to get the creativity started! To avoid a very long post, I divided it in different parts.

The pocket chalkboard
This one is probably my favorite, and super easy to accomplish. The thing you will need:
 ~ a notebook (preferably with a hard cover);
 ~ chalkboard paint + paintbrush;
 ~ chalk;
 ~ decorating supplies (optional).

Chalkboard paint is basically paint with a very matt finish. You could probably use matt paint, but the endresult will not be as great as when you'll use official chalkboard paint. The only thing you really have to do is paint the cover of your notebook with the calkboard paint. I suggest you paint the inside of the cover, because the chalk could smudge when other books or notebooks slide against it. Another thing you could do is fold a small envelope where you can store some chalk.

Finally, I decorated the edges with some fabric tape for a clean and neat finish.

Now you can draw silly faces or beautiful *uhuhum* portraits of your absolute favorite teachers! Have fun, be creative and I'll talk to you next time.
Byee!

Your Guide To Flawless Glowing Summer Skin

The lovely Michelle contacted me to make a blogpost on how to keep your skin in the best condition during the summer months. She works at a spa in New York City and wished to share her knowlegde with others about the dangers the sun can have on our skin. Of course I would share her tips! Not only because my skin is a very light shade and it gets sun burned really fast, also because even if your skin may not get sun burned as fast, chemicals in a lot of sunscreens may damage your skin.

She provided me with a list of tips on how to keep your skin in the best condition possible during the hottest months of the year. I am here to share them with you!

Your guide to flawless glowing summer skin

The summer months are here is with it come all the fun things to do. But the sun can be harsh. Therefore it is essential to take care of your skin. Below are helpful tips plus a DIY recipe to get a healthy, beautiful complexion.

1.

A cooler shower is better for your skin in the hot months. Hot showers will most likely make your skin dryer. After a lot of sweating, taking a cool shower helps calm your skin, which in turn decreases breakouts of acne.

2.

Wear a hat when your outside. For full protection go for a brimmed hat -a baseball cap can only give you partial protection from the sun.

3. 

Using a body scrub in the shower is one of the best ways to exfoliate in the summer. Make sure to give extra care where skin is rougher, like elbows. After showering, finish with an oil or rich body cream. 

4. 

For a beautiful summer complexion, cantaloupe is the melon to use. The fruit is not only delicious; it is full of antioxidants and hydrates the skin in its own unique way. The result is your skin looks radiant. 

5. 

Getting bug bites results in itchy and inflamed skin that can last for weeks. If you get bug-bitten skin, use an anti-itch cream twice daily until the itching is gone. Use a restorative cream twice daily to get rid of bug marks.

6. 

Strawberries are the best resource for an even skin tone. Take a large strawberry, cut it in half and poke the flesh to get out the juices. Spread across your face in circles, leave on for 2 minutes, then rinse off. Over time, the strawberries can help age and sun spots. 

7. 

Use plain yogurt as a face mask. Put in on your face for 30 minutes, then take a cool shower and pat dry. The lactic acid has soothing benefits and calms the skin.

8. 

Make sure to use a sunscreen on your hairline. The skin there is sensitive and can be damaged from UVA and UVB rays. So instead of a cream, use a sunscreen spray. 

Beach Body Scrub

1/2 cup sea salt, finely grained

1/2 cup coffee beans, finely ground

1/4 cup sesame oil

1/2 teaspoon, or 20 drops, eucalyptus essential oil

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. In the shower, massage the scrub into damp skin firmly. Take your time to get full usage of ingredients. Rinse off well.

The sun's harmful UV rays will create discoloring on the skin. However, the body scrub inspired by the treatments used at Skana Spa– part of New York State Resort, Turning Stone, – they combine the traditional healing methods of the Oneida Indians to produce an experience that stimulates inner peace. 

All pictures from weheartit.com

Thanks for reading!

Do you have any tips for a beautiful summer skin?

Friendship Bracelets & Lucky Charms

Heya! Since it's summerbreak, I'm busy with things I won't really do in a normal week of school.  In the beginning of the summerbreak I started making friendship bracelets, just for fun. Here's a little 'tutorial' of one of my own creations with lucky charms. Hope you like it!

First, choose the colors you want to use. Play with different colors! Organise them as shown below:

You can make any bracelet you want. I chose the chevron for this one.

You can add the lucky charm whenever you want. In the beginning, at the end, in the middle... you can even add more than one. Just how you like it to be. I chose for the middle. Add the charm to the middle two strings.

Now knot the outer strings. You're supposed to get two separate strings. I hope the picture below is clear enough fot you to see.

When the two separate strings are long enough to go all the way down the charm, you knot them together with the two middle strings. You're supposed to get something like this:

Finish your bracelet when it fits you. Now you have your own cute little lucky friendship bracelet!
I hope this tutorial was useful and you like the result. Comment and tell me what you think!
xx