Detangler Spray

During the heat I have a particularly hard time with friz. If you share the same struggler then this is the project for you! You can use this as a friz spray, smoothing spray, and as a leave in conditioner

I have been using this on my hair for the past few days and it is a miracle worker!

 

 

What you will need:

A spray bottle

1/4 cup vegetable glycerin

 1 cup water

1 t of your favorite essential oils

 

All you do is mix it together, shake well, and spray.

 

Best Hand Soap Ever

I feel like every one of my posts recently have been revolving around summer because well I LOVE spring!! You can expect the same kind of posts about fall! But back to the point! I have been finding myself doing a lot of weird chores lately and my hands have gotten ridiculously dirty. To remove all the dirt I have made the best exfoliating hand soap!

 

Its even a beautiful color!!!!

 

What you will need:

A jar or container

Hand soap

Sugar

Lemon Oil

 

Fill 3/4 to 1/2 of the container with sugar and fill the rest with some kind of hand soap. The best is colored because it looks super cool!! Add a few drops of lemon oil and mix, mix, mix. This stuff is amazing and just the right abrasiveness that it doesn't hurt or tear your skin but it does remove ALL the dirt!!!!

 

Note: all measurements depend on how much you want.

Homemade Reeses Peanut Cups

Peanut butter or chocolate, chocolate or peanut butter this inner battle, for me at least, could go on forever!! Well the battle has finally ended with the semi (not really) healthy dessert.

This was technically made for Easter but I didn't have enough time to upload it by then so instead you will be reading this on Tuesday.

 

What you will need:

1 cup of peanut butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 T agave, honey, or maple syrup

1/2 t vanilla extract

 

All you have to do is throw everything in your food processor or blender and make into balls. Next comes my personal favorite part the chocolate dipping!!!!!!!

 

Tip 1: Make sure to freeze the peanut balls so they dip easier

Tip 2: If you put the peanut butter balls on a fork and use a knife to scrape the chocolate off the bottom. This will you so much!!!!

Tip: I found that if when you melt the chocolate you add a little bit a milk it will keep it from solidifying to quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

Pepper, Lime, Cucumber Summer Salad

Happy Easter!!!!!

Summer and salads, what happens when you put those together?! An amazing summer-salad!!

This is springy, fresh tasting, and super healthy!!

What you will need:

1/8 cup fresh cilantro

1/2 T olive oil

1 1/2 T lime juice

1 cup quinoa

1/2 cup colored peppers

1/2 cup cucumber

Mix the half the cilantro, oil, and lime juice together.

Set aside.

Cut up peppers, cucumber, and the rest of the cilantro.

Mix it all together and enjoy!!!!

Season to taste.

Chain Bracelet

Happy Friday!

Now that the weather is getting warmer it is time for arm candy!!!!

How cool are these?! When I first saw this I thought it would be kind of weird but I honestly love them and I have worn them every day since!!!!

What you will need:

Pack of ponytails

A few chains

Plyers

All you need to do is separate a few chain links (depending on how big your wrist is) and attach each end to the ponytail.

They make the best bracelets because their is stretch and you won't have to clasp the ends together! Lets just admit that, that is the worst part about wearing bracelets!!

These can also double as a ponytail holders as long as the ends of the chain link is totally clasp together. Or it will catch your hair!

It probably took 10-15 minutes to make all of these.

Yummy Almond Crusted Chicken with Strawberry Sauce

As spring approaches I find myself in need of some new recipes! Because chicken is one of my favorite meals I have decided to revamp the typical breaded chicken!

What you will need:

4-5 chicken breasts

 3/4 cup of almonds
 2 egg white
1 cup strawberries (stems removed)
1 tbsp of sugar
1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar (make sure not to use the balsamic glaze)
1 tbsp of corn starch (more depending on how thick you want it)
1/4 cup of chicken broth
1 tbsp. rosemary

Dip your chicken in the egg white followed by pureed almonds until,

they are pretty thickly coated. Bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes or so.

Puree strawberries, balsamic vinegar, and sugar in the blender until it looks like a weird strawberry smoothie (but don't taste it! For some reason I don't think that would taste very good....).

Then mix the rosemary, corn starch, and chicken broth in a pan.

Warm and serve over the chicken!

Have an amazing Wednesday!!

(All credit for the first picture goes to Cheese Please also the original creator of this recipe) 

DIY Matte Nail Polish

Hello everyone! I am particularly happy today because it's Saturday and we have matte nail polish!! I honestly love this stuff! One of my favorite things for spring is pastel nail polish but I am not a fan of neon colors.  The balance I have found is matte pink polish!!

What you will need:

Around a Tablespoon of Corn Starch

A bottle of clear polish

Funnel

This is literally as simple as one to three because well theirs only three steps!

Step One: Funnel corn starch into your clear polish (a paper funnel works best). Amounts of corn starch will vary based on just how matte you want it and how much polish you have.

Step Two: Shake, shake, shake! This is the most important step! Make sure you have all the clumps out.

Step Three: Paint on your base color coat and use this as a top coat!

The only downside to this very cheap alternative is that it will sometimes have a white "film" on top after it gets very wet. It comes off very easily with a little bit of rubbing.

Have a lovely weekend!!