DIY Makeup Brush Cleaner

Over time, makeup brushes collect not only old makeup but dirt and dust as well. Because of all the dirt and germs that end up on the brushes. it's important to clean them often. You can use this DIY makeup brush cleaner as a daily disinfectant!

I clean my brushes using castile soap and warm water. It works really well!

You can make your own makeup brush daily disinfectant spray at home with just a few simple ingredients.

Ingredients:

• Rubbing Alcohol
• Distilled Water
• Sweet Orange Oil
• Tea Tree Oil
• Spray Bottle

Steps:

1. Fill your spray bottle 3/4 of the way up with rubbing alcohol.
2. Fill the rest of the bottlew with water.
3. Add a few drops of the essential oils.
4. Shake to combine. Spray your brushes or makeup daily with this cleaner spray.

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Cuticle Care & DIY Cuticle Cream

If you want strong, beautiful and healthy nails you are going to NEED to care of your cuticles. Your cuticles sit on top of your nail beds' growth matrix, the part of your nail that grows. Moisturizing and maintaining your cuticles will lead to stronger and healthier nails. There are a few things you can do at home to care for your cuticles! I'll also show you how to make a DIY cuticle cream.

Nail Care & Cuticle Tools

These tools are what I use to keep my nails and cuticles looking neat! Watch our video below to see how they are used.

• cuticle nippers
• cuticle pushers

DIY Cuticle cream

Using a cuticle cream is an important part of caring for your cuticles because you don't want dry and cracked cuticles (which causes hangnails). Damaged cuticles also allow for bacteria and fungus to enter into your nail bed (yuck!). This DIY cuticle cream will nourish your brittle nails and leave your cuticles soft! Use this cream whenever you feel like your nails need moisturizing, I like to use mine right after a shower and before bed.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 TBSP Beeswax
• 1 TBSP Shea Butter
• 1 TBSP Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp Raw Honey
• 1/2 tsp Vegetable Glycerine

Steps:

1. Melt & combine beeswax, oil and shea butter.
2. In a separate bowl melt & combine raw honey with vegetable glycerine.
3. Let both mixtures come to room temperature.
4. Whisk them together until mixture is a creamy consistency.
5. Pour into container and let harden overnight.

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Nail Polish Organization and Storage: Portable and Inexpensive Solution!

My nail polish collection is getting out of control. I have around 50 nail polishes that needed to be organized. It took me a REALLY LONG TIME to figure out how to organize and store my nail polish collection so that it'd be easy to take on the go. I found my solution at Hobby Lobby and the Dollar Tree.

• The Sterilite 2 layer stack and carry handle box is from Hobby Lobby and it retails there for $12.99. You can find it online if you don't have a Hobby Lobby near you. But here is the link to the product http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/stack-and-carry-2-layer-handle-box-934067/

• The small blue bins are from Dollar Tree and they come as a 3 pack for $1. I can't find a link on their site to the item but I have seen them at Big Lots and Wal Mart too.

I got the smaller bins to go into the stack and carry box because it allows for me to organize my collection within the box. Also, it holds all the nail polish bottles in place from rattling around in there!

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DIY Eyelash/Eyebrow Growth Serum

If I had a nickel for every time I heard one of my friends complain about their eyelashes being too short or brows not up to par, I would have a lot of nickels. This DIY will help you grow your lashes longer and help you get those gorgeous full eyebrows that are in style. This is something I make often for my friends and I also use it to grow my own lashes and brows.

Ingredients:

• Castor Oil (good for hair growth)
• Sweet Almond Oil (contains many vitamins and has multiple skin benefits)
• Vitamin E Oil (heals and moisturizes)
• New Eyeliner Tube or Mascara Tube
• Pipettes for each product

Steps:

1. Fill up your contianer 3/4 of the way up with Castor Oil using a pipette
2. Divide the rest in half and fill each half with Sweet Almond Oil and Vitamine E Oil with the other pipettes ( watch the video below for a how-to)
3. Close your tube, give it a light shake to mix the ingredients.
4. Use nightly. 

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Makeup Organization and Storage Ideas

One of my New Year's resolutions is to become more organized. I don't know about you guys but I can definitely ALWAYS be more organized! I love being organized because it makes my life so much easier. Actually BEING organized, well that's a different story. Anyway, I knew I needed to get my growing makeup collection in order before my room became an overflowing unlivable mess of makeup products. Read on to see the simple and inexpensive way I decided to organize my makeup.

I have a few makeup brushes and I used to throw them all into a plain old cosmetics bag. But I decided to put them into these Ikea REKTANGEL vases ($2.99 each) and fill them with the Ikea KULÖRT decorative crushed glass ($2.99 a pack) to display them. I think they look cute and chic on my vanity. Keeping them out also reminds me to wash them! It's also way easier to just reach for the brush I need than to fumble through or dump out a bag of brushes.

This was the most simple, inexpensive, and easy way I could think of to store my makeup. I bought the small 3 drawer unit to store all my lip products and a small 5 drawer unit for all my other makeup. These small Sterilite drawer units ARE AMAZING! I found these at Wal-Mart and they weren't more than maybe $10 each, but I think that varies depending on where you live. I like that these are durable and clear (so I can see what's in each drawer).

I bought these bathroom accessories jars at HomeGoods. They were $4.99 each and I use them to store my cotton pads and Q-tips. I love having these next to my makeup because I can easily reach for Q-tips or cotton pads to fix my makeup mishaps.

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