DIY Pamper: At Home Full Manicure

You'd think as a Beauty Therapist I'd have done a post on this already but NOPE apparently not!

I LOVE doing little pamper sessions at home. 

First of all, why is it important to have regular manicure? 

Its always nice to keep your nails neat and tidy. No one likes looking at bad nails. Also, manicures can help nail polish apply and look a lot nicer on your nails, especially without all the nasty cuticle-ness (I'm pretty sure I just made up that word).

Please excuse the awful photos, I did this at night so had to resort to artificial lighting.

So lets just get straight into it. 

 1: Wipe down your nails with a cotton pad soaked in nail polish remover, this is necessary even if you don't have any polish on your nails to remove oil.

 2: Take a hand or cuticle cream and apply it to your cuticles. I like to use Soap & Glory's Hand Food.

3: Massage the hand/cuticle cream into your cuticles. This will help to soften them a little.

4: Take an orange wood stick and cover the top in cotton. Gently push back your cuticles as well as you can.

5: Take a cuticle remover (I got mine from Sallys) and place a drop of your cuticles. This stuff is very strong so be careful. It basically dries out your cuticles making them easy to remove with the knife (see below)

6. Take a cuticle knife and CAREFULLY in circular motions scrap it alone your cuticles to remove. Be extremely careful not to cut yourself. If you're paying attention and going slowly in circular motions you wont hurt yourself. AFTERWARDS, this part is important, make sure to wipe your nails/cuticle bed down with a wet cotton pad to remove the cuticle remover. If not it will continue to dry out your nail bed and skin. Only wet cotton will remove it.

7: Finally apply a nail polish of your choice. I decided to apply a nail strengthener as my nails have been peeling a lot lately. 

And that's it! So now you have no excuse to have bad nails!

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How To Make a Ring (That is Too Big) Smaller to Fit Your Finger

Hi guys so I wasn't really sure what to call this post hence the long title but its exactly what it says it is.

I have quite small hands and fingers which can sometimes be a problem when buying rings online in particular. I recently ordered a one size fits all ring on eBay and found that it was just slightly too big, nothing major but it slid off my finger easily. 

But luckily, I found a solution and now it stays on my finger perfectly.

I'll include photos at the end!

Cute DIY Storage for Handmade Soaps

Just a quick little post showing how I store my handmade soap. The soap in this post is by Beauty Emporium (review here). 

First, I cut up my slabs into cubes using a kitchen knife and then wrapped them individually in clingfilm (to protect them). This just makes it easier to grab a piece to take to the shower. Without leaving the whole slab in the shower to dissolve and get gross. Plus I think it looks so much cuter like this! Obviously try and make the clingfilm a lot neater wrapped around it, Because I was only trying it out I just ripped pieces of clingfilm off and threw them together but really liked how it turned out so Ill try to be neater next time and actually use scissors!

DIY Natural Face Masks for Every Skin Type

Ive been meaning to do this post for a while now but never got around to actually doing it. Better late than never eh!

I personally love making my own facemasks. Not only are they fun to make and put on but they're also 100% natural so you dont need to worry about putting nasty chemicals on your face! Plus they're super cheap, most of the ingredients you'll probably have at home!

Below I've listed each ingredient and which skin types it suits. You can mix and match the ingredients that suits your skin however you like. Ive also included underneath a few of my favourite mixtures to make to give you some ideas!