Personally, I have never gotten too involved in Valentines Day. I've never understood why you must wait until the specific date of February 14th to let someone know just how you feel for them. I'm a firm believer that if you have feelings, you should let them be known. Imagine how many potential relationships don't happen because one individual is waiting for the "perfect time" to open up. Let's be real, timing is never perfect. Life happens. So stop allowing the excuse of perfect moments ruin things for you. On the other side of the spectrum- those that are already in a relationship: once again, why wait until Feb 14th to surprise your other? If you seriously wait 356 days just to write a cute note confessing how you feel, or to buy a box of chocolates, you need a boot up the derriere. Not only are you out of touch with your emotions, but shops are also very wise to people like you. Which is why every single box of chocolates, every rose, everything which screams "romance" (as said by the mass producers) increases its cost to something drastic like $25 for a card.
How to make your own Plumping Lip Scrub!
As I am sure you're all very aware- lip plumpers can be very expensive, and half the time they don't give results anywhere near what you want. To buy a plumper which gives minimum results you'll be looking at paying near of +$30. Which is not really ideal for a product which doesn't really do much.
Today I am telling you how you can make your own lip plumper, which also doubles as a lip scrub, for literally a fraction of the cost- and it actually works!
I've purchased name brand lip plumpers in the past (my most recent being:Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme) and have found this at home solution gives results identical, if not better, than these brand names.
**What You Need:
3/4 Teaspoon Coconut oil
1 Teaspoon Sugar (raw/brown/white depending on how much you want to exfoliate)
^1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
Toothbrush
Small Bowl/Container to store product in.
METHOD:
Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl. Once they have successfully combined with each other grab your toothbrush (preferably one you don't use on your teeth) and put some of the product onto the toothbrush and then apply to your lips- doing so in circular motions.
You want to exfoliate your lips and also stimulate the blood flow (which makes your lips plump.) If you don't have a toothbrush, no need to worry- you can just apply the scrub onto a finger and apply that way.
Do this for 2-3 minutes and once you feel you've exfoliated enough: grab a damp cloth and wipe off the excess product. Or, you can choose to lick it off as all the ingredients are completely edible ;)
Now I don't know about you but I find this alternative to brand name plumpers to be ridiculously cheaper and also gives amazing results! What do you think?
Top: Before. Bottom: After
**When making this scrub/plumper I tend to only make enough for one use, but you can easily make as much as you like and store the product in an airtight container for future uses.
^ If you are not wanting to plump your lips and just want to make a product that exfoliates them: just remove the cinnamon from your ingredients :)
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^ If you are not wanting to plump your lips and just want to make a product that exfoliates them: just remove the cinnamon from your ingredients :)
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How To Make Your Own 'Frank Body Scrub'
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year and a bit, you would have heard of 'Frank.' Which, as I'm sure you all know, is the new craze which has flooded through social media. If you don't have yourself a batch of Frank it's probably certain one of your friends do. For those who are not acquainted with Frank, all He is is a coffee scrub mixed with ingredients that are said to; even skin tones, rid you of cellulite, reduce the appearance of scarring (acne) etc. Basically it's promoted as a Miracle scrub if we're honest.
I have used Frank a few times now and can honestly say I love it! It leaves my skin silky smooth after every use, rids me of small blemishes I have and recently I've even started to notice fine stretch marks fading. Now I'm not referring to really noticeable ones- I'm referring to the ones only I myself can see easily- but either way it's still happening!
Now, the packet of Frank you get when you purchase it online, really isn't the biggest. I would say you're pushing for 4 uses out of each packet and you're paying between $14-$20 (AUD) for each purchase. This is usually the case when you buy from companies though- they need to make money. If you're like me and like to get worth for what you pay for you can easily make Frank yourself! Here is how:
WHAT YOU NEED:
Ground Coffee (1/2 Cup)
Brown Sugar (1/4 Cup)
Himalayan Salt (1/4 Cup)
Sweet Almond Oil (2 Tbl Spoons)
Jojoba Oil (1 Tbl Spoon)
Unrefined Coconut Oil (3 Tbl Spoons)
All you need to do is mix all of these ingredients in a big mixing bowl using a spoon. The measurements I've given are just a guide line: you can use however much, or little, of each ingredient as you like. It does make sense to have coffee as the main ingredient though as it is a coffee scrub.
Basically you want a solid mixture still which just has all these liquids (oils) soaked into the scrub so that when you use it on your body it evenly distributes the oils into your skin. Making your own 'Frank Scrub,' or 'Jar of Dirt' as I like to call it, is so much cheaper than purchasing it online. When you buy all the ingredients you will be paying slightly more than $20 BUT you will get more than triple the amount of the final product than when you purchase from Frank. Plus you actually get to choose how much of each ingredient you want to put into your own scrub.
To store the finished Scrub you can get as creative as you like. I usually purchase a cheap jar from my local $2 store, and because I do live in an area which is very humid, I tend to store my coffee scrub in the fridge.
Give it a shot for yourself and let me know how you go! Get Naked with your own creation
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