Making Lipstick from Crayons! Super Easy!

I woke up pretty sad today. I went to bed stressed out, and woke up even more stressed. I went back to sleep and had a terrible nightmare! Today has been rough. But I've been planning on posting a fun DIY today, so I'm still going to do it. 

This weekend, I made lip color!
Out of crayons!  

 I had seen stuff on it before but never thought to try it until I passed a box of sparkly crayons while I was out shopping and thought how fun it could be! Especially because I can't seem to find a shade of plum that I like... And usually when I can't find something that I like, I make my own.

This little DIY is super simple, and addicting. I would have made more if I had the little containers! 

You will need: 

Containers

A Few Drops of Essential Oils (Optional) 

1/2 tbsp Cocoa Butter or Shea Butter 

1/2 tbsp Grape seed oil, or any other oil you'd like. I even used strait Vitamin E oil 

Crayons (non-toxic) 

Candle

Metal Ladle 

You can use a double boiler if you want, but a ladle makes more sense when making just one.

I didn't measure really. I kind of just guessed how much butter and oil to put in. Just be sure not to use too much oil, it can make the lip balm too greasy and not stay on as much. 

First, you melt the oil and the butter together. I held my metal ladle over a candle. It's nice because it makes just one bot of lip color at a time.  You can add a drop or two of an essential oil if you'd like. If you add any flavoring or scents, be sure it's oil based, not water based. 

Once everything is mostly melted add your crayons.

I added the equivalent of one whole crayon. 

By breaking 3 crayons and using 1/3 of each color to achieve the desired color.

 Let everything melt together so there are no more clumps.. 

Then pour into your cute little pots!  

Put your lip balm in the fridge for about an hour to set. 

The crayons I used had some glitter in them, so it has a nice shimmer to it. 

Adding gold or silver will help give it a nice metallic sheen, and using black will help darken the colors. I even made a batch of lip gloss that has only a tiny bit of silver and a tiny bit of pink. When you put it on, the color is barely noticeable and looks just like a frosting gloss.  

Each little pot of lip color takes about 4-5 minutes to make. 

You can combine all sorts of colors or use one solid crayon to make one solid color. 

I used the stuff I had around the house, so this little project didn't cost much at all!

And the colors look great on too! 

Don't mind me.. I'm wearing my painting clothes.

Finally a plum lip balm!
And I love it. 

I've made 3 so far... as soon as I get my hands on some more little containers I'll be making even more! 

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How To Make A Ring Display Box

So it's been a while, I promised to post the 3 DIY projects in a week, but life happened. 

Remember the necklace holder? And Bracelet stand? 

Well, if you are like me, you've got a lot of rings.

 Like a lot. It's almost ridiculous.

 Here is a cheap and easy way of storing your rings!

 This way they are all on display, in their proper place. 

Plus, these look at feel like the real deal. 

I'm sad I didn't make one sooner! 

You will need:
Fabric of your choice. I choose velvet, cause it was on sale and looked nice.
Sponge Curlers  (The big ones work best!)
Old box I had an old jewelry box laying around
Hot Glue Gun
Lace or other decorations

First you are going to take the plastic part out of the curlers. And like I said, try to use the bigger ones. I decided to make two cases, one with larger curlers and one with smaller curlers. The smaller curlers don't create a deep enough pocket, so the rings will barely stay in there. So, if you are deciding between using large curlers, or small.. pick large!

Next you are going to glue the fabric to your box. It's a little hard to explain, but I took pictures every step of the way. You are gluing the fabric into the box so the "inside" of the fabric is facing up.

Depending on the size of your box, you may need more, or less, or two and a half. My box fit two almost perfectly. So next you glue down curlers, right up against the fabric. Then lay down a line of glue. Fold the fabric over the curler and press onto the line of glue.

Each time pressing everything together nice and tight. Repeat this quick easy process until the box is full! If you want you can tuck the edges of the fabric in with glue after each row... or you can be like me and do that all at the end.

I waited until the end, and stuck glue around the edge and pushed the fabric in there. And that's basically it! Super easy, and totally useful.

I decided to make two for myself. The other one was a little more shallow so I used smaller curlers, but they don't hold that big of rings, so that's my smaller ring holder. I also decided I wanted them to match the necklace holder and the bracelet holder, so I glued some pretty teal lace over the sides.

This ring holder has been awesome. 

In fact, having all over my jewelry organized has been so good. 

Everything in it's place, displayed and ready to wear! 

No more untangling necklaces and searching for rings. 

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How To Make A Jewelry and Trinket Stand with a Faux Patina

Hey guys! Remember last week's tutorial on a jewelry organizer? 

I said I had a few more..

I couldn't just leave my bracelets laying around, so I made a quick bracelet and trinket stand.

So, today I'm going to show you how to build ones of these, and also do a Faux Patina. 

Patina forms naturally on copper and and bronze. This is why the Statue Of Liberty is that sea foam green color. It's not meant to look like that. This is what happen when copper and bronze get old and weathered. I thought it would be cool to do a fake patina on my new jewelry stand to get the metals to match and to make the entire stand match the hanging organizer I made.

You will need: 

a short candle stick with a flat top

a taller candlestick with a decorative top

or a vintage button for the top

a pretty plate for the middle

 I WAS going to stencil the plate to match, but I changed my mind. 

That's why the stencil is in the picture. 

First for the patina:

Easy stuff.

All you do is paint the metal with a sea foam green, let it dry a bit

 and then pat it with a paper towel a bit. 

Next glue the plate onto the shorter candle stick. 

 Then clue the taller candle stick to the plate. 

I also put a matching vintage button on the top there. 

And there you go! 

Real real easy stuff guys. 

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