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3 Ideas For Easy DIY Bath Bombs

3 diciembre, 2019 by Admin

Taking a shower is one the most relaxing activities we can do for free. Moreover, sometimes, the body and mind need more than just a regular shower. And who doesn’t like a nice bath with nice-smelling bath bombs. If you want to save some bucks and still have an awesome bath time, check these 3 ideas for easy DIY bath bombs, that Nifty enables you to make from scratch.

Cupcake Bath Bombs

To create this piece of art, you will need baking soda, Epsom salt, corn starch, and citric acid mixed together. Then, add vanilla extract, coconut oil and purple coloring little by little to the mixture. Finally, put the mix into cupcake paper and let it chill. In order to prepare the frosting, mix in a seperate bowl 3 tea spoons of merengue powder, water and powdered sugar. Use the mixer until you reach the same frosting mixture you would usually put on cupckakes. Decorate the cupckakes, add sprinkles if you want, and let it set for about 10 minutes.

Geode Bath Bombs

To prepare bath bombs inspired by geode form, first, mix in a bowl Citric acid with Epsom salt, baking sodaand cornstarch. Use a spoon to remove gently, then add coconut oil and water while removing the mix. Finally, add soap dye and an essential oil of your choice.

In seperate small bowls, add Epsom salt with few drops of soap dye and keep removing it. Prepare the first layer with the latest mixture, then keep adding layers from the mix you prepared first. Make sure to press with your thumb after every layer, and start with lighter colors. At the end, refrigiate it for 3 hours and start your soothing shower.

Black Dragon Bath Bombs

Use the same mixture as in the previous bath bombs. Then, prepare a spray bottle and fill it with 4 TSP of coconut oil. Then, add black soap dye. Moreover, shake the bottle until the color is one. Spray the mixture slowly while removing until it all picks up on the black color of the soap. You can then take any shaped mold you want, put the mix into it, and then refrigiate it for two hours. Once you take it out of the freezer, take off the mold, and you are set to go.

Photos: Nifty

DIY acrylic nails: a salon finish from home

19 junio, 2019 by Admin

Haven’t we all dreamt about permanently having perfect nails? The reality of it is that we can’t really keep running off to the salon whenever a nail breaks off, because of both the hassle it means, and the money we spend on it. Because let’s be real, getting your nails done is not exactly cheap.

Always perfect

Either because you believe your nails look better, or because you’d like to finally get rid of your ugly nail-biting habit, acrylic nails are an easy go-to when paying a visit to the nail salon.

We show you how you can get that acrylic nail finish without leaving your home, and for both less money and effort.

Prep your nails

Pour some hot water into a bowl and let your hands rest in it until you can feel your cuticles softening. This will make pushing your cuticles back much easier, which will in turn make your nails look longer.

Get rid of your cuticles

Get hold of a cuticle remover and use it to take away excess skin. Then, push back the cuticles surrounding your nail arches to create visually longer nails. Now you’ve gotten them to look longer, you can go onto the next step.

Remove excess oil

Before continuing, make sure you remove any excess oil that might remain on your nails with polish remover. Thanks to this, you will notice how your fake nails stick in place for much longer.

The process

To obtain the desired «acrylic nail» look, you will need nail glue, like this one, as well as full sized fake nails, like these you can find on Amazon. Once you get hold of your material, you will have to find out which nail sizes are suitable for your own.

If you choose slightly smaller fake nails they will probably look more elegant and natural, rather than using those chunky fake nails; this would create a tackier look. But it really depends on your own preferences.

Time to stick on the fake nails

Start by applying a small drop of glue on each nail, on top of which you will later stick the plastic ones. You will notice how much glue you need as you go: apply enough so that the nails stick on, but not that much that will cause the glue to come out from underneath. If you feel like you haven’t applied enough glue, you can always add a bit more after.

Trim & file

Once you’ve stuck on the plastic nails, it’s time to trim them down, because it’s most likely they are now super long. You can take a regular nail-clipper and cut them off a bit.

After, you can go onto filing them: take a regular file and start shaping them. Bare in mind not to file the sides too much, as we’re not looking for a claw-like shape. We are rather going for a long, elegant look.

Throw in some colour

Choose the colour you want applied. We recommend the polish be of quick dry, as it will be more easily aplicable. A great trick we’d like to share with you, is that, in the case of applying too much product, or if you’ve «coloured out of the lines», you can always take the file you’ve used and gently remove it, instead of using polish remover. This will assure a nicer finished look.

Apply two layers of polish to your nails in order to obtain the desired «gel effect». They will look as if they came straight out of the nail salon. Lastly, apply a transparent top coat, and let dry.

Photos: Pixabay, Unsplash and Amazon