DIY Self Tanner

Every girl loves a nice tan right!? Well in these winter months unless your going on vacation there are only two ways to get a tan, 1) a tanning bed 2) self-tanner. With all the hype about tanning beds and your skin who wants to do that? So I scoured pinterest for some ideas.

 

I tried the black tea bags like found here  I didn't take pics of this one, I did not achieve the look they showed more just made a huge mess out of my tub.

 

Then I tried the Cocoa and lotion like found here I would say I was a tad bit darker in color, but its a mess as well and doesn't spread well.

 

 

 

Then on a limb at the drugstore I ran across this stuff. Oh my I am in love! I love the tan it gave me, maybe not homemade or chemical free but still cheap and easy to DIY.

 

 

 Got any of your own self-tanning tips? I'd love to hear them and try them!

Vanilla in the oven--Heavenly smell

Pintest post here or here states that if you put 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract in a coffee mug in the oven at 300 degrees within 15 minutes your house will smell heavenly. All I found was a hard to clean mug and no fresh vanilla scent. Pinterest fail!

Pinterest Copycat Starbucks frappucino

The post here from pinterest is supposed to mimick the starbucks frappucino, with the recipe from pinterest, the end result was absolutely disgusting in my opinion. It was filled with way way too much sugar. I even tried adding more creamer and milk to dilute the sugar, didn't really help much. I recommend searching for a better recipe, If I find one I will post it.

Cutting Corks for crafts

Pinterest fail;
Pinterest post says that if you soak the corks in hot water for 10 minutes before cutting they won't crumble.  Pinterest Post

I wanted to make these magnets with corks. I soaked the corks and went to cut them and this is what happened.

Not very pretty or straight to attach a magnet to. Looks like they crumbled to me.