DIY Whiter Teeth

Lets face it, everybody wants pearly white teeth. It's just the thing, weather it was social medias doing or some random thing in our human nature, everybody wants white teeth. Instead of emptying your wallet on time consuming procedures or uncomfortable over the counter products try this more natural way that uses basic kitchen items.

Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

lemon juice/lemon 

small bowl

mixing utensil

Put your baking soda in the bowl and add lemon juice to make a paste. Add a little bit at a time and be sure to not squeeze seeds into the bowl. Mix with your chosen mixing tool. Floss your teeth before you do this next step. Take your paste and apply a generous amount to your toothbrush. Brush your teeth with this mixture for 1 minute. You may think brushing your teeth with this longer will make them more white, but the lemon juice can sensitize your teeth and damage them if left on too long. Just a warning this mixture will taste salty. After brushing spit out the mixture and rinse with water. Use a couple times a week. If you don't have lemon juice you can use water but can leave on for up to 3 minutes instead of one. This is not as effective as lemon juice but may be used more frequently.  

With this method I saw results right away, the only downside is that you have to make a new batch every time you want to whiten your teeth. You can always make a larger batch. Comment below if you try this and find out how to store this and how long it will keep. Happy whitening and check out the polls below!

Bedroom organization

Happy Saturdays! Today I am going to do a bedroom organization/diy/life hacks post! I was browsing pinterest for room diys and fall organization, when I decided to do a blog post. Today I present to you a list of things to make your bedroom functional, cute, and organized. Lets dive in!
 
1. Your wall color.
If you are redoing your room, the paint color is key. When picking a wall color think about your furniture and things you will display. If you go with lighter walls, like white or a pale green, your room can handle bright accents. If your wall is super bright, you might want to have clean furnature and a simple duvet.

2. Have a notepad by your nightstand.
You can jot down notes and to do lists for the next day while in bed. Then you can go to sleep worry free, because when you wake up your to do list will be right where you are sure to see it.

3. Keep your nightstand by an outlet.
This is probably a big duh, for most people, but anyways. If you have an outlet you can string lights above your headboard for a cozy glow. I got mine from target.

4. Tissue box hack.
Am I the only one that runs out of tissues, and the only tissue box left is a really ugly bright blue and green swirly print? Hopefully not. If this happens to you, carefully unfold the side flaps and slide the tissues out. Make sure they retain their shape, and slide them into the old box. Tape the sides closed, and tada!

5. Designate a phone charging area.
Have a place where you plug in all your chargers and tetchy stuff. Preferably by a desk, nightstand, or dresser. This helps make sure you don't have tons of chargers and lost phones.

6. Keep your products organized.
Instead of having a pile of bottles and bamboozels on your dresser or bathroom counter, use this organization strategy. Get a flat bottom plate or tray and corral all of your products you use every day. I have lotion, mascara, stuff like that. I also used a white salad plate from target. This works in your bathroom or bedroom. It's cute and functional! You can even move it from room to room, easy.

Comment down below if you want more tips and tricks on awesomefying your room!

(sort of) DIY nail polish

So my toes were looking pretty ugly. To pretty them up I decided to paint my nails. I was inspired to paint them gray after seeing this gorgeous gray polish in the October boxycharm. The only problem was I didn't have gray nail polish, and wasn't about to run out to the store and fork over 6 bucks. I had white polish and black polish, why not mix them like paint? A pretty obvious idea was born. To create your own polish such as gray, or any other color, you need these materials. I'm going to use gray as an example.

Materials:
Black nail polish
White nail polish
Disposable cup
Small paintbrush that you are willing to part with

Optional for people who get nail polish everywhere:
Paper towels
Nail polish remover
Q-tips

So the first thing you do is put a good amount of white polish in your cup. Remember you need enough to paint your nails, so just eyeball it. If you make too much, your fingers are looking kind of dull, spice them up with your leftovers! Next put some black in your cup, start with a little bit and then add more if it is not dark enough. Mix your white and black together with your paintbrush and paint your nails like you normally would. If your nails have texture when you use the paintbrush, your brush might not be soft enough. If you like, after you paint your nails touch up with some nail polish remover and apply a top coat. Either throw away your paintbrush or soak it in nail polish remover for a couple hours to clean it.
I actually did this DIY today. I mixed some shimmery red polish with a little bit of black and I got this gorgeous dark plum color. I hope you enjoyed! I also encourage you to check out these other nail DIYs.

DIY quick nail wraps+school life hacks

DIY neon polish out of markers

DIY Sea Spray

*Poll down at the bottom of screen*
Let me just say this week has been the most awful week ever. So to get away from it all I decided to write on this blog. It only makes me more depressed to know this blog only has 17 views since I posted this. Those were probably from me editing it. And I have no poll votes, not even one. So here is how to make your own DIY salt spray, that is super cheap and actually works. This seriously worked for me, you can also alter the amounts of product in the sea spay to get the best results with your hair.

What you'll need:

• A small plastic spray bottle
• Sea salt
• Hair get
• Spoon
•  Warm water

First take your spray bottle and fill it with water, leave a little bit of room at the top. Next, pour your sea salt into a spoon, and pour it into the bottle. I used 2 heaping spoon fulls for my spray bottle, and it was pretty small. Screw the top on your spray bottle and shake for a minute or too until the salt is dissolved. Open your spray bottle up and squeeze a little into your spray bottle, not too much depending on the hold you are looking for, I did a dime sized amount. Screw the top back on your spray bottle and shake. Tada, you have your very own sea spray. You can spray this on wet or dry hair, I sprayed it on damp hair, and scrunched a bit, then re sprayed when it was dry and scrunched. Keep in mind I have very fine hair, so I dunno if this method will work for you. Always shake before applying to hair.

DIY Pore Strip

So one day I decided I wanted some pore strips. Once I got these pore strips, I followed the directions on the package and I found out that these did not work at all. These pore strips were fabric on one side and sticky on the other. The pore strip was supposed to dry on your face, and then you were supposed to peel it off. When I stuck this thing on my nose it immediately started peeling off my face, only sticking on my face for about 10 seconds. By the time I was supposed to peel it off, it practically fell off on its own. So as you can see they did not work for me, at all. So I decided that this easy trick would work better than a pore strip from the store, and it does.

What you need:

• Elmer's school glue
• A q-tip
• Disposable cup

First squeeze a few tablespoons of Elmer's glue into the cup. Don't measure, I just eyeballed it. Next take your q-tip and apply a thick layer of the glue anywhere you want pore stripped. I know you're thinking this will irritate your face or make you break out, but it doesn't trust me. Wait until the glue is no longer white and wet. The glue should be completely dry. Finally peel it off and rinse off your face or apply your favorite cleanser!

Diy Lip Stain

It was a boring afternoon. I was watching youtube when bam! A diy filled the screen. It was how to transform old, dry cakey, broken lipstick into a lip stain. I didn't even finish the video to see if it worked. I shut the screen and got to work. This project is seriously so easy. I had everything I needed.

What you'll need:

• A candle
• Your broken lipstick (This works better with darker and brighter colors)
• A large metal spoon
• Vaseline
• Something to light your candle with
• A toothpick
• Something to put your balm in (A small screw top container works best for this, but if you don't have that you can use an old chapstick container, etc.

Fist put an equal amount of vaseline and lipstick in your metal spoon. Next light your candle and melt the vaseline and lipstick over the candle. Do not put your spoon directly in the flames, or ash will gather on the bottom of the spoon. If you do it's okay just scrub the spoon with a pot scrubber to get the ash off after you're done. Once the mixture is melted stir with the toothpick to make sure there are no clumps in the liquid. Then carefully blow out the candle and pour your new lip stain into the container. Make sure your container is empty before you start this project, trying to take chapstick out of the container while holding hot lipstick is really stressful. Then stick your lipstain in the freezer for a few minutes so it can solidify! Take it out of the freezer and you are done! You have a wonderful new lip stain! Store in a cool dry place.