Candles, Candles, Everywhere!

Anyone else have a candle burning addiction? I love Bath & Body Works candles and with this love comes a huge amount of empty candle jars. I've been leaving them laying around thinking that there may be a use for them sometime, and low and behold there is!

I was on the hunt for some cute way to store my cotton ovals that I use to take my makeup off and then thought, why buy something when you can make it yourself? So I did!

You'll need an empty candle jar, lid, hot glue, and a adornment for the top

Step 1: Find the center of your candle lid and heat up the hot glue

Step 2: Glue center of the adornment, I used drawer handles from target, and immediately place it on to the middle of the lid

Step 3: Let the glue dry overnight, I made the mistake of thinking an hour would do and took managed to take the handle off again.

Now you have a super easy and cute jar to store whatever you'd like! I think this would be great for bracelets and necklaces too!

I also use empty candle jars to hold my makeup brushes, you can customize them with paint or glitter. Right now mine are boring with just some craft beads at the bottom to give the brushes something to stand in. I love easy, cute DIY's. Do you have any ideas on what I can do with the rest of my empty jars? I have a few!

            Also just as a little incentive to stay tuned, my mother just got back from a trip to South Africa and when she stopped over at Heathrow she picked me up some Soap and Glory goodies! I tried them tonight and there may be a review next Saturday!!

Sunday Skin Day

       My skins been looking a little worse for wear lately. I usually have really clear skin and only really have little hormonal break outs. Right now i'm in the middle of that plus some other strange break out cause. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm sick right now, but ether way my skin needs to smarten up and clear itself out. Ain't no one got time for a pizza face! So tonight I got out of work and set to clear up my face!

      Because I get lazy with my skin care throughout the week it's nice to take a little extra time at the beginning of the week and really pamper my skin! First step is always to take off my make up, I use Bioderma micellaire water. I just pour a little on a cotton oval and it basically melts the makeup off my face. I'm in love with this stuff! It's great for sensitive skin. Only problem is it's a bit hard to get a hold of in the states. I think its sold at drugstores in Canada and I brought mine in bulk and brought it back from France with me. It's worth the hassle though and I defiantly recommend it!

     Next up in the skin pampering is cleansing. I've been trying out a charcoal cleanser i grabbed from TJ Maxx last week. Charcoal grabs all the gross toxins and draws them to the surface of your skin and out of your pores. The cleanser I used is called D:tox System Purifying Facial Cleaner Step 1. So far i've been liking it, thinking about it while i type this cleanser is probably why i'm breaking out. It must be working! The number 1 best thing about this product is some of the proceeds from each product purchased goes toward breast cancer research!

     What kind of pamper session would it be without a face mask? I love LUSH fresh face masks and I picked up my favorite, Love Lettuce on Thursday with just this kind of evening in mind. It smells like lavender and has an exfoliating scrub in it. While I wait for my mask to harden I light a candle, tonights was a Bath and Body works number I bought in the 2 for 22 sale (still going on i'm pretty sure), Eucalyptus Mint, and settle down to watch some YouTube videos. After removing the face mask I tone my face to get rid of any mask residue, with the Murad Hydrating Toner and grab my Body Shop Aloe Soothing night moisturizer and Vitamen E under eye cream. Finally I treat my lovely face spots with the La Roche Posay Effaclar A. I.

    Throughout the process I drink a giant glass of ice water, and now that my face is all shiny and new I'm about to curl up in my duvet and watch Vampire Diaries.... Team Stefan!!