[Make Up] Happy St. Patrick's Day Eye Shadow

St. Patrick's Day is Saturday and maybe a little leprechaun will come and visit or you need a great eye look for going out on the town... I found two YouTube tutorials that feature green and most specifically the use of the Maybelline Sunbaked Neutrals palette. 

I found Frmheadtotoe's St. Patrick's Day tutorial and Xteeener's Smokey Olive Autumn Eye tutorial and I really like how Xteeener's tutorial only used the Sunbaked Neutral palette with a few extra steps.  I did smoke my eye look a little, but not as much as the original.  I hope you enjoy the quick and easy St. Patrick's Day Smoked Green Tutorial.

[Make Up]  Smoked Green Tutorial

Difficulty:

• Easy

Time:

• 10 to 20 minutes

Tools:

Maybelline Sunbaked Neutrals palette

Any black eye shadow with glitter (optional): Sonia Kashuk

• Eyeshadow Brush
• Blending brush
• Eyeliner brush
• Black Eye Liner
• Eye Lash Curler
• Mascara

Steps:

1. With a eyeshadow brush, use the dark green on the outer half of your eye lid.  
2. With the other side of the same brush, blend the light green from the inner corner of your eye to the dark green.
3. With a blending brush, se the light matte brown to blend out the green with the brown.
4. Using your finger, add the white under your brow bone.
5. Add your favorite black eye liner to the top of both eyelids.  A wing is option and your preference.
6. Using your finger, add a small amount of black [glitter] shadow to the outer corner of your eyelid.  Your finger works best to help minimize fall out.
7. Using your black eyeliner, outline the outer corner of your water line.  On the bottom lash line using your eyeliner brush, use the dark brown on the outer 1/3, bronze on the middle 1/3 and white on the inner 1/3.
8. Next touch up or blend for the final eyeshadow look.
9. Now curl your eye lashes and use mascara to the top and bottom lashes.
10. And the final look! :)

 

 Someone wanted to be in the picture.

:)

I hope you enjoy this tutorial.  

For a more detailed tutorial, check out the tutorials listed above.

[Ideas] Happy St. Patrick's Day

What will you be doing for St. Patrick's Day?

Every March 17, a little green will be seen almost everywhere you look.  I decided to look up some cute ideas to try this year and I found 5 very simple, very cute projects to try. 

1. Martha Stewart's Clip Art and Templates for Saint Patrick's Day
2. It's What It Is's You're My Pot Of Gold Gift
3. Love Sweet Love's St. Patrick's Day Wreath 
4. Bakerlla's Shamrock Pop Cakes
5. The Dating Diva's Scavenger Hunt 

I think #5 will be a great idea for toddler and husband.  Looks like there is going to be a little bit of magic around our house.

Take care!

 

[YummMonday] Garlic, CheesyMashed Cauliflower

I went looking for a delicious side for my Roasted Chicken Breasts on Sunday and after raiding my refrigerator I found a head of cauliflower in the veggie drawer.  I immediately remembered a Mashed Cauliflower recipe I saw on Pinterest.

I found this recipe from The Food Network: Mock Garlic Mashed Potatoes.  I love garlic mashed potatoes and I had some fresh garlic cloves sitting nicely on my counter.  I decided this was the recipe to try!  And a huge score!  It only took me one recipe to look at :)  Here is my version, with a little adaptions from the original.

[Recipe]  Cheesy, Garlic Mashed Cauliflower

Difficulty:

• Easy

Time:

• 15 minutes to 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• Half a head of cauliflower cut and cleaned
• One small clove of garlic
• 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup of cream cheese
• 1/4 cup of Mozzarella cheese
• Salt and pepper to flavor

Steps:

• Clean and cut your cauliflower.
• Steam your cauliflower for approx. 9 to 10 minutes until tender.
• Add cauliflower into a food processor. Add butter, garlic, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
• Whip until smooth.

Enjoy a healthy, delicious side dish!

[Fun Friday] Color Hunt

My little girl is learning so much these days.  Her fine motor skills have really began to flourish before my eyes.  She is also learning new words and numbers each and every day.  She can count to 15 and say her ABCs up until G.  One area of learning we have not had a lot of success is colors.  She just does not seem to have any interest in learning them.  She recognizes colors when I ask her and about 50% of the time will get them right the first reply... but I wanted to help her get more love for the colors!  So I created this basic 3 color scavenger hunt.

Since I do not want to over stimulate her little brain, my goal is to focus one three colors a week.   This is why I designed the "Color Hunt" in a series of three.  :)

What we did was went on a "hunt" for any item that was red, yellow or blue.  When we found something red, we identified where the red was and then identified the item.  Then I showed her where to color in on her red circle.

You can adapt this for older kiddos in a few ways:

• Giving them a time limit (since they can add up how many they found at the bottom of each column)
• Giving them all three pages at once
• Having them write what they find in or around the circle

It is totally up to you.  I wanted to make this Fun Friday something that is fun, yet educational!

Red, Yellow, Blue

Orange, Green, Purple

Black, Brown, White

I hope your Fun Friday leads to a fantastic weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Image Source: ABCteach.com

[DIY] Decorative Wall Art

I have a skinny hall in my home.  On one side there is a large painting that was given to my family from my wonderful brother-in-law and sister-in-law and on the other side... blank.

I have seen a few DIY wall hangings on Pinterest and this led me to Becoming Martha and Spunky Junky.  They each have two great tutorials using old shoebox lids and painting canvases.  I did not have either, but I did have these old pieces of Christmas presents left over.  What a great way to upcycle some old cardboard and scrapbook paper, fabric, paint... lying around your house. 

[Theirs: Becoming Martha | Mine: You Can Pinterest]

[DIY]  Decorative Wall Art

Difficulty:

• Easy

Time:

• 15 minutes to 30 minutes

Supplies:

• Box lids, canvas or any leftover cardboard pieces
• Scrapbook paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors 

Steps:

• Begin by measuring (or eyeballing) the paper over the cardboard.
• Add glue to the base of the cardboard.  A glue stick works best because it does not leave large blobs of glue behind.  

• Once you have the paper glued to the base, turn it over and cut out the corners to make it easy to fold over the edges.

 

• Simply glue the sides :)
• Now you have easy wall art to decorate any space in your home!

 

I apologize for the coloring of the photos.  My hall is skinny and there is absolutely zero natural light. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!