DIY Try: Halloween Candy Corn Nails

Halloween is all about getting dressed up! While putting your costume together, don't forget your nails! Try this candy corn look from Skyy Hadley, celebrity manicurist and owner of As U Wish Nail Salon. 

1.       Paint one half of the nail in white (Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Get Mod) and the other in yellow (Lauren B. Coachella Valley Sun).

2.       Apply nail art stickers (hole reinforcers cut in half). Apply two on each nail as shown below.

 

3.       Working on one nail at a time, paint the area inside the stickers with orange nail polish (Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Tribal Sun).

4.       Carefully remove the stickers.

5.       Repeat on all other nails. Allow 5 minutes for your nail design to dry and finish it with a coat of a top coat (Lauren B. Gel-like Top Coat).

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Get Mod

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Tribal Sun

Lauren B. Coachella Valley Sun

Lauren B. Gel-like Top Coat

DIY Try: Dr. Whitney Bowe's Avocado Face Mask

According to Dermatologist Dr. Whitney Bowe, avocados are rich in antioxidants and and fatty acids that reduce wrinkles and hydrate skin. Below is her recipe for a DIY Avocado Face Mask. 

1.       Combine ½ avocado and 2 tsp honey, and mash until the consistency is like a paste

2.       Spread a light coat over your face and neck

3.       Leave for 10 minutes and then wash off using warm water

DIY Try: Pumpkin Foot Scrub

Boot season is finally upon us, but just because our toes aren't showing doesn't mean that we no longer have to take care of our feet. Celebrity nail artist and owner of As U Wish Nail Salon, Skyy Hadley, gives us the recipe for her Pumpkin Foot Scrub to maintain our pedicures into the fall. 

“Pumpkins are more than just for carving on Halloween,” she notes. “They’re rich in vitamins and nutrients and can do wonders for your feet!” According to Hadley, they contain, “various enzymes that help nourish and brighten the skin, and just by adding raw sugar, you have a perfect foot scrub."

PUMPKIN FOOT SCRUB
Ingredients:
1 can pureed pumpkin
1 cup plain yogurt
½ cup raw sugar

2 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon olive oil

Directions:
Mix pureed pumpkin in a bowl. Stir in a yogurt, honey, sugar and olive oil. Wash your feet in warm water, and while your feet are moist, apply the scrub using your hands in a circular motion. Massage the mask onto your feet for 10 minutes on each foot and remove with warm water and a washcloth.

DIY Try: Delicious Freezer Chocolate with Marzipan Filling

1 cup cacao powder (sifted to remove lumps)

1/4 cup carob powder (sifted to remove lumps)
1/4 cup cashew butter
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup coconut oil (warmed to clear liquid at room temp)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in bowl, pour in mold or dip things like fruit in it and put in freezer. Ready in one hour.

Marzipan
1 1/2 cups almond meal
1/4 cup maple syrup

Grind almonds into a fine power in a coffee grinder to make the almond meal. Then mix with the maple syrup and knead into dough.  You can eat immediately or use it as a filling for the chocolate that has hardened.  Stores in refrigerator for long time.  For a whiter-looking marzipan, use skinned or blanched almonds.

Note: This chocolate gets hard within 30 minutes of being in the freezer.  It can be kept in the freezer indefinitely, but needs to be eaten right away when taken out because coconut oils melts at room temperature.  Pure raw coconut oil is really good for you.

Visit www.loveonaplatebook.com for more info on this book and authors Cara Brotman and Markus Rothkranz.
Reprinted with permission of the publisher from LOVE ON A PLATE: The Gourmet UnCookbook by Cara Brotman and Markus Rothkranz. Copyright (c) 2014. Photo credit :  (c)Markus Rothkranz from LOVE ON A PLATE by Cara Brotman and Markus Rothkranz. 

DIY Try: Hair Spritzer

Kattia Solano, owner of Butterfly Studio Salon has the perfect DIY solution for deep cleansing your hair called the "Hair Spritzer" which includes:
1/2 cup of sparkling water
1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
Lemon Juice (1 tablespoon)
Directions:

Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle and apply to dry hair from roots to ends until fully saturated. Lightly massage you’re for a couple of minutes, allowing the spritzer to absorb. Rinse thoroughly. Follow with a wash using a cleansing shampoo - something with an oil base like Shu Uemeura's Cleansing Oil or Peppermint based like Malin + Goetz shampoo are my favorites. To finish, take your favorite hair mask and mix in a natural fruit, nut, or vegetable oil for an extra boost of moisture.