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Christmas Present Nails Tutorial

Christmas time is the perfect time of year to dress up a little more than you would, and you definitely don't want to leave out your nails! The normal red and green can get a little boring, so here is my Christmas Present inspired nail tutorial.

A non-shimmer grey polish (I'm using Recycle by china glaze), a non-shimmer red polish (I'm using Valentine by Heaven Nail Lacquer), a non-shimmer white polish (French White Tip by NYC), a silver sparkle top coat with large hexagon/circle sparkles (BCC655 by L.A. Color), and (this one is optional) a gold sparkle top coat (Gold Rush by CG Boundless Color). And of course some tooth picks!

Now paint your ring finger with the white polish and the rest with the grey polish. You can use whatever colors you'd like, this is just how I choose to do it!

Using the tooth pick, dip it in the red polish. Draw lines across your nails about an eighth of an inch from the top.

Now draw an 'x' on top of the line, using the line as the center of your 'x'. Connect the ends of the 'x' and fill in the empty spaces. You now have bows!

Now, using your silver sparkle polish, take a tooth pick and pick up a large hexagon sparkle and place it in the center of your bows. If you want to finish off your nails with the gold sparkle top coat, do that now. I decided against it.

You now have your super festive Christmas Present nails!

Beauty Buster: Does honey and olive oil really lighten your hair?

This post is the first in the new section of my blog called Beauty Busters. I will take myths pertaining to beauty such as "Does mayo really make your hair shiny?" and do them. Then I'll post them here! I'll take suggestions from Twitter (tweet me @kennyista), Facebook posts, and comments on these posts! 

The first myth I will be testing is Does honey and olive oil really lighten your hair? Here's what you'll need:

You'll need Olive Oil (I used extra virgin), Honey (raw works best, but you can use any), ground Cinnamon, a jar with a lid, a splash of water, and a fork.

So we are going to 1 part olive oil to 1 part honey. Put about as half as much olive oil you'll need to coat your whole head into the jar. It doesn't have to be exact! Olive oil brings out the natural peroxide found in honey, which will help lighten your hair without damaging it like normal peroxides would.

Next put about the same amount of honey in the jar. Small traces of peroxide are found in honey (more in raw honey than in processed honey).

Add a tablespoon of cinnamon to the mixture. Like olive oil, the cinnamon boosts the levels of peroxide in the honey.

Now, add a splash of water. This will thin out the mixture so its not so sticky in your hair. Mix up the ingredients until they are smooth. Put the lid on your jar and let it develop for 10-15 minutes.

Smooth through out your hair, making sure its gets evenly coated all over. Clip it up and let it sit for 30-40 minutes. The longer you let it sit, the more it will lighten. You can leave it in longer than 40 minutes because it doesn't harm your hair! Rinse it out thoroughly (you may need to shampoo 3-4 times).

After I washed out the treatment (I left it on for about 40 minutes) my hair wasn't noticeably lighter, but you could see it a little bit. This process is suppose to be gradual and used frequently. I really like how this treatment makes my hair feel and smell. It does seem to be lightening my hair a little bit. I will have a follow up post to this in a few week, showing before and after pictures and my review and opinions from there.