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Month: August 2014

How to: Plastic Coated Cabinets

How to: Plastic Coated Cabinets

I’m going to switch it up and not actually post anything beauty related today. I know you’re shocked! Ha! With #operationhousehunt under way, Matt and I slowly started to work on our “to do” list for the house. One project included sanding and repainting the bathroom vanities. The paint was peeling on both of them and the plastic coating on one of my doors had started to pop off.

First off, can I just say, who in the hell thought it was a good idea to cover cabinet doors with plastic? Anyway, here’s what you’ll need:

  • Goo Gone
  • Sand paper and/or power sander
  • Paper towels (damp and dry)
  • a plastic scraper
  • screwdriver/exacto knife
  • Kilz (or any primer paint)

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Okay, so step 1 is to remove the plastic from the doors and panels.  On all but one of the doors and panels, I was able to get a little edge pulled up and peeled from there.  I had one panel that was really stuck so I used an exacto knife to get under the edge to get it started.

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Next, use your Goo Gone to remove some of the adhesive.  I tried sanding first and the adhesive just clogged up my sandpaper.  The adhesive also gummed up into little balls from the sandpaper.  The Goo Gone didn’t remove all of the adhesive but it did help.

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Once I felt like the adhesive wasn’t as sticky, I wiped everything down with a damp paper towel.  Then I used my sander.  There were still a few spots that gummed up so I used my plastic scraper to scrape off the excess.  You can kind of see it in this pic.  I used about one piece of sandpaper per door.  Even though the adhesive isn’t very sticky, it was still on the doors.

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After all the doors and panels had been Goo Gone’d and sanded, I wiped them down one more time with a damp paper towel to remove any excess dust.  I used a dry paper to clean them up and then we started painting.  We used 2 coats of Kilz and about 2 coats of our cabinet paint.  The doors weren’t quite as smooth as I had hoped they would be but overall it looks much better.

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I should add, I didn’t bother to remove the plastic coating from the back of the doors.  It’s white and I’m a little lazy. 😉  It just didn’t really make sense to add the extra step though you could.  I also didn’t bother taking a pic of the final product.  Since we still need to paint the bathroom and replace the flooring, I’ll do a before and after when everything is complete.

~k

First Impression – Bare Minerals

First Impression – Bare Minerals

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I couldn’t stand it so yesterday when I got home I washed my face and immediately reapplied the new Bare Minerals BareSkin Pure Brightening Serum Foundation. I put 2 drops on my brush (I used the ELF Flat Top Kabuki) and started to buff it out.

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Immediate first impression, yuck! I continued to try to buff the foundation in but I felt like it was clinging to the peachfuzz on my checks. Next I noticed it looked pretty streaky and was sitting in my pores. I buffed for a quite awhile and never really felt like the foundation was settling into my skin. I added 2 more drops to my brush and proceeded to do the rest of my face. My nose was still pretty red even after I’d finished. I tried to add a little more but it just sat in my pores.

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I think this pic reflects how I felt the foundation actually looked. It’s super cakey and uneven.

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Next I decided to add some concealer under my eyes. I’m currently using a Rimmel one that I really like (I like it better than my Mac Prolongwear). It’s not too heavy and doesn’t seem to crease too bad considering the lines I always have. The concealer sat and caked under my eyes. As you can see I didn’t use very much. I actually used a little less than I do on a normal basis.

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I wore the foundation for the rest of the night and noticed that after an hour or so the foundation started wear and “melt” more into my skin. While it didn’t look bad, it didn’t look great. It actually just looked pretty greasy.

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This is the foundation alone.

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This is with powder.

In order to give this a fair shake, I decided to wear it to work this morning. I have to say the application this morning was a little better than yesterday afternoon but I only used one drop instead of two. I basically used one drop on each check, my forehead, nose and chin. I still wasn’t happy about the coverage or the feel. My under eye concealer did go on a little smoother today. That could be because I put it on a little more quickly. The foundation continued to feel tacky even after I applied powder. Lots of powder. I will say that from afar it didn’t look terrible this morning. The color is actually very nice. Honestly, that’s about the only good thing I can say about this foundation.

I know there are tons of people out there that love this foundation, and I really hoped I would be one of those people. Unfortunately, I’m not. For me peronally, this foundation is a huge miss! Again, I have naturally oily skin and uneven skin tone. I think if I had pretty flawless, normal skin I might be singing a different tune right now. I dislike this so much I will be taking it back to Ulta. I will be replacing it with the IT Cosmetics CC Cream. I’m hoping to have better results. I’ll do a first impression of this one too incase anyone is interested.

~k

So. Darn. Excited!

So. Darn. Excited!

A few months ago Bare Minerals came out with their very first liquid foundation, the bareSkin Pure Brightening Serum Foundation.  Needless to say, I have been DYING to try this stuff but due to my recent foundation swapping Matt would kill me if I bought something else so I’ve waited.  Add to that the fact that we are now in hard core save mode and I thought I would be waiting a while longer before I got my hands on this bad boy but alas, tomorrow it will be mine!!!!  I volunteered to do some testing at work which will give me a $25.00 gift card.  My testing is from 11-12 and I will immediately drive over to Ulta to buy my new foundation.

I’ve watched numerous tutorials/reviews on Youtube and read numerous reviews online.  For the most part, it seems like people love this stuff.  But there are the few who don’t like it.  I know no product is everyone going to please everyone and that’s okay.  I just really hope I fall in the love category.  I currently LOVE my Lumi but it doesn’t have tons of staying power plus it seems like make me oilier now that summer is here.  But really, we all know I just love makeup.  I can’t help it. 😉

My plan is to try my new BM foundation on Thursday so as long as work isn’t too busy I will write an initial review on Friday.  I would like to write a follow up review about a week after that as I’ve seen some people say you need to give it a chance and find what works for you.  So we’ll see how it goes.  Wish me luck!

~k

Superhero Subway Art

Superhero Subway Art

I found this pic on my phone over the weekend and realized I never actually posted the final product.  Whomp whomp.  Even worse, it was like a year ago.  Oopsy.

Backstory, a friend was having a baby and decided to do a superhero themed nursery.  In true Kelly fashion, I decided to make her something.  I decided on subway art with superhero slogans.  I was lucky we were pretty slow at work so I was able to work on my project in my free time.  (I like to work on crafts at work, shh, don’t tell. 😉 ) First I had to figure out what slogans I could use.  There were a few I knew but I had to research quite  a lot to finally get enough to fill the space.  In the end I used 16 slogans.  I won’t lie, it wasn’t easy find that many that I thought were appropriate and short.  I think my subway art turned out really well considering.

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I also decided to customize the Superman logo and change it from an “S” to a “D”.  Baby’s name started with a D.  🙂  It’s been so long I honestly can’t remember how I did this.  I either found the image on a Google search or I used an online tool to change it.  I can’t believe I can’t remember.  Anyway, I made it work.

I just ordered more fabric the other day to make another baby blanket for a coworker.  This will be my 5th one?  I’m pretty excited about the fabric I got.  This will be my second girl one.  I’ll post some pics when I get finished.  I feel like my baby blankets are getting better, and I am getting much faster.  The process now takes me about an hour from start to finish.  That includes cutting, pinning and sewing.

~k

#curlyhairdontcare

#curlyhairdontcare

After I burnt the hell out of my hands trying to curl my hair I went and got it cut.  In the process my stylist added more layers. I normally have a decent amount of layers in my hair but the last haircut, we cut some of them out and went with a few long layers.  Long layers aren’t really good for helping my hair curl.  Well on Saturday, I showered and then went downstairs to eat some breakfast.  This turned into me sitting on the couch interneting for a while too.  By the time I got upstairs to put on my make-up and dry my hair, my hair was almost dry.  And curly.  Like really curly.  So I went with it.  I hit my roots with some heat and straighten out my bangs.  I then added a little water in a few spots that were a little less curly.  What’dya know?  I have curly hair again! So explain to me why I’ve been burning the shit out of my hands trying to curl it?  HAHA!

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This weekend

My hair used to curl like this all the time a few years ago.  It was affectionately named my “porn hair” several years ago.  I’m not sure what it is about me with curly hair but men seem to like it, a lot.  To the point of being a little creepy. (My husband is excluded from this group.)  Anyway, I stopped wearing it curly for a really long time, mainly because a coworker always make comments when I wore that way.  Said co-worker no longer works with me so it doesn’t really matter anymore.  I feel like I might start to wear my hair curlier now.  I’m kind of ready for a change but cutting my hair is not an option.  I’ve worked too hard to get it as long as it so currently.  It’s probably close to as long as it’s ever been.  YAY!!!  So curly hair is the one thing I can do that is a change without going shorter.

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This is from 2007. I love these waves.

~k