Slightly random, but I thought I would share with you some really easy DIY beauty gifts. Say you have your best mates birthday coming up and your a bit short of cash, these are the perfect gifts which you can easily make yourself and look really good! So here are 5 simple and cheap gift ideas for you to do...
First is a Body butter. This is a Whipped Coconut Body Butter which only really uses 1 ingredient and takes about 10 minutes to do! You need to get a cup of coconut oil and pour into a mixer (or you can whip by hand). Then leave it to mix on the highest setting for 6-8 minutes (or use a whisk for around 10 minutes) until it is light and fluffy. Put it in a bowl and cover tightly in the fridge for 1 hour. To make it look nice put it in a pretty container or pretty jar and label it. Done!
Another easy gift to make is a body or foot scrub. I am making a Peppermint foot scrub (also could be used as a great Christmas gift!). Take about 2 cups of white sugar and mix with half a cup of vegetable oil. Add a few drops of peppermint oil (usually in baking sections of supermarkets) and some food colouring (if you want to). Mix it all together till it looks like the picture. Again, put it in a nice jar and label it. These look really cute. You could do stripes colours too!
Another really easy gift are hair bows. You will need to purchase some fabric (or use old t-shirts etc that you don't need) and some grips/ barrettes. You could also use ribbon instead of fabric. Cut the fabric into a long strip and simply tie a bow of any shape or size. If you have a hot glue gun, glue the grip to the bottom of the bow and leave it upside down to set (leave until you can't move it). If not you will have to use normal liquid glue and leave it for a while (overnight) until it sets. A glue gun is your best chance of it staying still.
Another really easy one that takes about 5 minutes are Braided bracelets (or friendship bracelets). Find 3 different coloured pieces of wool or ribbon and make equal length strips. Knot them together at the end and sellotape to the end of a table. Plait these together and then make a loopy knot at the end (you could do a fishtail plait if you find it easier). That could be it. Or if you wanted to, make another 2 of these and then plait all of them together to make a thicker bracelet which I found looked nicer. Pick colours that go together and look nice. Make as many as you want!
Finally, a DIY bubble bath. I made a Vanilla and honey bubble bath. Mix together a cup of vegetable or sunflower oil, half a cup of honey, a tablespoon of vanilla extract, and a cup of liquid soap (just a cheap brand from Tesco's or whatever). Mix these until they form a nice runny liquid and you could add a food colouring if you wanted. Pour the mixture into a jar, bottle or container which you can decorate or label. Any liquid leftover... use it yourself! It is lovely.
Those are all my easy and cheap gift ideas which I hope you have a go at making! They are fun to make and also look really nice and pretty. Perfect for a friend or family member when you need a present. 10th post today wooo!
See you all soon Xxx
