Statement Bib Necklace

I love fabric made necklaces as they feel a lot less heavy than metal made ones. Suspecting that peach/nude/blush/flesh etc will be spring '10 colours I created this one yesterday.

Tutorial: How to make your own deodorant

Commercial deodorants contain all kind of nasties, it often stains clothes and above I almost never like how the smell. I actually found a recipe that works perfectly for me (better than any commercial deodorant). Given that it's so cheap to make it, why don't you give it a go to see whether it works for you too. And it's extremely easy too!

Here's what you need VNNB3YCP55T9:

1. Shea Butter (refined)
2. Vegetable Oil (sunflower, almond, jojoba, grapeseed, peach or apricot kernel)
3. Sodium Bicarbonate (also called baking soda, NOT baking POWDER or WASHING soda - that's something else)
4. Essential oil or perfume oil

First step:
Take two tablespoons of shea butter and melt it (using the two container method I described in another tutorial).

Second step:
Add two tablespoons of the vegetable oil to the shea butter and mix well. Let it cool down a bit.

Third step:
Add one teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate (it's a white or off-white fine powder). Mix well.

Fourth step:
Add a few drops of essential oil (I wouldn't recommend tea tree, for example, as it might be too agressive) or perfume oil. Try tangerine, orange or lemon - I think they smell lovely.

Last step:
Fill the mixture into a container. Leave it standing at room temperature overnight. You've now got a deodorant cream. If you prefer a stick, use more shea butter than vegetable oil (maybe leave the oil) and fill it in an appropriate container.

Note that deodorant is anti-smell but not anti-stain, it doesn't block or minimizes pores or anything like that.

DIY: No-Sew-only-glue Alice band holder that looks a bit like modern art too

After boyfriend nearly destroyed my favorite alice band yesterday I decided to craft something where the little pieces of fashion art can feel safe and secure. Here's what I did:

I used:
1. Something similar to a thick cardboad
2. two pieces of elastic band long enough so the fit around the cardboard
3. a piece of cotton fabric, approx 2 cm bigger on each side than the cardboad.
4. glue gun (I got a new mini version from ebay for £4 including shipping)


Step 1
I glued the overlapping fabric of the short sides to the cardboard, then folded the edges and glued the long sides too.


Step 2
Now I glued the first elastic on the cardboard. Not in the middle but a bit further down. The elastic has to be tensed so I glued one side of it first - hold for 30 sec - then I glued the other side holding the elastic strongly tensed.


Step 3
I repeated step 2 using the other piece of elastic positioning it a bit below the first one


Step4
This is how it looks like on the right side of the board


Step 5 and final Step
I measured where the middle of the long side of cardboard is and glued a piece of ribbon (formed into a simple bow) to the end that is further away from the elastic bands.


This is now the construction looks like now that I've stuck the alice bands to it

Hope you're safe and happy now, little friends

DIY: Essential oils Soywax Candle in a glass

I made a wonderfully smelling soywax candle the other day:

It's really easy to make. The biggest challenge is to find a glass (or jar) that is thick and wide enough to actually do the job of the candle container. I got mie from Marks&Spencer for £0.50 and tested it by filling it with boiling water (standing as far away from the glass as possible in case it cracks). Then I melted 3 handful of soywax flakes in the water-containers construction (I described this earlier - see how to make lipgloss). Once everything is melted, let it cool down again a bit. Then add 25 drops of essential oil tangerine and 12 drops EO Ylang Ylang. Stir with a spoon. It is easiest if you buy a ready waxed candle string. ALl you need to do then is to wrap one end around the middle of a pen and shorten the other end in such a way that it is exatcly as long as your glass. Lay the pen with the string over the glass so that the string is in the middle of the glass, then fill in the soywax. Let it cool down and harden over night.
It smells soooo good - a very upliftig smell which is especially comforting on these could windy autumn days on which you don't even want to leave the house.

Tutorial: How to make a strawberry coloured honey flavored lipgloss (actually, more a glossy lipcare)

Here is a very easy recipe on how to make a sweet flavored all natural lipgloss. The shade is a lovely transparent strawberry red with a slight purple hint. The honey makes it taste so sweet, you will have to restrain youself to not lick the lipgloss off your lips. And the best: no harmful ingredients, the product is completely natural and it also makes you lips super smooth!

What you'll need:
1. A small container (e.g. muesli bowl) to heat the ingredients in
2. a bigger container (e.g. saucepan) to put the smaller one in
3. A spoon
4. A very small container to fill in the lipgloss

5. a little bit of sheabutter (refined) (get it e.g. here Gracefruit)
6. simple honey (the clear one)

7. beetroot powder (you can find this on ebay for £3 or so)
8. tiny bit of Wodka (it's a grown-up lipgloss)


First step
Put the small container in the bigger one, heat up water, the pour the hot water into the bigger (but not the smaller) container.

Second step
Put a small amount of sheabutter into the small container and wait until it's melted - this might take a few minutes.

Third step
Add the honey to the melted sheabutter (a bit more honey than sheabutter) and let it melt too

(yes, I added the honey before the sheabutter was melted - it doesn't really matter)

Fourth step
Take approx a small half a teaspoon full of beetroot and about the double amount of vodka - mix it.

(I added a bit more liquid because I made more than one lipgloss, but if you make just one use a much smaller amount of Vodka - really jsut enough to "activate" the beetroot - , otherwise the lipgloss becomes too liquid)
There will probably be small particles from the beetroot powder in the mixture but you won't really see them on your lips when applied.

Fifth step
Take the small container out of the big one and let it cool down a little. Then add the beetroot-vodka mixture. Stir!!


Sixth and final step
Pour the mixture into the tiny container.


While pouring you will probably realize that the vodka and the honey/shea don't mix perfectly but again, it does not really matter once you apply the lipgloss on your lips.

Allow the mixture to cool down over night. The stir with the clean end of a spoon again, because the lipgloss has probably separated a bit while cooling down.
Done and ready for a strawberry look and sweet honey taste!

In my experience it's best to use the lipgloss within three weeks.

How to make all natural blush for rosy cheeks

It's soo easy to make a loose blush in lovely rosy pink.
All you'll need is this:

1. A container with a sieve for you blush (get it e.g. on ebay)

2. Iron Oxid in Rose (e.g. Aromazone - Oxide Rose d'Italie)

Picture: Aromazone

3. Mica Powder White Silk (or Satin) (e.g. from Coastalscents)

I sell small amounts of nearly all the ingredients I use in this blog - in case you prefer to prefer to have no more than you need for a single go. Just write to me.

You need the mica powder because the iron oxide is way too strong in colour. Unless you are going to a costume ball you will need to blend it with the white, shiny mica powder. Add the mica until your blush has the desired colour- that's done!

No harmful ingredients, very affordable and the result is just lovely: Perfect Folk-Queen naturally blushed! You will never buy a ready-made loose rosy blush again..

Tutorial: How to make a face cleansing oil

I make all my cosmetic products myself since last year so in this blog I will regularily share recipes with you. It's fun, all natural and you pay much less than you would in shops for a very often much better quality. And it's easy too!

Here's the first tutorial: I just love the face cleansing oils from Shu Uemura or Organics, so I decided to make one myself.
In my experience this cleansing oil is suitable for practically every skin type. If you have mixed or oily skin I'd recommend sticking with the grapeseed oil. If your skin is sensitive leave out the essential oils or perfume oils.
Also wonderful as shower oil for baby soft skin.

You'll need...















1. A jug to mix the ingredients in
2. A scale
3. Grapeseed Oil (alternatively Jojoba, almond, peach, apricot or sesame oil)
4. Plantapon (you can get it here Soapkitchen) or Base Moussante Douceur (you can buy this here Aromazone) (You can take other surfacants, but make sure they can be used for hair and body and contain approx. 30% active ingredients)
5. Perfume oil or essentiel oils of you choice (I picked Ylang Ylang and Tangerine)
6. An empty bottle to fill in the finished product

First step


Turn the scale on, place the jug in the middle, pour 150 gr of the grapeseed oil into the jug.










Second step


Add 34 gr of the surfacant (Plantapon or the Moussante)










Optional step
I always add 5 gr of Cranberry seed oil (Vitamin E) and 5 gr Glycerine (hydration) to the mixture, but the cleansing oil is also fine without it.











Third step
Add approx 10 drops of perfume oil or essential oil - my all time favorite is 8 drops of tangerine and 2 drops of Ylang Ylang. I've got the impression that the smell intensifies over the day, so start with small amounts of essential oils. You can always add more later.








Fourth and last step
Pour the mixture into the empty bottle and close it - done!!!
The oil tends to separate itself from the rest in the bottle, but a bit of shaking suffices to mix it in with the rest again.








How to use: Squeeze a small amount on your wet hands, then wash you face using your hands. Repeat once. All clean :)

I found a tutorial on how to make ruffles

I found this wonderful tutorial on how to make a ruffle neckline the other day on cucumbersome. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it sounds easy enough and I definitly use it to update my wardrobe Folk-Queen-like. Check it out here: Ruffles-Tutorial