Tattoo Choker DIY

Handmade Tattoo Chokers by me at:
Dust In Mouth

so recently i am obsessed with tattoo chokers. you now, those 90's kids accessories that EVERY cool kid had? yuppp. they are now making a come-back in a lot of harajuku looks.

but since they are not very mainstream these days, the prices on etsy, ebay etc are all jacked up to ridiculous amounts. and much as i was obsessed with it, i refuse to pay $35 for something that used to go for a dollar just cause of a fad.

so i decided to make my own. AND IT WORKED.

here is my take on the tattoo choker/bracelet/ring using fishing line. stuff that comes in 50m packs for $3.50.

 sadly, i could not find lines in black. this reel has 10m of 5 colors. blue, red, green, yellow and clear. quite an awesome steal at $3.50. got it at the hardware store near my house.

the end product!

note that for a bracelet, it does stretch quite abit so a knot chain length of 8cm was sufficient for me. getting consistent tension and knot length is very important. else it ends up looking very messy and bleh.

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Geometric and Electric

if you have a love of geometric shapes, electric tape and 5mins, you'll love this!

just scissors and electrical tape that costs about 40cents a roll.

tadaaaa! begone plain cupboard sides!

semester has started and my projects are limited to 5mins quick destress editions now.

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Simple Christmas Cards DIY

IT'S DECEMBERRR. which means CHRISTMAS. yes yes. i'm one of those who celebrate christmas as a purely commercial festivity. an excuse to get all my supplies together to make cards for people i care about. sort of a mushy card to thank them for them being them. so if you get a mushy card and get goosebumps reading them, too bad. HAHAHA. (●￣(ｴ)￣●)/

scissors, glue and paper is all you need! kinda.

i've had this zigzag scissors since primary school. still working super well!

cut various stripes of zigzag and straight lines.

glue them all onto a different colored sheet.

hole punch some red paper for baubles.

cut the tree out!

i used glitter polish for this cause i ran out of craft glitter. not too bad since the shimmers are smaller.

there were other variations of colors but i thought green+red was the most festive! the rest looked like christmas on LSD though so i scrapped them. hahaha.

ah. my new hello kitty nails + pink + glitter. i kind of feel this saccharine overdose everytime i look at it. but not enough to regret. hahaha.

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Eye bag Makeup

FINALS HAVE ENDED. this semester was insane. yet it is the first semester which i felt i actually learnt anything of use. so that's good i guess. (●´∀｀●)

one thing from it was also eye bags. insane eye bags and dark rings.

so about eye bags, there is a new(?) trend in japan where makeup is actually used to enhance eye bags rather than conceal. and i was wondering why. how could eye bags possibly be great? so i tried it out.

Eye-bag Tutorial:

add off-white highlighter across eye-bag, creamy ones are better.

using a brown shadow that is about 2 shades darker than skin tone, swipe it on the crease. blend a bit but not too much else it just looks like eye rings.

since i already have eye bags, not that much of a difference. though strangely the eye bags which make a person look more tired does create the illusion of bigger eyes? (●￣(ｴ)￣●) since eye bags are part of the natural eye area, so extending/emphasizing the eye bags does make the eye proportionately bigger compared to the other features.

one side with one without. the left side of the picture is the side without, but uhm. i naturally have bad ones from the past month so yea.

with the lines drawn, it is quite significant! (」゜ロ゜)」

ok, end of post. hahaha. was just bored and curious about the trend. as strange as it sounds, it does make the eyes look bigggerrrr.

can't wait to read the books i just borrowed from the library. do you know the loan quota now is 12 books?! i went insane. lugged back 10 super heavy books with my groceries but so happy. hehh.

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Hello Kitty Pastel Dots Nails Tutorial

if you want these nails, follow this super easy tutorial!

 

i used a gold glitter for kitty's nose cause i've no yellow. For black, i used a Sharpie. not ideal since it bleeds so use black polish if you have it!

i like straighter squarish nails cause they look more neat.

repeat this step if your polish is sheer/thinner.

toothpicks are inexpensive and perfect for dotting, especially those with a flat end.

when it all dried, i applied about 2-3 coats of Canmake's Gel Top coat. My nails are quite thin and normal top coats are fine but this gel top coat is awesome! it gives the semi-illusion of gel nails. of course it wont be as thick(maybe if you applied like 10 coats...) but there is visible thickness after 3 and i love the shine! normal top coats do seal everything in but with this, your nails get "evened out" since it is thick and i only painted the tips. yupp. awesome awesome. plus it dries rather fast. do make sure everything is dried before applying your top coat to prevent any smudging. mine did a bit.

ps. i got these washi tape etc in my resource folder for a very long time so i'm not too sure where i got them from. if you made them and want credits etc please email me thanks!

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TUTORIAL - DIY EASY CLOTH LABELS

hello kitty donut!

after making these many, i was kind of thinking of putting them in etsy. but something was missing, i realized i needed labels! maybe it's a narcissus syndrome but it's always cute to know where something came from or who made it no? but making labels commercially was no really viable. so i found a way to make my own!

materials:

permanent marker

cotton ribbon

tee shirt transfer paper

the thing is, you could just print it but my printer was not working, so i used the marker and wrote them by hand in reverse. yes, i am talented in writing in reverse. how useful is that!

after writing them, follow the transfer instructions and iron them face down onto the cotton ribbon. it didn't work as well as if i printed them cause of the uneven ink. though i do like the personalized effect that all were handwritten and different. printing onto the transfer would still be a better and faster option though.

on a side note: my nails!!! omsdcsdjb the scotch-tape method is really too fun and the geometric designs are total love!!! they take about 30mins to complete TOPS.

sew them on!

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