Save the Remover!

Last week I told you about Citrustrip.  This week we’re talking about a much different type of paint remover.  Nail polish remover!  I’m sure you’re familiar with the cotton ball / paper towel soaked in remover method.  It always seems like it’s a waste of the precious fluid and takes forever to actually remove the polish.

I have a ton of baby food jars leftover from when Little Man ate the stuff.  I realized that the salons usually soak your hands to remove the polish more efficiently.  Put those two things together and there you go.

Simply fill your baby food jar with a bit of nail polish remover and soak a finger or two for about 30 seconds.  Then the polish will just rub right off.  You’ll even be able to pour the leftover remover back into the bottle, good as new.

I’ve posted a few blogs while soaking off my polish.  I’ve become quite adept at typing with one hand!

What’s YOUR favorite nail tip?

~Lisa

Natural Curls in 15 Minutes

I have long thick hair that holds a curl very well but there is just SO much of it that I avoid curling it because trying to keep the sections separated and uniform is really hard to do.  Getting the strands at the back of my head is really a pain too.  Imagine the black and white video portion of the ‘As Seen on TV” items.  “Ug! It’s Too hard!”  Well.  Rather than spending $19.99 for something that doesn’t work Abut just looks like it does through the magic of TV try this little trick.  If you have normal to thin hair you can use just a regular pony tail and not have to turn to the piggy tails. 

My baby sister was in town and babysat for Kidster last night.  I told her about my new favorite way to curl my hair.  It was an offhand comment between our QuizUp matches but she seemed to take it to heart.  She texted me at 10:49am “Tried curling my hair in piggy tails and it’s life changing.”  My response, of course, was “LOL!  I know, right?!”  To which she said, “It took like 15 minutes”.   That’s when I told her she had to be my To Neat Tuesday model.  Because all ladies need to know the super easy trick to flowing pretty curls without all the yoga moves.

She came over and spent some time teaching Kidster to blow into the whistle on her keychain and then we got to work.

Put hair up into a high pony tail for normal to thin/fine hair.  Put hair up into high piggy tails for normal to thick hair.

Curl hair in one piggy tail.

Curl hair in the other piggy tail.

Let curls cool.  Once cool remove rubber bands.

My iron wasn’t hot when we started so one side isn’t as curly as the other… My fault.  Still, looks pretty great!

My baby sister, Jamster.

What is YOUR favorite hair trick?

-Lisa