How to make your very own Natural Eye liner:) YAY!!

 Create your own Eyeliner!

 

 

Why pay for eyeliner when you can make your own homemade eyeliner using organic and natural ingredients? This recipe for homemade eyeliner is inexpensive and will last through anything - weather, sweat or tears.

Ingredients:

2 Application Sticks or Cotton Swabs
2 Packets of Natural Fruit Extract Powder
1/4 Cup Distilled Water
2 tbsp. Cup Coconut Oil
1 tsp. Pure Cane Sugar

Picking the Shade

Pick a natural shade that you want to use for your homemade eyeliner. This is the purpose of the powdered fruit extract. If you like orange shades, use orange or tangerine flavored extract. If you like dark purple or blue, go for a blueberry powder. It's a matter of personal taste, any fruit extract powder will do. Make sure the label says "No Artificial Ingredients" you'll be fine.

Add the Colors

Pour the distilled water into a medium sized cereal bowl. Add the fruit extract powder, sugar, and coconut oil. Stir this mixture with a fork until well blended, leaving no chunks of coconut oil. The sugar will work as a base to resist evaporation, while dissolving the coconut oil and making the eyeliner last longer. Refridgerate for 2 hours until a thick layer has formed on top of the mixture.

Stir, Freeze, Stir!

Stir the mixture and put it in the freezer for 10-20 minutes. Repeat this process several times until the liquid has hardened throughout the eyeliner. The thick layer of film needs to become consistent throughout the eyeliner. This way, you'll be able to use the homemade eyeliner to the very bottom of the bowl instead of only getting 2-3 uses out of it before tossing it out! The color of the mixture now is what the eyeliner will turn out looking like in the end.

Create an Applicator

Now that you've got a hard solid that will easily rub off onto the smooth surface of your skin, it's time to create a method of application for the make-up. 25 cent capsule containers from toy machines work perfect. You can use whatever you like as long as it has a lid that snaps in place. Use the cotton swab or applicator stick as an eyeliner pencil and enjoy!

This is a really cute style:) I may try this!!!:)

10 ways to stay motivated

 THE ART OF MOTIVATION

Sometimes life can make us feel overwhelmed . We may lose track of our goals because of stress, or just being in an overall slump. This article is intended to refresh our ambition for reaching our goals. Hopefully these tips can help everyone stay on track for their goals:)

 1. One Goal. A lot of times many of use feel like giving up because we simply have too much to do or too many goals to accomplish. Focus on one thing at at time and watch those motivation energies started back up.

2. Find Inspiration. Some of my biggest inspirations are other people who are successful in what I would like to do. Some people find inspiration in day to day life. Find what inspires you and regain motivation instantly.

3. Get excited. This sounds obvious, but most people don’t think about it much: if you want to break out of a slump, get yourself excited about a goal. But how can you do that when you don’t feel motivated? Well, it starts with inspiration from others (see above). 

4. Build anticipation. . If you find inspiration and want to do a goal, don’t start right away. Many of us will get excited and want to start today. That’s a mistake. Set a date in the future — a week or two, or even a month — and make that your Start Date. Mark it on the calendar. Get excited about that date. Make it the most important date in your life. In the meantime, start writing out a plan. And do some of the steps below.  By delaying your start, you are building anticipation, and increasing your focus and energy for your goal

5. Write your goals down. Print out your goal in big words. Make your goal just a few words long, like a mantra (“Exercise 15 mins. Daily”), and post it up on your wall or refrigerator. Post it at home and work. Put it on your computer desktop. You want to have big reminders about your goal, to keep your focus and keep your excitement going. 

6. Commit publicly. Often times when we let others know our goals too it kinda hard not to stay motivated because of self instilled peer pressure. 

7. Think about it daily. If you think about your goal every day, it is much more likely to become true. To this end, posting the goal on your wall or computer desktop (as mentioned above) helps a lot. Sending yourself daily reminders also helps. And if you can commit to doing one small thing to further your goal (even just 5 minutes) every single day, your goal will almost certainly come true. 

8. Get support. It’s hard to accomplish something alone. . Find your support network, either in the real world or online, or both. Often times just know that you have someone in your corner can help keep you motivated with your goals. 

9. Realize that there’s an ebb and flow. Motivation is not a constant thing that is always there for you. It comes and goes, and comes and goes again, like the tide. But realize that while it may go away, it doesn’t do so permanently. It will come back. Just stick it out and wait for that motivation to come back.  

10. And Finally...Stick with it. Whatever you do, don’t give up. Even if you aren’t feeling any motivation today, or this week, don’t give up. Again, that motivation will come back. Think of your goal as a long journey, and your slump is just a little bump in the road. You can’t give up with every little bump. Stay with it for the long term, ride out the ebbs and surf on the flows, and you’ll get there.

Hope this artice helps everyone stay motivated out there:)

M Kyles of Kyles Natural

HAIR ENVY...Just way too ENVIOUS of her HAIR!!!!

REAL PEOPLE REAL ANSWERS EDITION 14

A DAY IN THE LIFE

“Living Naturally You”

Real People Real Answers

 What’s your name?

 

My name is Tazia Armstead 

 

How old are you?

 

I am 26 yrs old 

 

Where are you from?

 

Im from Decatur, Ga. Born and Raised. 

 

What is your occupation?

 

I work in Home Healthcare and also own my own business, HoneyChile HairLove

  How would you describe yourself?

 

I would describe myself as Friendly, Warm, Inviting and a natural Nurturer.

 

When did you first decide to become natural?

 

I decided to Go Natural in August of 2009.

  If there was one word to describe your style what would it be?

 

One word to describe my style would be romantic. I love rich colors like purples, golds, browns, blacks and emerald hues.

  Who are some people that inspire you the most?

 

 Some of my inspirations are My mother, India Arie, & Jill Scott. I love them all because they do not conform to society. They do what makes them happy, my mother included.

  What do you want to be when you grow up?

 

lol! When I grow up I would like to inspire others to live a God fearing and happy life. To love the Lord with all of their might and be rich in His blessings.
 

  What advice would you give to others who wanted to go natural or live a more natural based 

  lifestyle?

 

When going natural, the best advice is to erase what you already know about hair, learn yourself and learn to listen to your hair. Also its a waiting game and you have to be very patient.

 

 

   What’s your favorite quote?

 

My Favorite Quote is "I Love you because God first Loved me"

Thank you for the opportunity! check me out on www.honeychilehairlove.com also www.facebook.com/trulynaturallycoiled

I really like this song by ms Bailey she and her hair are so Beautiful to me:)

REAL PEOPLE REAL ANSWERS MEN'S EDITION 7

A DAY IN THE LIFE

“Living Naturally You”

Real People Real Answers

 What is your name?

 I am A.R. Crown. 

 

How old are you?

 I'm old enough to know what I'm doing and young enough to do it all night.

 

Where are you from?

 I am originally from Augusta, GA and now reside in Atlanta

 

What is your occupation?

 Barber Extraordinaire, Model, Fashion Style and Image Consultant

 

 How would you describe yourself?

  I would describe myself as "FREE!!!" Free in my thinking, free in my beliefs, free to express myself through my style of dress (regardless of the latest fads,) free to not succumb to the latest "group think" opinion, free to wear my hair however I see fit, free to dream, free to inspire, free to be inspired. Just free...to be me!

 

If you could describe yourself in one word what would it be?

  I do not think "Webster" has found that word yet.

 

 

Who are some people that inspire you the most?

  This person is not famous, but to me, she is everything. My Mother, Gearldine Ross. As a child, she was 44 for at least twelve years straight but I won't hold that against her. Also, as a child, it never seemed as if it was just "our" house. She would always take in relatives who were doing bad and even our own childhood friends who were in bad situations, that was because of her heart of gold. Because she cared. She has taught me to be selfless. To actually extend my hands for the aid of others. She has taught me love and be the man I am today. I can go on forever but yes, she is the most inspirational person I have ever known.

 

What do you want to be when you grow up?

When I grow up I (brace yourselves, it's going to sound funny) would like to be a Father to a son and a great Husband to an honest woman. 

 

What advise would you give someone who is trying to embrace their individuality?

 Go for it! It starts, however, with knowing who "you" are. 

 

What is your favorite quote?

When life knocks you down to your knees, remember you're in the perfect position to pray.

 

 

BONUS: SOME OF CROWN"S WORK