DIY Frozen Lace Mask!

DIY Frozen Lace Mask!

So sorry for the lack of anything lately but I have been super busy with college work and family things. But I have an epic tutorial for you guys that I did a couple of weeks ago and have had so many compliments for so I thought hey why not let you know how to do it? So here it is!

1) Grab a craft cutting board, something that will protect your work surface and be kind on your craft knife/pen knife. 

2) Get a craft knife or pen knife. I used a craft knife I have had for years and very precise blades with a very sharp point. (Please be very careful when using a craft knife! They are very sharp and can cause serious injury!) 

3) Gather some blue card of desired thickness, I used thin card just so it is easier to cut and is more flexible. Also get some embellishments like glitter glue,snowflakes rhinestones etc.

4) Print off your template. I used a template from KlaireDelysArt (Will be linked below) 

5)Place the template over your piece of card and tape it to it securely.You don't want the template to move around when you cut! 

6) Using smooth small cuts start cutting around the edge of the template with your craft knife. Then cut out the eye holes. 

7)With great care start cutting out the detail, this is the hard part and will take you time! The cutting out is the hardest part and the longest, it took me two days! 

Here are some pictures of my progress.

  

8) Make sure it fits well on your face, this one is meant to be oversized but do be sure your eyes aren't dwarfed by the centre nose piece. 

9)Make two small holes in the sides of the mask and cut some elastic to the right size. You could also use ribbon but remember the mask is fragile so be very gentle. 

10) Add the decorations. I went simple on mine and used glitter glue and snowflakes. The snowflakes I attached with the glitter glue and as the snowflakes I used have holes in the middle the glue came through and set looking like a rhinestone! You could also use fake rhinestones which you can get from many craft stores. 

Then you are DONE! YAY! 

I hope you all liked this tutorial, I loved making the mask and it can be used for so many things! Hopefully I will be making a Steampunk one in the future!

The mask template can be found over on Klaire de Lys blog http://www.klairedelys.com/2013/03/19/tad-lace-face-masks/  

As always thankyou for reading! Have a wonderful day :D 

-Tasha

Lush Experiment!

This would have been up sooner but my Internet was acting up which frustrates me to no end! But no matter, It is here now!

Whilst visiting my brother at his halls in Southampton Uni we perused around the EXTREMELY BUSY West Quays shopping centre and wow was I overwhelmed by the clothes and food and pretzels! Oh my god the pretzels I actually cant remember what the store is called Aunt Annies or something. One of the highlights was going into Cafe Giardino and eating Pasta Carbonara because who doesn't love pasta carbonara!? Cut my leg off and I swear pasta carbonara would pour out.

But back on topic, I was very excited to go into Lush and see how big the store is and buy some beautiful things but I have to say I was disappointed because it was much smaller than the store in Basingstoke which is the main Lush store I shop at because I wanted to roam the store and dance around in the big open space but alas twas only a dream.

However I was very pleased to get the UltraBland face cleanser which has many excellent recommendations so I bought a big pot and have already used it for two days and wow it smells amazing and leaves my face feeling really clean! I am using only the UltraBland in the hopes I can clean up my terrible acne and have smooth skin. I think I will cry when that day comes.

I have to say that it is not white, it is a pale yellow colour due to the beeswax and I LOVE the smell!
So I will keep you updated on how it is working!

Oh and is it just me who is really jealous that Britain has no Thrift Stores like the ones in America...because I am envious.

Anyway...have a wonderful day folks!

-Tasha

Picture from the Lush website/.