Pinterest: Keep It and Kill It: Beauty Edition

Pinterest is full of DIY beauty product ideas.

I {as always} have pinned a bunch of them but usually don't get around to trying them out.

Here are a couple of exceptions.

Keep it:

Hand scrub.

Or, if you're me, body scrub.

I didn't find this one, it was actually my friend Kim who pinned it and gifted me a batch.
I used it on my hands, fantastic.
So I used in on my feet, really fantastic.
I then proceeded to scrub my entire body with the stuff.
I may have gone a little overboard but us Albertans will do anything in these dry winters to soothe our skin, am I right?

It is beyond simple to make and works beautifully.

Source: onegoodthingbyjillee.com via Kim on Pinterest

Kill it:

Hair treatment.

The picture makes it look like a miracle but it did not turn out to be one for me.

I was feeling the need for a postpartum hair rejuvenation.

{You get used to that thick healthy pregnancy hair then bam...gone.}

The one thing I can say for it was that my hair was moisturized.

Like, greasy-for-5-washes-looks-like-it's-been-5-weeks-since-I-washed-my-hair moisturized.

Part of the problem may have been that I bathe, not shower, so my whole body felt greasy.

Regardless, definitely not doing this again.

Source: repinly.com via Cheryl on Pinterest

Pinterest: Keep it and Kill it {Take 3}

Bridal showers.

Am I right?

They have become a whole different ball game now thanks to Pinterest.

There are so many good ideas at your fingertips.

We decided to throw a "Pinterest" shower for Jenna a while back.

We would peruse her boards and take ideas from them for the decorations, drinks and food.

 {Except the wedding board of course that would have been cruel.}

The funny part was that Jenna didn't remember pinning many of these things.

That's my issue with Pinterest.

I pin away and rarely go back to look at said pins.

{Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy pinning.}

These are a couple of projects I did for the shower.

 Keep it:

This was an idea for house numbers.

                                                                 Source: ourhumbleabowed.wordpress.com via Jenna on Pinterest

Jenna has actually done this and it turned out great.

I decided to take an old piece of baseboard (6") and twine and do one with her wedding date.

I was really happy with it and she now has it in her home.

 Kill it:

I'm really not being fair to these poor doily lamps.

                                                                               Source: shexists.com via Jenna on Pinterest

The actual pin looks great.  My adaptation, not so much.

I didn't have a stash of crochet doilies and with no rummage sale in my near future didn't know how to acquire any.

I used paper and these are the pathetic results.

I put them up anyways and wish I hadn't because they looked even more pathetic hanging at the party.

Pinterest: Keep it and Kill it {again}

Keep it:

This is absolutely genius.

It's a growth ruler that you actually want in plain view.

No hiding this baby behind doors.

I pinned this from a website that sells them and thought it looked easy enough to do.

I bought a 6 foot 2"x6" from the hardware store and a paint pen and stencils from the craft store.

Stained it with some leftover stain then measured out the 1" marks and stencilled the numbers.

{If you make this don't forget to start at the 6" mark so you can hang it off the ground.}

Lastly I used some leftover varnish to protect it and give it a finished look.

I later found out that there are DIY links for this project but was glad I worked it out on my own.

 Sorry the pics are so dark, electrical is not the best in our 1914 home.
Perfect segue to...

Kill it:

Our house was built in 1914.

I love the character but one thing I could do without is the lack of outlets.

Outlets in 1914, not so important.

Outlets in 2012, essential.

The outlet shortage stuck us with this awkward charging arrangement.
The cord is currently sitting on a stool at our kitchen island.
Right where my daughter has breakfast every morning.
But doesn't it get in the way and doesn't Fiona play with it?
Yes and yes!

I loved this pin as soon as I saw it.

                                                                             Source: teamimhoff.com via Cheryl on Pinterest

It seems so simple, how could it go wrong?

Well, the problem I have is that my counters are all too thick for these clips. 

I either need thinner counters or bigger clips.

I'm killing this one because I feel like bigger clips would stick out too far and get knocked off.

Good idea but not for this household.

Pinterest: Keep it and Kill it

Keep it:

Simple way to free green onions it's called.

This actually works!

They do grow and the bonus is that it looks great sitting on your counter.

The only problem is that you have to save the white parts for regrowing and sometimes you want to use those for cooking.

It also doesn't work forever, I mean how could it?

You can't just grow infinite green onions out of water, right?
I found that after a while they had less flavour.
I'm talking a month plus though, still pretty good!
Also, change the water fairly often or they get slimy.

                                                                       Source: thekrazycouponlady.com via Cheryl on Pinterest

 1 week!

Kill it:
I thought this would be a cute project for Fiona.
You know, watch it grow, like you do with the beans in elementary school.
Well, I'm sticking with the beans since what was supposed to look like this:

                                                                Source: fun-frugal-mom-survival-tips.com via Cheryl on Pinterest

Ended up looking like this:

6 weeks later, nada!

I actually went back to the website to see if I was doing something wrong and the page is not found now so this project is dead.