Rainy Day Outfit-May

Readers,

If you are like me I can't believe it is raining/snowing on May 1st, 2013; however, I can believe it because we live in Kansas City. I want to post some of my favorite rainy day outfit ideas for you. On another note I have an event to attend tonight at The Nelson and if you want to go you should! It is totally free and supports an amazing museum. 

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I should have some exciting things on the blog soon including video of my friends/artists that are showing in the 18th Street Fashion Show in KC. I will have a lot of photos that I am taking too for you to see the exciting things they are working on for the show. Excited to share with you soon but for now just enjoy these cute outfits.

XOXO

JADATO

DIY Bronzer

Good morning readers,

I am SO sorry for skipping a few days of blogging. This weekend got away from me after my First Friday art even at my work and I totally got overwhelmed this weekend to write a post. My last post about DIY Coffee hair dye was my most read post to date so I wanted to issue another yummy one for readers. I found this from another blog and love the recipe. So easy to make so I can't wait to use it this Saturday for a friend's wedding I am attending. Again readers if you do anything off my blog send me some nice shots and I might feature you in a story. I have a lot more stories coming up to blog about this week so keep checking back for more content!

Beach Beauty

Recipe borrowed from: DIY Bronzer

Edible Face: DIY Bronzer
Recipe #1-Power Bronzer
Cocoa and ground cinnamon (yes, you will need both for sure!)
Baby powder
A makeup jar OR compact
Coconut oil (for a liquid bronzer)
One bowl and two little dessert cups
2 spoons

Step 1 - Add baby powder to little bowls. Doesn't matter how much you put in as this is going to be the base of the bronzer. (We choose to use separate bowls as we thought we'd make a bronzer with cinnamon and one of cocoa. It turns out that we used both cinnamon and cocoa to make one bronzer.)

Step 2 - Start adding your colors aka cinnamon and cocoa. Again, it doesn't matter how much you add, as you're going to continually check the color on your skin.

Step 3 - Continue adding both your cinnamon and cocoa until the mixture has reached your desired color level. Quick tip, ensure you are mixing everything well.

Step 4 - Test out your finished product. See how much darker it looks when it hasn't been rubbed in? Either way, for a bronzer, this color is absolutely perfect for me. The greatest thing about this little recipe is how cheap it is.....sure beats buying an expensive bronzing powder from a shop.

Recipe #2 - Liquid Bronzer

Step 1 - Add some coconut oil to a bowl. Again, doesn't matter how much THOUGH you'll want add a lot more than this scoop if you're wanting to use this on your body.

Step 2 - Add cocoa. This recipe, because it's liquidy, you do not want to use cinnamon. As we learned, cinnamon will stay gritty on your skin whereas the cocoa doesn't. Again, add as much cocoa as you like but ensure you keep testing it on your skin to get the exact color you want.

Step 3 - You're all done! Test out your finished product on your hand to ensure you have the shade you want. Then, you can spread your lovely bronzer anywhere you want! The great thing about this recipe is the coconut oil. It's a great moisturizer and does not contain the preservatives/additives that other creams do.

Finally-Let either one of these recipes dry completely before getting dressed!

XOXO

JADATO

Winter bbq’s

Readers,

When someone is snowed in for the majority of the day after drinking too much hot chocolate, alcohol, and watching too much tv one has to get out and do something. We live in a wonderful neighborhood in Kansas City near a park for our dog and we have amazing neighbors too. Our neighbor next door was feeling the same ‘I have to get out of this house or I’ll go crazy’ so he invited us to bbq. We had the few zombies that ventured outside and wondered why the heck we were grilling at 9:00 pm at night. (Secretly, I think they were jealous) our neighbor bought wonderful lamb from nature’s Own and we made lamb burgers. Seriously one of the best burgers i have ever had and i am going to do late night bbq’ing again soon. We are supposed to get hit with another snow storm on Monday and I'm secretly hoping to get snowed in again to have another winter bbq. next time I'm stocking up to make some sort of hot toddy or Mexican hot chocolate.

I love winter time too because the Midwestern hospitality and sweet human spirit comes out to help their neighbors. We helped a neighbor shovel her way out of the snow to get her car to safety; i think for the guys it provided a cheap way to get buff during the day. It helped too that our neighbor was cute so boys will do anything a girl asks when she looks adorable too. Stay warm out there and I hope you are having fun too.

  

 

 

XOXO

JADATO