Trendy or Trash?

An in depth investigation about what is trash vs. what is trendy is today's time. Chronicling my experiences trying out, "said" trendy ideas and projects and seeing if they are worth the hype.

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Coconut Oil Craze

Coconut Oil has become extremely popular lately. Stars such a Kendall Jenner claiming it helps with moisturizing hair (which is does) and people claiming eating it raw creates health benefits.

Today I am going to expose coconut oil....

Here is a post about how you can use the oil for your everyday life.

However, the one benefit that is not talked about is healing eczema.

I have chronic eczema and I have tried everything in drugs stores and pharmacies. Nothing my dermatologist prescribes does anything.

A neighbor recommended raw, organic, unrefined coconut oil for my skin... lemme tell you it works wonders. I no longer have to deal with flare ups and leave them untreated.

TRENDY OR TRASH??

Trendy and life saving :)

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CHOKERS!!! Trendy or trash? This is a PSA: STOP WEARING CHOKERS. I understand the 90's and the Kardashians started this trend... let's join forces and end this trend. Pinhead Larry agrees

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Beauty Trends... 2k17

I’ve noticed a few new beauty trends I need to sound off on.. 

Faux Freckles & Feather Brows... 

Above is a picture of faux freckles. I just don’t understand it. In person, the freckles look 100% fake. Not a hater, just confused. Don’t do it, spare yourself, let the girls with real freckles own it. 

The other trend I’ve noticed are feather brows... This trend isn’t as popular as the faux freckles.. but needs to stop. 

WHAT IS THIS!!!!

This looks like you parted your eyebrows like you do with your scalp.. 10/10 trash. If you’re looking for a brow trend .. aspire to have these brows: 

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Have you ever crimped your hair? what do u think of that look

Crimped hair reminds me of Mia Thermopolis before her princess makeover.. awkward.. trash. 

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Rocks 4 Gifts?

While looking through Pinterest, I came upon a new hidden gem...

Painting rocks is supposedly fun and great for gift giving.. huh. 

So naturally I went in the backyard and started watching the grass grow painting rocks. 

Paint the rocks white  as shown above to intensify the color. *

Above is the final result. I am not sure to how you would get children involved in this or give these away as gifts because it took me forever to finish these. It was extremely messy... as I got paint all over my hands. 

However, these do look cool in real life. I am actually very surprised I liked this DIY from Pinterest. Would I use it for the intended purpose as giving it a a gift? No shot, if I gave my friends rocks for their birthday they would probably throw them at me. 

TRENDY OR TRASSSHHHHHH?

Due to it’s coolness factor in the final result, I am going to say these are indeed trendy.

*inserts gif of strawberries to illustrate how cute my rock strawberries are 

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SLIME TIME: This week I decided to make slime. There are more and more reports on TV about the craze and how stores are actually running out of glue because of this. Pictured above are my ingredients: 1/2 cup of laundry detergent 1/2 cup of water Bowl Food coloring Glue Shaving cream Spoon -Combine the water with the food coloring first -Mix in the glue and detergent until the substance has thickened -add in shaving cream until EXTREMELY THICK MY RESULTS: the slime I created was definitely on the slimy side and not foamy. I wish it would have been thicker. TRENDY OR TRASH: I'd say slime is trendy. I'm still unsure about the purpose behind the slime and the phenomenon behind it. However, it was really cool to play with and the mess & cleanup was minimal.

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Hey, I liked your post about face scrubs. Have you ever tried a stomach scrub? Asking for a friend tbh

Ever heard of tequila? 

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Yooooooo what are your thoughts on alpaca blending brushes?? trendy or trash?? also, can you find a diy on how to make them??

I presume alpaca blending brushes are hard to come by... I would most definitively label them trendy. DIY alpaca blending brushes can be created by having your own alpaca farm. :) 

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DIY Hair MASKS

This week I have decided to try out another popular Pinterest DIY; homemade hair masks. Hair masks are deep conditioning treatments for your hair.

I usually do a hair mask once every week. At Target, you can buy a single use hair mask for around $2.00. These work wonders. 

The recipe was pretty generic; 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add in 1 tablespoon of honey in at a time until thick. 

Apparently eggs benefit hair in more ways then one. 

Ingredients: 

Picture Below: Eggs and Oil 

Picture Below: Eggs mixed up with the oil and honey

PICTURE BELOW: Hair before the mask. 

Picture Below: hair after mask

I let the mask soak in my hair for an hour. The mask made my hair more moisturized. HOWEVER, after about 5 minutes of letting the mask sit on my hair.. it started to drip off my head. 

TRENDY OR TRASH ??

Trash; by time I make this mask, use all the honey and eggs in my house, and clean the bowl after I use it... I am exhausted. 

I will stick to just buying one at the store for $2 then have raw egg running down my neck. 

*puts DIY into the flaming trash can below* 

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Brown Sugar Face Scrub??

Within the last few months, I have noticed an increase in people making homemade face scrubs. I love scrubs. They leave your skin fresh and scrape off all of your dead skin cells. The only scrubs I have ever tried have been purchased from Sephora or independent soap shops. I found a bunch of recipes online for brown sugar face scrubs.. so I tried to make one myself. 

Ingredients: 

Coconut oil

Honey 

Brown Sugar

Water

A jar

I also used baking soda (not pictured) 

I melted about a a table spoon of coconut oil in the microwave and poured it into my glass jar. Add in a couple spoonfuls of brown sugar and stir. 

Then I poured in honey (about 2 table spoons) 

The mixture was really really thick and dry, so I added in a spoonful of water.

I was not really happy with the consistency and texture of the scrub so I added in baking soda (because it works great for your face)

Here is my “final” product: 

Doesn’t look too cute, but it did smell amazing. I let the jar sit for a half hour and my scrub looked like this: 

I guess the baking soda did this? As you can see the honey/ coconut oil looks more saturated on the bottom of the jar. 

I put some of this scrub on my face.. kept it on for 5 minutes and rinsed everything off.

TRENDY OR TRASH????

I would say homemade brown sugar scrubs are trendy for the right person. It was very sticky and messy, but it did make my face super soft and moisturized. In the future, I might just listen and read directions more carefully, maybe my scrub wouldn’t have exploded then. 

To make this it probably cost me $7 for all the ingredients, which isn’t too bad because my current scrub cost me $25. 

CUTE I LIKE IT I GUESS.