Susan Barclay-Nichols

Happy slip some zucchini on your neighbour’s porch day!

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This is my best friend reproducing one of my favourite pictures from the World Potato Expo (Blackfoot, Idaho) entitled “Pretty girls posing with potatoes.” Happy sneak some zucchini on your neighbour’s porch day! If you have been growing zucchini in your garden, odds are you have so much that you can’t give it away. So...

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Mineral make-up ingredients: Zinc oxide

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a staple in mineral make-up products. So why do we use it?Zinc oxide tends to whiten skin, so we use it in MMU as a skin whitener that is going to be less opaque than titanium dioxide (more about this product tomorrow). It offers good coverage – the more you use,...

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Mineral make-up: A closer look at eye shadow bases

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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I love eye shadow! Keeping in mind the concepts from yesterday, let’s take a closer look at eye shadow and the various ingredients we can add to get exactly what we want! Whiteness or opacity: To make a colour lighter, to cover up imperfections. Translucency:...

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Craft group: Headbands

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I was going entitle this post “Hair Bands” but Raymond keeps singing Bon Jovi songs around the house (very well, I might add), so I figured I’d call them head bands instead.I hope you’re enjoying your fancy headband, and I’m almost positive you’ll want to make more of them to match every outfit! So here...

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Mineral make-up ingredients: A primer (excusing the pun)

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As part of the “what do you want to see on this blog” series, Mich suggested posts on mineral make-up! Thanks for the idea! I love making mineral make-up! I can get the colours I want in the intensity I want, and I don’t have to spend a fortune. When formulating any product, knowing your...

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