Soooo sorryyy and HOW TO GET FREE SAMPLES

Hey guys! So I know that I haven't been posting a lot recently, and that's because I have been away at summer camp!!!  But, I do have things to show for it!  First of all, we went on shopping excursions every week, and my friend Isabella and I would go o as pharmacy.  We would then politely ask for free samples. After receiving what we thought was a decent amount, we moved to the next pharmacy.  When we asked for free samples there, we were told we could only receive them if we bought something, I purchased a $5 bottle of hand lotion, we politely asked a different salesperson, and received free samples.  We kept this in mind, and next time we went to that pharmacy, we bought something before we asked for samples.  The third place we went to was  huge department store.  I bought a Covergirl product and then we asked for free samples.  This time the lady only gave us one or two, so don't spend too much money in a major store like that!

If you are too lazy to do all that yourself, go online to birch box.  For only 20 dollars a month, they give you a box full of free samples, it's pretty cool!

CVS SAVING MONEY!

I just went to CVS with my friend Julia, and I only had 14 dollars with me, so did she.  Together, we each bought Maybelline mascara, NYC Color lip gloss,  and Covergirl eyeliner.  Now, if we had gone separately, then we wouldn't have been able to afford the makeup.  We went to CVS, searching for mascara, eyeliner, and lip gloss that we could afford, but was good quality.  We looked for all of the buy one get one fifty percent off signs in CVS and grabbed 3 mascaras, 3 lip glosses, and 3 eyeliners.  After comparing prices, we picked "one by one" volumizing mascara which should have been $12.98 for two, but we ended up paying $9.47 for two.  Then, we got NYC color lip gloss which was on sale for $2.99 each, we had a total so far of $15.45.  We then grabbed our last item, Covergirl "perfect blend" eyeliner which was originally $10.48 but we got it for  $8.23.  If we had each bought these items individually, we would have each paid $14.97, but paying together we each paid $11.84!

Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe(s)

Hey guys!  So I know that I have been boiling all summer, and I have soo been craving frozen hot chocolate!  I was going to go to Dunkin Donuts and get the frozen hot chocolate, but that is basically like drinking fat once you look at the nutrition facts, so I made my own hot chocolate recipe!  My friend Sanya has a blog called tummyyums.blogspot.com/   tummyyums.blogspot.com/    tummyyums.blogspot.com/  and she also has really great articles and and she has an amazing frozen hot chocolate recipe! Check out her blog! 


YEILDS 6


Ingrediants:
4 packets hot chocolate mix
2.5 cups milk
2 scoops vanilla ice cream (you can also use chocolate if you don't like vanilla)
ice
whip cream

Start by blending everything in a blender except for the ice and whip cream.   Blend until this a a smooth, fluid, liquid with the density of milk.  Pour in ice and blend for 30 seconds.  Pour into cups and add whip cream, VOILA!

xoxoxo
Becca

Fourth of July Nails!

FLAG NAILS: These nails are patriotic, cute, and easy!  Start off with a base coat of white nail polish then, in one of the lower corners, paint a square about a quarter of your nail.  Then, take a toothpick and make red stripes.   Use the other end of the toothpick to make white dots on the blue section.  Voila!  A flag!

FIREWORK NAILS:  These nails are a little more advanced, but they are still cute and easy.  First, paint all of your nails red, then, with a toothpick, make a white dot somewhere off center and then draw white curved lines coming out of it.  Then, draw blue lines coming out of that.  Apply a sparkle coat on top and wait for it to dry. You can skip the next step, but I think it really adds to the design.  Take the glitter polish and put a gloopy dot over the white dot you made, then place a rhinestone over that, wait for it to dry before doing the next nail, once all of the nails are dry, apply one last sparkle coat ad voila!

Sprinkle Pops!

I know we all have a sweet tooth, especially me :) but I have a somewhat healthy way to have sweets without having a caloric festival!  This recipe is really easy and cute!

Yields 3 pops

Ingredients
One yogurt cup of your favorite flavor yogurt
either sprinkles, chocolate chips, gummy bears or m&ms

You will also need 6 toothpicks and 3 mini paper cups

Mix up the yogurt and line up the cups, then put a small layer, just enough to cover the bottom of the cup, with your candy.  Spoon a layer of yogurt over that so that it takes up about half the cup, then apply another thin layer of your candy.  Spoon some more yogurt over that so that 2/3 of the cup are full.  Then, place two toothpicks in the center of each cup and place in the freezer, these will be ready within an hour!

***CONTEST***

Hey guys!  I have a huge contest for you!

Rules:  What's your beauty secret?  Write up a tutorial and take a photo (please do NOT include your face) of your beauty idea, then email it to me at sparklesandstyle.official@gmail.com

Prizes: third place:tutorial is posted on blog

second place: tutorial is posted on blog with promo to either your website, youtube account, or whatever you want

first place:tutorial is posted on blog with promo to either your website, youtube account, or whatever you want, you receive a customized sign, and codes for seventeen freebies!

Deadline:  July 20th

1 entry per person!

Aqua French Manicure

Take a simple. sweet french manicure, and make it cute and summery! This simple tutorial is fun, cute, and quick!  First, apply a very light pink or clear base coat!  Then, take a blue and make a french tip on every nail.  Apply two or three coats of the blue so it is completely solid, I think it looks best bright.  Apply one coat of green halfway up the french tip, if it barely shows up, add another but we don't want it to dark!  Then, take sparkles and cover each french tip in them! Voila!