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!

Gmail, polyvore, and how to tan without ruining your skin!

Hey guys, so I know it has been a really long time since I have posted anything of actual quality, but now I have lots for you!

1.  Gmail:  I made a gmail account ( sparklesandstyle.official@gmail.com ) for this blog so that if you have any questions, comments or requests but you don't necessarily want to post them in front of everyone, you can just send me a little email.  These emails will be confidential, and don't worry, I won't share your information!

2. Polyvore: OMG that website is sucking in all of my time!  RRRggghh I haven't actually been doing any work!  I also made an acount on that and if you could check it out that would be great!  The url is polyvore.com, and all you have to do to find me is make an account, click on your account name, click find contacts and type in "sparklesandstyle" and P.S. THIS IS POLYVORE NOT POLLY POCKETS

3.  How to tan without ruining your skin: I know you have been waiting for this, okay, let me first start off by saying, ALWAYS WEAR SUNSCREEN!  Next, you do need to buy special product for this, you will need St, Tropez tanning product.  Squirt some on the the glove that comes with it, and rub evenly all over your body, it will take quite a few squirts depending on how tan you want to be.  Then, you just let it sit, since I have pretty fair skin, I let it sit for four hours, but if you want it to come out darker, then let it sit for longer.  Once it has been at least four hours, go in the shower and rinse it all off!  Every last drop, dry your self thoroughly, you will be tan!

Q: How long does it last?
A: At least 1 week
Q: Can I still get tan if I have this on?
A: You can definitely, but that doesn't mean you don't need sunscreen.

If you have any more questions/comments that I haven't answered, click on the comment button below or shoot me an email, you will get a reply within 2 days!

Polyvore!

www.polyvore.com is responsible for most of my absence!  I am addicted to that website!  Please check me out I am SparklesAndStyle (suprise suprise) and anyone that follows me, or leaves a comment, I will follow you, this website is really fun so I suggest checking it out!

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Natural Highlights

This tutorial has always been something I have wanted to do but I hadn't actually tried this until this summer!  All you will need for this is:
A spray bottle
A Lemon
A Juicer
Water
Sun :)
(P.S. when you go outside don't forget sunscreen)

First, cut the lemon in half, then get all the juice out.  Put it into a squeeze bottle and add a tiny bit of water.

Spray all over hair, and go play in the sun!

6 of 10- Water Marble Nails!

These are always fun to do, and they look professional.  Take 3 or more colors, a plastic cup that you don't care about, a toothpick, and tape.  Apply a white, opaque base coat. Put tape around every nail on one hand, make sure that you cannot touch the skin around the nail.  Fill the cup two thirds of the way with lukewarm water.  Put a drop of the first color in the middle, it will spread, then put a drop of the second color, then the third, fourth fifth etcetera and keep repeating until you cannot put any more drops in the middle.  Take your toothpick, and lightly swirl out from the middle.  Dip your whole nail in at once, use the toothpick to brake off the nail polish that isn't on your nail.  Clean the cup, toothpick, and take the tape off, repeat these steps with every nail, and voila, you are done!

5 of 10- DIY Floral Headband

This is really cheap, quick and easy!  Go to Michael's, and get a small, soft, and pastel colored piece of fabric, some elastic, a fabric flower, and fabric glue.

Measure your head, then take the elastic and cut the measurement of your head's circumference plus two extra centimeters.  Cut a strip of the fabric one centimeter longer than that, and a little bit wider.  Apply glue to one side of the elastic and place the fabric on top of it so it drapes over the sides.  Press it down so that the glue doesn't make any bumps.  Once you are sure that it is dry, turn it over ad glue down the extra fabric.  Take both sides of the elastic and glue them together, this is why we had the extra centimeters.  Once this is 100% dry, glue the flower to the fabric covered side, voila you are done!

4 of 10- Soft Hands

Hannah Montana wasn't lying! Tomato DOES actually make your hands soft!  Well, kinda.  This recipe for soft hands does have some ketchup in it, but that isn't a main ingredient.  Tomatoes, avocados, vanilla, and bananas are good for your skin.  Although this recipe doesn't smell the best, it really works!

Ingredients:
1 tsp Ketchup
2 tsp vanilla extract or almond extract
half of one mashed avocado
half of one mashed banana

Mix everything together in a bowl, make sure that it becomes all one thing, and that you cannot pick out any of the ingredients.  Put a generous amount on each of your hands and rub it in like you would do with lotion.  Make sure that your skin absorbs as much of the lotion that it can.  Let it sit for about 2 or 3 minutes.  Then wash off the rest, dry off your hands, and they should be really soft!

3 of 10- Girly Ponytail

This style is cute and sporty, wear it for a run, shopping and then to a party!
Start off by teasing your hair, if you don't have a teasing comb, flip your hair upside down and brush the underside through, this will have the same effect as a teasing comb.  Then, when you flip your hair back up, brush it through a tiny bit.  Take all of your hair up into a ponytail.  Make sure that it has volume without being bumpy.  Take the hair that is hanging down from the ponytail and carefully brush it through. Voila!

2 of 10- Sparkle Burst Nails

Start off with a plain one color base coat.  Make sure that it is opaque.  Once it is 100% dry, and this doesn't work if it is still wet, put a glob of nail polish in the corner of one nail.  Take a toothpick and swirl out the paint.  Repeat this with every nail.  Put a clear coat on top of everything and voila! You are done!

1 of 10 No Heat #3: Curls

Start off with a wet head, apply a serum (I use Kerastase) and comb through until there are absolutely no tangles.  Take a paper bag, and tear it into 4 strips lengthwise.  Curl a section of hair around a strip and roll it up, take a hair tie and secure it.  Repeat this with all of your hair, I usually use 2-3 paper bags.  Leave hair like this until it is completely dry, then take out the bags and hair ties.  Brush everything through until there are no tangles, and you have perfect curly ringlets!

1,000 views in the first month!

Thank you everyone for 1,000 views in exactly one month!  In honor, I am posting 10 different tutorials today.  Keep viewing!

No Heat #2: Straight hair in less than 20 min!

The time it takes for this style varies based on how long your hair is, but if you have extremely long hair, it will take you about 20 min.  The things you need for this style are: Kerastase Oleo-Relax Serum (optional) a fan (no a hairdryer won't work, I mean like a real, big fan), a clip, and a hairbrush.

Start off with soaking wet hair, put one squirt of Kerastase Oleo-Relax Serum on your hands and run it through your hair.  Brush your hair so that all the tangles are out.  Section off a small top layer of your hair and secure with a clip.  Then, brush out the bottom part again, and start the fan.  Put all of your hair on the side of you closest to the fan and continue to brush straight.  Every five minutes switch sides with the fan and your hair.  Keep brushing out until your hair is completely dry.  Unclip the rest and put all of your hair on the side of the fan, brush out your hair with the fan until all of it is dry.  Voila!  Sleek, smooth, straight hair! No heat damage, no burn marks form a straightener.

The reasons that a fan is better than a blowdryer:
A) A fan covers a lot more than the small nozzle of a blowdryer
B) There is no heat at all involved with a fan
C) Your arm will no get tired x)

No Heat: Beachy Waves

No Heat is a series where I show you how to get a certain hairstyle like straight, curly, wavy, crimped without using an electric appliance!

Beachy Waves: This look is perfect for summer!  These easy waves require 3 things, two hair ties, and one hairbrush!
Start off by showering and making sure your hair is wet.  Wait about a minute and then braid both sides of your hair tightly.  Just go to sleep after that, or wait 7-10 hours.  I normally do this right before bed, I think that's when it works best! After 7-10 hours, your hair should still be in the braids.  Take it out and brush it through, voila! These waves stay until A) They get wet  or B) You straighten or curl them!

FRENCH BRAID

If I tried to count the number of times I french braided someone's hair... it would take a really long time.  This style is really cute and easy, and it takes like two minutes!  

First, brush all of your hair until it is smooth.  

Second, take a three sections from the top of their hair, one on the top, one on the right, one on the left, and do the first steps of a braid.

Third, take the one on the right side, and bring it to the middle with extra hair, repeat this step with left, then right, then left then right and work your way down until it is a regular braid.

VOILA! A gorgeuas french braid!