lunedì 28 settembre 2015

My personal Color Clutch! #DIYstuff

  Hi everyone! 

As promised, (sorry I'm a little late!) here I am with my first DIY: it isn’t perfectly finished but it was the best I succeeded in doing!

It is a remaking of the famous Color Clutch, the nail-polish container which occupies very little space and stores all your polishes in a very little space and upright, displaying all your colours at once! :)

...the semi-final result! (not                                                                                                                   decorated yet)

 You can find the original one, if you may want to buy it, here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/khc/color-clutch-compact-nail-polish-storage?ref=video

The idea of recreating it myself started when I found an old earphones box, which was perfect for making my own Color Clutch, since it had a transparent plastic side that allowed me to see what was in the box without opening it.
You can create your Color Clutch box by cutting away one side of a random box and substitute it with a transparent layer of your choice, for example with cling film!
Therefore, I went buying some foam rubber, in order to cut in it some little rectangular forms to put my nail polishes into, and, after taking some measurements…there it was! My Color Clutch was ready!

 Up here you can see the foam I cut my "rectangular" shapes...

All the measurements, and the number of nail polishes that will be included in the box, depend on the dimensions of your box and of polishes: for example, I had to layer two pieces of foam (which were, as my polishes, 3 centimetres thick) in order to fill up my box, which is 7 centimetres thick!

It isn’t perfectly cut, I know: I hadn’t cut any piece of foam before! I tried with some scissors and with a box cutter, but it is totally unprofessional ;) I’m sure you can do better, I only wanted it to work, and it does, even if it is not so beautiful to see ;)



You can also decorate the box as you want: since it can be easily put on a bookshelf, it may become a very singular design piece! I haven’t done it yet, so my photos show an incomplete work ;)



There it is! I hope you like it as much as I do, since it is SO much useful!

Hugs and kisses, 
Varicoloured

martedì 15 settembre 2015

Back from my holiday! :) #newsincoming

Hi everyone!

I just got back from my 10-days holiday here in Italy, where I mostly studied (university exams incoming!) and saw very many beautiful places (almost everything you can see in the Northern part of my beautiful country) some of those you can see in the pics below ;)



 A pic of the sky we were under while travelling towards the train station....


 ...and what we saw from our train: we're heading to the lake!

 Lake Garda in the distance ;)


An actual phaenomenon of diffraction called...ok, I can't remember but it is ;) And Lazise's ancient walls, on Garda lake :)

 Lazise's harbour ;)


 The majestical Verona (above and under)


And a little pic from the (mostly rainy) few days I spent by Lake Maggiore & in the mountains...


...just before returning in Milan! (and its Duomo ;) )


...and I can continue with another thousand photos!
It was a wonderful experience, as I love travelling no matter how, where, when...

However, I was here to announce another couple of things: I will very soon publish two fabulous and SO very useful DIY objects for you I managed to on rainy days! J And they (SPOILER!) are both regarding beauty objects, as I’m trying to tidy up&organize the gigantic mess I call: bedroom ;)

If you think you may like it just be sure to stay tuned here, in a few days my exams will be over and I'll be a person again! ahahah jk ;)

A huge hug to all of you! :)

Varicoloured

mercoledì 2 settembre 2015

Let's go on holiday! #part 2 #packinghacks

Here I am, guys!

I'm so sorry I wasn't able to publish this second part yesterday, as I promised you.
But here we are now, and we can continue with our holiday hacks!

[Oh, if you missed it, here you can find the first part :) http://varicolouredlife.blogspot.it/2015/08/lets-go-on-holiday-packinghacks.html]

3. The right dimension: No, we are not only talking about that of the luggage, which you must check if you planned to take a plane! If you really want to pack carefully and wittily, your key word is small.
You must have heard about "travel sizes": well, it's time to go travel-shopping! Besides little packages of shampoos, body lotions, make up, shaving foams etc. in shops you can also look for travel-sized hair-driers (I actually have one, it's by Philips and I found very easy to put it into any luggage, even the fullest, because of its bendable handle and the very practical silky sack in which it is sold!), or hair curlier or straightener if you may need them. Another must have for you is microfiber bathrobe and towels: they take such a little space and dry superfast! Say goodbye to humid everything in your suitcase :)
More little the things, lower the weight, wider the space you have for clothes or souvenirs!

4. and last, How many of...: This point shall be connected with point 1, the list. In fact, all of us always face the same problem, when departing, especially if we're leaving for a not very well known place: how many T-shirts/trousers/sweatshirts/blouses/eccecc should we bring with us?
I always suggest bringing the less clothes possible (e.g. one T-shirt per day, one pair of trousers per 2 days, one sweatshirt per 2/3 days depending on the temperature of destination/season of the year, of course one underwear set per day etc...) so that you leave with some space in your luggage, just in case the weather at destination is quite different from what you expected and you can buy something while staying there...but it is all based on you. My advice here is: follow your normal habits when facing a weather similar to that of your destination, and pack consequently :)

Again, THANK YOU for being here and reading, I really hope this will help somebody!
Also, if you have ANY suggestion or would leave me any comment down here...do it, I'll be the happiest girl alive :)

A big hug and..have a nice holiday! :)
Varicoloured