food in the shower!

I'm getting really tired of having tired skin.
I looked in the mirror today and my pores are huge and my skin is dry.

But luckily, I found a new hobby.
Homemade hair, face, + body masks!
Save money on expensive products by using inexpensive produce.

The first experiment went well!
My skin is so happy!

This was tonight's menu--



Hair and Face

1 egg -short hair; 2 eggs-long hair
(no yolk just whites)

1 avocado (mashed up)

mix the two togehter (not the most attractive looking mixture)
then, rub into skin and hair - the egg whites will become stiff.
leave the mixture on for about 30 min or so.
Rinse normally.

Egg whites will shrink your pores and help hair with shine.
Avocado is best for its natural oils. Very nutritious with vitamin E for skin as well as moisturizing.

Body Scrub

For dry itchy wintery skin- Try this sugar scrub.

1 cup of sugar (brown or white)
1/2 of a Lemon
2 tablespoons of olive oil or sesame oil
5 tablespoons of honey

Mix together in a small bowl.
Apply in the shower and scrub gently to exfoliate.
Rinse.


Sugar is used for exfoliation-
but it is very gentle and melts away with water so you can control your texture.
Lemon is for deep cleaning of the pores. Removes dirt and oil.
Olive/Sesame Oil is great for moisturizing the skin.
Honey works like a conditioner, and the waxy consistency helps protect skin.

Velvety skin for everyone!!

a 4 year olds adventure:

toy of the day: holga camera

holiday terrarium ornaments

these little guys make great christmas presents :)

1/6th of little people

this is about 1/6th of the people for my senior thesis class.
i cut them out and
i just felt like scanning them.

fluffy sticks.

i wanted to put these guys in my room stapled to the wall but they shed like crazy.
what do i do with these fluffy sticks?

little people world

pThis is a rough sketch of a new project I'm working on for senior thesis.
Its a combination of Photography and Street Art.

Using Flickr photos I'm recreating unknown people's ideal vacation
and putting it in the real world.

If anyone has vacation photos that they want me to use [full body shots are the best]
-- please send them to sydneeey@gmail.com

snow day!

Here's a few pictures from yesterday and some randoms from over winter break.

Considering the downfall of snow.. I had a pretty productive day...


I played with my fish, Solider, Karat, and Dots.



Made some strawberry cupcakes...


Video chatted with my mom- we were both drinking wine, so we cheers'ed!

This is what me and my boy brewed up a few days ago. Looks tasty huh?


This is my lil snowman from Christmas in Cleveland. He has little hairs!
We used berries for the nose and buttons.


I was walking to work and found this amazing
SNOW CASTLE its kinda hard to make out
but you can at least see the tools that were used
( a little yellow shovel)


I love the way snow looks with flash..

I have an obsession with the sky and the formation of clouds. I needed some in my room..

I had to scrape the snow off my car 4 times yesterday.. my car (miko) was a good sport!



I started a little project inspired by ColorMeKatie - I wanted to paint the snow with hearts. I used food coloring, water, and a stencil.

depressing winter -01.24.08

BAD NEWS:
the cold is unbearable
winter is not my friend.

snow on my window. thats always fun to wake up to.

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GOOD NEWS:
i just got a very handsome enlarger.
i can now play at home in my little darkroom!

but my darkroom never closes.. so..

i just hope i can control the amount of time i spend in the dark.
i don't want to become a vampire!