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How To: Depot powders and creams

This video explains how to get powder or cream make-up out of the plastic container that it comes in. You can condense your products to take up less space if you remove them from the pots and put them in palettes. The tools you need are a flat iron or other heat source, parchment paper to cover the plate of the flat iron, an X-acto knife, alcohol, cotton pads, make-up in pots, self-adhesive magnets and a palette. First use the X-acto knife to pull the plastic pot out of the container. Set the...

How To: Make altered paper jewelry

Looking for a stylish new look without the price tag? This video tutorial will teach you how to make jewelry on a budget, with your main material being none other than paper and plastic tubing! This step by step instructional video by craftside shows you how to recycle old card stock, paper, and cardboard to make a holder for a plastic tube necklace. First they show you how to make a "matchbook" holder by just folding the card stock around the cardboard that create a little card that will hol...

How To: Make a fashionable duct tape purse

This video is about how to make a duct tape purse. For this, you will have to remember only a few easy steps that are the following. Take two different colors of tape, from first take some strips and start joining one after the other; repeat same at the back side also. Fold its end; join the ends with the help of tape. Remember not to paste from the upper side as it is a purse. Take a strip of second color tape on its back side also. Paste the ends into the purse formed.

How To: Wax your own upper lip

You can remove upper lip hair easily and safely in a few minutes. You must clean the upper lip first remove the oil and makeup. Put a small amount of wax on your hand using a flat wooden stick to test the wax temperature. Hold your skin towards your ear and apply a small amount of wax downward to one side of the lip. Place strip over the wax and press gently a few times. Remove the strip upwards removing the hair. Repeat as necessary. Do the same procedure with the other side of the lip. Remo...

How To: Use a Hydroponic Seed Starter to produce seedlings

Learn how to make and use a hydroponic seed starter to produce seedlings with this video tutorial. This is a very easy setup to make. Start with a basic metal shelving unit. Hang florescent lights above each of the shelves on the shelving unit. Make sure the lights are balanced for day time. Put a plastic container on each shelf that is about the size of the shelf and tall enough for the rim to sit just below the florescent light tubes. You will need some pecks tubing and some plastic clamps....

How To: Origami an icosahedron

This video explains how to make an Origami Icosahedron (designed by Heinz Strobl) using 50 strips of paper. You need 20 strips of a single color for the triangles and 30 of a contrasting color to connect the triangles.

How To: Make extremely simple scales with a 9v battery and cap

Watch this video tutorial to see how to make extremely simple scales. This scale is useful when you want to weigh small portions of a substance (like a few grams of powder). It is difficult to get real weight using these scales though. To make this homemade scale, you'll need a plastic bottle cap, a plastic bottle or box, a 9v battery, clear sticky tape, glue for the plastic (epoxy or fast-hardeneing), scissors and a screwdriver.

How To: Strip insulated copper wire for electronics

This video tutorial explains how to strip insulated wire the right way. You'll learn how to adjust your wire strippers to make the process easier. Some people don't even use wire strippers, they use a knife or maybe even their teeth, but this causes nicks in the copper. To get the insulation off with ease and without gouges in the copper wire, use the proper sized wire strippers and adjust them right to fit the gauge of your wire. It's as simple as that. You don't need to go to vocational sch...

How To: Decorate a bangle bracelet

Two ladies are discussing how to prepare to decoupage a wooden bangle bracelet. They are using a broad wooden bangle crafted from birch wood that can be purchased at a local craft store and printed tissue paper, for example, one in an animal print. This is part one of a three part series.

How To: Tame Unruly Cling Wrap with These Plastic Whispering Tips

The biggest problem with plastic wrap is also its most useful trait: its incredibly clingy nature. Plastic wrap seems to stick to itself or you before you can get it over the plate, bowl, or food you're trying to preserve. And once you do manage to get it in the right position, it never sticks as well as you need it to. Fortunately, you can combat these inconveniences with two extremely helpful methods—a change in temperature or a bit of added moisture—as Jenny Stewart of CHOW explains in the...

CES 2015: Wocket Digitizes All the Cards in Your Wallet into One Single, Secure Card

As far as wallets go, mine is as full as they come; think something like George Castanza's overstuffed wallet on Seinfeld. I've got receipts, pictures, and tickets jammed inside, but what takes up the bulk of the space are all of the cards—credit, debit, gift, rewards, customer loyalty... I've got pretty much any card you can think of squeezed in. While it is a strain on my rear end, there's nothing I can do besides keep some of the cards elsewhere. However, looking for them when I need them ...

How To: Fix Broken Plastic Tabs on Bumper

A common problem on bumper covers is that the tabs that attach the bumper to the car get broken. This is critical, as this is what secures and aligns the bumper cover. Many times, a broken tab is all that is wrong with the bumper cover. With the cost of these plastic parts $200 to $700, the replacement cost can break the bank.

How To: Make a Spartan 300 shield

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a Spartan 300 shield. You will need: paper mache, durable cloth, gold spray paint, newspapers, cardboard, nuts and bolts, and the cap to a trash can. After you have these, cut out a large piece of cardboard and place it over the trash can cap in a circle shape. Then, dip newspaper strips into the paper mache mixture and apply it to your shield, taking your time to make it smooth. Let this dry, then cut two strips of cardboard and place it in a 'v' shape ...

How To: Prep your walls for wallpaper

In this tutorial, we are shown how to prep your walls for wallpaper, which is very easy! Preparing your walls only takes a few minutes and makes applying the wallpaper easier and look a lot better. You will need: rags, soapy water, wallpaper stripping knife, and sandpaper to do this. First, you need to apply the soapy water to the current wallpaper and then take it off with the stripping knife. Once it's all removed, you need to repair any holes in the wall. Next, sand down the surface of the...

How To: Make a simple origami paper football

In this tutorial we learn how to make a simple origami paper football. First, grab a strip of paper of your choice of size. Then, fold the bottom over into a triangle shape. Then, fold this up where the last fold ended. Continue to fold up until you reach the top of the strip of paper. When you reach the top, you will have extra paper at the very top. Fold this into the pocket that you created when you folded the triangle shapes up. Now you can hold this with one finger on a hand while you fl...

How To: Make a tutu for Halloween

In this video, we learn how to make a tutu for Halloween. First, take your pink fabric and lay it out flat. Next, use your scissors to cut down a folded edge on the top of the fabric. Now you will have two pieces. Next you will roll the fabric down until you reach the end, then you will cut strips out of the fabric. Now, take your elastic piece and tie the strips of fabric onto it. You can use any colors you would like to make this. You can use pinks, oranges, blacks, whites, and any other co...

How To: Make cloth flowers

In this tutorial, we learn how to make cloth flowers. Start out by grabbing several different strips of fabric and folding it into a shape that makes a flower. After you do this, place a needle into the fabric so it doesn't come unraveled. After this, start to twist the fabric and then thread the needle through the strip. Now, pull the fabric up and it will scrunch up into a flower shape. Now, wrap this around a stick with a piece of fabric on it, that will become the middle of the flower. Wh...

How To: Heat your home and save energy

In this video, we learn how to heat your home and save energy. Any gaps around the door can lower the temperature dramatically, so make sure you have weather stripping along the sides, bottom and top of the door. You should also make sure this stripping is on your windows as well. Just by having all these in your home, you will save a lot of money on your bills. Also, you need to make sure your control system is set onto one temperature all the time. If it stays at one constant temperature, y...

How To: Punch down a 24 port patch panel

Jim teaches us how to punch down a 24 port patch panel in this tutorial. You will need: cable scissors, a punch down tool, and 24 port patch panel. Now, strip the cable by cutting it and stripping down the wires. Now, attach the wires to the port punch panel by following the pattern of where the different colors are at. When you have these connected, use the punching tool to punch the wires down, then it will cut off the excess wire from the panel. When this is all done, you will want to tie ...

How To: Make buttered soldiers egg and toast breakfast

In this tutorial, Lucy shows us how to make buttered soldiers with toast. The ingredients you will need for this are: toast, butter or margarine, knife, and fried or boiled egg. After you have toasted your bread, you will want to butter your toast to your liking, adding as much as you need. After this, cut your toast into strips, until you have cut the entire piece of toast up into pieces. Next, place the toast strips (buttered soldiers) onto a plate and place the boiled or fried egg next to ...

How To: Hand-dye and crinkle seam binding for vintage cards

Jenniesbarn has created a video tutorial about how to make hand-dyed crinkle seam binding. She says that crinkle seam binding is popular because it has a vintage look. To begin, she uses a mister to spray water on a ribbon strip in order to allow the strip to crinkle easily and allow color to absorb more evenly when dyed. Afterwards, spray the dye and tossle the ribbon at the same time. It is possible to blend different colors by spraying a different colored dye afterwards. Once the desired c...

How To: Make a vertical Easter greeting card

In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to make a vertical Easter greeting card. Take a 6x6 yellow card and fold it in half. Using the Valentrio Fiskars corner punch, you can punch one corner. Cut a 2 1/2” wide metallic cardstock, a 1” wide paper strip, stamp a picture or a design and punch it with Fiskars punch. Punch the 1” wide strip with the Fiskars border punch and glue both the pieces above and below the metallic card stock. Glue the metallic card stock and the pic...

How To: Make wine-themed cake decorations

This video shows how to make wine-themed cake decorations.We can see Courtney and Ceasey's birthday cake in this video. The bottles, apples and the grapes are made of fondant. The leaves are made of modeling chocolate. We can make decorations. First take a piece of modelling chocolate. Roll it out. Dust the surface with confectioners sugar or cocoa. Use plastic leaf as a model. Then press the viened side into the leaf to make an impression. We nead 8 leaves to cover the sides of a 9 inch thre...

How To: Have a PH balanced diet

In this tutorial, we learn how to have a balanced PH diet. This type of diet assists the body in proper metabolism and helps it fight diseases. For this, you will need: a food diary, pH strips, foods with low acidity and alkalizing beverages. Make sure you consult your physician before starting any new diet. You will first need to start a food diary showing what effects your body's pH balance. Use the pH strips to see what type of foods effect you the most. Change your diet to eat foods that ...

How To: Make an Oreo ice cream cake

This video is part of Laura in the Kitchen series and in this video Laura explains about the making of Oreo Ice Cream Cake. The materials required are vanilla ice cream, store bottle of caramel sauce, stored bottle of chocolate syrup, some walnut cookies and walnut in syrup. The video begins a plastic wrap in a nine spring can and the wrap is to enable the easier lifting of the cake. You have to place the ice cream in a bowl for 45 minutes at room temperature to make it nice and soft. Laura p...

How To: Reconstruct your t-shirt with a fringe design

This video shows us the method to reconstruct your t-shirt with a fringe design. You will need a long fitted t-shirt, scissors and a sewing machine which is optional. Cut off both sleeves of the t-shirt. Now cut the middle of the shirt on only one side. Cut off the collar. Hem both sides of the cut so that you have a clean finish. Now take the scissors and start cutting the fringes. Open the t-shirt so that all the fringes are even. Mark the length of the strips and start cutting. Once you ha...

How To: Remove carpet to install concrete floors

Bob Harris of decorative concrete institute explains how you can remove your tiled or carpeted flooring for a concrete substitute. He suggests when your removing carpeting that it can be very heavy and advises you to hire someone who can lift and carry it out, or rent a dumpster for easy take away. He states that after the carpet is removed you'll need to remove the adhesive from the floor. You can do this by stripping or grinding, and at other times the use of harsh chemicals may be needed. ...

How To: Make a clutch wallet out of duct tape

Watch this video and teach yourself how to make an easy and cheap clutch wallet using duct tape. The materials required for this are a pair of scissors, a rod, Velcro sticky tacks and duct tapes of different colors and you can use as many colors as you want. Cut out 12 inch strips of duct tape and stick five of them slightly overlapping one over the other. Then stick five more of the duct tape strips as in the above procedure so that the sticky sides of the two layers will be stuck together. ...

How To: Make DIY pore strips

The video demonstrates how to make DIY pore strips. Take one egg white and beat well until fluffy now apply over the black head affected area and cover with a toilet paper apply over the toilet paper until they are wet and sticks on to the affected area. Now let it dry for a few minutes and finally peel them off. For better results steam your face before the whole process. Rinse your face and clean it with a deep cleanser to clean the pores. You are now done and have got ridden of all the dir...

How To: Make a mini polymer clay kitchen pot for a dollhouse

To begin you need to have a metal hollow tube made up of a strip which is around one inch wide and about two inch in length and has been bended round. Now take some clay and put it inside this hollow tube on a table. Press it with your finger. Take a glass tube with lid and use it to press the clay down to form a pot with this clay. Now remove the both the glass tube and the metal tube. Put the clay pot again back over the lid of the glass tube and press with your fingers. You have to press s...

How To: Make a polymer clay zebra bead

This video demonstrates the making of zebra beads presented by Garden of Imagination. To make zebra beads, take white and black clay. First take the white clay and flatten it and then do the same with the black clay. Arrange them in five flatten layers one white strip and other black strip respectively. Cut it with cutter and fold around (up, down, right, left) the round bead of white clay and roll it in your palm to make it round. To make it as a bead poke it with pokeyard from both the side...