Vanessa's Corner

Yes, I am back with another home decor DIY. This one is for a chevron designed canvas that I painted for my little collage mirror wall in our master bedroom. Don't get me wrong, I love my little clusters of mirrors on my wall but I felt it needed a little break and interest so I made this canvas.  For This DIY You Will Need: - Canvas  - size is your choice - Masking tape - Scissors - Basal Wood Design  - this is optional, I chose a wooden anchor, purchased from Bunnings. - Acrylic Paint  - one for the chevron design and another for the basal wood stencil - Paint Brush - Strong Adhesive/Glue  - I went with double sided tape. 1.  Using your masking tape and scissors, mask your chevron design onto your canvas. 2.  Paint over your canvas and chevron design with your chosen acrylic paint. You can do one coat, but I went with three for a more solid colour.  3.  Allow...

Hi guys! On today's blog post I am doing a review on the affordable and wonderful drugstore brand Essence and their 'Stay All Day 16h' foundation.  According to the Essence Cosmetics Website  click here , this foundation is: long lasting has a delicate texture allows even and simple application comes with a pump Let's Begin! Before Application   (Bare and freshly washed face) A lot of redness here, there and everywhere.  Scarring from recovering blemishes Under eye circles After One Layer Of Application (No primers, concealers or setting powders) What I noticed: Covers all redness, scarring and blemishes with the one layer - definitely a full coverage foundation No streak marks Settles fast into the skin Matte finish Feels comfortable and light weight After Applying The Rest Of My Make Up To compare between setting the liquid foundation with a powder and not, I applied a translucent setting powder on...

I love wrapping paper - there are so many beautiful designs and a whole lot of different and creative things you can do with them.  If you watch my daily vlogs watch here  or keep up with me on instagram  follow here  you would know I have been redecorating parts of my home. Because I love redecorating so frequently I always try and find the most cost effective way to tweek parts of the house, which now leads to today's blog post. On today's blog post I've decided to share with you one of the most simplest and cheapest ways to add a bit of fancy to your room.  For this DIY you will need: - Frames of your choice, now you could use ones that have been collecting dust in your home or purchase ones like I did for $2 each at my local dollar store. - Wrapping paper of your choice, could be wrapping paper or scrapbook paper - be as creative as you want! - Scissors - Ruler and pencil - optional, depends on how fickle you are with perfection, me? not so ...