I love silk scarves. I collect them from vintage and charity shops, and I now have quite the collection (a ridiculous amount). I love wearing them in my hair, but other than that I never really wear them. But then I got to thinking, how can I have all of these beautiful pieces of fabric just laying around? I'd seen quite a few pictures of silk scarves as tops and though it looked so gorgeous. I'm a huge fan of the care-free, natural aesthetic recently, and I can just imagine frolicking (frolicking) on the beach wearing this and some shorts. If you have any old scarves gathering dust, I hope you find this useful. Don't let anything go to waste!

DIY Candy Cane Scrub

 It's a body scrub, it's a lip scrub, it's a hand scrub, it's probably a foot scrub too. This scrub smells insane, and I'm not just saying that. I've been using it for the past few days and it works so well, and it's EDIBLE. Yeah. So, if you want to save money on silky smooth skin, read ooooonnn...

simple rope braid

 To all the girls out there with hair that's at an awkward length and it doesn't grow and it's thin and gross and you can't wear it down because it's too frizzy - I feel you. Sometimes it feels great, I don't need to be like everyone else with thick and luscious long hair. But it gets a bit of a pain. Since I can't find any decent tutorials for my type of hair, here's one that should help out any of you in the same position!

All you need to do is have two sections of your hair twisted around each other, but on the section closest to the middle of your head, pick up little sections of hair each time you twist it ( that was an awful explanation, I hope you know what I mean ). You can do this as many times as you want down the side of your head, but I think it looks nicest with just two. I love how this looks with messy, wavy hair, but you could opt for curly or straight hair, which I'm sure would look nice too!

What's your go-to hairstyle?

diy raspberry lemon sugar body scrub

I'm 99% sure that most girls love any products that smell nice, body scrubs, moisturisers, perfume and all that. We just do. So when one of the Blogger Project challenges was an easy spring diy, this was the very first thing that sprung ( geddit ) to mind. It's a body scrub, which is super easy to make, it's very moisturising, it has a lovely happy pink colour to it and smells good enough to eat!

You Will Need:

100g ( 1/2 cup ) granulated sugar

5 large spoonfuls of melted coconut oil ( this depends on what texture you want the scrub to be )

1/4 tsp raspberry extract

1/4 tsp lemon extract

red food colouring ( optional )

Method:

Mix all the ingredients into a large bowl. I ended up adding a bit more coconut oil. Start with 1/8 tsp of the extracts, and add more to your preference. If you want, you can add a drop of red food colouring to make it this lovely bright pink. When you're happy with the colour and scent, spoon it into a little jar - I put a cute label on mine, and gave it to my grandma for mother's day! I'll definitely be making more of these, as it looks amazing, smells amazing, and to be honest, it doesn't taste all that bad either.

(This post is part of a little blogger series I'm taking part in called the "secret blogger project 2015" run by teen bloggers Emily , Rebekka and Charlotte. About 30 of us will be writing twice a month on selected little lifestyle topics and you can also go onto the twitter and Instagram hash tag "#secretbp2015" to have a little chat and view everyone's posts. If you would like to join or know more (we'd love to have you!)  Instagram dm @theperks0fbeingemily or if you don't have Instagram, send a quick email to  rebekkarosebeautyxo@gmail.com!)

halloween diys

I thought it would be nice to do some quick and easy diys for y'all today. I usually find it impossible to find successful things to do without going to Mars and back, so hopefully this will help you out!

Glitter Pumpkin

What you'll need:

• a pumpkin ( real or faux - they both work )
• pva/liquid glue
• rainbow glitter
• newspaper
• a paintbrush

1. Put some newspaper down on a surface.

2. Squeeze some glue on top of the pumpkin ( mine was a faux plastic one for £1 from asda ), spread it out and neaten it up with the paintbrush. Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. It's got to look fairly random and un-coordinated so the glitter stands out.

3. Here's the fun part. You can go wild with all that glitter ( yaaaaay ). I find it looks best if each drip is a different colour, but I'm sure a mix would look amazing too. Just make sure you cover all the glue.

4. Let the glue dry, then use a paintbrush to sweep of the excess glitter.

And here's the finished look. Not the completely finished look, as it was left out in the rain before the glue dried ( oops ). This would look great by itself or next to a traditional carved pumpkin. It was so easy to make, and I'm sure if you made this the night before Halloween it would be ready by then. Bonus, it's glittery.

Pumpkin Nails

The next diy is almost too cliche for me to post, as pumpkins are the most famous Halloween food ever, but it's too cute not to.

You will need:

• A basic/nude polish
• Dark and light orange polish
• A thin brush or nail art tool
• Brown polish
• Green polish
• A topcoat 

1. Paint your nail with two coats of the nude polish. White or light brown would work too.

2. Paint a semi-circle of the darker shade of orange on the top of your nails.

3. Using a thin brush or a nail striper and the lighter shade of orange, paint stripes so it looks like the pumpkin is curved.

4. Paint a brown stem, and a spiral of green.

5. Finish with a topcoat to seal your design.

Alien Mocktail Drink

glasses from asda

You will need:

• An orange drink - I cheated and used fanta.
• Cool Glasses
• Alien/ghost marshmallows or any other Halloween themed food that will slip onto the glass.

All you need to do is pour the drink into the glass and slip the marshmallows on the side. It's so easy but SO ADORABLE.

Those were some Halloween diys I've done so far. Please let me know if you're going to re-create any of them.