I Made a Dashboard for my Traveler's Notebook!

I've been falling in love with the idea of bullet journalling, being addicted to making lists and all... And decided a traveler's notebook would be a great way to still decorate and have fun while being about to make my bujo lists, trackers, and collections. One of the ways I am already having a blast decorating with it dashboards.

Dashboards are a wrap-around cover for your inserts that allow you to label, decorate, or separate parts of your journal. They can also be nice for sticking post-it's on, or have folder slots for additional planner storage.

This particular dashboard is just to decorate my planner and make it more "me." I used some adorable kawaii food stickers I had been hoarding, some cardstock, a laminator, a ruler, and scissors. I have a quick walk-through of how I did it if you'd like to take a look!

DIY Moisturizing Cailyn Lip Color {from April Ipsy Bag}

I don't think I'm alone when I say that the Apple Pink Cailyn lip color in the April 2014 Ipsy glam bag was too matte. It was dry on my lips, and didn't spread well with that cute little brush in the cap. So instead of tossing it, I modified it.

 What I used:

• Caitlyn lip color in "apple pink"
• butter knife (small spatula also works)
• Aquafor (or vaseline)
• small microwave safe bowl
• I also used a skewer because we're out of toothpicks, and also forgot to include it in the picture

 I emptied out my lip gloss tub into the bowl, and also added about half of the amount of lip gloss worth of Aquafor.

 I microwaved the bowl for 30 seconds, stirred up the mix with my butterknife, and poured into the tub. A spatula worked well here to get all the lip color out of the bowl.

You can microwave the tub with the gloss in it to smooth it out if you wish. I did, for about a minute. I use a skewer (or toothpick) to clean off the sides of the tub so it looked like this:

See how creamy and nice the brush goes in?

 So smooth!

I love how it applies now! Please forgive that I haven't done my makeup today... but at least my lips are hydrated!

Enjoy!

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