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ith its perfectly coordinated colors and deliciously artsy tricks and treats, Pinterest is the representation of an idealistic culture. Is it feasible to live straight off the Pinterest screen? I’ve made it my mission to do the impossible. —Olivia Kight
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Brownie bites My draw dropped at this one. I couldn’t even believe how impossibly delicious it looked. There was no way strawberry cheesecake brownies would be doable. Before judging me on these pictures, let me just say that the only word to describe these treats is sinful. The cheesecake and the brownie complimented each other so well, and adding in the strawberry topping just made it absolutely addicting. The words my dad used to describe these were “pure heroin.” The only downside is it’s explate. I basically destroyed every piece I tried to serve. Let this be a lesson to all of you — not all ovens work the same way. The best thing to do is check and see if your creation is done rather than just assuming that the suggeted time will do it justice like I did.
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Underwater photo This seemed relatively simple in its concept, but once I thought cute, so how hard could it be, really? The answer: very. Once John and I were in the freezing cold pool, we grabbed the waterproof disposable camera and began. First we practiced kissing under the water, because that in itself seemed like the hardest part. We counted to three and then had no intention of getting chlorine in my eyes, which meant compromising my Once we came up for air, we couldn’t stop laughing. That was probably one of the least cute things ever. Our next plan was blowing air out of our noses while Pinterest
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Scissors in hand, senior Olivia Kight demonstrates how to make a headband out of a t-shirt. Olivia attempted several projects from Pinterest.
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just in case the angle turned out weird. Needless to say, our picture didn’t even come close to being as cutesy as the one from Pinterest. Fail.
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Temporary tattoo This one didn’t turn out quite as I planned, but it was due more to my failures than to the actual process. I got my dad to draw a tiger with sharpie on my boyfriend John, and it looked really cool. The pin said to rub baby powder on it and then spray hairspray on top. Supposedly it lasts four days. First of all, I put way too much baby powder on the area, and it started spilling all over the towel that I had put down. After I smoothed that out, I began spraying the hairspray. I don’t think I was supposed to spray as much as I did, because the sharpie started running all over John’s back. In a frenzied panic, I decided to put more baby powder all over the tattoo, so I quickly grabbed the bottle and started dumping large amounts all over him. This only made things worse, Olivia Kight however, because the baby powder and the hairspray mixed together to
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off throughout the evening. Not only that, but the next day the tattoo was
cracked makeup Every girl has experienced the excruciating agony of dropping her blush or eyeshadow on the ground and watching it shatter to pieces right in front of her. This pin has a simple solution to this common problem. All you do is place a few drops of rubbing alcohol in your broken make-up, mix it together, let it dry and then supposedly it’s as good as new. the rubbing alcohol, it was a little pasty. I was skeptical that it would turn into anything someone would want to put on their face again, but the next day it felt just like normal eyeshadow. It was easy, and it will save you a ton of money buying new make-up. Success.
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