Video: Recreating Instagram "Princess" Filter

Products Used:

✳︎Tarte tarteist PRO glow highlight & contour palette: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmaM

✳︎E.l.f. Cosmetics Small Stipple Brush: https://api.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?id=804688934&pid=uid6921-39694339-37

✳︎Wet n Wild Flat Top Brush: https://shopstyle.it/l/bml97

✳︎Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Pro Filt'r Hydrating Longwear Foundation: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmaS

✳︎Bare Minerals Serum Bronzer

✳︎Real Techniques Sponge: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbM

✳︎Maybelline Fit Me Concealer: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbR

✳︎It Cosmetics Brow Power: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbc

✳︎NYX Control Freak Eyebrow Gel: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbe

✳︎Cover Girl Brow and Eye Makers Pencil: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbh

✳︎Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush in Natural Beauty: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbl

✳︎Huda New Nude: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbq

✳︎Julep When Pencil Met Gel Long-Lasting Eyeliner: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbx

✳︎Tarte Travel Size Maneater Liquid Liner: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmcf

✳︎Lancôme Monsieur Big Volumizing Mascara: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbD

✳︎NYX Professional Makeup Suede Matte Lip Liner: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbF

✳︎FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick in Thicc: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmbI

✳︎Milani Color Statement Lipstick in Matte Naked: https://shopstyle.it/l/bmmcm

Video: Instagram Get Ready With Me

I did a get ready with me video on Instagram-- come find me on Instagram and say hi!

Products Used:

• Maybelline Dream Brightening Creamy Concealer in Light
• Real Technique Miracle Complexion Sponge
• Urban Decay Original Primer Potion
• It Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Eyebrow Pencil
• Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Volume II Eyeshadow Palette
• Wet n Wild Makeup Stick
• Julep Cream to Power Blush Stick in Passionfruit
• Ulta New Hue Shadow Switching Pan
• elf Highlighter in Moonlight Pearl
• Smashbox Primer Water
• It Cosmetics Hello Lashes Mascara
• It Cosmetics Super Hero Mascara
• Covergirl Smoochies in #tweet me (no link found)

Insta-Recipes 4.0

If you're on instagram, come say hi!  My username is @marlaplainandsmall.  Here are a few shots of what I've been cooking and sharing on the gram!

I used my grandmother's antique cookie cutters to make some sugar cookies for my husband's work.  I used the same cookie recipe that I used at Christmas.  It's such a good recipe.  I used store-bought cookie icing from a pouch, squeezed it into a bowl, and added food coloring.

Here is my Tropical Smoothie Cafe Avocolada hack.  Colin said he thinks it tastes almost identical.  It's pretty tasty.

This recipe, although technically edible, is for your body!  I have very dry skin and like the idea of using a lotion that's natural.  This lotion works well and absorbs into the skin quickly.

Come follow me on Instagram for more recipes, hacks, crafts, and general life stuff!

Insta-Recipes 3.0

Today's Insta-Recipe roundup is full of dishes perfect for summer!

Homemade Pasta Salad

This is a great side dish for a summer potluck!

-One box of pasta, cooked

-2 carrots, shredded

-1 raw zucchini, chopped

-Handful raw mushrooms, chopped

-1/4 red onion, chopped

-1/8 cup feta cheese (or more!)

-White balsamic vinaigrette dressing (pour about half a bottle, stir, taste, add more as needed)

-Chill in fridge for a couple hours

*I think it would be yummy with olives thrown in and would make a main dish with shredded chicken or tuna!

Naan Pizza

I ate a lot of naan when I went to India a few years ago.  I picked up a package of naan at the grocery store the other day and used it to make a quick "pizza"

-Stonefire tandoori baked naan

-Sabra roasted red pepper hummus (instead of pizza sauce)

-Red onion

-Cilantro

-Sunflower kernels

-Goat cheese

-Grilled chicken, shredded (seasoned with cajun salt, garlic powder, dill)

Sweet Potato Hash

There are a ton of recipes for sweet potato hash on Pinterest.  Search there for one that looks yummy to you.  I added red onions and carrots.

*Insta-recipe posts are inspired by dishes I throw together and post on my personal Instagram account.

Insta-Recipes 2.0

Here's another round of recipes I've posted to Instagram!

I have been loving some flavored tea!  My favorite combination for the last few months has been brewing two bags of black tea with two to four (yes, four!) bags of peach tea.  Leave the peach tea bags in, and the flavor will get stronger the longer it sits.

A Beautiful Mess did it again with a spring roll recipe and dipping sauce that is oh, so good!

Smoothie: banana, cashew milk, almond butter…mmm mmm

Roast some chickpeas and then toss in vanilla, cinnamon, and pinch of sugar

Cut a head of lettuce into quarters for each serving.  Add purple onion, tomatoes, strawberries, avocado, Mini Babybel cheese, vinegrette, and leftover brussells sprout salad if you have any ;)

Banana Berry Butter Smoothie: banana, strawberries, cashew milk, almond butter

Okay, okay….here's one more from A Beautiful Mess.  This spaghetti squash stir fry is soooo good!

I love a good veggie recipe if you have any to share!

*Insta-recipe posts are inspired by dishes I throw together and post on my personal Instagram account.

Insta-Recipes

I love to cook and have been trying lots of new recipes lately.  I post some of them on my Instagram account, recipes I come up with and some from other people.  My account is private to family and close friends.  With so much of my life out there for all to see (here, twitter, etc.), it's the one place I've decided to keep private right now.

Every once in awhile I'll share a few pics from my account.  Here are some now!

My take on Tropical Smoothie's veggie hummus wrap

• Sabra roasted red pepper hummus all over tortilla of choice
• Sliced purple/red onion
• Sliced tomato
• Sliced cucumber
• 1/4 avocado, sliced and drizzled with lemon and lime juice
• Shredded carrots
• Salsa (optional-- put it on my husband's but not on mine)
• Cilantro

Sweet & Tart Smoothie

• Frozen mango
• Frozen raspberries
• Unsweetened original cashew milk

Avocado Tuna

I never like tuna and couldn't make myself eat it no matter how hard I tried.  One day my sister-in-law told me to try it with avocado, and now I eat tuna all the time!

• 1 can of white albacore tuna
• 1/2 avocado
• salt, cajun seasoning (optional)
• Dash of lemon juice and lime juice

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Stuffed Strawberry Shake

• Chocolate almond milk
• Unsweetened original cashew milk
• Peanut butter
• Frozen strawberries

Warm Brussels Sprout Salad with Homemade Dressing

This recipe is from A Beautiful Mess.  Colin LOVED it!  We heard a report that you could lose a pound a week eating brussels sprouts-- bring on the sprouts!

I made two changes:

• Double the dressing recipe and cook 3 lbs. of sprouts (instead of 1 lb.)
• Stick the cooked sprouts/berries under broil for a few minutes in the oven, stir every minute or so

What recipes do you love?

Instagram-ing

Saturday I got heat exhaustion and got very sick.  Colin had to even stop and pull over on the way home from the lake.

Monday night I woke up to a crying puppy that's afraid of storms.
And I awoke to food poisoning.  I had a couple days of dates with the bathroom tile.
TMI?  Probably so.

Can I get a break?!?

That's why I've been absent (again).

Anyhoo...back to the subject at hand...

Do you Instagram?  You should!  I love it...it's a great way to get a peek into people's lives (friends and strangers alike) without all the stress of Facebook.
Am I the only one who gets stressed by Facebook these days?

If you Instagram, find me!  I'm marlagrace.

Don't Instagram?  Start!  Then find me!