Give yourself a DIY pedicure at home Trimmed your hair, shaped your brows, and touched up your roots already while in quarantine? Let’s be real, with salons and spas closed during COVID-19 your feet are probably in need of some pampering, too.“Nobody can say that they dont have time to give themself a pedicure right now,” says Leanne Fagan, an esthetician and owner of Esthetics by Leanne in Muskoka, Ontario. “It’s a good time to give your toenails a break from polish and focus more time on the skin and foot care side of things.” Just think, if you’re taking extra care of your feet now, they’re going to be beautiful by the time summer arrives.Here, Fagan shares her tips...
With this novel technique you can make an earthbag building to serve as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or root/storm cellar — no permit required! One of the most practical structures on a small farmstead is a multipurpose building that can serve as a storage shed or cool pantry above ground, or as a root cellar or storm shelter below ground. You can build this multipurpose structure for about $300 using earthbag construction (bags filled with earth and stacked like bricks). And the skills you learn by building the dome will serve you well if you plan to build a larger earthbag building — or even an earth home. In many cases, no building permit will be needed for this little building, because...
Have you ever tried to crack open a coconut? It's not an easy task. Take one good look at this fruit and you're probably scratching your head wondering how other people do it. To be fair, you're not the only one confused. Demonstrating how to, and how not to, open a coconut, Epicurious asked a test panel to decipher the code to busting into the brown skin. The first challenge, what tool to use? One look at the tools laid out before the panel and you would think you were trying to build a cabinet or something. Should they use a hammer? Possibly the meat mallet? And why on earth are there two types of screwdrivers? If you're just as...
