Charlie Tamara Piper

As a fan of cleaning and organizing, I always love finding new ways to tackle cleaning projects quickly and effectively. And when baking soda isn’t helping me with cookie and cake recipes, it’s my go-to cleaning product. Here are five of my favorite ways to use baking soda for cleaning projects: Use as a deodorizer or to absorb moisture We all know to leave an open box of baking soda in our refrigerators to keep food odors at bay - but you can deodorize so many other things with baking soda. Sprinkle baking soda on your carpets or upholstered furniture and wait a few minutes before vacuuming it up to absorb moisture and get rid of pesky pet odors. Place baking soda and a few drops of essential oil in a bowl and you’ve got a fragrant odor absorber that’s perfect for leaving in the bathroom - or sprinkle that mixture on top of your garbage to keep the smell of trash at bay in between trash collection days. Finally, freshen up smelly shoes by sprinkling the insides with baking soda.

In this week's post, I'm sharing all the makeup products I'm taking with my on a business trip. It can be tough to pack for work trips because you've got to find the right balance between professional makeup that lasts all day and products that travel well. Here are the products I'm taking with me so that I can look my best while on the go! It all starts with the makeup bag. I lucked into this great travel bag as a free gift with purchase at a department store Dior counter. I'm obsessed with travel bags and pouches and I love that this one both has separate compartments for my brushes and my products all in one compact bag. My Guerlain Meteorites Oxygen Care primer is a great multitasker - it moisturizes, keeps skin clear with oxygen in its formula (great for me since I'll be keeping long hours in my makeup), and adds radiance to my skin so I can cheat like I got more sleep than I did while working on this trip. For comple

Happy New Year! I took a few weeks off to celebrate the holiday season but I'm back with another round up of the new (or new to me) beauty products I've been using and loving. I featured Bumble and Bumble in last year's curly hair product post and I've only grown to adore their products more for my hair. Their Thickening shampoo and conditioner are another welcome addition to my hair routine. As always, I don't have to use much product to get great results and my hair looks fuller after use. Winter takes all the volume out of my hair and this is bringing it back for me! I've been really impressed by Clinique skin care lately, and their Different Moisturizing Lotion+ has been a welcome addition. Not only has it helped combat my dry winter skin, but I really do feel it's been making a difference in my skin texture and rebalancing my oily and dry areas.  I love setting powders and sprays that give my skin a healthy glow, and I'v

The holiday season is crafting season! I so enjoy gift wrapping and card making and Christmas time is a fabulous time to get even more festive and indulge in my crafting obsession. Last year I shared my wrapped gifts and I'm making it a tradition! But first, I'll start with making my own holiday cards. I used my iPad Pro and the Amaziograph app to create my own holiday-themed designs. I then loaded the graphics onto my computer and printed them out on sticker paper. I used edging scissors, card stock and some holiday stamps to create a sweet holiday message on the outside of the card. I then laid the sticker paper onto white card stock, folded the cards in half and voila! Homemade holiday cards! And on to mail the cards! First, I took two pieces of 8.5x11" card stock and used my card as a guide to see how best to create the envelope flaps by lightly folding the top piece of card stock. I used an adhesive dot roller to secure the

Calling all Stranger Things fans! I recently put togther a Stranger Things-themed gift wrapping job for a friend's birthday and I'm super excited with how it all turned out! Here's how I pulled it off: The Card: To make the card, I found a website that allows you to make your own Stranger Things-fonted messages, and I downloaded that image into a new Microsoft Word file.   I then printed a picutre of the Upside Down and my birthday message onto sticker paper, then mounted the sticker paper onto card stock. Here's the back of the card pulled together. For the inside of the card, I printed a picture of Dustin - my friend's favorite character - and mounted it onto a card stock spring that I made by folding a small, thick piece of card stock into an accordion. This way, Dustin pops up when you open the card. I then hand wrote a birthday message.   The Gift: I started by wrapping my gift in red gift wrap to coordinate with the red card s