DIY Easy Halloween Treats

     Halloween is just around the corner these days. Most people do celebrate it solemnly while others prefer a more loud celebration. Either way, celebrating Halloween is something that many of us looked forward to. As for me, I consider it as one of my favorite holidays. Partly because we do not have classes days before Halloween and also because I get to watch my favorite horror films with extra chills. lol

    

     My family celebrates Halloween solemnly by praying, going to the cemetery, offering foods and prayers, etc. However, if you are celebrating Halloween in a form of a party, then here are two Halloween treats that I've prepared for you! These treats are very easy and very fun to make. Perfect if you are inviting some people to come over or if you just wanna chill with your family and friends like I would probably do.

     Alright, let's start with the first treat. I call this treat "Frankencrackers", a chocolate covered crackers inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You know the story right? It's one of the most celebrated work of literature. This treat is perfect if you are reading the book or if you are watching its film rendition. Cool right? Now let's get with its ingredients and of course, how to make these sweet  scary treat. hehehe

What you need:
- White easy melt chocolate buttons (I used the one from Goya)
- Green food coloring
- Melted dark chocolates (I used Rebisco's Krimstix)
- Plain unflavored crackers (I used Skyflakes crackers)
- Crushed chocolate biscuits

Directions:
1. Using a double boiler, melt the white chocolate buttons.
2. Once the chocolate buttons are already melted, drop a tiny amount of green food coloring in it. Don't put too much food coloring in order to duplicate Frankenstein's color.
3. Spread the green colored chocolate on top of your crackers.
4. Start decorating your crackers with crushed chocolate biscuits. Put some on top of the crackers. Not too much because we will use it as Frankenstein's hair.
5. Use your melted dark chocolates to create Frankenstein's eyes and mouth. I use the ones from Krimstix because I find it much easier to create the eyes and mouth just by creating a small hole from its plastic.
6. Refrigerate your crackers just enough to harden the chocolates again.
7. You may now share your Frankenstein inspired crackers and enjoy!

Our second recipe is way,way easier but taste just as good. Inspired by ghosts, I call this creation "Haunted Cookies". This is your usual chocolate chip cookies covered with chocolates.

What you need:
- Melted white chocolate buttons (I also used the ones by Goya)
- Melted dark chocolates
- Chocolate chip cookies

Directions:
1. Melt the white chocolate buttons.
2. Once the chocolates are melted, put some chocolates on top of your chocolate chip cookies using a piping bag.
***You may use any kind of cookies that you like,  you may also use breads or biscuits for this as well. If you don't know how to make cookies or if you don't have time to make them, then you may use the ones from your favorite grocery stores just like what I did.
3. Refrigerate your cookies with the white chocolates in them to make the chocolates hard.
4. Once the white chocolates in your cookies are hard enough, start decorating them with ghost eyes and and mouth using some dark chocolates.
5. That's all you need to make your very own Haunted Cookies. Enjoy!

I hope you like these simple Halloween treats. Let me know if you wanna make your own version in the comment section below. If you have some suggestions, feel free to let me know as well.

Have a wonderful Halloween season! Thank you for reading :)

love lots,

Tin

My Heart Is a General

She heard it when he said he didn’t love me.

How could she not?

She was beating twice or more at that time.

She was inside me, always.

Yet it puzzles me,
how could we be so unlike?

I told her to stop

for I can no longer find any ammunition, any strength or any tactics

to win him back.

My strategies are failing,

the wings of my fighter planes are weak.

I was certain I have given up.

But my heart, grabbing her fastest horse

and most prized gun

raced towards the battle I scared the most.

Stomping against the dead grasses,

she took me into a new land.

My heart is a general.

I must follow her lead,

I must follow her march,

until we die as one.

Photo from heneralluna.com

Everyday Fall Makeup

   In some places, people are welcoming that lovely shade coziness that Autumn brings. However, in our country, we do not have the fall season. As much as I would love to experience one, I guess I have to wait until such time that I can go to another country that experiences the fall season.

    In the meantime, I have to be content with watching Youtube videos and eyeing at Instagram pictures that scream the season. To channel my curiosity and imagination, I just decided to do my own fall inspired makeup, as if I am actually experiencing the season. lol

    From what I've learned, fall bring out colors that are a bit darker and warmer. For that reason, my supposedly everyday fall makeup here is filled with earthy and golden eye shadow colors. Of course, my overall fall makeup wouldn't be complete if I won't match it with a dark plum/red lipstick.

    Here goes my makeup look and please let me know if it will pass for an everyday fall makeup. And yes, I took a step by step photo how I did the makeup, just in case you wanted to recreate this look. hehehe

After putting on my BB cream and filling in my brows, I went ahead and put on the rest of my makeup.

If you would like to recreate this simple look, here's how I did my makeup:

1. The first step is to apply a shimmering copper colored eye shadow all over your lids. Since I am opting for an everyday makeup, I chose a softer copper color.

2. As a sweet ode to the dried leaves of Autumn, apply a rum colored eye shadow on your crease. This is to add a little depth on your eyes.

3. To add more dimension to your crease, add a darker matte eye shadow on your crease. I chose a brownish violet eye shadow color from my Sleek eye shadow.

4. Next is to apply a beautiful winged-eye liner on your lids, curl them lashes and then put a significant amount of mascara. I don't want my eye makeup to be so bold so I went for a lenghtening mascara eyelash instead of a volumizing one.

5. A fall makeup wouldn't be complete without a dark red lips, so I grabbed two of my darkest lippies and applied them all over my lips.

6. Once I already have my desired lip color, I proceed in applying a soft contour and peach colored blush on my my cheeks.

And that's how I completed my very simple and very easy everyday fall makeup!

Here's a selfie I took with all the makeup on:

    Though I haven't experienced Autumn yet, I think it's a very lovely season full of beauty and inspiration. What do you think about this simple Autumn look? Let me know on the comment section below! mwah! <3

love lots,

Tin