DIY: Rice Makeup Brush Holder

How great is this idea- colouring rice to make a makeup brush holder. I did this a while ago and I just love it. I discovered how to do this from a blog post- one of my favourite blogs misstango2. Take a look at her blog and her YouTube channel, such great beauty videos and blog posts, from product reviews to tutorials, helpful and inspiring.

This is how mine turned out. It’s so easy do to…

You need to find a nice holder- I used an old glass candle holder that I had lying around. You could use a vase or anything you have.

You’ll need the following:

1.      ½ cup of white rice

2.      ¼ cup of white vinegar

3.      A few drops of food colouring- any colour

4.      Mixing bowl or container

5.      Measuring jug or cups

6.      Sieve

7.      Plate

8.      Paper towel

You might need to make more than ½ a cup. Depending on the size of your holder, you could make 2 or 3 batches.

Step 1: Measure out ¼ cup of white vinegar. The vinegar is used so the rice holds the colour and doesn’t go mouldy over time.

 

Step 2: Add a splash of food colouring to the vinegar. Pour into mixing bowl.

 

Step 3: Measure ½ cup of rice and add it to the coloured vinegar.

 

Step 4: Mix rice with the vinegar. Make sure all the rice is covered with colour and leave for 5 minutes.

Step 5: Strain rice using a sieve.(Couldn't find my sieve so used a flour sifter instead ha)

 

Step 6: Place 2 sheets of paper towel onto a plate. Spread rice over paper towel.

Step 7: Leave rice to dry. I placed mine under a heat-pump and it was fully dry in a couple of hours. You could place it in a sunny area. If you don’t like the smell of the vinegar (it doesn’t worry me) you can wait a day and then rinse the coloured rice with water and once again leave to dry.

The finished product!

Do you like this idea? Let me know if you give it a go!