Friday, June 8, 2012

DIY the mighty mustache


so if you have kids...or just a strange affilation with facial hair...I have the solution, making your own mustache.  It takes about twenty minutes, most of this consisting of waiting for the gel to cool. So how is it done? the key ingrediant in this expadition is unflavored gelatin which you can pick up at pretty much any super market, then you will need some milk, wax paper, a cookie sheet, a microwave (or as I do it a pot of water heated over the stove) a microwavable container such as a coffee mug,food dye of your choice, and last but not least something to cut your concoction like a butter knife or even better a cookie cutter if you happen to have one in the shape of what you are going for.  So first you will mix half a teaspoon of milk for every one teaspoon of gelating, then add a little food dye for style, stir, microwave for about twenty seconds just enough to melt it into a nice consistant liquid, then place the wax paper on the cookie sheet just so it wont stick. Poor the warm liquid onto the paper making sure it is as thick as you want it, the way it is one the paper is exactly how it will be when it's cool it doesn't really expand or contract any.  then wait for it to cool, put it in the fridge if you would like to speed things up.  When all of this is said and done cut out the mustache you would like stuck to your face, remove it from the wax paper and put the side you will be placing on your face up against the side of a warm (almost hot) mug, perhaps the same one you mixed it in. you will only need to hold it to the side of the mug for a second for it to become slightly soft again on one side, not enough to stick to the mug or lose it's shape. then remove it from the mug and stick it to your face, allow it about twenty seconds or so to cool enough to adhere and viola you have your very own facial hair.  The best part about this is as long as you have used safe to ingest food dye the entire thing is edible so once you are done just eat the evidence and no one will ever know your secret.

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