Oh yeahhhh babyyyy! finally i did it! The tart that i hv been eyeing for the past oh dreadful weeks.. it was love at first sight for both hubster and me.. i was smitten by it and judging by the way it looks.. i know for sure.. this is it... my search for a luscious chocolate tart that has three delish chocolate layers ends here .. period! ohhhh thank you Citrus and Candy.. u got me at Hello! hahaha
Lets not talk more.. enjoy the pics.. enjoy the recipe cos i know for sure.. we will be having this tart over and over for the next two days! passt - u hv got to share this super rich chocolate tart with ur loved ones cos this tart is freaking devine.. plus sharing is caring ahaks!
Oh bef i go.. please please go and do urself a favour.. get the best chocolate there is.. i used a mixture of Cocoa Berry 66% and also Valrhona Equatorial (55%) for this tart.. u can also use a mixture of Valrhona Manjari 64% and Valrhona Jivara (40%) if u hv any on hand.. we are dark chocolate ppl.. so 66% and 55% works well with our tastebuds and ohhh.. i used Valrhona Cocoa Powder for my chocolate pastry and sauce! woot woot!
Aria Chocolate Tart
[Chocolate Pastry]
320g plain flour
60g cocoa
160g caster sugar
Pinch salt
160g cold butter, diced
2 eggs
[Chocolate tart mixture]
210g good quality dark chocolate (with high cocoa content), chopped
60g Valrhona Jivara chocolate, chopped – if unavailable then just use another 60g of the dark chocolate
60g butter, diced
315ml cream
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
[Chocolate glacage]
300g dark chocolate, chopped
240ml cream
300ml chocolate sauce (recipe below)
[Chocolate sauce - for the glacage]
60g cocoa
200ml water
120g caster sugar
25g butter, diced
Method
To make the pastry, preheat oven to 180°C. Place the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt and butter in the bowl of a food processor and process until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the eggs and process until dough just starts to come together.
Turn on to a lightly floured surface and gently knead until just smooth. Shape into a disc and cover with plastic wrap, then place in the fridge for 10 minutes to rest.
Roll out the pastry to a 15 x 40cm rectangle, about 3mm thick. Line a shallow rectangle 10 x 34cm (base measurement) fluted tart tin with a removable base with the pastry and trim any excess. Place in the fridge for 15 minutes to rest.. I used mini round tart tin..
Line pastry with baking paper and fill with rice. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove paper and rice and bake for a further 5-10 minutes or until firm to touch.
To make the tart mixture, preheat oven to 160°C. Place chocolate and butter in a bowl.
Place cream in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour cream over chocolate in bowl and stir until smooth, stir in eggs.
Pour chocolate mixture into tart shell up until about 3/4 full (you’ll need to leave enough room for the glacage). Bake for 25 minutes until the centre has just cooked and the top has just set. Take the tart out of the oven and allow to cool to room temperature before topping with the chocolate glacage (recipe follows after). Refrigerate tart in fridge until firm before serving. (i baked mine for 15mins at 150C)
For the chocolate sauce (for the glacage), combine cocoa, water and sugar in a saucepan and stir over heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, stir in butter until melted and mixed. Strain through a sieve placed over a bowl and set aside.
To finish the glacage, place chocolate in a large bowl. Place cream in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour cream over the chocolate in the bowl and stir until smooth. Add in the chocolate sauce that you just made and stir (recipe above). When the completed tart has cooled, spoon or pour the glacage over the tart and place in fridge until firm.
Do hop over to Masterchef where she got the original recipe fm.. hv a wonderful weekend kids!
Take a decidedly Anti-Valentine’s Day stance by throwing a lonely hearts party. Let the darker side of your heart shine!
In this article:
Anti-Valentine’s Day Party Ideas For All Lonely Hearts!
Anti-Valentine’s Day Activities
Pinks hearts and chocolates and “til death do us part” not your thing? I feel you!
Sometimes we’re not on such good terms with love when Valentine’s Day rolls around either. Celebrate your feelings with these sad-but-rad Anti-Valentine’s Day party ideas.
Get your friends to dress all in black and commiserate over the double-edged sword of love.
Anti-Valentine’s Day Invitation
1. Start with Invitations
The wordings of this invitation say it all. It’s crystal clear.
You hate V-day, that’s why you need to host a party. It’s a matter of perspective.
You ought to treat yourself and have fun with others on this day. Totally not sourgraping!
Anti-Valentine’s Day Decorations
1. DIY Heart Pinata
Get a heart-shaped pinata and paste on your own Anti-Valentine’s Day slogan to get everyone hyped up. Make your own from this inspiration.
Pinata Definition: A colorful figure usually made from paper mache or clay containing candies, toys, and other treats.
Use construction paper for the hearts, and then use some paint to make blood-spatter on this anti- Valentine’s Day heart garland. You can either hang it from your ceiling or on your walls.
4. Stupid Cupid Burlap Door Hanger
Having this Stupid Cupid burlap door hanger is a pleasant way to welcome your guests. This may be an anti-Valentine’s Day party, but cheering them up through your decor is not a crime.
Your party needs songs that express your exact feelings. “Love Stinks” seems to be the ultimate theme song for Anti-Valentine’s day.
“This thing they call love, it’s gonna make you cry…” How apt!
2. What’s Love Got To Do With It?- Tina Turner
This Grammy Hall of Fame singer made this song a timeless reminder of “love as a second-hand emotion.” Adding this song to your playlist for your Anti-Valentine’s day party will lead your guests to sing their hearts out too.
3. I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
This 1970’s hit song is another timeless piece many single wounded ladies could relate. Play this music and your guests will hit the dance floor and dance their hearts away.
Anti-Valentine’s Day Food
1. Design an Anti-Valentine’s menu — with extra spite!
Join us for our Anti-Valentine's Day party on 2/14 at 6pm. Special menu, dart board for your ex's picture and more! pic.twitter.com/zLKyAXlVQS
Ouch! Sometime’s words are not enough. No amount of mean conversational heart cookies can beat the message this stabbed cupcake has conveyed.
4. Stupid Cupid Cocktail
It’s bitter, sour, sweet and salty – just like love. This Stupid Cupid cocktail recipe will simply release all the negative emotions people have experienced by loving someone.
Wear your shattered heart on your sleeve. Recreate this DIY nail art if you plan to wear a black or red outfit.
This nail art will make you look dark and vampy!
2. Wear Boy Jeans
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfTiUqkjDTN/
You don’t want to wear too-feminine clothes on this day. Fine!
Let these boy jeans work for you. You will still look effortlessly chic and stunning with this type of clothing.
To complete your look, here’s a makeup tutorial for your Anti-Valentine’s Day party. Get ready with this video by NikkieTutorials:
So there you have it DIYers! Start planning and send your invites soon! For sure, you are not alone celebrating Singles Awareness Day. Plus, don’t make this day a reminder of your horrible break-up, and this is also not the time to drown your sorrows!
This is a time to celebrate being single and free. This is only a season of your life that you need to go through. I went through this stage too, and I survived!
There are other things you can be happy about and be thankful for, so cheer up and enjoy your party!
Do you have other Anti-Valentine’s day ideas you would like to share with us? Leave a comment down below!
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on February 10, 2017, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.
If you're a fan of mint + chocolate desserts, these cookies will blow your mind. The espresso powder is technically optional, but honestly, it's what makes them so special.
Preheat oven to 375° and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder until combined.
In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugars until smooth and mixture is light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add vanilla and beat until combined.
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in most Andes and chocolate chips.
Using a medium cookie scoop, form dough into balls and place on prepared baking sheets, about 2" apart. Flatten slightly then top with remaining Andes.
Bake until cookies are set and edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
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When a perfectly executed caramel blonde balayage meets a chocolate base, it’s simply heaven. Researching the right stylist is probably the most important part, because after a professional cut and dye job you will have a gorgeous hairstyle effortlessly, every day. Just sleep in a messy bun at night and let it down in the AM for beautiful curls and easy everyday glamour.
Vibrant chocolate hues remain in the mainstream from season to season. No wonder, they are of the same importance to brunettes and girls with medium brown hair as platinum or strawberry blonde to blondes. The palette of chocolate shades varies from milk chocolate with warm red notes to the cool bittersweet one. Commonly we attribute to the chocolates all the sweet and delicious browns, such as mocha, hot cocoa, truffle brown, chocolate cherry, brown sugar, espresso, sweet cola, etc. Chocolate hair looks classy, dramatic and occasionally a little bit strict. Even men unconsciously believe that women with chocolate hair are more serious, trustworthy and loyal. That’s why dark-haired ladies happen to hold top positions much more often than lightheaded blondes. However, a chocolate brunette can easily look very feminine and romantic once she curls her delicious locks or shape them into a chic updo. Since chocolate palette is rather broad and versatile, even most blondes can afford it.
The Right Hue of Chocolate Brown Hair
The choice of the right hue depends on your skin undertone (warm/cool) and your personal preferences: some women prefer chocolate tones with a reddish tint, others try to achieve noble cold shades. With the right choice of hue, chocolate color refreshes your face and makes it look younger.
According to the four-season typology that suggests creating your image around a defined color palette that brings out the natural tones of your appearance, women with warm golden undertone of skin, belonging to the autumn colortype, will look great with chocolate hair hues, bearing a warm reddish sheen. And ladies with cool or olive skin undertones (summer or winter colortype) should try to achieve deep velvety hues without any warm red tints. Normally these are the shades such as hot or black chocolate. As for the “spring girls” with clear warm skin undertone and natural light golden blonde or strawberry blonde hair, chocolate hues are not their best choice, since a “spring” face is going to look a kind of washed out in such a rich vibrant frame.
Chocolate hair harmonizes the best with tanned skin and green, hazel or brown eyes. However, keeping in mind all the variety of chocolate hues, it would be fair to say that almost any woman can select her most flattering chocolate shade. There are fantastic examples of rich chocolate hair, complimenting fair skin with cool undertone and clear blue or blue-grey eyes. Such looks appear highly contrasting and eye-catching, but remember to make a start from something that is given to you by nature. How to choose the right hue? Viewing the gallery we have prepared for you may help a lot.
#1: Espresso Base with Hazel Ribbons
Blonde and light chocolate highlights woven throughout boost the glossy effect of this mane, while the wavy texture complements the layers. Espresso colored hair is gorgeous, but it can get a little bland. Added color and texture are surefire ways to bring it to life.
#2: Medium Bob with Light Brown Highlights
A classic ‘do that suits all ages and will never go out of style is a medium chocolate bob with light brown highlights. Choose a light brown a few tones lighter than your roots for a fresh and natural look that’ll make you appear at least 5 years younger!
#3: Thick Brown Hair with Caramel Ribbons
Light caramel ribbons blended into a deep brown base create a bold contrast that makes a statement. Juxtaposing, multi-toned highlights are popular once again so there’s no better time to try them out! Playing around in brown tones suits every skin undertone.
#4: Graduated Bob with Caramel Streaks
Rich browns aren’t only reserved for those with long locks! Add some gorgeous caramel smears for an instantly brighter complexion. The optical illusion from the color placement will also make hair look thicker and healthier.
#5: Cherry Chocolate Balayage Bob
A wild, wavy angled bob is the epitome of cool — and pairing the style with a chocolate cherry hair shade is the literal cherry on top of the edgy, chic look. Keep the roots dark reddish brown, and allow for a slightly brighter, coppery cherry to lighten things up towards the bottom.
#6: Rich Brown Hair with Caramel Colormelt
Here is today’s most updated version of ombre in gorgeous chocolate tones. Seamlessly blended into a deep brunette base, get the best of both worlds with a rich espresso brown that fades to a warm caramel. This delicious melt flatters both cool and warm undertones.
#7: Multi-Hue Brown Balayage Bob
When you’ve got a neutral, medium chocolate brown hair as your base, who says you have to stick to one tone for your highlights? Cool and warm, light and dark shades play well together when balayaged properly, and the outcome is a unique, multi-hued finish that appears creative and carefree, not messy or streaky.
#8: Choppy Bob with Tonal Highlights
Wispy layers combined with soft highlights are the key to messy-chic bobs. The highlights are only a shade or two lighter than the base, which makes the look totally natural. Just make sure to keep the ends of your chocolate brown hair dye job moisturized. Bleach is a blessing and a curse, because even the most subtle color can have drying effects. Try a hair masque or hot oil treatment to prevent brittle strands.
#9: Understated Balayage Bob
Balayage is as sexy on bobs as it is on waist-grazing tresses. With fewer inches to work with, however, there is no shame in keeping a shorter coif simple and understated. A lighter brown worked throughout your locks is sure to enliven your everyday look.
#10: Shoulder Length Chocolate Hair
These gorgeous colors are a perfect way to do cool-toned dark chocolate hair with highlights. Ask your stylist for a medium cut with just a few chin-length layers. You’ll have so many modern ways to style this cut: perfectly straight, curled under layers, or large waves.
#11: Sultry Chocolate Balayage for Thick Hair
Sometimes, adding dramatic highlights to thick hair can create a flashy, streaky style. Instead, ask your stylist to apply color using the balayage technique, which guarantees a seamless melt. Straight-haired, layered brunettes look great with dark chocolate hair as a base and just a touch of lightness blended throughout.
#12: Sleek Ash Brown Balayage Bob
A sleek bob is hands down the best shorter ‘do rocked by modern, professional, minimalist ladies. Whether the seasons are changing or you have been sporting dark locks for too long, update your chic bob style with babylights in a delicate ash brown or a bolder cinnamon hair color.
#13: Brown Layers for Thick Hair
Balayage suits layered cuts really well, since layers give loads of movement and body, and it’s great to enhance them with color. Spice your deep mocha hair color with highlights in a cinnamon shade to create a delicious coffee-inspired dye job to treat your gorgeous mane.
#14: Thick Dark Curls with Copper Glimpses
Running low on hair color ideas for brunettes? If you gravitate towards warmer shades, the ruddy tint in thin copper highlights is a great bet! Start them lower down from roots and show off the dimension of your dye job styling loose flowy curls.
#15: Chocolate Hair with Toffee Highlights
Light chocolate brown hair looks incredibly sweet when striped with toffee-colored highlights, which can really warm up one’s complexion. To emphasize highlights and boost the volume up top, gather pieces of hair loosely into a braid and leave it sans hair tie.
#16: Choppy Black Hair with Brown Balayage
Dark chocolate brown hair becomes even more gorgeous when set off by black. Wavy locks look like a waterfall of soft color when worn down – loose and flowing.
#17: Ash Brown Hair in Medium Length
Here is an example of the perfect milk chocolate shade that’s made for cooler skin tones. Going an ashier medium brown route complements a cool color palette in your looks, resulting in a more natural looking mane.
#18: Long Brown Layers with Butterscotch Balayage
Displaying a gorgeous range of hues from espresso and mocha to butterscotch and light chocolate, these locks have it all! Expertly blended through balayage, they shine and flow miraculously. Long-haired brunettes can really play with numerous nuances of chocolate hair color.
#19: Black Hair with Twinkling Warm Brown Balayage
Highlighting black hair is tricky, as the contrast is often too dramatic or extreme, but a chocolatey brown balayage may be the perfect pop of warmth to transform your strands. The best part about experimenting with colors using balayage? Since your roots remain untouched, you can grow it out over time and start again.
#20: Long Hair with a Hint of Copper
Interestingly enough, the lightest part of your hair doesn’t necessarily have to be at the ends — it can also be applied to midshaft! Hints of copper sprinkled throughout dark chocolate hair color is a unique way to stand out from the crowd and incorporate brightness into your ‘do.
#21: Inverted Bob with Subtle Tawny Balayage
Proof of how dramatically different someone can appear through hair changes. Sass up an inverted bob with red highlights — copper or tawny is a match made in heaven for espresso hair. Working mamas, give this ‘do a whirl!
#22: Half-Up Bob with Caramel Highlights
Well-blended highlights boost the texture of your hair and minimize the styling time. Make a messy half updo just tying the upper section of your hair into a messy knot or try a cute small half up bun.
#23: Black Base with Cinnamon Brown Balayage
If you are a brunette, a wavy cinnamon brown balayage hairstyle will look stunning on you. Rock it this summer at the beach in a loose messy bun or this fall at the office down and dangling over a cozy jumper. A longer hairstyle with color like this is super versatile.
#24: Dark Hair with Chocolate and Blonde Highlights
Blonde highlights may give brunette locks a whole new life, and contrasting light streaks against a deep, dark chocolate base makes a major impact. Wrap generous sections of hair around a large-barrel curling wand to create a head of bouncy waves, but leave the last inch out so you don’t lose any length.
#25: Smooth Chocolate Brown Hair
This is such a sophisticated (but still sexy) style. We’re not sure if it’s the smooth, glossy layers or the espresso and cocoa tones, but this is one of our all-time favorites. What brunette doesn’t dream of hair that looks exactly like this?
#26: Cool-Toned Chocolate Highlights for Black Hair
When adding lighter tones to black hair, it’s important to ensure the shades selected aren’t orange-y or brassy, as the black base will make the contrast even harsher. Instead, a dark chocolate red works well when melted into the jet-black base and helps to brighten up your strands without actually lightening the hair much.
#27: Chocolate and Caramel Balayage Hair
We love this milk chocolate balayage on long brown hair. The layered levels of chocolate and caramel hues give this look the ultimate dimension and built-in style for the days when you just want to roll out of bed. With these stunning cascading ribbons of color you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried a balayage before!
#28: Long Chocolate Hair with Caramel Balayage
Long, milk chocolate hair is simple and stunning on its own; but add caramel and bronze highlights, and it’s practically begging for a braided style. Braids show off highlights and draw attention to the color that’s done right, so gather up your favorite pictures as inspiration and find a hair stylist who can French, fishtail, and waterfall.
#29: Long Layered Dark Chocolate Hairstyle
If you’re too proud of your dark chocolate hair color to ever dream of bringing in other colors in highlights, you can use your cut to give your shade a little dimension. When layers are added into long hair, they allow the previously weighed-down strands a chance for more movement, which can result in some effortlessly tousled texture.
#30: Shiny Dark Hair with Toasted Highlights
A chocolate hair color is anything but boring when spiced with toasted highlights. Cut hair into a lob for summer or go even shorter to be bold and beautiful at the beach. No need for a curling iron, choppy layers will give you plenty of built-in texture.
#31: Chocolate and Honey Brown Bob
With voluminous, face-framing layers, this bob has a chic 90s appeal. The dark chocolate brown base gets a refresh with multitoned highlights worked throughout the hair. A large round brush will be your new best friend for sure.
#32: Wavy Bob with Cherry Highlights
Warm up a deep brown base with some chocolate cherry highlights. When blended into wavy strands, they create subtle dimension that enlivens your locks without being too bold. It’s a safe choice if you’re looking to experiment with color, but still want a timeless style.
#33: Layered Lob with Ginger Ribbons
Babylights are more understated than ombres, balayages, and colormelts, but they still enrich chocolate brown hair with their sweet and delicate charm. This works perfectly on a medium-length layered cut since tips look lighter when they don’t feature a solid dark color.
#34: Caramel Balayage with Purple Touches
Who would’ve thought that caramel and purple in chocolate cherry hair would go so well together? We see this as the next summer trend, and who is better to rock it than you? Summer is a time for fun and bold moves. We think this stunning hair color falls into that category!
#35: Mermaid Waves in Rich Chocolate
Ladies with olive skin: if you’re running out of hair color ideas, your skin will be complimented by a rich chocolate shade! Dark chocolate brown hair is the epitome of sultry lush.
#36: Thick Hair with Warm Brown Balayage
A warm chocolate brown hair dye painted delicately as balayage concentrated towards the ends of layered hair is a fantastic technique to consider when changing up your look. Perfect for seasonal updates, highlight the delicate hand-painted work by big, voluminous waves.
#37: Brunette Wavy Bob with Bronde Highlights
If you like chocolate brown hair with highlights, but have always secretly wondered about the blonde life, throwing in some bronde accents turn out to be the best of both worlds. The lighter locks will contrast your base and make it look even darker, and the mix is striking, not streaky — especially when styled in soft, cascading waves.
#38: Light Chocolate Balayage Hair
Want to refresh the color of your long brown hair? Try a soft chocolate balayage. The warm chocolate tones look incredibly silky on wavy locks, and the lighter color brings a hint of summer to your style.
#39: Chin-Length Warm Brown Balayage Bob
Chocolate brown hair is fun and playful when cut short — a chin-length bob is ultra-flirty, especially when curled to create some texture. If your locks are naturally dark, using the balayage coloring to add in darker and lighter warm brown tones allows for some interest that isn’t as extreme as blonde highlights.
#40: Cropped Chocolate Brown Hair
For a gorgeous take on the balayage trend that doesn’t feel too prissy, go for a cute choppy bob. Add some randomly placed honey highlights to update your natural dark hair color. This cut is girly and tons of fun. Imperfect curls only add to the allure.
#41: Bright Caramel Highlights for Chocolate Hair
Achieve a sensational chocolate hair color by inserting bright caramel highlights. Be prepared to be bombarded with admiring compliments and see copycats, because this color is really desirable. Straight or curly, you’re a queen!
#42: Black Bob with Toffee Balayage
Who doesn’t love a rich chocolate caramel balayage on short brown hair? The added color helps an otherwise plain hairstyle pop with shine and dimension. Next time you’re at the salon, treat yourself – and your hair – to a luscious shine in warm browns.
#43: Shiny Light Brown Balayage with Black Roots
With a light brown balayage, black roots won’t look too harsh. The caramel blonde is a nice contrasting color for brunettes to help thinner hair look full and more textured. Encourage the curls to reap the benefits of your new color.
#44: Chocolate and Bronze Highlights for Black Hair
Could chocolate brown hair be any more stunning than with bronze highlights? A few well-placed highlights can not only help frame the face, but bring light to your complexion. A perfect look for the office or a fun weekend out.
#45: Chocolate Lob with Golden Babylights
When you’ve finally found the most flattering haircut for your face shape — in this case, a chic lob — stick with what works for you and use hair dye to satisfy any cravings for change. Warmer-toned, chocolate brown hair can transform when golden babylights are woven into the mix, giving strands a sun-kissed finish.
#46: Shiny Chocolate Balayage Hair
A chocolate balayage helps an otherwise basic downdo stand out. Upgrade your color with subtle highlights and try wavy messy hairstyles with sexy volume for a change!
#47: Deep Brown to Beige Colormelt
Colormelting is ombré’s modernized younger sister. This is a marriage between the delicate hand painting technique that balayage offers and the seamless distribution of color typical for ombré styles. Get a beige colormelt if you want to wear a chocolate brown, but prefer ashier tones to warm hues as an accent.
#48: Chocolate and Mahogany Brown
This chocolate cherry hair color is really incredible. The subtle way that the red tones are worked into the dark color is simply perfection. While this color would still look amazing when your hair is styled straight, it’s undeniable that curls are the best to show off cherry hues.
#49: Black Hair with Light Chocolate Balayage
For brunettes, a hairstyle with highlights in light chocolate might be just the thing. Warm tones are perfect for warm weather and fall fashion. Worn curly or straight, your hair color might borrow ideas from a Twix bar, but you’ll be the only snack in the room!
#50: Chocolate Brown with Highlights
People tend to think of cocoa hair color as of a solid shade, but we’re here to tell you that you can go chocolate and still incorporate highlights. Just be sure to keep the highlights one or two shades lighter than your base color for a more natural, flattering look.
#51: Black Hair with Highlights
A ruddy brown is very complementing for brunettes. Place highlights on the lower half of your hair and along the sides of your face to illuminate your entire look! Make strands closest to your cheeks lighter to frame and brighten your face.
#52: Bold Brown-to-Caramel Ombre Lob
Few flavors beat a milk chocolate and caramel combo. The iconic duo is as much a treat for your strands as it is for your taste buds. Want proof? Just look at this medium-length ombre take on the trend. The lighter ends keep the coif playful, while complementing the richness of the chocolatey roots.
#53: Dimensional Balayage for Straight Brunette Lob
A truly flawless chocolate hair color lies in the right mixture of brunette tones and shades. Straight hair can be particularly unforgiving when it comes to showing off highlights, so a dimensional balayage of lighter, warmer browns atop a deeper, more cool-toned base is key for mastering the ultimate chocolate blend.
#54: Espresso and Chocolate Lob
A lob is equally classy on blondes and brunettes, but on chocolate brown hair color it’s timeless. The depth of rich chocolate tones helps eyes pop and makes the perfect finishing touch to a sophisticated night-out style. Wavy locks assist with body and bounce.
#55: Brunette Locks with Chocolate Accents
A fabulous way to add some warmth to your tresses is through a subtle balayage. Chocolate highlights suit those with warm skin undertones beautifully and they soften up cooler complexions as well! The shown highlights are ideal for black or nearly black base colors.
#56: Chocolate Brown Shag
Dark chocolate brown hair may not have any warm undertone. If you look best in cool tones, you’ll want to choose chocolate brown hair dye within deep ashy hues. You can add in sandy highlights that will help compliment your piecey, textured layers.
#57: Light Chocolate Curls
For bombshell hair, go for a light chocolate base color with caramel balayage highlights on the face-framing pieces and on the ends. To get these curls, use a clipless curling iron and pin each curl with a metal clip so that it sets. Keep all the pins in for fifteen minutes.
#58: Chocolate-Blonde Balayage
When a perfectly executed caramel blonde balayage meets a chocolate base, it’s simply heaven. Researching the right stylist is probably the most important part, because after a professional cut and dye job you will have a gorgeous hairstyle effortlessly, every day. Just sleep in a messy bun at night and let it down in the AM for beautiful curls and easy everyday glamour.
#59: Dark Brown Bob with Subtle Face-Framing Highlights
Dark chocolate brown hair is mysterious and sexy all on its own! There’s something sultry about a deep brunette shade, and a bob with sweeping layers is the perfect, equally alluring cut. To spice things up, introduce just a few face-framing highlights in a slightly lighter shade, to draw the eye towards the face and finish off the look.
#60: Wavy Locks with Tiny Babylights
Babylights, the subtle cousins of highlights, are shown off best when styled in big, voluptuous waves. When chocolate blonde hair color is done as balayage, it can suit even brunettes. This one oozes glamour and luxury, being a risk free ‘do that will never go out of style.
Well, these were 60 chocolate looks which have inspired us the most. If you decide on going chocolate, consider whether you want to do it yourself or go to a salon. When dying your hair at home it’s important to remember that on very dark or previously dyed hair the chocolate hue you’ll obtain may differ from what you see on the dye pack. So, weigh all the pros and cons and good luck!
Procurando por ideias para presentear no Dia dos Namorados? Chocolates sempre são bem vindos, mas que tal variar a forma como eles serão entregues? A pessoa que você ama pode ser surpreendida se você chegar com uma das ideias abaixo! Seja original no presente, ouse e use sua criatividade para declarar todo o seu amor!
1. Caixa com mensagem “Você é assim… um sonho pra mim!”. Dentro você coloca vários bombons Sonho de Valsa.
2. Seu amor gosta de música? Que tal uma guitarra de chocolate??
3. Uma cestinha com vários chocolates fica fofa se tiver uma mensagem especial.
4. Você pode substituir o papel original do chocolate por algum com mensagem personalizada.
5. Uma caixa cheia de Bis fica ainda melhor se em cada um você escrever algo especial que você quer repetir e repetir…
6. Buquê não tem erro, é um presente clássico. Se for um buquê de Ferrero Rocher então, é amor na certa!
I made butterscotch pudding, (well, I sort of made butterscotch pudding) and then I introduced butterscotch pudding to the garbage.
I learned something really enlightening from this kitchen fail - there IS such thing as too much cream.
Every single bone in my body wishes I didn't have to admit that.
To sum it up, too much cream and butter in butterscotch pudding equals really tasty, really separated pudding.
As I was throwing it out I thought, why the heck was I making butterscotch pudding in the first place? Is it 1973? It doesn't even have chocolate in it. It was a weird day. I got over it and made this Four Ingredient Chocolate Mousse Cake to redeem myself.
After such a traumatic experience, I needed to feel comfort with something simple, something decadent, something modern - something that is more me. Butterscotch pudding is not me.
This Chocolate Mousse Cake will become a regular for you. I'm about 97% sure of this.
It uses only 4 ingredients - ones that I'm certain you have in your pantry.
We need dark chocolate, butter, eggs and just a touch of sugar.
If you have a bit more effort in you, a pinch of salt and hit of vanilla bean, or even a dash of spice can transform this on any other occasion.
It is flourless, so obviously it is gluten-free, but let's just shout it out anyway.
For this recipe you'll need to make a water bath, also known as a "bain marie" in fancy French technical terms. What this means is to bake the cake like it's an island surrounded by hot water. The water will maintain a uniform temperature so that the cake bakes evenly. It also creates a humid environment so that the cake doesn't dry out. This technique is essential to baking a perfect cheesecake - moist, dense and without cracks.
You really can have this recipe up in less than 10 minutes. Make sure to whip those eggs like mad. When you think you've whipped them enough, whip them for 1 minute more! They should look nearly white. With a stand mixer on high speed, this usually takes about 5 minutes. Using an electric hand mixer might require another 2 minutes or so.
Have a light hand when folding the whipped eggs into the cooled chocolate. The chocolate cannot still be hot at this point because that would deflate the air in the eggs. Use a light hand to get everything incorporated. You can use a wide spatula or a large balloon whisk to do this.
Contrary to what many may think, a big fat balloon whisk is more efficient at folding airy ingredients into a mixture than a spatula. The many wires cut through the mixture at once so that less mixing is actually required and the mixture comes together sooner. Just don't use the whisking action, but use the whisk like you would fold with a spatula.
This cake is light as ever! Literally, it feels like nothing in your hand, and dissolves instantly on your tongue.
It checks all the boxes. Easy made, fast made, decadent and gluten-free (because these days it seems like we all know someone who avoids it).
Miles away from butterscotch pudding, it's not even funny.
Place a rimmed baking tray on the center rack of your oven (for the water bath) and preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C. Line a 7- or 8-inch round springform pan with baking paper and lightly grease the sides. My pan is a funny size – it’s about 7.5-inches in diameter. Just don’t use anything larger than an 8-inch round or the cake will be too short. Wrap the bottom of the pan with a double layer of foil to prevent water from getting in when you bake it in the water bath.
Combine chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until completely melted and smooth. Set aside to cool.
Place eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat until very foamy, about 1 minute on high. Gradually add sugar and continue to beat on high until very thick, voluminous and nearly whitened, about 5 minutes longer. Add one-third of the foamy eggs to the chocolate mixture and fold it in gently. Add the remaining eggs in two parts and fold them in gently until blended. Try not to over-mix and knock all of the air out of the batter.
Pour mixture into a prepared pan and then gently place the pan on the rimmed baking tray. Pour boiling water into the baking tray until it comes about ½ inch up the sides of the cake pan. Bake for 5 minutes, then turn down to 350°F/180°C and bake for about 25-30 minutes. A toothpick will come out with just the tiniest bit of sticky chocolate. If you under-bake it, it will sink too much on cooling, so don’t be afraid to give it the full 30 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with cocoa and serve.
— Inventive Housewife (@bravozulo_08b) May 11, 2015
Help your mom cope with another year of caring for the whole family with a DIY survival kit. This is one of the homemade Mother’s Day gifts she can keep for her daily use.
Make a tote bag in two ways that she will want to use every day. This will serve as her partner in keeping things organized whenever she goes out during the day.
Give her a little something that will last forever. These lovely paper flowers will always remind her of how beautiful your family is when she’s around.
To even further help relieve mom’s stress, throw in a DIY candle. You can even add her favorite fragrances as one of the ingredients to make it more personalized.
Make these easy DIY soaps your mother will surely love. The combination of lavender and chamomile creates a wonderful scent that soothes her senses while she takes her shower.
Toddlers can participate in the crafting, too! Creating handprint mugs is one of the super easy homemade Mother’s Day gifts the little ones can make for mom.
This will look great on the fridge or anywhere you can put them on. Personalizing these DIY magnets by placing pictures of you and your mom makes this one of the memorable homemade Mother’s Day gifts.
Make these adorable little sachets and bean bags that will hold so many memories! She will love to see these homemade Mother’s Day gifts around the house.
24. Recipe Holder
Does your mom love to cook? I’m sure there are always new recipes she loves to try. So, make this recipe holder for her.
25. Mother’s Day Plaque
Remind mom how truly awesome she is with this DIY wall art. Seeing this on your wall every morning will brighten up her day.
It’s never enough to just have photos on the bedside table; it should also be on a lampshade! Allow her to reminisce those beautiful memories with the family before she sleeps.
27. Polka Dot and Leather Fold-Over Clutch
Are you up for a little sewing project? Make your mother a beautiful clutch!
This polka dot and leather fold-over design are going to be a surprise she will love.
I’m sure you feel the same way about your mom. Make this board as one of the precious homemade Mother’s Day gifts for your mom and let her feel the love and care you have for her.
30. IKEA Hack Pom Pom Blanket
Give your mom more reasons to take it easy and have a little rest. She deserves to have a break too with this blanket!
Give her something to imagine how comfy your gift is just by looking at it.
Here’s a great DIY project where you can have your favorite photos not just on your phone but on your phone. Customize her phone case and surprise her with this on Mother’s Day.
32. Mother’s Day Food Bouquet
Moms need a little treat, too. You should know what simple treats make her mouth water.
Any mom would agree this is the best gift basket for Mother’s Day! Her favorite wine and some of her favorite chocolates in one basket is a smart way to tell her to take a load off!
— Happy Mother Day 2019 (@Thefirdaydeals) May 5, 2018
If you’re having a hard time saying you love her, try to write it down. You’ll even make it more unique by writing on the playing cards.
For more homemade Mother’s Day gifts, watch this video from Rosanna Pansino:
With these easy Mother’s Day gifts and ideas, you’ll never run out of beautiful gift artworks for Mother’s Day. Despite that, there are still many more brilliant gift ideas you can explore for this special occasion.
You only need to let your creative juices flow to come up with wonderful Mother’s Day gifts. So, start making your gifts now and make the most out of them!
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in April 2015, and has been updated for accuracy and relevancy.
Mother’s day is arriving soon and if you’ve run out of ideas as to what to get your mother this year (other than the usual flowers, perfume or chocolates) we have the perfect list for you. So whether you’re broke or simply looking to make something special for mom that she will appreciate, this list of 33 DIY Mother’s Day Gifts is the perfect solution.
Mom’s appreciate any gifts from their children especially if it’s homemade because a homemade gift tells someone how much you care by taking the time to create something special and unique for them, it’s made with love, it comes from the heart and let’s that special someone know that you are thinking of them. You don’t have to be a kid to make mom something that shows her how much you care, from diy photo clocks, wooden trivets to rustic chic trays our list is full of goodies that any mother will love. Cool art, cute leather clutch, a lace belt, amazing diy photo pendant and even a gorgeous little stand for her Ipad. So save yourself some money this mother’s day and make mom something homemade, whether you’re a beginner or a serial DIY’er, you should have no problem finding easy and inexpensive ideas anyone can do. So go ahead and pick a project or more and make mom something great this mother’s day!
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