A little while ago, my friends and I got together to watch Mean Girls and play Cards Against Humanity and Exploding Kittens. We made this video to inspire you to get off your phone and engage with your friends IRL. And why not have some delicious kettle corn and witches' brew while you're at it? Music by Hive Riot "Wonderwild" Listen: http://bit.ly/Wonderwild Pre-order: http://smarturl.it/HiveRiot?utm_source=MP For more go to http://michellephan.com ♥ Please Subscribe! http://bit.ly/MPsubscribe ♥ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/MichellePhan ♥ My Facebook: http://facebook.com/MichellePhanOfficial ♥ My Instagram: http://instagram.com/MichellePhan ♥ My Snapchat: hellodreamer ♥ ICON Network: http://youtube.com/ICONnetwork Cards Against Humanity http://amzn.to/20gHpPm Exploding Kittens http://explodingkittens.com/ ‘Tini Beauty Lipstick (Glamour Girl) http://mygl.am/yt-915-liptini Thank you to all the ladies who came out to party! https://instagram.com/donaleecurtis https://instagram.com/jkissamakeup https://instagram.com/flanneryunderwood https://instagram.com/ileanaborunda FRAGRANCE SIMMER POT Ingredients: the peel of one orange one cut up apple 2 large cinnamon sticks 1 tablespoon of cloves 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract 1 tablespoon of almond extract 1.5 cups of water plus plenty more for refill Fill pot halfway with water Bring water to a boil Place all ingredients in and simmer throughout the day while adding a bit of water from time to time. Also, you can reuse this mix for three days and store it in the fridge overnight. AUTUMN CIDER Ingredients: 4 cups (1 quart) apple cider or unfiltered apple juice (fresh squeezed apple juice may be used) 4 cups (1 quart) fruit juice sweetened or naturally sweetened (no refined cane sugar) cranberry juice 1/4 cup maple syrup, or coconut palm sugar, or sucanat 4 allspice berries or ¼ teaspoon ground allspice 4 whole cloves or ¼ teaspoon ground cloves 6 star anise pods 4 cinnamon sticks Zest (peels) of 1 lemon Zest (peels) of 1 orange Directions Remove the peels from the citrus with a vegetable peeler a strip at a time, remove any of the bitter white pith by scraping off with the side of a knife. Add all of the ingredients to a large pot, and simmer over low heat, covered, for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and pour through a strainer into a large bowl or glass pitcher. Add rum or brandy if using. Serve immediately or reheat to serve, or cool and chill in the refrigerator and serve cold. Each glass can be garnished with a cinnamon stick and apple slices if desired. PUMPKING SPICE KETTLE CORN Coconut Oil Kettle Corn ¼ cup cooking oil of your choice (coconut oil? or canola) ½ cup of granulated sugar (get one bag of white and one brown) ½ cup of corn kernels 1 teaspoon of salt + additional for taste Alternative Pumpkin Spice Mix = YIELDS 1/4 Cup 4 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg Items A large, 6-8 quart pot with handles and a tight-fitting lid Apron 2 oven mitts wooden spoon parchment paper Pre-measure all ingredients out into small bowls Get your baking sheet ready. Use a parchment paper to line your baking sheet and place it near the stove. This will come handy after you are done popping your kettle corn. Get a pot and pour the right amount of oil into it. To check if the oil is already hot enough, it is recommended that you drop three pieces of kernel in the pot. These will be your indicators. Put the lid on top of the pot and set the heat into a medium setting. Once a kernel pop inside the pot, add in the rest of the kernels. Proceed to adding salt and sugar . If you want a sweeter taste, add ¼ cup of sugar. After pouring all ingredients, stir everything right away to coat the kernels with your seasonings. After pouring everything, shake the pot as the popcorn pops. As the popping increases, shake the pot a lot more vigorously. Do not forget to place the pot back into the burner so the heat inside it is properly maintained. Once the popping starts to slow down, remove the pot from heat. Do not wait for the popping to stop. If you do so, you will end up burning your pop corn. Pour all the contents of the pot into the baking sheet that you have prepared earlier. Spread the pop corn evenly to ensure that everything will be cooled properly. You can use a long spoon to do this. Sprinkle the pumpkin spice mix on top and mix together (add salt and sugar to taste) Allow the pop corn to cool down. This will take about five minutes to do so. Serve!