Dark Circle Remedies

A slice of raw potato can be placed under your eyes to reduce dark circles.

The effects of Winged Liner

Winged eyeliner on the top lash line will make your lashes appear longer and thicker, which will in turn make your eyes appear larger.

Tweezing Eyebrows

Trying to plucking your eyebrows right after a shower. The heat from the shower helps your loosen hair follicles, making plucking easier and less painful.

Changing your lip depth!

If you have thin lips, use a lighter colored lipstick. A dark shade lipstick makes your lips look smaller.

Laser Treatment

Laser treatment can help reduce and eliminate age spots.

Blend shimmers and frosts with a matte color.

Avoid the overuse of shimmery and frost-finish eye shadows. Use at least one matte or satin eye shadow in your everyday look.

If you want to avoid skin discoloration, minimize sun exposure and wear sunscreen when you are outdoors.

Smokey Eye You can create a smokey eye with just about any color. For example if you want to wear purple, use a dark purple on your crease or lid, or smoke out a lighter shade of purple with a little bit of black in the crease. Be sure to use a fluffy brush, a light hand and not too much black as it's easy to go overboard. Start with a little and build up to the intensity you desire.

Skin & Beauty

Believe it or not your skin is the largest organ of your body. It is a living organ which heals and renews itself constantly. It covers your entire body and consists of two clearly defined layers:

1. The epidermis is the superficial or outermost layer. In other words, this is the skin we can see and feel. It forms the protective covering. This layer contains no blood vessels but has small nerve endings and is made up of five layers of cells. The pigment called melanin is found in this layer. Melanin protects the sensitive cells beneath, from the harmful effects of the sun. The greater the exposure to sunlight the greater the production of melanin.

2. The dermis or the inner layer is located just under the epidermis. This layer is highly sensitive because it contains nerve endings. It also contains numerous blood vessels, lymph vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands and hair follicles. These are held together by collagen and elastin fibers, which together give the skin its strength and resilience.

Each hair follicle has a sebaceous gland, which produces sebum. Excess sebum makes your skin look and feel oily. If the neck of a sebaceous gland is clogged, sebum accumulates, giving rise to acne. A deficiency in the production of sebum produces dry skin. Your teenage years could be your best time or your worst time depending on your hormonal activity.

During your 20’s your skin should look its best. It can however be adversely affected by allergies, hormonal imbalances, stress, and exposure to the elements. In your 30’s your skin may begin to lose the bloom of youth. You may begin to see the appearance of dryness and fine lines. The skin tends to be more sensitive and extra special care is required during this period. In your 40’s your hormone production slows and the skin begins to lose tone and elasticity, giving rise to wrinkles, creases and fine lines. While these changes occur naturally as you age, they can be minimized and controlled by properly caring for your skin. Cleansing, toning and moisturizing your skin twice daily can help you rejuvenate and revive your skin. Now that you have a better understanding of your skin and how it works, I am sure you will appreciate that the time to begin your personal skin care routine is NOW!

Unruly Eyebrows

If your eyebrows are thick and unruly, brush them upwards and trim the hairs that stick out but be careful not to overdo it. Use an eyebrow brush and small scissors.

Make up in a Hurry!

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In a hurry? Essential steps not to ignore: define brows, highlighter/iridescent powder beneath brow bone and tear duct, concealer, bronzing powder, and mascara.

Most useful Eyebrushes

Shading brush


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blending brush

Apply your lid color with a flat shader brush. Pack on the color from your lash line up to your crease. Take a fluffy brush and blend any harsh lines.

Skin Protection

Protect your skin from harmful UV ray damage. Use plenty of creams and lotions that have SPF protection all over your skin.

Moisturizer

Use a good quality eye moisturizer to hydrate the skin around your eyes. This will keep your eyes look healthy and fresh.

Natural Hair Care

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Many women with textured tresses have opted to go back, maintain or continue with natural hair styles. There have been many reasons given ease of use, health of hair, costly maintenance of chemically enhancements, etc. Whatever the reason many women with textured locs or hair are everywhere and looking for ways to enhance its natural state. Here are a few sites for help or insight.


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Eye Creams

Use good quality eye creams for the skin around your eyes. Eye creams can help reduce puffiness, dark circles, and wrinkles.

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Fuller Lip Look

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Use a highlighter above your cupid's bow (the spot above the center of your upper lip) for a plumper lip look.

Stencils and Eyebrows

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Work with what you have and don't over pluck. Eyebrow stencils are a great way to get the perfect shape and help you fill them in as well.

Lips & Concealer

Line your lips with a soft lip pencil and use a sponge applicator to blend your lip edges. This will make your lips look fuller and sexier.

For an extra pout use a tiny bit of concealer to clean up the sides

Avoiding Salty foods can reduce water retention.

Avoid salty foods. They can cause fluid retention and eye puffiness.

However to fix:

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• Apply a cold compress to your eyes for 10 minutes. "The cold brings swelling down," says James R. Lyons, a plastic surgeon in Westport, Connecticut. Good choices include chilled teaspoons, a sliced cucumber, or cold, wet tea bags.                                                     
• Follow with a firming eye cream that contains caffeine.

A thin line of eyeliner in black and brown can greatly define your eyes and make them appear brighter.

Eyebrow Help

Sparse or thinning eyebrows could be the result of a medical condition like hypothyroidism, nutritional deficiencies, the natural aging process, or simply overzealous tweezing. Whatever the cause (and you should check with your doc to rule out any serious conditions), you can reclaim a beautiful eyebrow shape with this primer on eyebrow shading.

When you're filling in your eyebrows yourself, Rule No. 1 is: Don't be scared! You can do it without having that obvious drawn-in look. The key is to use brow powder or powder eye shadow (much more subtle than using a pencil, which can create strong lines).

Before adding color, first determine where your eyebrows should begin, peak, and end. "Once the brow shape is defined, the thickness is then a matter of choice based on the individual's personal style," says Vincent Longo, makeup artist and creative director for Vincent Longo Cosmetics.

Here are Longo's tips for finding your eyebrow shape:

1. Figure out where your eyebrow begins by placing a pencil vertically against the side of your nose and the inner corner of the eye. This is the starting point.
2. Next, place the pencil diagonally from the side of your nostril to the center of the pupil — this is the highest point of the arch. Make sure the pencil is vertical, since any slight angle will throw off the brow shape.
3. Lastly, to determine where the brow tapers off, place the pencil from the side of the nostril to the outside corner of the eye. This is the end point.

Mark these three points on each of your eyebrows using an eye pencil, visually connect the dots, then tweeze or wax off hairs that fall out of bounds.

To fill with brow powder, choose a shade close to your natural hair color (or one or two shades deeper if you have pale eyebrows), then follow the steps below.

1. Apply brow wax (or ChapStick!) on your eyebrows as a base.
2. Dip an angled liner brush into brow powder and using short, light strokes "draw" hairs over the new brow shape you created, starting from the center of the brow outward. To define the underside of the brow or to fill in very sparse areas, apply a bit more pressure.
3. Blend the color with a brow brush or clean toothbrush.
4. Finally, use a spooley brush (it looks like a mascara wand) to apply clear eyebrow gel onto your brows for extra hold.

Women with very light-colored eyebrow hair can "thicken" their brows with colored brow gels and brow tints in a shade or two darker than their natural color. These products, which often come in 2-in-1 packaging, resemble mascara, but the formulas are lighter in texture and have less pigment. However, it takes a little practice to master brushing on the color without getting it on your skin.

Whether you're filling in your eyebrows temporarily or need to permanently add it to your beauty routine, these tips will help you fake your way to lush, shapely eyebrows.

From Daily Glow

It is very important that the sunscreen that an individual uses contains SPF protection, so that the skin is guarded from the ultra violet rays.

Lip Lasting Power!

To keep your lipstick on all day, pencil your lips with a soft lip pencil, then apply your lipstick.

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Grapes

Top Anti Aging Food: Grapes are one of the best known fruits that have anti aging properties. The flavanoids contained in dark colored grapes are powerful antioxidants that combat cellular degeneration and resveratrol a compound that has multiple anti aging benefits from reducing fine lines to preventing wrinkles. Anthocyanins, a chemical responsible for the deep dark color of grapes also addresses another issue that becomes important as we age: memory.

The wonders of Avacado

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Keeping Your Skin Moisturized Everyday- Especially in winter. It has been proven that the best moisturizers are those that contain organic oils like olive oil and Avocado oil.

For shiny and healthy hair, mash up an avocado, mix it with a tablespoon of olive oil, and rub it through your hair. Wash your hair after 15 minutes.

Fuller lashes with Mascara

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Apply two coats of mascara, but make sure to allow the first coat to dry prior to the second coats. This will avoid clumping.

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