Beauty Tips
Tip 1:
Use Lip Care Daily.
Use a lip care product as part of a daily regimen to moisturize your lips and maintain their healthy condition. A lip treatment, such as Blistex DCT (Daily Conditioning Treatment for Lips), containing the natural moisturizers cocoa butter and aloe vera is an effective combination. Daily treatment of the lips helps maintain a smooth feel and appearance
Tip 2:
Use Lip Care Before Exposure to Dry Environment.
Whenever you are exposed to especially drying conditions, whether due to harsh outdoor elements or a dry indoor environment, use a lip care product that seals in natural moisture and seals out the drying forces. Recommended products, like Blistex Medicated Lip Balm, Blistex Complete Moisture, Blistex Herbal Answer and Blistex Ultra Protection, combine a number of protectants to defend your lips effectively.
Color suggestions.
If you have a fair complexion try a pale pink or peach blush. Stay away from rich or dark colors. Pale pinks or peach will brighten your complexion without looking unnatural.
If you have an olive complexion you may want to try a deep peachy-pink blush. Deep peachy pinks will highlight and bring out your natural 'flush'. You can also get a beautiful effect by mixing a little pink blush with bronzer - beautiful!
If you have a tawny (or tanned) complexion you might try a golden pink or peachy blush. These compliment yellow undertones and look very natural.
If you have a dark complexion think in shades of rich berry, deep purples, deep rose. Stay away from light or pale shades that will wash you out. The rich deep shades will look very natural and compliment your dark skin!
Work with bronzer.
Since mineral bronzers are so natural looking, more and more people are using them with their blush to achieve a very natural effect. You can apply bronzer before or after your blush, mix it with blush, use it alone as a blush, or use it to tone down your blush.
Blush application.
When applying mineral blush, keep in mind that you only need the slightest amount to achieve a beautiful and natural effect. (This is not regular powder blush.)
Just barely touching the blush, use your brush to "grab" a tiny amount from the container, swirl the bristles in the lid (or container of your choice), and then tap off all the excess.
For an "apple of cheeks" look, smile and sweep the blush from the apple of your cheeks up to your hairline, ending at your temples.
Then for a face lift, work the blush brush back and forth outside the eye area so that the strongest point of color is there.
For a more "cheek bone" look, apply bronzer over your blush (or alone) blending upwards just along your cheek bones.
Apple or Carrot Facial Mask Recipe
Ingredients:
1 apple or a large carrot
Honey
Instruction:
Grate an apple finely and then add about 4 tablespoons of Honey. Mix it well apply the mask to your face wait 10 minutes and rinse. This recipe works very well for oily skins. If your skin is not oily you can substitute raw carrots for the apple. I tend to use the apples most of the time but if I am having an acne problem I use carrots for my facial mask that week.
Facial Mask Recipes for Normal combination, oily and blemished skin
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal
1 teaspoon olive oil
few drops of lemon juice
Instruction:
Mix one egg white, 1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal, a teaspoon olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice until smooth. Spread on your face and neck, leave on for 15 – 30 min then rinse with lukewarm water. Few drops lemon juice will help to reduce blackheads while egg white will leave your skin feel “tight” after this mask application.
Banana, Yogurt and Honey Facial Mask
Ingredients:
1/2 banana
2 tablespoons yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
Instruction:
Mash the banana with a fork then mix in honey and yogurt. Apply to your face evenly. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water and get soft and smooth skin.
Orange and Yogurt Facial Mask
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon plain yogurt
Juice of 1/4 of an orange
Instruction:
Mash the above ingredients properly and apply on your face gently. The sensation is both cool and relaxing. Leave on for a five minutes and then rinse. If you are feeling sluggish, this is the perfect mask for you. The yogurt will cleanse and nourish.
Care For Your Eyes This Summer
Beautiful eyes sparkle if you take care of your eyes with some attention and regular checkups. It begins with lifestyle issues like what you really eat. Green leafy vegetables, carrots, liver, cod liver oil, nuts and red or yellow fruits are essential. The food should be fresh and natural. There is no point in loading oneself with self prescribed supplementary doses of Vitamin-A.
Regular visit to eye doctor will detect any eye problem in its early stages which will make treatment easy and successful. For the minor problems such as eyes strained by peering too closely at books or computer screen,
you can do simple eye exercises like holding a pen out at arm's length and looking at its tip till tears roll down your cheeks. It is essential to keep a strict distance between your eyes and whatever it is you are looking at. Take frequent breaks to close your eyes for up to a minute to give them some rest.
A good night's rest is what your eyes require after strenuous day. Splash your eyes with cold water to remove puffiness. A slice of cucumber or potato can do a trick for tired eyes. For itching eyes, wash your eyes carefully with water. If the itch continues for a while, you must see the doctor to rule out infection. It is important that you should go for full eye examination at least once in two years till you are 40; after that your visits should be annual.
These days contact lenses are quite a rage as they enhance your features. Many options like gas-permeable lenses which provide oxygen transmission, quite a range of coloured cosmetic lenses and disposable lenses in the market, you have lots to choose from. But once again you have to be careful in following the doctor's instructions. Wash your hands before putting in or removing the lenses, wear good quality sunglasses whenever you go out and get your lenses sterilized every six months. If you like to rid yourself of specs and lenses, go for eye-correction option in Lasik surgery. These days doctors hold lasik as an safe, effective and accurate procedure if done properly.
But if you are nervous about eye-surgery then with the right make-up even you can boast of beautiful eyes.
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