The Beauty Tips Blog

• Petroleum jelly for smooth hands and feet

  14Mar
  Categories: General, Quick fixes, Skin Comments: 0

  
  If you want to make your hands and feet feel supple, soft and smooth then there’s a trick you can do with petroleum jelly.
  At night after you’ve taken a shower, get a tub of petroleum jelly. Scoop some of it and rub it on your feet and on your hands. After you’ve fully worked in the petroleum jelly into your skin get a pair of socks and cloth gloves. Wear them and sleep. This combination will make the skin on your feet and hands very soft and smooth. It can even soften the calluses on your feet so you can remove them easily.

  Tags: petroleum jelly, skin care

• Ten-minutes is all you need

  10Feb
  Categories: Quick fixes Comments: 1

  A busy schedule is one the most perfect excuses that girls use when they start neglecting themselves. How many times have you heard the line “I have no time”? Countless right? But this shouldn’t be the case. Because believe it or not, all you need to stay pretty is ten minutes tops.

  Ready? Here we go:

  1. Wash, tone, and moisturize. You’ve heard it time and again, but it’s true. Following this easy, three-step secret can help keep your skin smooth, young, and zit-free. And with spotless skin, what would you need make-up for? If you move quick enough, five minutes is all you need.

  2. Hair we go. Your hair is there for a reason and it shouldn’t be ignored. If you think you won’t have time to be bothered with it, then take three minutes to clear the tangles and put it up in a neat pony. Too short? Slather on some gel or wax to keep every strand in place. A messy mop of hair with no sense of direction? Definitely not pretty.

  3. Pink is it. You’ve already got perfect skin and your hair’s in place. So all you need to complete the look is to swab a bit of color to your lips and cheeks. A lip and cheek tint would instantly give you a healthy pink glow.

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• Mascara on The Eyes, More drama

  05Sep
  Categories: Make-up, Quick fixes Comments: 1

  Mascara is a must for eyes which gives more emphasis around the eyes. Curl your lashes before you apply them to give it more drama and life. If you tend to smudge the lower lids, stay away from them and focus on the upper lashes to minimize time spent on trying to perfect your eyes. Choose colors that are opposite the color of your eyes for contrasting colors work better. To get a smoky effect around your eyes apply a black line on the inside using a black pencil. If you use cream shadows on your eyes, use only on the lid and not on the creases so they don’t emphasize the creases and create a greasy mess.

  Tags: Contrasting colors, Eye Makeup, Mascara

• Simple Remedy to Whiten and Brighten your nails

  09Aug
  Categories: Anti-aging, General, Hair, Information, Make-up, Quick fixes, Skin Comments: 4

  
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  Common ingredients from kitchen and home can be great in lightening up your beauty. Some home remedies are great in getting

  rid of stains and spots from your fingernails. Try one of these methods to get rid of stains and spots from your fingernail

  and whiten and brighten your nails.

  Denture tablets are a great item in getting some life into your dull fingernails. Pour some essential oil into warm water in

  a bowl. The mix up the denture tablet into this warm water mixed with essential oil. Before mixing water with essential oil

  ensure the denture tablet is saturated properly in the essential oil. Then pour the warm water into another bowl and

  dissolve the denture tablet in it. Now soak your fingernails in the warm water with dissolved denture tablet in it. Keep

  the fingernails in it for 10 minutes and then discard the water after use.

  This should whiten and brighten your nails and get rid of stains and spots from the fingernails.

• All About Facials

  29May
  Categories: Anti-aging, General, Quick fixes, Skin Comments: 0

  

  Facial can be one of the best things to do in the mall when there is not much to do and it keeps your face cleansed and clean of all pollutants so scheduling a once a week visit assures a clean complexion that improves in time. There are simpler facials that simply was, exfoliate and rejuvinates the sking using cremes that makes it look younger and cleaner. For non-sensitive skinned people, this is the way to go for it is cheap and fast. For more sensitive types, the use of hypoallergenic cleaners and exfoliants kinda’ takes the price range a bit up but hey, a facial is a facial and if it makes you feel and look good in the process why not.
  another type of facial is called a Galvanic facial which involves a machine that uses a gadget that uses electricity to induce the skin to absorb moisture from a speacial creame that is used in conjunction with the treatment. It gets in deeper meaning you get a cleaner face after treatments which would be nice for people who live in hevily polluted areas.

  Tags: Cleaners, cleansers, Facials, Galvanic Facials

• Cheek Stains

  13May
  Categories: Make-up, Quick fixes, Skin Comments: 1

  Cheek stains are nice to highlight cheeks bringing them to life and the best thing is that they tend to stay put for the rest of the day. Most women who prefer a no-makeup look are ideal for such applications and should be applied on the apples of the cheeks using the fingers in a circular motion. This should be applied quickly for they do dry quickly even without powder to dry them up. Some of the stuff on your lips also works for a minimalist look that does not overdo anything leaving you with a fresh natural look. Use bronzers for a tanned look rather than risk getting sunburned with the real thing. Use bronzer with a little pink coral color to the cheek apples for a life-giving glow.

  Tags: Cheeck stains, Cheeks, Highlighting

• Cheeks

  09May
  Categories: Make-up, Quick fixes, Skin Comments: 1

  For most people, powder blushes work miracles when used properly to liven your cheeks. Use a large powder brush to apply a pink coral shade that works with most faces. Apply to the apples of your cheeks and try to blend them in so as they do not look harsh. Banish lines and creases, by sweep brushing the temples and forehead to soften the blush getting them to blend with underlying make-up. A cream blush is also nice for it looks great on smooth skin after foundations. Stipple lightly on your cheeks and use a sponge to blend it in. Follow-up with a light dusting of translucent powder to set the cream and make it last the whole day.

  Tags: Applying blushes, Cheeks, Powder blushes

• Eyes – Windows to the Soul

  01May
  Categories: Make-up, Quick fixes Comments: 1

  The eyes are the most expressive parts of your face and can be used to highlight them taking attention away from other parts of the face. Use highlight shades under the eyebrows and near the tear duct area to create bright-eyed open eyes that speak a ton of words. Younger women can use shimmer shades while older women should stick to sheer and matte colors. These highlight shades come in many colors such as champagne, pink, white, vanilla, iridescent and gold. They give the eyes a seemingly unreal glow highlighting them and calling attention to them.

  Tags: Eye Makeup, Highlights

• Homemade Facial Recipes

  12Apr
  Categories: Quick fixes Comments: 0

  

  Here are several facial recipes you can try yourself and do at home.

  Crush half a banana and add 2 tablespoons of sour cream and 1 tablespoon of honey. Place the mixture on your face and leave it on for ten minutes before wiping away gentle with a damp washcloth.

  For a honey-based facial mask, mix together 1 1/2 tablespoons of honey, one egg white, 1/3 cup flour, and 2 tsp glycerin. Mix the honey, glycerin and eggwhite before adding the flour. You should end up with a thick paste. Apply on your face and rinse off after 15 minutes. This mask should moisturize your skin and make it smoother and tighter.

  You can also get a slice from a ripe peach and rub it all over your face. Leave it on for twenty minutes before washing off. Another alternative is to take a whole peach, puree it using the blender before applying to your face.

• Lip Gloss and Lipstick

  10Mar
  Categories: Make-up, Quick fixes Comments: 1

  

  The great thing about lip makeup is that it makes it easy for you to alter your overall look. Go from natural to dramatic in mere seconds by simply switching from lip gloss to lipstick. For a subtle and natural look, go for a tinted lip gloss or lip balm. If you think that’s too plain for you, most lip glosses today contain ingredients like mint or spice to give your pout a little more oomph. For a bolder look, pick out a red lipstick in wine and berry shades for those with darker skins tones.

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