Flatter your Face Shape with Eye Brows

Tweezy does it!

Round Face

Shape up Medium-thick,V-shaped brows with high peaks elongate the face.

Brow how-to "Tweeze several hairs above the outer edges of irises to create peaks. Define with powder.



Square Face

Shapeup Full, straight brows with short tails create the illusion of a narrow jawline.

Brow how-to Tweeze strays below brows to sharpen the lines, then blend a highlighter beneath the highest points to accentuate shape.


Heart Face

Shape up Downplay the point of the chin with thin, slightly S-shaped arches that draw attention up and out toward temples.

Brow how-to Foote recommends having a professional create the tricky shape, then maintaing at home,


Oval Face
Shape up Thick, rounded brows with tapered edges balance a long face, making eyes the focal point.

Brow how-to Pluck a few hairs from the center, starting directly above the pupil and continuing towards the temples, tweezing along the lower brow line. For natural looking definition use a brow pencil to draw short strakes in the direction of hair growth to fill sparse spots.

Dark Under- Eye Circles

Every morning when I wake up, I always seem to have dark under-eye circles. I don't like looking tired when I'm really not! I've tried numerous cover-ups and creams, but they haven't helped at all. How can I look awake and ready for the day? 

     Dark circles are often hereditary, which can be a drag because it means there's no real way to prevent them (darn genetics!). But luckily for those of us who suffer from the dreaded discoloration, there are ways to treat and cover up dark under eye circles.

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      The biggest mistakes are to use a heavier concealer around eye area. These are best for sides of nose and blemishes and only should be used in extreme moderation. Try using foundation first to see how much of the job it takes care of  then using a concealer in a tone a bit lighter than your skin color, in a brush form that is targeted for brightening the under eye area. Use this in the entire under eye area. If that didn't do the trick then use a heavier concealor which matches skin color exactly on only the lower part of orbital bone (where the darkest crescent forms). If you have dark circles under the eyes it is best to stick with light shimmering eye shadow and to skip the heavy eyeliner. Heavy eyeliners will add more shadowing and light tone shadows will brighten all over eye area."Clarins Instant Light Eye Perfecting Base to even and brighten the lids which help brighten whole area. If all else fails, try using a "pop of bright lipstick" to draw attention away from eye circles!

DIY At Home Blow Dry (hair)

Put the Squeeze On

Once you're out of the shower, gently press chunks of hair with a cotton T-shirt; it's so soft, it won't ruffle the hair's outer layer and bring on—gasp!—fuzzies the way a rough towel can.

Flip Out

It's best to blow-dry hair someplace other than your steamy bathroom, to escape the humidity. Tip your head over, and dry roots as you run your fingers through hair, Gurgov recommends. Straighten up while hair is still a bit damp.

Divide and Conquer

Apply another round of product; during hair-raising weather, it's key to keeping frizz under control. If you have straight hair that could use fullness, go for mousse. If your hair is wavy or curly, reach for a straightening balm.

Starting at the back of your head, use a wide-tooth comb to separate hair into four sections—the top, the sides and the back.

Bring the Heat

Unclip the back section of hair. With a medium round brush, lift a 2-inch piece from the roots. Keep the dryer about 1 inch above as you firmly pull the brush out.

"A shiny blowout comes from tension you create with your brush as you dry".

Cool It

When a piece of hair is dry, blast it with a shot of cool air to seal in sleekness. Repeat until all the hair in that section is dry. Then go through steps 3 and 4 with the left, right and top sections.

When they're all dry, mist with a flexible-hold hairspray. That's all you do—so sexy!

Beauty Tips| Vitamin D For Skin

Stored Skin-care vitamins A, C and E are making room in your medicine cabinet for vitamin D, which hydrates skin, smoothes fine lines and boosts radiance.

Sun exposure is that it can cause sunburns, aging and skin cancer. You can get your daily dose of D without the sun by consuming vitamin D rich foods like yogurt, salmon and swordfish; by drinking milk or by taking supplements. But the best way to get vitamin D to your skin is by applying it directly. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Active Vitamin D Serum-Oil, $65, dgskincare.com

Beauty Tips| DIY Beauty Lifesavers

Have Yellow Nails?
Soak in lemon juice
When dark polish gives your nail an icky yellow stain, find the solution with lemons! Rub down your nails with lemon wedge ( the acid helps cancel out the yellow) then put vitamin-enriched treatment to return your nails good health. :) try sally hansen

Jawline and cheeks zits?
Clean your phone
Zap the dirt and bacteria that are  clogging your pores by wiping down your phone each day with sanitizing wipe those zits should clear up on their own once the phone gunk is  gone!

Greasy hair roots
Brush in  baking soda
Sprinkle a little baking soda into a paddle brush and rake it through your hair. The absorbent powder will soak up excess product and add volume  to  lifeless strands!

Streaky makeup
Wash your brushes
The best shampoo to wash your brushes is baby shampoo. Mix a teaspoon  of baby shampoo and warm water in a glass and swirl your brushes clean. Rinse them well, then squeeze dry with a paper towel.

Beauty Tips| Can you get hooked on Lip Balm?

                  Its not an addiction in the true medical sense, but yes, you can train your body to rely on lip balm. Here’s what happens: When your lips start to feel dry or get flaky, they send signal to a deeper layer of skin to produce fresh, plump skin cells. But when you put on lip balm, you slow down the signal because you’re creating a barrier layer that prevents the evaporation of more moisture, so the basal layer never gets the signal to produce new cells. When the lip balm wears off, all of a sudden your lips dry out again and your basal layer has to hurry up and start producing your lips  feel dry, you add more lip balm, which once again tells the basal layer, hey we don’t need any more skin cells. And the cycle repeats.

Beauty Tips| Why do some perfume last so long?

                     Fragrances are complex mixtures of natural and synthetic chemicals diluted in alcohol. That alcohol is the first thing to evaporate, which is why you should wait a few seconds before smelling a perfume on your skin. Once the alcohol is gone, the scent ingredients known as top, middle, and bottom notes develop. Top notes are fleeting (think citrus) you smell them first and they disappear within a few minutes. Middle notes create the body of the scent and are usually floral or a combo of fruity and floral. Bottom notes  are the fragrance anchors, they’re the heaviest and stick around the longest. These are often woody, smoky, or musky. So if your favorite scent has serious staying power, it probably has more base notes in the mix

Beauty Tips| EXFOLIATING SKIN to SMOOTH COMPLEXION

          Hello everyone, dead cells suck the luster from the face. Not only that, but the clog your pores and highlight fine lines too. As you age the rate of cell turnover slows, causing flakiness and dullness, this are signs to step up your exfoliating signs. Here’s how based on your skin type.

                                

OIL OR  ACNE-PRONE SKIN

Exfoliation works wonders at decongesting clogged pores, making it a must for zit- prone skin. But taking a sandpaper approach can leave you with even more bumps. Use a scrub with a small, nourishing jojoba beads, like the ones found in Neutrogena Naturals Purifying Pore Scrub which smoothes  skin and controls oil production. Apply a thin even layer to wet skin, message in circular motions with medium pressure then rinse and pat dry. Try not to exfoliate more than once a week, scrubbing too often can make breakouts worse.

NORMAL SKIN

If you’re one of the lucky ones who is neither oily nor dry, you can tolerate a variety of exfoliating techniques and do deeper pressure. Every other day, apply an alpha hydroxy-acid cleanser ( it removes dead skin cells) to wet skin and drive it in using a face-massage device in five – to 10- seconds. Try Olay Pore Minimizing Cleanser + scrub Only $7 at drugstore and Clarisonic Mia Skin Cleaning System $145 at sephora.

To take exfoliation to the max (normal skin can tolerate a more intense approach), add a retinoic acid such as the prescription cream Retin-A to your nightly routine to help speed up the cell turnover and increase collagen. Its great for improving tone and texture and reducing wrinkles.

DRY OR SENSITIVE SKIN

Sensitive types require a lighter touch and gentler products. Be sure to avoid using strong exfoliants that contain glycolic acid, which travels quickly into the sensitive skin’s fragile layers. Instead, look to physical exfoliants made with perfectly round synethetic spherules that are less likely to irritate skin the way natural ones can, try Clarins Gentle Refiner Exfoliating Cream ($28.50 at Nordstrom).Wet your face, the massage the product onto your skin using light pressure and small, circular motions (if your face is red immediately after, you’ve scrubbed too hard). Remember to do it once a week is just enough to smooth skin without drying it out.

Beauty Tips| Make the Hair Color Last

          




The Problem:

 Chlorinated water, iron, and minerals from inside your water pipes can tint blonde hair to green.

          What to use:

Use a showerhead attachment like Resc-Hue Water Purification System ($120 at sephora.com) to filter unwanted chemicals in the water, and deep treat once a week to keep blonde locks hydrated. TRY Marc Anthony Advanced Color Protect Anti-Aging Night Repair ($10 at Ulta)

                                

                                                    


                                                




                                                   
                                                     
The Problem:

    Over time, brown hair dye oxidizes on your strands, resulting in an orangey, rust-colored tone.

  What to use:

Wash hair with tepid water hot opens the cuticle and lets color seep out. Apply a nonpermanent dye in a cool tone on top of the color you have permanent color once a month to neutralize brassiness. Try GarnierbaShine Color Crème Medium Ash Brown ($8, at drugstore)

                                                   









The Problem:

    Red dye fades faster than other hue; the color    particles are the largest and escape the hair shaft more easily.

                                                 What to use:

Try to keep shampooing to a minimum to hold on to precious pigment. Once a week, twice if you shampoo every day, lather up with a color depositing shampoo. TRY Bumble and Bumble Color Support True Red Shampoo ($23, Bumbleandbumble.com)

Beauty Tips| Can you use the same moisturizer for face and hands?

          You need to use different products to suit your skin’s different needs. The skin on your face tends to be thin and prone to breakouts and wrinkles, while the skin on your hands is thicker and tends to get overly dry and cracked due to washing them with soap several times a day. So your facial moisturizer should be lightweight and noncomedogenic, and perhaps contain film-forming agents that will tighten skin to help reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Your hands should be a heavier barrier cream that protects your digits from harsh conditions and boost their moisture. 

Beauty Tips| Sore from a workout? Some effective treatments

     What I do is hold a bag of frozen peas against the sore area for 10 to 20 mins, or freeze a plastic bottle full of water and roll it over achy legs and feet for the same direction. Ice decreases inflammation and speed up recovery. Make sure to keep moving: stretching and walking gets blood flowing through the muscles for faster recovery. Hope this works for you! :)

Beauty Tips| Do eye creams really reduce wrinkles and puffiness?

Well, yes and no. These essentially moisturizers that have been modified for use on the thin skin around the eyes. While they can't work miracles, they do often contain ingredients that may offer some temporary benefits. They can smooth lines and decrease piffiness with the help of polymers that form a skin-tightening film as  they dry. But     as always, the effects vary from person to person, and the result may not be dramatically noticeable.

Beauty TipsI Home Remedies Skin Whitening

One of the safest bleaching options is natural method. Drinking water 10-12 glasses a day will help flush out toxins from your body. Lack of enough sleep hurts your body and this will reflect on your skin appearance. Whatever you eat also affects the appearance of your skin. Foods rich in fiber, for example fruits and vegetables, are natural treatments of hyper pigmentation. They contain anti-oxidants which flush out toxins from your body. Green tea, another rich source of anti-oxidants is a health drink that will brings out the glow in your skin.

     There are different homemade skin bleaching remedies. Bleaching skin with these remedies is all about having the right ingredients. The advantage of these ingredients is that they are safe. They therefore pose no harm to the skin of its user. Examples of homemade remedies are:

1. Honey and turmeric face mask. Mix 1 tablespoon of honey, turmeric paste, and water. Apply the paste on your skin and leave for 15minutes. Applying this mask will not only lighten your skin but also get rid of dark spots and pimples.

2. Sandalwood and lemon juice paste. Mix 1 tablespoon of sandalwood with lemon juice. Apply on your face for 15 minutes. This is an effective home remedy for inhibiting melanin production from your skin. You may supplement the lemon juice with rosewater.

3. Lemon juice. Mix lemon juice, turmeric powder and cucumber. Apply the mixture on your skin and leave for 15minutes. Wash it off with cold water. Lemon juice is an effective natural skin lightener. It illuminates the skin dermis giving it a healthy glow. The acidic nature of lemon juice makes the skin photosensitive. Therefore, lemon juice should only be applied on the skin at night to avoid the sun’s UV rays.

Beauty Tips| Hide A Zit With Make-up!

  Instead of caking on foundation all over, I spot conceal blemishes so my natural skin shines through on its own!

CORRECT
Cancel out redness with a greenish- tinted corrector. Tap it on the spot using your ring finger it's weaker then your index. so the gentle touch won't irritate the blemish further.

COVER
Find a creamy concealer that matches your skin tone. Apply it to the blemish with a small concealer brush, focusing on the darkest part of the spot, and then lightly fade it out to blend with the rest of your face.

SET
Set the concealer with an oil-free face powder. Use a big fluffy brush and dust it on the spot. Swipe the remaining powder over the rest of your face to blend and remove extra shine.

Beauty Tips| 10-Second Healthy-Hair Test

Pluck a strand from your head and drop it into an eight ounce cup of water. Thefaster and deeper it sinks, the less protein and moisture it has . If your hair floats, it's healthy.

Beauty Tips|For Healthier Feed Your Face And Body

Food rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids help heal dryness and  preserve your skin's natural oils. Hydrate skin from the inside by eating a serving of one of these beauifying bites each day.

WALNUTS
FLAXSEED
ALMONDS
COLD-water fish like  SALMON, HALIBUT, And SARDINES (limit to twice a week)

Is Baby Shampoo Good For Adult Hair?

Most shampoos contain sodium lauryl sulfate which some people find dries out their scalp. Baby shampoo can be smart alternative because it contains amphoteric surfactants, which are milder than SLS. The downside is that baby shampoo doesn't clean as well as shampoo with SLS. So if you use a ton of styling products, you might have to wash multiple times with baby shampoo to get it clean as you would with one lather of an SLS-based products. But that's not such a bad trade-off if your scalp is really parched.

Beauty Tips| Get Curled Lashes.

CURL
Start by lining up the eyelash curler as close to your lashline as possible. Holding it parallel to your face, clamp it down at the base of your lashes.

BEND
Continue to gently pulse the curler as you move it up the length of your lashes. Slowly flip the curler so that it's horizontal for a natural bend.

DEFINE
A lash-curling mascara adds lift and definition. Hold the brush at the base of your lashes and blink through it several times to coat lashes from roots to tips.

Beauty Tips| Fun Hairstyles

BOHO HEAD WRAP
How to: hit the snooze button the just slip on a cool studded headband! Put it over the top of your head, rather than pushing your hair back, to add volume at your crown.










SLEEK PONY
How To: Yesterday's treatment is today's silky-soft pony! Part your hair to the side, and gather it all in an elastic at the nape of your neck. Spritz shine spray on top so it glistens from every angle.












BRAIDED BANGS
How To: Rock this twisted French braid when you want to look flirt. First apply a drop of straightening cream and blow-dry for shine. Then make a French braid along your hairline, bringing in pieces from along your part, to your ear. Pin the ends underneath a section of hair so they stay hidden.

Ban Coffee Before a Bikini Wax

Consuming more than 150 mg of caffeine sends your nerve endings into overdrive for about two hours, causing a hypersensitive skin state.... And more pain during your Brazilian.