Beauty: Cleopatra's Beauty Tips

One of the greatest beauty tips for the skin is one attributed to Cleopatra, the classic icon of beauty. She is reported to have massaged aloe vera gel into her skin daily. The gel from the aloe plant has emollient properties, giving the skin a natural “face lift.” As one of the greatest beauty tips you can drink it, as well.

Another of the worlds greatest beauty tips comes from the coconut. Coconut oil, massaged into the skin will give it a healthy glow. It absorbs into the skin quickly and is ideal for wrinkled, dry or rough skin. It prevents stretch marks and lightens existing ones. It is a tasty lip balm, and has antiseptic qualities that help keep the skin free from infections.

Cucumber slices have long been associated with spa facials. In fact, eating these green beauties are among the greatest beauty tips as they are inexpensive. They have diuretic properties, helping to ease monthly bloating, they also are high in water content which helps nourish the skin, helping to avoid wrinkles.

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Dos and Don'ts: Wedding Beauty

Do: get your skin sorted, pronto. If you're prone to blemishes, or have conditions such as rosacea, acne scarring etc., head to a dermatologist or skincare expert with as much time up your sleeve as possible.

Don't: have a facial (especially from a salon with skincare products you haven't tried before) less than two weeks before your wedding. You don't want to risk any reactions or break-outs.

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Beauty Tips: Instant Recovery for Chapped Lips!

Do you have dry and chapped lips? Wanna have the sexiest lips this spring? Here is some great advice:

• Use a regular toothbrush to gently exfoliate dead, dry skin off your lips. Place toothbrush on lips and gently massage in a circular motion.


• Pat dry and then apply lip balm.


• Avoid licking your lips. Saliva evaporates quickly and digests the thin membrane protecting lips, leaving lips drier than before you licked them.


• Smoking will constantly evaporate any natural oils on the lips.


• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water. Dehydration typically results in chapped lips.

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2 ANTI WRINKLE TIPS

Want to maintain beautiful smooth skin as the years go by? Try these tips:

Exfoliation: This should be done weekly. There are a lot of scrubs available in the market. Using a good scrub according to your skin type, will remove dead cells of the skin, remove acne and redness. This will give your skin a scope to regenerate itself.

Sunscreen: This is a very important cosmetic to prevent your face the harms of the UV rays. Use a sunscreen everyday when going out and also at home. The mercury lights also shed UV rays that are harmful. Sunscreen should be used according to the skin type and the SPF should also be taken according to your skin type.

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Tip: Easy Steps to Cleaning Your Makeup Brush

First, make sure to Spray with brush cleaner weekly. Once a week, spritz the bristles of your makeup brush, making sure to dampen both sides if the brush is flat. Wipe a clean cloth with the moistened brush until the brush comes clean.

Run the tips of the bristles under warm water. Pour a little baby shampoo into the palm of one hand. Holding the brush in the other hand, swirl the bristles around in the baby shampoo. Rinse the brush by swirling in a bowl of clean warm water. Use a cloth to wipe the brush clean; then lay it flat on a cloth to dry.

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Makeup Trend: Lilac Eyeshadow

Smoky purple eyes are bolder than black and look great on all eye colors, from baby blue to deepest brown.

The most wearable way to wear the trend?

• Apply a pale lilac eye shadow onto your lids and blend a dark plum in the crease.
• Extend the pale lilac onto your lower lashline with a stiff eyeliner brush, tracing a line from inner corner to outer corner.
• Complete the look with charcoal-inspired pencil liner around the eyes!
• Finish it with a warm light pink lip gloss on your lips.

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Makeup Tips: Enhance the Beauty of Asian Features and Skin

Black hair and pale but yellow toned skin are best complemented by soft, warm colors. Here are some awesome tips for creating the perfect look for this season!

• After applying your foundation, concealer and powder, sweep some lilac eyeshadow over your eyelid.
• Lightly fill your eyebrows with a dark brown eyebrow pencil to provide a strong frame to your eyes.
• A lick of blue black eye liner will emphasize your beautifully shaped eyes, and help correct any droopiness. Slick it along the lower lashes and into outer corners of your eyes to create balance.
• A warm blusher gives a wonderful boost to your complexion and brings out a natural glow.
• A baby pink or light coral lipstick will bring your lips into focus.

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Nail Trend: NUDE

Remember how trendy blue nail polish was last year? Well, it's time to leave flashing color behind for a few weeks and get ready for the next big thing in nails.



























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5 Musts About Wearing Mascara

1. Never, ever pump the wand - this adds air to the mascara container, which will only make your mascara dry out faster.
2. As a general rule, brown or soft black are best for daytime; black works best for night.
3. Use less mascara on lower lashes than on top lashes. Or forgo mascara on lower lashes for a more casual look.
4. If your mascara smells funny or is more than six months old, chuck it. The eyes are very sensitive to bacteria.
5. After you've coated lashes with mascara, add just one more layer to the outer corners. The extra coat will make your lashes look especially long.

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The Perfect Red Lips

Lip Conditioner:

Ensure Lips are smooth and in perfect condition, then apply a generous layer of lip conditioner. Allow the lips to absorb the conditioner during few seconds and blot away any excess of it with a tissue. You need to use a concealer brush to apply the lip conditioner.


Applying Lip Primer

Apply lip primer, which is a colour free base to use under the lipstick. It smoothes and refines the lip line. You need to apply the primer on the entire mouth around and outside the lip line.


Concealer

By applying the concealer on the mouth you erase the lip natural colour. You may use face powder foundation, or concealer. At the end use a bit of powder to blot any excess of foundation away.


Lip Liner

Apply the lip liner by using a finely sharpened red lip liner. Start working from the centres out, use short and soft strokes. As you work your way out, you came to natural lip line, give short and soft strokes and joined them to make one clean line around the mouth.

Applying Lipstick

Use two lipsticks, one brick red and another orangey red and mix and test them on your hand. Start applying the lipstick from the centre and blend it out towards the corners. You need to use a nice firm brush as it will allow you to create a clean precise edge.

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Step by Step Cat Eye

Before you get started with your cat eye application, organize a few essentials. In order to complete a perfect cat eye, you’ll need the following:

Makeup

* Liquid, pencil or powder eyeliner in black or dark brown (liquid is recommended.)
* Eyelash curler, try Shisedio’s fabulous curler.
* Black mascara
* Concealer
* Beige or taupe eye shadow
* Q-tips saturated in eye makeup remover.
* Tweezers


1. First, perfect your palette by removing any stray eyebrow hairs with tweezers.
2. Pat concealer in corners of eyes and lightly underneath to conceal dark circles.
3. Curl lashes with eyelash curler for added definition and lift.
4. Pull eyelid taut and lift at end of eye. With a steady hand, draw a line starting right above the iris, and extend, lifting and thickening the line to the outer eye. With a sweeping motion, flare line up; thickening the line and ending with a sharp point,
5. Brush a taupe or ivory shadow directly above the cat eye extending into the brow bone.
6. Apply 2-3 coats of black mascara.
7. Touch up any smudges with your Q-tips saturated in eye makeup remover.








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Defined Cheekbones?

The steps to getting well defined cheekbones are very simple. Imagine if you will that there is an imaginary line from the bottom corner of your nose to the area where your ear is attached at the top of the ear. This line defines the top of the area where your blush will be applied.

To find the bottom line simply imagine a line from the bottom corner of your mouth to the bottom attachment of your ear.Use the handle of your contour brush to get an idea where these lines are.

Next you will need to locate the starting point. If you can imagine a vertical line from the iris of your eye to where it intersects the lower line, this is the point where you will want to start applying your blush going up towards the ear. This starting point is also the area of your face where your cheeks start to round back towards the side of your head. Use those imaginary lines to guide you where you need to apply your blush, and make sure you blend upwards to give yourself well defined cheekbones.

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Matte Skin, Luminous Finish

Beautifully natural-looking skin was the big look for autumn/winter. For those not born with a fresh-faced glow, this look is all about the prep work. Prime skin with a moisturising serum or a few drops of MAC's Care Blend Essential Oils before applying your foundation; then dust with pressed powder for a matte yet silky finish.

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Beauty Tips to Look Perfect When Stressed

AVOID PROCESSED FOODS. It is now public knowledge that processed foods have high levels of chemical additives which are poisonous to our body. We should eat more fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants to help reduce stress, delay aging, and increase immunity of our body.

Some of fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants are blueberries, tomatoes, carrots, and broccoli. Oranges and grapefruits are good sources of vitamin C. Magnesium, a mineral that fights stress, is often found in whole-grain products (oatmeal, popcorn, brown rice, whole-wheat flour, sprouted grains, whole-grain pasta, and whole-wheat bread), beets, and raisins. Bananas and avocados are loaded with potassium, a mineral known to preserve smoothness of skin. Yogurt also helps lower blood pressure.

Formulated vitamin and mineral supplements assure regular intake of required daily dose of vitamins C, E, A, K, and B complex that our body needs to stay active and young.

ENRICH THE MIND. Reading good books keeps the mind alert and dynamic. Watching movies or plays and engaging in conversation with people also maintain brain agility. A busy mind never gets bored. With the absence of boredom, discontentment and unhappiness will have no place to set in. And wrinkles will be absent, too.

FIGHT STRESS. Stress is caused by both negative and positive events in life: a sudden unemployed stage or a happy birthday party. Some of the symptoms of stress are: headache, sleep disorder, and depression. Stress can be managed through: exercise, relaxation and a healthy diet rich in magnesium. Enough sleep is as important as activity and food.

Here are some ways of getting to sleep fast:

1. avoid food (or snack) and caffeine intake before bedtime (coffee, tea, or chocolate),

2. no more physical exertion when sleeping time is near, and

3. take a warm shower and listen to slow music with eyes closed.

Here's how to relax: spread your full length on the bed and think of nothing. Imagine you're just floating in space.

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Skin and Water

There are few things as important for your skin as water.

Whenever your body becomes dehydrated it draws on its water reservoirs, one of which being your skin, and sucks out all the moisture it can find.

The resulting dry skin, not only looks unattractive but it also speeds up the appearance of wrinkles and other age-related skin deterioration.

Although it's crucial to drink plenty water to keep your skin hydrated from the inside, it's also vital to give it a helping hand on the outside as well.

A good moisturiser not only adds essential moisture to your skin but it also acts as a barrier to prevent moisture from escaping.

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Dying Grey Hair

The natural reaction to the appearance of grey hair is to reach for the hair dye.

However, you must choose your colour carefully to avoid looking frightful.

Full on black, blonde or red hair does not look natural on mature women.

As harsh as it may sound, older ladies simply no longer have the youthful face to carry off strong colours.

So if you're unwilling to grow old the way nature intended (i.e. letting your grey hair come through), use subtle shades of colour to compliment your experienced face.

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2 ANTI WRINKLE TIPS

Want to maintain smooth and beautiful skin through the years? Follow these tips:

Exfoliation: This should be done weekly. There are a lot of scrubs available in the market. Using a good scrub according to your skin type, will remove dead cells of the skin, remove acne and redness. This will give your skin a scope to regenerate itself.

Sunscreen: This is a very important cosmetic to prevent your face the harms of the UV rays. Use a sunscreen everyday when going out and also at home. The mercury lights also shed UV rays that are harmful. Sunscreen should be used according to the skin type and the SPF should also be taken according to your skin type.

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Healthy Glow on Your Face!

Here are some tips and pointers on how to get the natural healthy glow on your lovely face.

For a healthy and glowing skin, you need to cut down on spices and oily/fried food.

Eating fresh fruit and vegetables

It is a great idea as they are good sources of antioxidants.

Start your day with an ancient Ayurvedic ritual: drink a hot glass of water with lemon juice to assist your body in removing toxins.

Nourish your skin from the inside. Eat right, take proper vitamin and mineral supplementation, exercise regularly, and sleep right. It's winter for heaven's sake—nature hibernates. Crawl into bed an hour early with a hot beverage and a good read.

Drink plenty of water to hydrate your skin and offset the lack of humidity. Alcohol, coffee and tea dehydrate the body, so while your liquid intake may be higher in the winter, make a special effort to include hydrating beverages. If you really don't like the taste of water, add lemon or lime juice, or eat more foods with a high water content.

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Healthy and Beautiful Nails?

In order to keep the nails as clean and shine, as in a good shape, try by using some oils
and lemon. This will moisturize and leave them clean and smooth.

For strengthening the nails drink fresh carrot juice daily as they are high in calcium and phosphorus.
Also Jelly will make them really strong and will let them grow more quick and healthy!

Stay away from artificial nails as much as possible. Apart from destroying the underlying nail with their chemicals and glue, they might also lead to fungal infection of the fingernails.

If you are suffering from the problem of hangnails, it is advisable to eat food rich in protein, vitamin C and folic acid.

Ensure that half of your diet is made up of fresh fruits and raw vegetables. This will supple your nails with the required vitamins, minerals and enzymes.

Supplementing your diet with spirulina and kelp will help make your nails strong and healthy.


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Beauty Trend: Freckles Makeup

Freckled faces complemented the Rachel Comey’s spring 2010 show,
made of a healthy dabbing of eyebrow pencil along the cheeks and bridge of the nose.

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5 Tips to Burn Calories Without the Gym!

1) Simply by hoovering, mopping, sweeping or other household chores can burn up to 100 calories every 20 minutes, all you have to do is up the intensity a little.

2) When bringing the baby for a walk in the buggy, take a route with a hill, pushing the buggy will intensify the walk and tone the arms more. Borrow your friends baby if you don’t have one, brownie points will be an added benefit!

3) Next time you forget something from upstairs instead of sending someone else up for it, go yourself! To make it even more worthwhile try and run up the stairs instead of plodding up it.

4) In work if there is a toilet on your floor… don’t use it, make the effort to walk up the stairs and use the one there. Do this each time you need to use the bathroom and before you know it you’ll start noticing a difference in those legs. Likewise DON’T USE THE LIFT, this is lazy, by using the stairs an extra few times each day you can burn off enough calories to warrant a smaller dress size and you will be toning your thighs and buttocks. So whether the lift is in work or your apartment block steer clear of it!

5) Get out in the garden, weeding, trimming or mowing the grass can work up a major sweat and you are getting fresh air.

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Marc by Marc Jacobs: Juicy Lip Color

Pumped-up shades of cantaloupe and watermelon made puckers pop, with textures ranging from ultramatte to superslick.

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HOW TO: Get Your Foundation Right

1. Moisturise first - applying moisturiser after cleansing but before you reach for your foundation ensures the make-up has a soft, smooth surface to bind to. 2. Don't forget your neck. It's a make up mistakes to have two tones for face and neck caused by stopping your make up at your chin. So always apply a little foundation under the chin and down the upper neck, blending it away as you go down. 3. Enhance, don't disguise. The purpose of foundation is to enhance the natural skin not cover it completely. So use as little foundation as possible to ensure you look like you, not your circus going twin (a white faced clown, in case you didn't get it).



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Stress, Beauty and Skin Affects

Stress affects beauty through skin condition worries such as blemishes as well as the loss of moisture, which occurs more rapidly when under stress. Dryness of the skin can create more fine line/wrinkles appearance and causes the skin to look dull and aged. Creating a skin care regimen can help fight stressed skin worries. It is important to wash and cleanse the skin with a mild cleanser that is appropriate for ones skin type (oily, dry or normal). Apply a daily moisturizer with sunscreen in the morning and a heavier cream or facial lotion at night. There are a number of products now that contain antioxidants that can combat stress effects by protecting the skin from free radicals. Dermatologists suggest not only using a skin care regimen for the outside of the skin but a healthy diet to nourish from within.

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Hair Loss and Growth Tips

What is causing your hair loss?

1. Diet.
2. Lifestyle.
3. Stress.

What to do to?


Take Omega 3 supplements, eat vegetables and fruits, drink a lot of liquids, use hair growth pills or health supplements.


Having these as part of your diet will make an amazing difference to how healthy your hair looks and grows.


What not to do?



Smoking: Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to damage your hair. Smoking will restrict the blood flow and circulation in the scalp and to the follicles.
Alcohol: Numerous studies have shown that alcohol consumption can influence your hair loss. Anything that can influence hair loss should be avoided.

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