Beauty Care: Fresh n Cool Beauty Tips

Beauty Care: Fresh n Cool Beauty tips

Great Lips
Want sexy lips in just a few seconds? Wet a tea bag and press it against your lips for thirty seconds. The tannin acid in the tea helps to repair damaged skin cells and softens rough lips. See the difference. Put a sexy lipper, and there you are! All ready for your man!

For Perfect Skin

Make your own orange yogurt mask, by mixing a 1 tablespoon plain yogurt with the juice of 1/4 of an orange. Apply the mixture smoothly onto your face. It will have a relaxing and a cooling effect. Leave on for five minutes and then rinse. If you are feeling sluggish, this is the perfect mask for you. The yogurt will cleanse and nourish, while the orange is full of vitamin C.

Ginger Lip Balm

1 tablespoon almond oil 1 tablespoon jojoba oil 2 teaspoons cocoa butter 2 teaspoon beeswax 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil 4 drops of ginger extract (food grade) Gently heat the first four ingredients in a double boiler or heat bath until the wax and cocoa butter are melted. Stir in the vitamin E oil and ginger extract, continuing to stir until almost cool. Pour into a small lip balm container. Apply with a clean lip brush, Q-tip or cosmetic spatuala.

8 Steps to a Fabulous Facial

For deep-down cleansing and a definite improvement in skin-tone, try an at-home facial. Just once a month, will make a noticeable difference to your complexion. Follow these steps to re-create the benefits of the beauty salon in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

1. Smooth your skin with cleansing cream. Leave on for 1-2 minutes to give it time to dissolve grime, oils and stale makeups. Then gently smooth away with cottonwool.

2. Dampen your skin with warm water. Then, gently massage with a blob of facial scrub, avoiding the delicate eye area. This will loosen dead surface skin cells, and leave your skin softer and smoother. It will also prepare your complexion for the beneficial treatments to come. Rinse away with warm water.

3. Take steam for around 5 minutes, to allow the steam to warm and soften your skin. If you have any blackheads, you can try to gently remove them with tissue-covered fingers after this treatment. If you have sensitive skin, or are prone to broken veins, you should avoid this step.

4. Smooth on a face mask. Choose a clay-based one if you have oily skin, or a moisturizing one if you have dry or normal skin. Leave on for 10 minutes, or for as long as specified by the instructions on the product.

5. Rinse away the face mask with warm water. Finish off with a few splashes of cool water to close your pores and freshen your skin, then pat dry with a towel.

6. Soak a cottonwool pad with a skin toner lotion, and smooth over oily areas, such as the nose, chin and forehead.

7. Dot your skin with moisturizer and smooth in. Take the opportunity to massage your skin, as this encourages a brighter complexion and can help reduce puffiness. 8. Smooth your under-eye areas with a soothing eye cream to reduce fine lines and wrinkles., and make the skin ultra-soft.

Apple Zinger Facial Mask

The apple zinger facial mask works wonder for an oily or acne prone skin. Ingredients: 1 medium size apple, grated fine 5 tbs. honey Mix the grated apple and honey well. Smooth over skin and let sit for 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water. You'll see the difference. Do it at least twice a week.

Homemade Ancient Egyptian Scent

1. Prepare chips of fragrant wood (and leave them to macerate) in wine.

2. Strain through a sieve.

3. Melt a quantity of fat in a vessel. Add sweet herbs (and the liquid of the wood chips).

Keep a (slow but) steady heat and stir continuously. Cool, skim off the fat and set aside.

4. Grind herbs and spices carefully.

5. Mix herbs and spices with the fat and shape into little cakes (Leave covered overnight).

6. Place the cakes in a broad pot, (Pour water over and) boil gently, stirring all the time.

7. (Leave to cool and skim off the scented fat). Store in earthenware pots.

Soothing Summer Body Spray

1 tablespoon witch hazel1 teaspoon lemon essential/fragrance oil1 teaspoon cucumber essential/fragrance oil1 cup waterDirections:For a refreshing cool feeling, make an after shower spray by combining all the ingredients. Place in a pump spray bottle.*Note: Dont use if you have sensitive skin, the lemon may irritate it.

Combat Acne

Here are a few tips, which could help you to combat the acne problem in just a while. To stop redness and swelling in an emergency situation , ask your doctor for a cortisone injection. It calms down a pimple almost instantly. If you can't get to your dermatologist, temporarily reduce redness and swelling by dabbing on a drop of cartisone cream or Preparation H.

Puffy Eyes

I hope you people are liking these beauty tips. There are many more to come. I will add new beauty tips almost on the daily basis. So, just stay around :) Getting back to puffy eyes... To reduce puffy eyes, dip two metal spoons into a glass of iced water. Lay a small piece of thin cotton material over each eye, then place a spoon over this and leave for several minutes. To relax tired, aching eyes, place either a piece of cucumber over each, or a cold, wet teabag, for 10 minutes or so. For deep-set eyes, use lots of mascara and, to make the eyes look larger, apply blue eye liner along the inside lower lid.

Dry cracked lips and cold sore lip balm

1 oz. Emu Oil 1 oz. Almond Oil 1 oz. Avocado Oil 1/2 oz. Beeswax 1 tsp. Aloe Vera Liquid 6 drops Lavender Essential Oil 3 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil 3 drops Lime or Sweet Orange Essential Oil Heat oils and beeswax in a double boiler until beeswax has melted. Let cool slightly. Stir in aloe vera, lavender, tea tree, and lime (or sweet orange) essentialoils. Pour into lip balm container As with any of these recipes, if it comes out too soft, add a little more beeswax; if it is too hard, add a drop or 2 more oil. They are really hard to mess up.. so have some fun!

EXFOLIATE to let your skin breathe... natural way

Here's a natural way to exfoliate. Wet your face and apply a couple of tablespoons of sea salt, then gently massage with a wet washcloth or fingers. Sea salt removes dry, flaky and dead skin. Focus on the T-zone and cheeks, but avoid the eye area. After one or two minutes, rinse with cold water to tighten the pores. It is important to do this regularly, or face creams will not penetrate. You can do this maximum once per week.

Fresh Face

All you need are eight to nine whole strawberries and three tablespoons of honey to get the glow. Mash the strawberries into a pulp and add honey. Mix the two well. Don't blend it or it will get runny. Wash your face with a mild cleanser and apply the mixture directly to the skin and let it sit for a few minutes before rinsing it off.