Archive for February, 2010

Five foods that love your beauty skin

Five foods that love your beauty skinMoisturizing, anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, regenerating… the list of beauty creams and skin products can go on and on, all promising to give you healthy glowing skin.

While these high-tech and high-priced products might help you get that flawless complexion, all they do is an outside job that does not maximize your skin’s beauty potential.

There’s a lower-priced yet healthier alternative that does just as well, maybe even better. Nutrient–rich foods work from the inside to tap into your body’s natural moisturizing, anti-aging, regenerating and beautifying power. Now that’s literally beauty that comes from within.

Expired Beauty Enhancers May Prove Dangerous

Expired Beauty Enhancers May Prove DangerousIn today’s glamour world, the make-up maniacs do not even pay heed to the manufacturing and expiry date of the very cosmetic they are using to enhance their beauty. The cosmetics which lie in the vanity box of any female have a duration in which these have to be used and the number of months of safe use is written inside all of them.

About 89% of the women are not aware of any such information available about these beauty essentials and 68% replace make-up when they fall short of it.

Recession proof your beauty routine with these tips

beauty-tips-300x300Best-selling author Paula Begoun returns with her most comprehensive book and ultimate guide to smart beauty: “Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me 8th Edition”.
Known by media and consumers as the “Cosmetics Cop,” Paula reaffirms this title by providing tons of information to help you to look your best at any age.

We asked Begoun for ways to get GORGEOUS on a budget and what she has to say about eyecreams and jar packaging might just surprise you!

Beauty Editor: 10 Tips To Stay Young-Looking

10 Tips: Stay Young-Looking Through the Years

1. Skin Care! At the first sign of a blemish and oily hair as a teen, develop a skin care routine. Start with daily basic cleansing and graduate to the appropriate skin care as your skin changes with age.

2. Wear a sunblock. All ages and all skin tones under the rainbow need to protect their skin with an SPF of at least 15.

3. Use a scrub. Removing dead skin makes the skin look healthy. Choose one per skin type.

4. Remove make-up at night. This helps cut down blackheads and bacteria from forming. Plus is healthier for your skin.

5 top tips to a perfect base

Applying a good makeup base is surprisingly tricky. Get it right and you will achieve a luminous and polished complexion, but get it wrong and you can be left with caked skin, visible foundation lines, flakiness or uneven coverage. I had a chat with Rimmel London makeup artist Kirsten Piggott, who revealed her tips to achieving a flawless complexion.

Start at the top
Apply foundation on your forehead first and blend downwards. This will ensure that the spread of makeup is even and will prevent over-applying foundation on areas that don’t need it.

Smoother skin is the natural beauty solution to ageing

Ladies who want to stop ageing the natural beauty way should focus on improving the tone of their skin.

The Mirror said that recent research has hinted that smoother skin gives a younger appearance, with age spots, uneven pigmentation and spider veins ageing people.

However, the newspaper said that flawless skin can be achieved with the help of a few natural makeup items, starting with products which contain an SPF.