10 Budget Beauty Tips or How to Look Gorgeous on the Cheap
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under DIY, anti-aging, bargain, body, eyelid, face, hair, handmade, hands, holiday, makeover, recipe, skin care
Does your tight budget make even drugstore beauty products a luxury? No worries. You can still have beautiful skin and hair without buying a ton of (or even any!) products.
Tags: all-natural, bargain, beauty, discount, DIY, dry skin, economy buster, eyelids, freebies, hair care, moisturizing, organic, perfect pores, recipe, skin care, value, young
New YSL Scent Will Sweep You Away
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under body, fragrance, gifts, perfume, wedding
Young, fresh, breezy, beautiful. Words that describe Yves Saint Laurent’s newest fragrance, Parisienne. Perfect for daytime wear or anytime you’re feeling a little — or a lot — romantic (can anyone say wedding?), Parisienne is reminiscent of its predecessor, Paris, and yet it’s distinctly different.
Tags: inspiration, yves saint laurent
Keep Your *Beautiful* Tan Year-Round with a Drugstore Bargain
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under anti-aging, bargain, body, skin care, wedding
I know I’ve been on a big L’Oreal kick lately, and guess what? It ain’t over. L’Oreal recently introduced their Sublime Bronze line, and I’m in love. My pale-skinned self can’t get enough of one self-tanner in particular, Luminous Bronzer. It’s touted as a lotion, but I’d call it more of a lotion-gel…or gel-lotion…whatever. It’s pretty awesome.
Tags: anti-aging, bargain, economy buster, Hollywood, self-tanner, wedding, winter blues
This Summer’s “It” Body Lotion: Light, All-Natural, Environmentally Friendly
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under body, handmade, hands, skin care, sun care, wedding
Summertime is the prime time for touch-ably soft, smooth skin. But in this heat who wants to slather herself with thick body butter or dense, sticky lotion? Not me.
The cure for uncomfortable heavy lotions, potions and creams comes from family-based Kazam Natural Body Care in the form of summer-perfect Tropical Tangerine Hand and Body Lotion. [...]
Tags: all-natural, beauty, dry skin, environmentally friendly, organic, skin care, summer
How’re Your Showers? Ne Plus Ultra!
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under bargain, body, skin care, wedding
New from Caress, the Evenly Gorgeous line includes a luscious body wash and beauty bar (aka soap) surely inspired by a Tahitian goddess. Formulated with burnt brown sugar (why burnt? take a whiff and you’ll figure it out…yummy goodness) and karite butter, these bathing agents exfoliate while cleansing, moisturizing and treating your skin to a [...]
Tags: bargain, beauty, dry skin, economy buster, moisturizing, skin care, wedding
I’m Gonna Wash That Milk Right Into My Skin
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under anti-aging, body, gifts, holiday, skin care, sun care, travel
L’Occitane Shower Cream in my favorite eye-opening fragrance, Verbena is a delicate, low-foaming, lightly scented liquid wash that softens your skin and gently cleanses your hair. Containing shea milk with its smoothing and protecting properties, and regenerating wheat proteins, this creamy mix helps preserve the natural balance of both skin and hair without stripping or [...]
Tags: beauty, dry skin, hair care, skin care, skin softening
Skin of a Goddess: A Simple Salt-Scrub Recipe
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under DIY, bargain, body, gifts, handmade, recipe, skin care
Here’s a lucious recipe for a classic salt scrub that’s especially luxurious, feminine, but not childish. Bolivian Pink Salt looks gorgeous in the scrub, but you can use your favorite fine-to-medium grain salt.
Tags: beauty, economy, recipe, skin care, winter blues
Moisture Maximizers
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under anti-aging, body, skin care
Follow these 5 tips to ditch winter itchy skin
You could wear nothing but cashmere from head to toe. But there’s a less expensive way to address autumn’s dry-skin miseries: Maximize the moisture level in your skin. Here are five good ways to maximize your dry skin in cold weather.
Lather, rinse–and do not repeat. Hot water [...]
Johnny B. Takes Shaving to the Next Level
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under body, skin care
Although removing hair from your body (or your face, in the case of you guys…or girls who shave your faces. what? anyway.) is not a glamorous task–actually far from it. It’s tedious, boring, mundane…but it must be done. Agreed?
Well, I’m happy to say that I recently found a fabulous shaving cream (well, not [...]
Firm Up for Bikini Season…or Just for Fun
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under body, holiday, wedding
All right, Ladies. How many of you can honestly say you’re ready for beach weather? Do you have a beach bod? My guess is that you may need a little help. Luckily, I have that little bit of help, and I’m going to share my little secret helper.
Flirty Little Secret, a [...]
