10 Budget Beauty Tips or How to Look Gorgeous on the Cheap
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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
$5 DIY Cleanser for Skin As Soft ‘n Smooth As a Baby’s Butt
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Yesterday I ran out of my mediocre foaming facial cleanser — I use it because it was expensive plus it removes my makeup pretty well, frankly, it’s pretty much so-so. Today, instead of heading off to the department store in search of another high dollar, mediocre facial cleanser, I decided to make my own. Here’s my recipe that costs about $6 for around 4 oz.
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RECIPE: Newest Miracle Skin Care Ingredient…and It Works!
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Naturally occurring in the human body, HA production declines as we age. This contributes to the loss of moisture; the skin becomes thinner and less supple. The loss of HA may also impair the skin’s ability to repair itself and possibly affects the synthesis and deposition pattern of other skin matrix components.
Hyaluronic Acid is found in all of our connective tissue. And recently, scientists have discovered that by supplementing it, our joints, hearts — and our skin — can benefit tremendously.
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Acne Myths and A Recipe to Clear It All Up
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Reality: Zits aren’t caused by dirt. Contrary to what you may have seen in advertising, pores don’t get blocked from the top down due to “impurities”. Rather, the walls of a pore stick together deep within the skin, starting acne formation. Far from keeping acne at bay, frequent washing may actually irritate pores and cause them to become more clogged. A washcloth can add even more irritation. The best bet is to wash your face gently with clean, bare hands, and only wash twice a day.
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Cut Your Own Hair? Only As Long As You Follow This Guide!
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under DIY, education, hair, tools, brushes, gizmos, gadgets
We all have to balance the pricey cost of hair-cuts with the need to get a quick trim every 3-4 weeks. So, I was glad to find the following video that offers an easy step-by-step guide to trimming your own hair. If you decide to try this, follow these steps to a “T;” otherwise, leave it to a pro.
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Blushing beautifully: A recipe for cherubic cheeks
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under DIY, bargain, blush, face, recipe, wedding
This morning I was getting ready for my day with a simple, clean daytime look and, even in my enormous collection of blushes and cheek tints, that I didn’t have that “just right” color to set off my clean eye makeup including simple almost-black liquid liner, perfectly groomed brows and neutral lids.
Well I found the right color — Face Atlier’s Perfect Blush in Pink Satin — but in a powder, which, for me, don’t last through the day. In fact, I’m lucky to make it to lunch without looking sallow and sad. To top it off, I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to touch-up.
My solution: craft my own long-lasting cheek tint!
Into the lid of a leftover mineral makeup sample (I get lots of those), I added about 1/8 teaspoon of plain glycerine. Then, using a sterilized metal nail file, I scraped a little of my lovely Face Atelier blush into the glyercine. If I was to guess, I’d say I all in all, I ended up with a little over a “dash” of blush powder. BTW, in cooking terms a dash is a little more than 1/16 teaspoon and less than 1/8.
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DIY Skin Care…Is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under DIY, anti-aging, education, perfect pores, self-improvement, skin care
In the world of do-it-yourself, there’s home repair, tech gadgetry (see make.com for some pretty cool projects) and then there’s your skin.
I started dabbling in DIY skincare a few years ago. My introduction started innocently enough with homemade lipbalm…some recipes incredibly successful–a chocolate-mint balm that used real chocolate chips…yum–and a few not-so–picture a sluggish mess [...]
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