Color Concealers: What They're For and How To Use Them On Your Skin

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Using your foundation and traditional concealer, but still not getting the flawless look you're after? Consider trying color concealers.
Now at first glance, this rainbow palette of green, blue, purple and red might throw you off, but these surprising shades actually work great underneath your makeup to help diminish the imperfections you want to keep hidden so your skin looks pristinely perfect. Check out the color breakdown of which hues help with which beauty dilemmas.
Green - Believe it or not, this shade works great to spot treat and cover up redness on the skin. If you have a pesky red pimple, acne blemishes, sunburn, rosacea, or tend to have a little redness in your skin, use green to cancel out the red. The color combination will leave your imperfections gray and thus, way easier to cover with traditional foundation and concealer.
Yellow - Got really dark circles? This shade is the key to combating them. Sometimes regular concealer can still betray your makeup and allow dark under eye shadows to come through. Apply yellow concealer to dark circles first. The bright shade again will cancel out the under eye imperfections and your regular concealer will work much better over top.
Purple - When dark spots, hyper pigmentation, or discoloration make it difficult to apply your foundation and achieve an all-over even tone, using purple concealer can make this much easier. If you have scars that have healed a different shade than your normal skin tone, purple works great to cancel these out as well.
Blue - When the self tanner goes wrong in certain spots, or you're trying to combat a little sunburn, placing blue concealer over top the orange skin works great to cancel out the color. Foundation over top orange skin will never work, since certain spot of your skin have taken a citrusy turn for the worse, so use the blue first to get skin back to a shade that can be covered up with your usual makeup.
Ever use a color concealer? Tell us with a note below!

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Homemade Coconut Milk Leave in Spray on Conditioner

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Coconut milk is packed with loads of proteins and vitamins which makes it an excellent beauty product. It adds strength and elasticity to weak, brittle and damaged hair, and promotes longer hair by helping reduce everyday damage.
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Coconut milk not only treats dry, frizzy hair but also deep conditions, moisturizes and strengthens your hair to help prevent and treat hair fall.
Coconut Milk after shower Conditioner
After shower, add a drop of coconut milk to your palm and apply it to the strands of your hair.
If you have very fine hair then use it just at the ends of your hair to keep it split end free and looking  healthy.
If you don’t have coconut milk then try this homemade hair spray using coconut oil >>
Coconut Milk Leave in Conditioner Spray
  • 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
  • 1 cup distilled water
  • 1tsp of vitamin E oil (optional)
  • Few drops of lavender oil or any other essential oil
Mix it all in a spray bottle and mist it all over your hair.
The homemade all natural leave in conditioner will not only keep your hair soft, shiny and moisturized but will also treat any hair problems naturally.

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Natural Alcohol Free Oily Skin Toner

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To clear and prevent acne as well as lighten the scars use a natural homemade toner.
Green Tea Oily Skin Toner
* 1 cup of green tea
* 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
Mix 1 cup green tea along with 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar and use it as a toner to deep clean the pores, reduce oils and fight acne.
The toner also helps to reduce scar and even out the skin tone for a clear complexion.
Apple cider Vinegar Oily Skin toner
* 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
* 1/2 cup of water
Mix apple cider vinegar with water and pour it in a bottle. Use a cotton pad to apply the toner all over the face, leave it on for 5mi
ns to get rid of excess oils, blackheads and deep clean the skin. Rinse off and pat dry.
Witch hazel Oily skin toner:* 3 parts water
* 2 parts of witch hazel
* 1 part apple cider vinegar
Mix three parts distilled water with two parts witch hazel and one part apple cider vinegar will take care of you. Apply the toner to not only treat excess oil but also tighten the skin.

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7 Reasons to Invest in Quality Clothes

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7 Reasons to Invest in Quality Clothes

Cheap clothes are so abundant  that we all tend to fall into the trap of thinking that clothes should be super inexpensive and entirely disposable. The only clothing some women ever invest in are job interview outfits and wedding dresses. But if you care at all about how you look, you should stop worrying about bargains and treat your clothes like the essential part of your personal style that they are. Invest in your clothes, instead of just buying them.

What It Means to Invest in Clothes

We’re not saying that you should dress up all the time. There are cheap yoga pants, and pricier, better made yoga pants. You’ll get more wear out of your casual, errand-running clothes if you spend a little more money. Remember “cost per wear”. If you spend $50 on a something you wear 25 times, it costs you $2 per wear. But a $20 garment that wears out after 5 wearings costs $4 per wear – twice as much as the more expensive option.
And if you buy tons of trends every season, that just means you’re buying more trends next season, and the next after that. And you still have nothing to wear for weeks at a time, every time it turns from fall to winter, or spring to summer!
Whether trendy or not, we’ve all seen the bane of plus size clothes shopping: pricy yet poorly made clothes. Doesn’t that just make you mad? You should get the quality that you pay for, so learn which retailers charge high prices for low quality fabrics and poor craftsmanship.
We’re also not saying that everyone has (or should have) a large clothing budget. Just buy the best clothes you can afford, even if that means buying one $30 top instead of three $10 tops that will fall apart in the laundry after two wearings.
OK, so that’s what we mean when we say you should invest in clothes. Now for the reasons why you should do it.
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1. You’ll be more comfortable.

Cheap synthetic fabrics don’t breathe like natural fibers. Poor quality fabrics will make you feel too hot in a warm room, but won’t keep you warm when it gets cold. (That’s also what’s wrong with pantyhose – may they never come back into style.) But better fabrics will work the way that clothes are supposed to work.
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2. Less ironing!

Good fabric has a certain weight to it, and that weight keeps it from wrinkling. Your clothes may pick up some creases while you are wearing them, but hang them up after washing and any wrinkles will be pulled straight by the weight of the fabric. And we all know, you have much better things to do than to iron.

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3. Anna Wintour does it.

The editor of Vogue could buy an entirely new wardrobe every few months. Heck, she could probably get tons of clothes for free. But she doesn’t. Instead, she invests in a few things each season and wears the heck out of them. It’s her job to look good and be photographed, and yet she doesn’t worry about wearing a new outfit for every event. So why should we? Get one perfect dress you can wear everywhere, instead of buying a new dress every time you receive a wedding invitation.

4. It’s good for the environment.

When we buy loads of cheap clothes, we send a lot more clothes to thelandfill, a lot sooner. A poorly made top that fades when you try to get out a stain isn’t good for anything anymore. Plus, think of all the energy expended to transport your dress from an overseas factory, then to your local store, and then to the landfill. All for something you got to wear maybe four times. Buying clothes that will last longer reduces the environmental impact of your wardrobe.

5. You’ll like your clothes more.

So many of us could purge our closets of everything that doesn’t fit or is out of style, and we’d still have full closets and nothing to wear. Sound familiar? When you buy clothes only because they were on sale, or to make a small purchase to justify the trip to the store, you get a closet packed full of meh. Maybe you could wear those clothes, but you don’t really want to. The more you spend on a piece of clothing, the more you’re going to make sure you really like it before buying. And assuming you’re buying from a maker who cares about quality, the more value you’ll get out of every dollar you spend.

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6. It shows respect for your own hard work.

You work hard for the money you spend on clothes. Spending your money wisely is a way to respect the time you spend in the office. You’re not just throwing your money away when you fritter it away on cheap clothes – you’re throwing away your own labor. Very few people love their jobs so much that they’d do it for free. So why do it for poorly made clothes that you don’t love? Calculate the cost of a skirt by time worked instead of dollars, and you’ll only buy the best you can afford.

7. You’ll find it much easier to get dressed in the morning.

By now, it’s likely that you’ve read one of the gajillions of posts out there about building a “core wardrobe”.  I absolutely love this concept. There’s a reason famous fashion editors, stylists and models all wear fairly simple, but gorgeous classics.  Because they’re easy, they last forever, and quite simply: they’re fabulous.
When you’ve made the commitment to build a core wardrobe of essentials that are the highest quality you can find (or that you can justify), you’ll discover an awesome new benefit: everything just works together! That’s right. Think about how many ways you can wear a simple black dress. Toss on a jean jacket and ballet flats for a morning of errands. Switch to tights and black boots for brunch with a friend. Then slick on a red lipstick, trade in the boots for strappy sandals, and toss on some bling–voila, it’s date night!
Not every dress has to be black, either. Maybe your neutral is navy, or grey, or camel or brown. Heck, maybe it’s hot pink. That’s cool. But findyour core wardrobe essentials, commit to high quality, and spend less time worrying about what to wear, and more time enjoying looking fabulous in those great items that magically seem to all work together!

Why? Because You’re Worth It

You buy the best groceries you can afford. You live in the best home within your budget. You deserve the best clothes you can manage to buy. The better quality your clothes are, the more they can stand up to wearing, washing, stain removal and alterations season after season. Which means you’ll save money in the long run.
You’ll look better, save money, and feel both more comfortable and more gorgeous! And who doesn’t want that?

Tell us about some of your key wardrobe pieces in the comments! We’d love to hear your thoughts.

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How to Look Cute, but Not Too Provocative at School?

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How to Look Cute, but Not Too Provocative at School?
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Dear girls, we know that school time is the best and most carefree time in your life, but do not turn school into a fashion arena full of lust and everything else, but not moral and values. Know that every clothing outfit, makeup conception or set of gems has its own proper place for wearing. Moreover – if you want to be a top fashionlista and follow the latest high fashion trends, be aware of the top rule that fashion designers of all times have established – “Being dressed in the most luxurious clothes at unsuitable place is error number and turns that clothes into rags!”. So, better find out how to look cute, but not too provocative at school. And we are here to help you with these by giving you some amazing clothing tips, great ideas for makeup for school and accessories that will look fine behind the school desk! So, let`s begin!
1. Appropriate, but original clothes for school!
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The time we live in right now must be the best time for any school girl. Wondering why?
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Well, the thing is that recently high fashion has put on pedestal several main conceptions from the general school uniform style, as well as from the common trends for makeup for school.
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This means that the casual set of skirt with shirt or sweater with jeans and braces will look amazing for you. They will be suitable for the school ethic and in the same time, you will be like those wonderful supermodels from the magazines.
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Try dresses with knee-length socks or sneakers and with skirt and sleeveless jacket, too!
2. And now about the makeup for school…
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Note that extra makeup is not ok either for school, or even for a night out. The trend to make up yourself as a fake porcelain doll has expired and it is now a great moment to show the best of your own natural beauty!
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So natural makeup for school is actually your conception to follow! You can still use concealer to cover the pimps, as well as to apply light foundation for some more radiance.
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However, blushing your cheeks with bronzing products is not for school and not very wise. What else will you show to the guys, when you leave school and go to a party?
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Leave the glamorous eye shadows for the fun nights and better put some highlights to your eyes with eyeliner and superb mascara that tweaks off your eyelashes. As to the lips, proper and good makeup for school allows you to wear pinky, peachy and nude gloss!
3. Accents and accessorises to consider!
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Still school appearance does not have to mean boredom. You might still be original and attractive with your own style and good fashion ideas.
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Accessorizing your look is what you need! Try few pairs of hats and see what suits you to add an accent to your fall or winter appearance.
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Scarves and unique glove designs are also interesting. As to the gems, avoid too feminine or party models, but stick to funky and youth style with more nuances!

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Top Five Egg Face Masks For Tighter Wrinkle Free Skin

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Top Five Egg Face Masks For Tighter Wrinkle Free Skin 







With time and age, you get sagging and loose skin; your face too is no exception! But don’t you get a shiver down your spine even as you imagine your facial skin going slack and flaccid? That is why, anti-aging skincare regimen is so important. If you start early, chances are that your skin would remain firm and tight for a longer period of time. Skin tightening face packs, if used on a regular basis, can be immensely useful. And trust me, you do not have to burn a hole in the pocket to give your skin a boost of skin tightening; if you choose to rely on the bounties of nature, cost-effective skin tightening face packs are abundant.
Did you know that egg whites are extremely effectual in tightening your skin and shrinking the pores? In fact, eggs, when used in face packs, can bring about significant reduction in the appearance of fine lines and restore elasticity to the skin. That is why, using eggs in face packs, especially targeted for skin tightening, can be rewarding! Of course, you have to put up with the smell of raw eggs and that can be a major turn off; but if you count the benefits you are going to reap, I am sure nobody can be happier than you!
Top five skin tightening egg facial masks
1. Egg-white and honey mask: Mix the white of an egg and add a spoon of honey. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and apply it not only on your face but also on your neck. Wait for fifteen minutes. Rinse with cool water. The mask tones your skin, hydrates to make your skin feel rejuvenated.
2. Egg-white and yoghurt face mask: Mix an egg white with a spoon of yoghurt. Add a few granules of brown sugar. Apply the mask generously on your face and neck. Massage your skin gently for about ten minutes. Allow the mask to rest for another ten minutes and then wash off. This mask is great for exfoliating dead skin and tightening loose facial skin. It makes your skin glow with youthful radiance.
3. Egg-white and oatmeal face mask: Whip the white of an egg and add two spoons of oatmeal. Make a paste and apply it on your face. Wait for twenty minutes and experience a natural face lift.
4. Egg-white and lemon juice facial mask: Mix an egg white with two spoons of lemon juice. Add a few drops of honey. Whisk the components into a smooth frothy mixture and apply it evenly on your face and neck. Wait for 30 minutes and wash off. Lemon juice is effective in removing dark spots, dead cells and excess oil. Egg makes your skin firm. Honey helps to replenish lost moisture content.
5. Egg-white and apple facial mask: An apple is to be peeled and blended well. Mix two spoons of apple cider vinegar with an egg white. Mix thoroughly and apply it on your face. While apple cider vinegar exfoliates and soothes your skin, egg white tightens the skin. After 30 minutes, wash off with trepid water.
I am sure you would love to try these egg white skin tightening facial masks for a lovely and youthful skin. After all, beautiful and firm skin is the key to timeless beauty!

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Three interesting makeup tricks!

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Three interesting makeup tricks!




1.The Most Important Thing – Proper Contouring
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Proper countering is perhaps the most important thing when you apply makeup on your face. The main reason for using makeup on your face is that you want to hide the features that you do not like so much and underline the ones that are your favourite. Using makeup and the proper contouring is important when you are going to pose for photos, because the camera is much more sophisticated then the normal human eye and it can capture all the shadows and highlights.
There are special powders for proper countering and highlighting and you can try to use them, but there is also the variant to use such powder that is darker than your skin with a few shades, and a foundation that is lighter than you skin. There are certain areas that you need to define with darker shades – your neck, under your cheek bones, and other parts of your face like the zone under your eyes and the t-zone is where you should highlight.
2.The Illusion of Larger Lips
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Well, unfortunately we are not all blessed with big and juicy lips that we like so much to see on a woman’s face, but there are a few tricks that can help you create this illusion. The simplest one is to use a lip pencil and apply a line outside your normal lip line. That means just to go slightly off your normal lip line so that you create the effect; otherwise all you could achieve is to look like a clown.
3.How to Save Your Eye Line
If you are using eyeliner as part of your makeup vision, perhaps you also check from time to time if it is still there. Some eyeliners are not so stable and tend to vanish after some time, may be because they are not like waterproof makeup. But waterproof makeup is really hard to be taken off, the process of removing, for example the lashes, can be even painful. That is why I prefer not to use waterproof makeup but have some tricks for saving the makeup on my face. Such a trick is to put pressed powder under your eye liner on your bottom lid. With this you create some kind of a barrier so that your eyeliner does not go downward.

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The Secret Trick to Nailing the Perfect Cat-Eye

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The Secret Trick to Nailing the Perfect Cat-Eye




Let’s face it: For those of us without steadfast, surgeon-like hands or a professional makeup crew on call, inky, jet-black liner is intimidating. One false tug is all it takes is to go from feline flick to Amy Winehouse superfan. But before you breakup with the look altogether, consider this: With the right tool—and technique, of course—creating a cat-eye is actually easy. You’ll be a believer too once you try Benefit’s brand new They’re Real! Push-Up Liner. The first ever gel formula inside a pen applicator, this wunderkind liner combines the precision of a traditional gel with the ease of a pen applicator. Even more impressive, the geniuses at Benefit spent five years developing the patent-pending AccuFlex pen tip, which is engineered specifically to hug your lashline. Because it’s so goofproof, the liner can be used a myriad of different ways, but we tried it out with one of our favorite makeup artist tricks and saw major success. Behold: The easiest cat-eye you’ll ever create.
Step by Step

Step 1:

The goal here is sleek and sultry—not I-just-watched-a-Nicholas-Sparks-movie-marathon sloppy. To that end, get the perfect canvas for your dramatic eyeliner with Benefit’s Stay Don't Stray primer. It adds a light wash of nude pigment that conceals darkness and makes you look instantly more awake. Best of all, the formula ensures that your liner will stay put. Dust on a light shimmery shadow to really make eyes pop.

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Holding the liner tip vertical to your lashline, trace a thin line out from the outer corner of your eye. The line should point upwards towards the tip of your brow and stop right underneath your crease. Tip: Follow your lower waterline to help guide placement.

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Next, draw a line back toward the middle of your lid. You should create a small V-shape at the edge of your eye.

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Then, starting near your tear duct, draw a slim straight line above your upper lash line until it connects with your V. Now pat yourself on the back because the tricky part is over.

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Go back and fill in your outlines with color.

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Finish with two coats of long-lasting mascara. Play matchy-matchy by opting for Benefit’s original They’re Real! Mascara. The smooth formula glides on easily, while the unique definition-enhancing brush lifts and separates each and every lash.

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13 Simple Tricks to Get Clear Skin Overnight

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13 Simple Tricks to Get Clear Skin Overnight

Even if you’re eating right, getting enough sleep and a bit of exercise, those breakouts can be super sneaky. Nothing is more frustrating than having a big event like a wedding or job interview and having to deal with bad skin. If you are pressed for time and are looking for options to get glowing skin overnight, here are 13 tried and true ways to get your best skin ASAP!


1. Wash Your Face: Always wash your face before bed! If you’re not washing away all the dirt and sweat from the day, you’re asking for a breakout. Stash cleansing wipes on your nightstand for nights when you’re too tired to move. 


2. Face Mask: Whip up a spa-worthy mask right in your own home using strawberries and yogurt to help smooth bumps and unclog pores. 


3. Hydrate Your Skin: A dry face is much more prone to wrinkles and aging. Simply washing your face before you sleep and applying a rich, non-pore clogging lotion with anti-aging properties will make a huge difference in the texture of your skin.


4. Spot Treatment: Before bed, use a spot treatment containing a combination of sulfur and salicylic acid. Try Mario Badescu Drying Lotion for $17 to kill bacteria and clean out the pores. After cleaning your face, use a Q-tip to apply a spot treatment directly to any budding blemishes. 


5. Use a Clay Mask: The ingredients will penetrate deep into your skin and clean out excess oil and bacteria. This can also double as an exfoliator to open pores and get rid of the gunk clogged inside! 


6. Oatmeal Mask: Combine cooked oatmeal with lemon juice and egg. The oatmeal’s antioxidants will bring down swelling, while the acid in the lemon kills bacteria in your pores and the vitamin E in the egg will tighten skin so it appears perfectly smooth. 


7. Don’t Pick It: Whatever you do, resist the urge to squeeze. It is tempting to pick and pop at a pimple, but that can lead to permanent scarring and further breakouts.


8. Aloe Vera: Aloe Vera is famous for treating wounds and scars and also acts as a remedy to rid of acne fast. Apply Aloe Vera juice or gel on spots and let dry for about one hour before washing it off with warm water. 


9. Honey: A great natural solution for sensitive skin, honey moisturizes skin and is non-irritating. It also helps to soothe skin and reduce irritation. 


10. Toothpaste: Apply a non-gel toothpaste before going to bed. For the most significant improvement, wake up a few times during the night and check whether toothpaste is still covering the spot. If it is not, add more. 


11. Steam It Out: Put your face over a bowl of boiling water and let the steam moisturize it for two to three minutes. This helps in removing dirt, dust and oil from the pores of the skin without aggravating pimples.


12. Aspirin Or Baking Soda: Dissolve an aspirin in a little water and then apply the paste to the spot for no more than five minutes. The reason this works is that aspirin and baking soda contain the same acid that many acne treatments use to exfoliate dry skin and decrease redness. 


13. Ice It: Rub an ice cube all over the area for about two minutes before applying an acne cream or a DIY face mask.

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