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3 Easy Remedies for Dry Skin

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Ladies, especially those who are expose to sunlight and stress are prone of having dry and not so soft skin. For women like us, it is a very common problem. We eventually get conscious when we notice that our skin is dry. To overcome the problem, here are the easiest cure for dry skin.

1. Drink lots of water. Drinking water is not just for hydration, it can also help maintaining the moist on your skin. Doctors advice 8 glass of water a day, why not try 12?day?

2. Eat healthy foods especially those that are rich in omega 3.Essential fatty acids can help fortify the skin’s natural oil-retaining barriers. Foods rich in omega-3 include cold-water fish (salmon, halibut, sardines), flax, walnuts, and safflower oil.

3. Live a healthy lifestyle! Exercise more often, proper diet and enough rest and sleep also help.

Live healthy! Leave dry skin and live happy!

7 Hot Color Trends For 2012

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Brown eye shadows and clear lip gloss are OUT; Daring colors are IN! 
We can all notice that lately, all models on the cat walk and runway wear make ups with the dazzling colors that brighten up their skin tones and add sparks on their gorgeous faces. Do you want to try it by yourself? Here is the list of shades you can use and step-by-step tutorial on how to apply your desired color. Make sure that it’ll fit your skin tone.

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Tangerine Orange Lips

For fair skin tones: Choose a bright orange-red lipstick.

For medium skin tones: Opt for a more burnt orange color.
For darker skin tones: Look for a blue-based orange.

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Orange Eye Shadows

Wearing orange-based hues on your lids can make blue eyes pop and accentuate brown eyes as well.

For fair skin tones: Creamsicle shades of orange look great on fair skin, and especially make blue eyes pop.
For medium skin tones: Choose a more coral hue, meaning more pink mixed in with the orange for medium skin tones.
For darker skin tones: Wear a bright tangerine shade which will stand out against darker skin. The key is to layer; start with a sheer application and add that bright pop of color onto the lid or into the crease and finish with a sweep of bronzer on your face for a sun-kissed glow.

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Purple lips

For fair skin tones: The paler you are, the more you'll want to lean toward a wine-purple, merlot color. For medium skin tones: Try a pale purple that's almost lavender.

For darker skin tones: The deeper the skin, the more blue-based the purple should be, so that your skin doesn't look ashy.

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Electric Blue Eye shadow

For fair skin tones: You can use the eye shadow as eyeliner by wetting your brush, and winging it out. Or use colored eyeliner.

For medium skin tones: Apply bright blue eye shadow on your upper lid, then smudge the shadow under the eye for a softer look.
For darker skin tones: For an edgier look, you can wear a taupe-colored shadow on your lid, then put the bright blue shadow in your inner corners, where you would normally put a highlight. The bright color will make your skin look radiant.

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Green Eye Shadows

The key to make the hue wearable is to mix the green with some gold eye shadow. Check out his tips on how to wear the color:

For fair skin tones: Do a true bright shade of green which will look great against pale skin and blonde hair. The key is to wear a lot of black mascara, and to keep the rest of the face bare.
For medium skin tones: Use a muted shade of green with gold flecks in it. This will be more flattering for warm undertones.
For darker skin tones: Use an olive green color. Apply a heavy black liner to help define your eyes. When you put bright color on darker skin, you tend to lose the shape of the eye, so it's nice to provide extra definition with the liner.

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Hot fuchsia cheeks

For fair to medium skin tones: Apply a light application of the color on the apples of your cheeks for a slight flush. If the fuchsia is still too bright for your taste, apply a translucent powder on top to soften the edges of the color.
For darker skin tones: Opt for a darker fuchsia and do a heavy application of the color.

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Coral – Orange Colored Cheeks

For fair skin tones: Wear a see-through, coral orange that has more pink undertones. A girl with fair skin can look like a jack o' lantern if orange isn't worn properly. Make sure you apply just a whisper of it. Smile into the mirror and put a puff of the orange high on the apple of the cheek.
For medium skin tones: Wear a pale sweep of a tangerine orange color. apply the blush with a big fluffy brush so that you only get a wash of it.

For darker skin tones: Wear a bright orange.

 Try it now!

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Teenager like you also needs to be perfectly beautiful inside and out. At your age, you're starting to be conscious and curious about yourself, experimenting fashion with your best pals and making yourself pretty in front of your bedroom mirror while trying some touch ups on your face. Well then, carry with you this beauty tips before facing the outside world.

1. Face/Foundation

   • The first step in any beauty regimen is moisturizing. Starting to moisturize during your teen years will keep your skin smooth and healthy. Properly moisturized skin also creates the perfect canvas for makeup.
     After moisturizing, cover small blemishes with concealer. Finish with loose powder and apply foundation. Match the shade of foundation as closely as you can to your skin tone. Blend foundation well, especially around the neckline.
     Follow up with highlighter under the eyes and around the nose. This will eliminate dark areas and brighten your face.
     Finally, apply blush. Using a brush, tap off excess blush and then apply in a circular motion to the apples of your cheeks.

   Eyes/Lips

   • Apply mascara to your eyelashes. Dark brown or black mascara is flattering on almost all skin tones. If you want to wear eyeliner, choose a dark neutral, such as brown, and line the upper lids along the lash line and only the outer edge of the bottom lids.
     Next, apply eyeshadow on the upper eyelids. Neutral shades such as brown, tan, plum and peach work well on almost everyone. Use white eyeliner on the lower lids to help tired eyes look more awake.
     When applying lip color, start with a lip liner in a matching shade. Line the lips and then fill in with liner. This will help the lipstick last longer and stay in the lip lines. Choose a lipstick shade that is at least as dark as your natural lip color, and add a small dot of gloss to the center of your lower lip to create fullness.

   What Not To Do

   • Don't be too heavy on the blush. Dark streaks of blush from the apples of the cheeks all the way to the temples look garish and unnatural.
     Don't leave clumps of mascara on your eyelashes. Instead, make sure to use an eyelash comb to remove clumps and to separate lashes.
     Finally, if you are wearing heavy eye makeup, keep your lips light. If your lipstick is dark, keep the eyes a little lighter. This will keep your makeup looking natural.

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Are you applying for a job and getting ready for an interview? Here are some easy steps to look simple but glamorous in front of your Hiring Managers.

1. Foundation must not be too thick and not to light. Put an amount that will hide some spots on your face.

2. Use concealer if needed under your eye lines. It can also be used to conceal some uneven tones on the skin of your face.

3. Put on eye shadow shades that are not so colorful and not so dark. According to womandish.com, "colors should be selected based on their ability to flatter your eye, skin and hair color.Avoid glitter."

4. Use mascara but make it simple. Use liners to define the shape of your eyes.

5. Blush on? Tan is enough.

6. On your lips, never put to much lipstick. Mauve, pink, or orange may look fresh and elegant.

A big REMINDER: Don’t let interviewers see you touch up your makeup, that is a no no! They might think that you are superficial.  You should also do a last-minute once-over in a mirror, to make sure that makeup looks impeccable and that there isn’t any lipstick on your teeth! You can tie your hair up so that your interviewer can see your face. Whats the use of putting make up on your face if it will be covered by your hair? Make sure your nails are clean.

First impression lasts!

Have you ever dream of having a romantic date with your ultimate crush or to someone you haven't seen yet but you are interested to meet, like a text mate , phone pal or pen pal?

I know you will be very excited if he asks you for a date! I remember my first date with my first boyfriend. I was excited to meet him personally, and the truth is we started our relationship thru text. (I was too young that time! maybe 17? I was curious whats the feeling of having one! LOLs ) I wore an old jeans and pink shirt that fits my figure(if i have :> ), put on lipbam on my lips ( it was my first time to put some shade on face for the sake of meeting someone special) and brushed mascara on my lashes, that's it! I was ready for our date! Guess what he first thought of me? A silent type and naive? hahah! But when I started talking, he was surprised knowing that I am very talkative and jolly! I hope his first impression was true! I don't know if got turn off or what, but he stayed silent through our date! ( DYAHE AKO! ) Any way,he is not an issue anymore. I love being single.

How about you? Are you having a date tonight? Read my tips below for a perfect look (this is not what I did when I dated with him!)

After picking up what dress to wear from your closet, get your make up kit and start putting make up. Want a flirty look? According to girls-secret.com,

- "Think pretty and natural. Apply foundation only where it's needed and follow with water to lend your skin a dewy finish. Next up? Translucent power, which needs to be applied with large, fluffly brush. Follow this with a dusty rose blush, applied to the apples of the cheeks, to feign the radiant glow that usually follows a good workout. Blush will give your face a more youthful appearance. And, Ashton Kutcher aside, we know how men love woman who appears younger than they are.
Apply mauve lipstick with a lip brush or even your finger. This particular color will play up the natural flush of your lips and, when sheer, it looks pretty on most skin types. It also tends to give your lips an alluringly kissable appearance. Use a lip liner in a similar color to draw outside your natural lip line.If you want to enlarge the look of your lips without using lipliner, apply a bit of lightweight gloss in the center of your lower lip. Forgo gloss that's sticky or bad tasting. Syrupy lips just aren't very enticing on a first encounter, even if you happen to look like Kristen Kreuk, the actress pictured here who plays Lana on Smallville. Let's put it this way: natural beauty is every man's kryptonite.
Apply translucent powder to your lips to give your lipstick staying power, assuming you are the kind of gal who kisses on a first date (wink, wink). If you set your lipstick properly, it will be less likely to wind up on your wine glass at dinner and you'll require fewer trips to the ladies room for a touch up. Men hate that. "


NOW ARE YOU READY? Bring with you a smile!

Define my EYE!

All of us need to see what is beauty when we look at the mirror. and I think all of us find its answer.

When we look at our face thru the mirror we always analyze every spot and parts of it, our eyebrows, eyelash, eyes,nose, lips, chicks and even our teeth we examined. We want a perfect face to face the world outside. It always starts in the eyes. let us define your eyes with this simple tips on putting your eye liner , pencil or liquid.

The Different Types of Liner

You can use an eyeliner pencil, a liquid liner or an eyeliner brush dipped into a deep shadow to line eyes. If you use a pencil, set the line with eyeshadow because penciled lines tend to melt and won't stay put all day.

How to Apply Liquid Eyeliner

Too apply liquid eyeliner, line the eye from the inside of the lashes outward in one big sweep. You can also line the eye from the middle of the lash line outward, then finish the line from the inner corner of the eye to the middle. Another liquid eyeliner trick requires a steady hand and will make eyes appear wider.

• Start with a completely bare eye.
• On the upper lashes, dot the liquid liner into the spaces between the lashes, wiggling the liner into the lashes. The result is not supposed to be a line. It's supposed to look as if the lashes themselves are super thick at the root.
• Apply mascara.
• Compare eye to other naked eye.

Lash, Lash! LONG LASHES!

Eye is the mirror of your soul.It is very important to put some eyeliners to define the lines of your eyes and see its shape. But what really gives definition to your eyes is how you put volume on your lashes that defines how curly you lashes are! Difficulties are there specially in maintaining the curls of your lash, sometimes we find it irritating when we start curling our lashes it only bend then it will go back to its natural curl. And sometimes your lashes fall or go back to its natural curl when the amount of mascara we put is uneven. Here are some steps to maintain your super curly eye lashes!

• Step 1: Apply a thin coat of mascara to your lashes before curling to give them some girth and thickness.

• Step 2: Curl your lashes by gently pressing the curler and holding for 30 seconds.

• Step 3: “One of my best tricks to ‘set’ lashes after curling is to use a lash primer,” says Martin. This treatment helps your lashes hold the shape while mascara builds on it. Wait about a minute after you use the primer to apply your final coats of mascara.

• Step 4: In some cases, lashes fall flat because mascara distribution afterwards wasn’t even. It’s best to apply mascara from root-to-tip. Wiggling at the base and pulling through evenly distributes the mascara, giving your lashes body, length and shine (that lasts all day).(www.makeup.com) 

  Here is another 3 easy steps on applying mascara.

How to Properly Apply Mascara

Ace your mascara application with a 3-step process:

Step 1: Wiggle the wand left to right at the base of lashes. It's the mascara placed near the roots -- not the tips -- that gives the illusion of length.

Step 2: Pull the wand up and through lashes, wiggling as you go. The wiggling part is key because it separates lashes.

Step 3: In this final step (which I always skip), close the eye and place the mascara wand on top of lashes at the base and pull through to remove any clumps.(www.beauty.about.com)

10 Smarter Ways to Put On Makeup

Lets start with the basic!
Everything that we want to know or learn about always starts on what is the simplest way or procedure to do it. Here are some tips and smart ways in putting on your make up! This will surely make your face simply beautiful but rock! 
 
10 Smarter Ways to Put On Makeup


#1 Tap on mascara
According to makeup artist Stephen Sollitto, who works with celebs Hailee Steinfeld, Amy Adams and Emily Deschanel, long strokes of mascara aren’t actually the best way to amp up your lashes. “I like tapping deep at the base of the lashes, working outwards to the tips. That way you’re creating depth—the roots are dark and rich and the ends are soft, not clumpy,” he says.
#2 Soften pencils
Lip liner tends to be dry, which results in uneven coverage. Kayleen McAdams, actress Rachel McAdams’s sister and makeup artist, suggests dipping the pencil in sheer balm before applying. “It glides on much smoother, making it easier to accurately fill your lips,” she says. Warm the tip of a stubborn eyeliner pencil between your thumb and forefinger for a similar effect.
#3 Master the art of stippling
Stippling is an artist’s word for shading with dots instead of solid strokes. (Think Seurat.) However, techniques of the old masters can work for you too. “Stippling your foundation creates the most natural finish,” says Sollitto. The technique also works for blush—build color at the apple of your cheeks, dotting back towards your hairline.
#4 Fight grease with gel, not powder
A dusting of powder is an intuitive way to blot away grease—but it can also dull your complexion. Sollitto likes finishing the face with a dab of mattifying gel along the T-Zone and under the eyes. “This ensures you’re not shiny in photos later,” he says.
#5 Give your lips the middle finger
According to Sollitto, a smudge of lipstick on your middle finger is the best way to give your lips that perfect heart-shaped pout. “Put a dab on your middle finger and place it in the center of your upper lip, sweeping outwards to the left. Repeat towards the right,” he says. “There’s just something about the feeling of it and the way you will move your head that creates that perfect lipstick line.”
#6 Repurpose your lipstick
A smidge of peach or coral lipstick blended in with your concealer is an unexpected antidote to dark under eye circles. “The orangey red shade brightens and diffuses the darkness,” says makeup artist Robin Black, who works with Bryce Dallas Howard, Cindy Crawford and Demi Moore. Sollitto tells his clients to smudge whatever lipstick their wearing on cheeks and lids before stepping out the door. “That way, there’s a continuity of color on the face,” he explains.
#7 Line your lashes
The key to lush, thick lashes isn’t just in your mascara’s formulation. A steady stroke of ultra-thin gel liner along the base of your lash line is key to creating the illusion of extra lashes. “You want to fill that spot between your lashes and your lid,” advises Black. “Only when that line looks solid should you start applying mascara.”
#8 Clean up with foundation
For simple smudges of liner or errant swipes of mascara, eye makeup remover can whisk away more than you intend. A foundation dipped Q-Tip will wipe away any mistake—use a tapping motion to get the best results.
#9 Crimp in falsies
When it comes to false lashes, an eyelash curler is your best friend. After placing full strips or individual clusters and allowing them to dry, apply a few coats of mascara. Then crimp gently with an eyelash curler, rocking the device back and forth while you clamp. That way, your faux hairs will blend in seamlessly with your real lashes.
#10 Contour with highlighter
Luminizing highlighter can make your cheekbones pop—but not when applied directly to them. Instead, smooth highlighter in a C-shape starting at your temples and extending along the bone just below your eyes. A slim line of highlighter down the center of your nose can also create the illusion of straighter bone structure.
(www.makeup.com)

BeautyFULL me?

It's been my hobby experimenting colors and shades of make ups.
My mom told me that when I was three years old, I started to paint my face with her make up that I found in her bag. She found it very funny when I put the lipstick first on my chicks then to my lips. Who would not laugh if you saw a little innocent girl having same shade on the lips and chicks? She highlighted that the way I put the lipstick on my chicks was just like a doll has on its face, round shape maybe, round shape blush on! I think this is the short history of my passion discovering new trends in making myself and other ladies beautiful!  :)
Maybe my passion is not really beautifying myself, it is obvious! I can't even conceal the dark lines around my eyes!I am not really fund of putting colors on my face. Powder on face to control the oil, pink shade lipstick to color my dark lips, and sometimes mascara to see the volume of my lashes may do. But what I want to share in this blog is the different tips on putting on makeups,blend different shades, the proper applications and what make up color will suite your personality, attitude and beauty!