Taking Care of your Hair the Natural Way
Your hair is your crowning glory. Face it, stylish clothes, perfect makeup and fine accessories are useless when your hair looks boring or disheveled. To achieve a lustrous hair, you don’t have to undergo hair treatments that can damage and leave your hair dry. Fortunately, there are natural home remedies that you can try to revitalize your hair.
To prevent dandruff, squeeze some lemon juice and leave it in your hair for ten to fifteen minutes. It also helps keep your hair clean and healthy. An alternative would be an apple cider. Apply a mixture of a cup of water and a cup of apple cider vinegar to your hair and leave it for one hour.
For dry hair, you can use a plain cooking oil to massage your hair and rehydrate it. Another way to give your hair more moisture is a mixture of edible oil and honey in a ratio of 1:1. Massage it to your hair and let it sit 10 minutes then rinse thoroughly.
You may be surprised to hear that eggs and mayonnaise work as natural hair conditioners. Mix an egg with half cup of water and leave it on your hair for 10 minutes. Apply a real mayonnaise on your dry hair, massage it then wrap your head with a plastic for 25 minutes. It may be messy but it will give you a shiny silky hair.
A healthy hair is not hard to get. These are some of the safe, effective and cheaper natural ways to have a shiny beautiful hair that everyone desires!
Caring For Your Eyes
Women are sometimes busy taking care of their skin, hair, and other parts of their body often neglecting their eyes. Your lifestyles and long work hours are no longer kind to your eyes. Fortunately, there are certain habits that can ensure a great eye sight and remedy eye problems.
Proper diet is very important. Meals rich in vitamin A help your eyes become brighter and healthier. Go for yellow and bright orange fruits and vegetables as well as some milk, eggs and fish.
A splash of cold water also gives relief to your eyes. If you have been in front of your computer or television for long hours, splash your eyes with cold clean water.
Placing cucumber slices on your closed eyes for 30 to 60 minutes reduces the dark circles around them. Covering your eye region with a cotton pad dipped in chilled milk for fifteen minutes makes the skin around the eyes firmer.
Exercising your eyes provides enough oxygen and improves its function. Close your eyes for 30 seconds then move your eyeballs around. Another good eye exercise to prevent blurred vision is to hold an object at arm’s length, focus your eyes on the object then slowly bring it in towards your nose. You will even find these exercises relaxing for your eyes!
Your makeup and mascara may have adverse effects on your eyes and the skin around it, always wash your face before sleeping. Wear sunglasses on sunny days to shield your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun.
Avoid rubbing your eyes when they are itchy. Try to blink, gently massage them or purchase over the counter eye drops. Finally, a visit to your optician is necessary if eye problems persist.
Your eyes are often the first thing people notice about you so eye care should be one of your priorities when it comes to beauty and health.
Finding the Precious Pearls for You
Pearls symbolize purity, beauty and prestige. They make women look elegant, simple, and natural. When buying pearls, you must consider the size, surface quality, pearl type and color to make the wisest choice.
The pearls most women wear today are cultured pearls. Unlike natural pearls, they grow with human intervention. Natural pearls are considered rare and costly. Pearls are produced in both salt and fresh water. Saltwater pearls are generally more expensive because they are more round and of better quality but advances in cultivating methods of freshwater pearls have now helped them match the quality of saltwater pearls. Some people may think that fresh water pearl is “not real” which is completely wrong, as both are genuine.
Traditionally, spherical pearls are the most desirable shape. The rounder the pearl, the more valuable it gets. Baroque pearls are often the least expensive because they are irregularly formed, but are unique and striking. Other customers prefer other shapes like rice, potato, rectangle, heart-shape or pear. Larger pearls are usually more valuable. Also, look for marks, blisters, variations in color or spots because pearls are rarely flawless.
Pearls come in wide variety of colors. Colors do not affect the quality of a pearl, but the skin tone of the customer would be the guideline. Creamy-pinkish white or rose overtones would flatter women with light color or fair skin, silver is stunning on darker skin tones while gray or black is striking on all skin types.
Choosing the pearl would still depend on the taste and the budget of the wearer. These are just guidelines that would help you know more about pearls before you purchase one.
How to Spot a Fake Perfume
Most shoppers would go for designer fragrance at low prices. If you are out of cash, it is never worth the discounted price if you buy a counterfeit perfume. To avoid spraying yourself with chemicals that may be harmful for your health, there are things you need to consider before you purchase perfumes.
Keep in mind that price matters. A retailer will discount an authentic perfume for usually no more than 50 percent off the retail price. Research the scent by visiting your favorite department store and ask for perfume testers if you are not familiar with the branded perfume you are trying to purchase. Carefully look at the packaging and check out the color and shape of the product. Logos are usually embossed on the package. Before you order it from other stores or off the Internet, watch out for misspelled fragrance names and the cellophane wrapping should be intact. Fake products are not so tightly wrapped or you will find some glue inside or on the exterior of the perfume box. The liquid is usually pale or darker. Experts tested fake perfumes and found urine, bacteria and antifreeze that could jeopardize your health.
Look for similar products of the same brand name like purses, bags, clothes and accessories in the boutique. Authorized retailers of colognes and perfumes have marketing materials and products samples from the perfume company so ask for complimentary gifts and free samples. Always purchase perfumes from reputable vendors.
Before being released to the public, authentic perfumes were tested and were made under regulations so paying the higher price decreases health hazards and you will actually smell good.
How to Get that Sultry Smoky Eye
The smoky eye effect is so sexy and seductive. It’s a trendy eye makeup procedure that is so simple to create and it benefits all types of faces.
The key is proper blending. You need only two colors of eye shadow, a deeper shade that darkens the lids and a lighter color above it. You can try different dark shades, like grey, purple, blue, chocolate brown and coffee.
Use a concealer with a shade lighter than your skin tone to hide any blemishes you may have. Start by drawing a line using a black pencil eye liner along the upper lash line. Slowly work your way out with a thicker line. Then sketch a thin line as close to the lower lash line as possible. Use liquid black eyeliner for a line that stays longer. Apply the highlighter over the whole upper eye socket, from the eyelid to the brow. Use an angled brush and apply dark eye shadow to the creases of your eye, fading as you move in. Lastly, blend the line linking the darker color and the highlighter until the shadow looks dark enough and with no visible lines. You can also use a mid shade as the blending color between the highlighter and contour, right at the crease line. Apply two or three coats of black or brown mascara to the upper lashes and just one coat to your lower lashes for a more dramatic look. Finish by curling the lashes.
Practice these steps and have fun! Enhance your eye’s beauty and feel good about your makeup to be more confident and attractive!