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Remove Winter Dry Skin Patches

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Patches of dry, flaky and itchy skin are common during the fall and winter months. While they can appear on almost any part of the body there are typically common on the legs, face, and hands. While there are many skin conditions that cause dry patches such as eczema, psoriasis, and fungal infections, this article will deal with dry skin patches due to environmental factors, such as cold weather and low humidity and the lack of hydration to the skin.

Below are some simple steps to help you treat dry skin patches:

1) Limit the time you spend in the bath or shower. If you like extremely hot showers, adjust your water temperature down. Showers and baths strip the body of its natural oils thus causing the skin to become overly dry.
2) Apply an emollient rich cream on dry patches while skin is still damp. Continue to apply cream frequently throughout the day. I have used Eucerin and I also find that body butters work great too. Other options are Vitamin E and oils such as olive oil, avocado oil, tea tree oil, grape seed oil, etc. where a little dab will work wonders
3) Evaluate your soap. There are varieties on the market that can provide moisturizing ingredients. If you use a deodorant soap use only in areas that need it, underarms, etc. These types of soap are harsh and very drying. Better yet consider making some homemade soap rich in essential oils that offer so many benefits to the skin. They also make great Christmas presents too!
4) Exfoliation is recommended for dry patches if the area is not inflamed or has broken skin. Exfoliates will slough off the dead skin on top thus allowing your moisturizer into the lower layers of the skin.
5) Hydrate from the inside! Drinking water is vital to good health and good skin. Most people do not realize the importance water plays in their overall health.
6) Diet – unfortunately fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce in the northern climates, however try to follow a diet that is rich in Vitamin E, A, C, essential minerals and omega-3 fatty acids or consider vitamins and supplements.

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Remove Winter Dry Skin Patches

Remove Winter Dry Skin Patches

Dry Skin Patches Remedies

1 drop tea tree oil
1/2 teaspoon almond oil
Rub into dry patch. Great for those small dry patches!
Another option is to add tea tree oil right into your moisturizer.

Aloe Vera gel has wonderful properties thus it is widely used in skin care products. Apply directly to the dry patch. Be sure to purchase 100% aloe Vera gel or better yet grow you own plant.

Soak a washcloth in milk and lay on dry skin patch for five minutes. This is soothing if the dry skin patch is itchy too. The lactic acid in milk is well know for its hydrating properties and a gentle alpha hydroxyl acid exfoliate.

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Dry Skin Patches Remedies

Dry Skin Patches Remedies

Plucking Your Eyebrows

Tweezing your eyebrows is the most dramatic way to change your face without makeup or surgery. It can make your eyes look larger and give your face a clean, polished look.

Steps:
1. Sit near a window to get the best light.

2. Wash the area thoroughly so it’s not oily.

3. Decide what shape you want for your eyebrows.

Styles change: It may help to flip through fashion magazines for ideas.

4. Draw in a brow line on your eyebrow with a brow pencil to serve as
a guide. Follow the brow’s natural line by conforming to the curve of your upper eyelid.

5. Pull the skin at the outer end of the eyebrow taut against the brow bone, and use the brow bone as an additional guide.

6. Use a pair of angled eyebrow tweezers to pluck the hairs below the brow; never shape your brow by plucking above it. Pluck only one hair at a time.

7. Start plucking in the middle of the eyebrow and pluck toward the outer end; then go back to the middle and pluck toward the nose.

Your brows should extend a little beyond each corner of your eye.

8. Use a cotton ball or pad soaked in pure tea tree oil or witch hazel to soothe your plucked brows.

Tips:
Consider having your brows waxed once professionally to get exactly the shape you want. You can then pluck the strays as they grow in.

Habitual plucking may make some hairs stop growing permanently, so pluck with caution.

There are tweezers on the market that are specially designed for plucking eyebrows. They cost a bit more but make the experience less painful.

Eyebrow Tweezing:
Always grasp the hair as close to the root as possible. The further away from the root you grasp, the more it hurts. Hold the skin down and pull slowly in the opposite direction to the tweezers. This also reduces pain, as well as the risk of ingrown hairs. If you yank the tip of the hair with the tweezers without supporting the skin, you risk snapping the hair just below the skins surface. This is one of the causes of ingrown hair. Exfoliate the skin regularly with a gentle exfoliant, it helps prevent ingrown hairs also. Be sure both skin and hair are dried before tweezing (skin is more sensitive when it is wet). A heat pad is ideal to prepare
the skin. Failing that, use a hot flannel and dry off before tweezing.

The beauty of Threading:
Threading is much easier than waxing. When you wax, you run the risk of pulling out wanted hairs. Tweezing is painful, as you’re pulling out each hair one by one. The best thing to do is thread. Go to a salon – - threading is not for amateurs. No product is being used on your skin (such as wax). You can pluck the hairs as they grow in. I advise you to put an ointment on after threading, as some people experience redness. Be aware of the ‘green shadow’ that may come from waxing/threading/tweezing. When the hair grows back in its place, it leaves a green shadow. I find threading to be the best way to remove it!

So it’s OK if your hair grows in for a week or two – - you can remove the shadow all at once!

Plucking Your Eyebrows

Plucking Your Eyebrows

Smokey eyes have been a big style for quite awhile and there's no sign this particular trend is dying. Here we show you step-by-step instructions on how to get the perfect Smokey eyes.

The key to the perfect Smokey eyes is proper blending. You want to make sure colors are blended together flawlessly. Also, it's important to pair light base colors with rich dark colors. Nice mixes include: Soft gold base with deep purple on top, champagne base with bright blue and peach base with green hue.

Prep the lid. The key to keeping eyeshadow from melting into your eyelid crease as the day goes on is to kept eyelids oil-free. To do this start with an eyeshadow base (also called "primer"). Simply swipe the primer across the eye and let it dry before you continue to the next step.

Some great primers for a smokey eye include MAC's 'paint' and Urban Decay's 'Primer Potion'.
Apply eyeliner. If you're going for a typical black, brown or gray smoky eye, apply liner in one of those colors above the upper lash line, drawing line thicker in the middle of eye. If you're opting for a jewel-toned eye (violet makes a gorgeous smokey eye), line eyes with a purple, blue or deep green liner.

Tips:
Remember to keep lips nude. When applying strong makeup (like smokey eyes or red lips) put the focus on either eyes or lips, never both. (Think Angelina Jolie: She either plays up her huge eyes or her huge lips, never both. If she did, she'd look like a clown).
For a bit of fun, try a blue or purple mascara. It will make blue eyes "pop."
Liner doesn't have to come in pencil form. Makeup experts know eyeshadows make some of the best eyeliners. To do this take an eyeliner brush (available at Sephora, MAC or any dept store), wet it, then dab wet brush into the dark shadow. This allows for a deep, precise line. You can also use the dark shadows without wetting brush first. Either way, eyeliner is necessary for smoky eye.

What You Need:
1)Eye primer (you don't need it, but it's great for keeping shadow in place)
2) Shadows: One light, one darker
3)Eyeliner
4)Makeup brushes
5)Mascara

How To Get Smokey Eyes

How To Get Smokey Eyes

Why to Use a Fabulous Blush On

Are you the type of person who has been unblessed to have a skin tone that looks pale or perhaps lifeless? Put an end to having a look that! You don’t have to be unattractive because there are real solutions that can help you improve your complexion without spending too much.

Are you the type of person who has been unblessed to have a skin tone that looks pale or perhaps lifeless? Put an end to having a look that! You don’t have to be unattractive because there are real solutions that can help you improve your complexion without spending too much. Put a little color on your skin by making use of some sort of cheek blusher directly on the apples of your face. Just make sure to apply the blush after the base which is normally a foundation (liquid, cake or powder). Following the makeup foundation application, start using a few dab of blush-on to the apples of your face so as to add color as well as contour.
Listed below are some benefits associated with using blush-on as well as the reason why you might want to always be making time for it.

• Blush-on application is amazingly effortless. You actually don’t really need to be an experienced person only just to be able to make use of a simple yet effective blusher on your own face. Most people just simply need to decide on the type of blusher that you would like to put directly on your own face. Pat the actual brush on the blusher and spread the contents around the apples of your face. Take a moment to blend it well with the contours of your cheeks, the foundation that you have used, as well as the other makeup that you have used like your eye shadow, face powder and lipstick. These are just basic, but in actual, you’ll have to deal with a lot. But just for an everyday look, make sure that the ones mentioned are blended well together in order to create a nice harmony of colors on your face, and make it look as natural as it can be.
• A great deal of shades and tones are available in the market today. The usual shades of blush-on are pink, orange and bronze. It is most beneficial that you understand your skin tone in order to choose the best color or shade of blusher to wear. Don’t wear blusher that is too bright. Just choose the color that is natural looking. You will definitely find the right shade for you with a wide range of shades to choose from.

• It adds color to your face. You will not be looking like dead anymore with your pale skin. You just have to apply the blusher evenly on your face to create a natural blush on your face. It will give your color to your face. Applying foundation and lipstick is no enough to look good. The middle portion of your face looks pale without the blusher on.

Here are some benefits of blush-on. Remember that it is always a part of the beauty regimen that women have. If you want to look glowing, blush-on is simply what you need.

Why to Use a Fabulous Blush On

Why to Use a Fabulous Blush On

Match Nail Color To Your Skin Tone

Many things can influence your choice of nail color: the seasons, trends and your mood. Some say that lipstick shades that look great on your lips will also be the right color for your fingernails. That method, however, doesn’t work for colors like neon greens, yellows and blues!

More often nail color is matched to clothing. Actually the colors you wear and look good in have a lot to do with skin tone, so it makes sense that another way to tell which nail colors are right for you is by discovering what colors complement your complexion.

You might find that one shade of blue looks great on you, yet another is terrible. Or you’ll notice that a vibrant pink looks great on someone who appears to have the same complexion as you, but on you the same color looks drab. The type of pink you can wear depends on your skin tone. It can also be determined by whether the polish itself has a yellow or blue base.

Ethnic skin is typically lumped into warm or neutral-based categories, but depending upon racial background, some ethnic women have cool undertones as well.

So how do you know what undertones your skin has? Stand in natural light, either outside or by a window and look at your arm. Skin with pink, blue or red undertones is considered cool. Skin with golden, beige, or olive is considered warm. If you still can’t tell, look at your wrist. If your veins look blue, you have a cool undertone. If your veins look green, you have a warm undertone. If you still can’t determine your undertone, you might be neutral and you’re lucky because you can wear most colors.

Pale Complexions
Pale skin tones are considered a cool skin type. Lighter shades with pink or blue undertones are best. Pastel colors look great. Choose pinks or reds to brighten the complexion. Choose blue-based reds. If you’re pale with a warm tone, you can even try coral reds. If you’re very light, you want to avoid extremely dark or overpowering shades because these will make you look too pale. If you do wear a dark color like black, you’ll probably want to trim your nails to a shorter length.

Polish tip: Choose a polish with a blue base.
Shades that flatter: Pale: pastel pinks, blues and greens, pale peach, beige.
Shades to avoid: Dark polishes like dark blue or black (unless you happen to like the Goth or vamp look), yellow, green, gold and orange.

Fair Complexions
Fair, with a warm tone, you tend to have more of a variety of shades to choose from. Cool and warm tones can wear red, but cool undertones look better in blue-based reds. Warm (golden or peachy) tones look better in red polish with yellow/orange undertones.

Polish tip: Choose a polish with a blue base or yellow base, based on undertones.
Shades that flatter: Beige, white and silver. (French manicures look great), light and medium toned purples, soft oranges, darker pinks, reds and berry shades.
Shades to avoid: Very dark blue, black, green, dark orange, gold.

Tan Complexions
Tanned skin looks better in warmer colors. Lighter shades can accentuate tanned skin, like warm pale shades of brown, light blues, pinks and purples. Avoid gold, which will just blend with your skin color.

Polish tip: Blue and (possibly) yellow base.
Shades that flatter: Light blues, pinks and purples, tangerine, light brown, copper brown and chocolate.
Shades to avoid: Gold and shades of gold (because it will blend in with the tanned skin and lose vibrancy).

Medium/Olive Complexions
Medium skin tones enjoy a wide range of colors. You look good in dark burgundy and wines, vibrant colors like pink, blue, yellow and orange. Silver and metallics (like metallic blue). Medium-dark can wear black, navy blue, dark pinks, burgundy. Olive skin has a combination of yellow undertone and greenish hue. It looks slightly beige with yellow undertones. Peach or gold colors enhance olive complexions. Blue-based reds and orange-reds should be avoided. Olive-dark tones look great in earthy tones and chocolate browns with red undertones. Some reds, russet for example, work well, and gold.

Shades that flatter: Olive: peach or gold colors. Olive-medium: brown, reddish-browns, gold.
Polish tip: Blue or yellow base.

Medium-dark:

Shades that flatter: Vibrant orange, pink and blue, light blue, lilac, silver, metallic and glittery colors.
Shades to avoid: Dark purple, red or navy blue. Bronze colors won’t show well against your skin tone. Medium-dark: avoid paler, pastel shades, which could appear washed out.

Dark Complexions
Dark complexions can wear rich, deep shades, except dark brown, which will disappear. What looks great are burgundy, vibrant purples, plums, Bright orange and pinks zap the color out of rich dark tones. Neon yellow, orange and green can be shocking—in a negative sense. Though darker shades are better, very dark tones need to be careful with deep purples, grays and black, because these shades could make the skin appear muddy and dull.

Polish tip: Yellow or brown-based undertones.
Shades that flatter: Deep purples, dark, yellow-based reds, dark greens, dark blues, black, chocolate-brown and gold.
Shades to avoid: Orange, yellow, neon colors, pastels, white and silver.

If you’re not sure about how a nail color will look on you, the best way to decide whether you like it is to test it out on a fingernail. You can’t judge from the color in a bottle because achieving the color can be based on how many coats of the lacquer are applied. You could also love a color on your toenails, but be totally unimpressed when it’s applied to your fingernails. OPI.com has a great Try It On feature that lets you see how nail shades look on different skin tones.

So this is a general guideline. It’s not set in stone. Trust your gut and your eyes. You’ll know which shades look best on you.

Match Nail Color To Your Skin Tone

Match Nail Color To Your Skin Tone

All About Makeup

Most people, women in general want to look pretty, if not so much as “head-turning”. To achieve this goal, Face Lift is not the Number 1 option, and neither is Plastic Surgery. Both are much too expensive, risky and not at all affordable to the majority in the female world. The best option, and of course, most affordable, is Makeup. But makeup is not applied in whatever way. There are techniques and tips on how to apply makeup.

1) Powder:

Base: Choose the shade that is closest to your skin color. Avoid using too dark or too light shades. Either one will make

your face look burned or you were dipped in flour.

Finishing Powder: Choose the shade closest to your base powder by applying in circular motion.

Shading: Use the shade that is darker than your powder and brush it with upward, slant strokes just below the

cheekbone.

2) Eye Makeup:

Shadow: Choose the color that will enhance the color of your eyes, make your eyes look deep set and bigger (for

smaller sllit eyes, and smaller (for bigger eyes.)

Highlight: If necessary, to make your lower brows prominent.

Shading: For cute little nose, shade the sides with natural color from the bridge to your nostrils.

Eyelids: Choose the color that best blends with your outfit.

Eyeliner: Make it as faint as possible.

Mascara: Apply it lightly so as not to look too heavy and make your eyes look droopy.

3) Blush:

Use the color that best suits to skin undertone, warm (orange or yellowish shade skin), cool (pink shade skin).

4) Eyebrows:

If you have natural well-shaped eyebrows, consider yourself very lucky, you do not have to do anything. For very thick

eyebrows, there are epilators to help you shape it they way you want, but for very thin or no eyebrows at all, use the

pencil and line your eyebrows in the a way that best suited to the shape of your face. Use the color closest to your hair

color.

5) Lipstick:

Use the color that matches with your blush, only a little darker.

All About Makeup

Good Reasons to Use a Fabulous Blush On

Good Reasons to Use a Fabulous Blush On

Tips On Applying Mascara

Try using a lighter shade of eyeliner under the lower lashes and a heavier shade above the upper lashes if you want your eyes to appear deeper and more open.

Always use a light touch when applying eye make up, if you want to add depth then do so in easy stages, otherwise you may have to clean up and start all over again or feel uncomfortable with the make up looking caked on and unnatural.

When we meet people, whether it is for the first time or old friends, most will first look into each others eyes.

It is no wonder that it is said that the eyes are truly the mirrors of the soul. That first impression is important in so many situations that special attention to healthy, clear and beautiful eyes is worth the effort.

Tips On Applying Mascara

Tips On Applying Mascara

Eye Beauty Tips for Asian Women

As many Asian women are exposed to fashion and beauty media aimed primarily at white Caucasian women, it is important to be aware of the subtle differences between the two although the beauty concepts are similar.

Appreciating the difference in skin, eyes and hair is essential to making the most of the natural and exotic beauty enjoyed by so many Asian women.

What works well for blond hair and blue eyes may prove to be ill suited or even a disaster for women of other ethnic groups.

The yellow and golden skin tones and exotic eye shape are the most outstanding difference that Asian Pacific women enjoy over women of other races and these are just the features that should be emphasized to create a naturally beautiful effect.

Just think how many leading actresses and photographic fashion models with Asian looks have become prominent in films, TV and magazines in the last decade.

Film makers, magazine editors, fashion houses have at last recognized the allure and naturally exotic beauty that so many Asian women possess.

At the same time the cosmetic industry has developed make up specifically designed to suit and enhance Asian skin tones.

An Asians woman's eyes are not only her best asset but also her biggest challenge when it comes to applying make up.

Eye Beauty Tips for Asian Women