Sunday, March 27, 2011

Best way to clean skin?

Many people have asked me; What is the best way to clean your skin? The answer is quite obvious, naturally of course! Our skin wasn't made to handle all of those un-natural ingredients, its best for our skin to use completley natural items heres a few:
1. lemon Juice: Toner,cleaner
2. Sugar: Exfoliant
3.  Oatmeal: Exfoliant, Cleaner, Toner
4. Olive oil: Moisturizer
5. Cranberries: Re-juvinators
xoxo-stephy






Life on the run?

In today's world everything seems to be buzzing. Life is more hectic than ever, Our skin is taking its toll. The dirty pollutants in our world affects our skin more than ever. That is why it's important to clean and nourish our skin everyday. When you wake up you should soak your face with hot water, then clean it with a cleanser or water-based soap. After this you should apply a face mask or nourishing cream, let these soak up for 5-10 min. Then rinse your face with cool water in order to close your pores and lock in all the goodies you just gave your skin. At night you should wash all of your makeup off, if you have stubborn mascara then apply some makeup remover to a q-tip and use that. After you have washed off the makeup soak your face in hot/warm water again. Then apply a toner (you can use lemon juice if you don't have any). This will get rid of the dead skin cells and leave your face rejuvinated in the morning. Then apply your moisturizer. Close your pores again and wake up feeling great! Your skin will thank you!


P.S-You should exfoliate your skin once a week to achieve a deep cleaning! You can do this with sugar and lemon juice!!
XOXO-Stephy

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

How to get a flawless face (Foundation, Concealer and Powder)

The first step is to clean your face, never apply your face makeup to a dirty face because this will leave you with breakouts and blemishes. The next thing you need to do is moisturize, remember to always moisturize your skin, if you have oily skin use a water-based moisturizer, your face should feel soft and this will help the makeup apply better, next is your foundation. Foundation is key to have a flawless face.  You have to apply it the right way or it will elave streaks, uneveness and even not cover. when applying you should start in the center of your face and work your way outwards. If your using your fingers apply and then dab over with a sponge, if using a brush go in a criscross pattern. After you finish your foundation you should always conceal under your eyes (9 out of 10 people have dark circles). After you complete this step, one of the most important is to apply a powder to your face because this sets your makeup and you wouldnt want all that  hard work to go to waste! Good luck and have fun, be beautiful!!!
XOXO-Steph

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

What are Natural ways to Take care of your nails?

In my experience I've done a lot of nails. I like doing them its a creative outlet and I encourage you to take it up, back to the point, ere are items and products you have laying about your house that help your nails stay healthy.The first thing I want to talk about is LEMONS! Lemons are great for your nails, they hydrate! All you have to do is lay lemon slices over your nails or put your nails in lemon juice, this hardens, moisturizes and soften cuticles all at the same time! Another thing that some people might have lying around is denture cleaners, The free edge of your nails can get noticeably yellow if you don't clean them everyday and if you wear a bit of polish. Take a bowl of warm water and put the denture cleaner in it, put your hands in the water for a while and this makes the free edge of your nails VERY white. One more thing is milk, If you soak your hands in milk everyday It softens your cuticles and hands!
I'll be doing a tutorial on nail care on my youtube channel very soon.