Quick Beauty Tip – DIY Cellulite Scrub

A Little Slice Of: Not Your Average Bun

DIY At Home Spa Treatments!

DIY: Vitamin C Serum for face

Ingredients: 

An empty, small dark-coloured bottle
1½ tsp vegetable glycerine
3½ tsp distilled water
½ tsp L-ascorbic acid powder

How to Do a Homemade Hot Oil Treatment

Once a week: Heat olive oil and honey to boil. cool then comb through your hair. This is supposed to help your hair grow faster and make it super smooth

DIY Food Facials for Fresh, Younger-Looking Skin

The same fresh, natural ingredients you use in your recipes can do wonders for your skin. Whole fruits and vegetables—especially those with anti-aging vitamin C—can fight free radicals, prevent wrinkles, and give you firmer, younger-looking skin. So go ahead, eat your fruits and veggies! But apply them to your skin too. Ediible face masks are fun, simple, and easier on your wallet than expensive anti-aging treatments. 

Pomegranate 

Pomegranates seeds might be hard to crack into, but they’re well worth the effort. These tart crunchy seeds are loaded with anti-aging compounds, like antioxidants and vitamin C, and are a popular addition to yogurt or oatmeal. But, they’re also beneficial when it comes to your beauty regimen. 

This Pomegranate Exfoliating Scrub at-home recipe helps remove dead skin cells for smooth, soft skin. 

How to make it: 
In a food processor, combine 2 tablespoons of pomegranate seeds and 1 cup uncooked oatmeal. Transfer to bowl; stir in 2 tablespoons honey (an antiseptic) and 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Apply to face for a few minutes, then rinse. For rough patches (like elbows), add ¾ cup turbinado sugar. 

Cranberries 
This fruit is a popular ingredient in holiday side dishes, dressings, and drinks. Cranberries can also help naturally exfoliate lackluster dead skin. 

Try this refreshing treatment twice a month. 

How to make it: 
Mix 1 cup fresh cranberries, 1 cup seedless red or green grapes, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 envelope unflavored gelatin at medium speed for 20 seconds, until they have a paste-like texture. Cover and refrigerate for 45 minutes to thicken. Remove from the fridge and let sit about 10 minutes. Spread the mixture on clean, dry skin, avoiding the eye area. Relax for 15 minutes, then rinse off with warm water. 

Pumpkin 
This fall favorite is packed with anti-aging antioxidants and vitamins C and A. The inside "meat" of the pumpkin can be processed into a thick mask to help hydrate and soften skin. 

How to make it: 
In a food processor or blender, combine 2 cups canned pumpkin, 4 tablespoons low-fat vanilla yogurt, 4 tablespoons honey, and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. Coat face; leave on for 10 minutes, then rinse.

Strawberries 
Vitamin C is a natural anti-aging compound and strawberries are full of it! Eating them helps, but you can double the effect by trying this strawberry mask, to help fight free radicals, which can damage skin cells and break down collagen. 

How to make it: 
In a food processor or blender, combine 1 cup frozen or fresh strawberries (or a mix of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries—they’re all antioxidant stars). Stir together blended berries, 1 cup vanilla or plain yogurt, and 11/2 tablespoons honey (a great moisturizer) in an 8-ounce glass. Enjoy smoothie, setting aside enough to coat your face. Apply once or twice a week.

Honey 
Honey as a facial treatment may help skin retain moisture. It also heals dry or chapped skin and can give you firmer, smoother skin. 

How to make it: 
Warm a small pot of honey in a double boiler over low heat. After testing a small dab on the inside of your elbow for a safe temperature, apply the honey generously over your entire face. Leave the mask on for 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm, then cool water. 

Yogurt 
This breakfast staple is also a great skin smoother and purifier. Opt for plain (flavorless) Greek yogurt for the mask, not a fruity variety. Yogurt contains lactic acid, a compound found in some chemical peels, that may help clear blemishes, discoloration, and reduce fine wrinkles. 

How to make it: 
Mix 1 cup Greek yogurt with 2 to 3 drops of almond or olive oil and a tablespoon of honey; apply to face, leave on for 20 to 30 minutes, then rinse and pat dry. 

Green Olive Pits 
Those annoying little seeds inside Greek olives can do wonders for your appearance. When ground, these pits act as a grainy exfoliating face mask to help remove dirt build-up and dead skin cells. 

How to make it: 
Grind them up in a food processor and use them as a body scrub to remove dry, dead skin cells. 

Green Tea 
What’s the latest thing brewing for your skin? Green tea! These tea bags just may be your new beauty best friend. Green tea is loaded with anti-inflammatory compounds and tannins to help reduce puffiness on your skin. Green tea also provides antioxidants to fight against premature aging. 

How to make it: 
Chill damp tea bags in the fridge and put on eyes for 10–15 minutes

Brown Sugar 
Sweeten your anti-aging regimen with this. The natural grains in brown sugar help exfoliate skin to remove dead skin cells for a healthier glow. Use this treatment twice a week. 

How to make it: 
(Created by The Body Deli) 
Pulse 1/2 cup dark brown sugar in a coffee grinder to make it finer and a bit less abrasive (no need to grind if you're using it for your body). Add 3 tablespoons olive oil for extra moisture and, if you want, a pinch of nutmeg for fragrance; stir until it forms a paste. Wet your face, apply scrub in a circular motion for 1 to 2 minutes, then wash off with warm water. 

Maple Syrup 
Save a drizzle of this sticky, sweet breakfast topping for a beauty pick-me-up. Pure maple syrup is loaded with antioxidant-laden compounds that may help repair free radical damage and reverse signs of aging. 

How to make it: 
(Created by June Jacobs) 
Stir together 1 tablespoon warm milk and 1 tablespoon maple syrup. Add 3 tablespoons finely ground oats; stir again. Massage gently onto your face, leave on for up to 20 minutes, rinse off, and follow with a moisturizer. 

Olive Oil 
The Greeks were on to something when they started eating foods that now famously make up the Mediterranean diet. One of their more treasured ingredients is olive oil, which is loaded with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances that are good for your heart. 

Olive oil in your diet or used topically may reduce inflammation and free radical damage, and prevent wrinkling. 

How to make it: 
Apply olive oil directly to the skin, then rub with a cloth until the skin feels smooth. Rinse. 


Avocado 
Drop the tortilla chips and swap your guacamole in lieu of this moisturizing face mask recipe. Avocados are a great source for heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, vitamin B and potassium that can also help moisturize the skin and act as an exfoliating mask for dry skin. 

How to make it: 
Mix together one avocado, one egg white, two tablespoons of oatmeal, and one teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply liberally to face, leave on for 15 to 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Do this twice a week and you’ll have softer, supple skin.

A Lesson in Smudging

Beautiful eyes are very important for the whole face look. For that reason women were inventing numerous eye makeup techniques, which will high light their eyes , for centuries.

Today, there is a great array of possibilities and thanks to the makeup industry we can easily try them on. The smudged eye technique is widely used for deeper and more attractive look . It is pretty easy to do and it is suitable for every day, as it is not too dramatic.

1. Cover your eye lid and crease with a nude shadow.

2. Line your lid with a pencil

3. Use a smudge brush. Start from the inner corner and sweep incrementally in brief strokes.

4. Use the smudge brush once again, however start from the outer corner

5. Line the lower lash line with a pencil

6. Repeat steps 3 and 4.

It is important to line the whole lash line to achieve the desired effect. Now you are done, enjoy your deeper and more sensual look.

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So love this day-to-night smokey eye look!

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Ladder Braid Side Ponytail | Cute Hairstyles

Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 3 small hair elastics, hairspray and accessory {if desired}.

Time Requirement: 3-5 minutes

Skill Level: Hard

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Begin by brushing all the hair over to one side, like you are gathering a side ponytail…
2. Pick up a small section of hair on the underneath side of the head next to the nape of the neck, and secure the rest of the hair out of the way with a large hairband…
3. Grabbing the small section, begin making a simple braid…
4. As you go to cross over the outside-left strand of hair, pull out a tiny sliver-strand of hair and leave it out of the braid…
5. Repeat the same with the next stitch of the braid. As you go to cross over the outside-left strand again, pull out a sliver-strand of hair and leave it out of the braid…
6. Repeat until you have 2-3 inches left in the braid, and secure with an elastic.  This braid is what you call a Feather Braid.
7. Now, release the rest of the hair from the large hairband and pick up another similar-sized small section of hair {this time near the front}…
8. Braid approximately 4-5 stitches into this braid and then add the first sliver of hair from the Feather Braid into the middle strand…
9. Complete one more stitch of the braid, and again, add in the 2nd sliver of hair from the Feather Braid into the middle strand…
10. Continue until you run out of slivers to use, and then finish off with a normal braid and secure with an elastic. You should have a ladder looking braid sitting on top of the remaining hair.
11. Now, reach your fingers through the bottom two “rungs” of the Ladder Braid and pull the remaining hair though the rungs…
12. Remove both small elastics from the side braids, gather all of the ends together and secure with one hair elastic.

Enjoy!

Midnight Blue

Ladder Braid Combo

Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, 2 hair elastics.

Time Requirement: 5-8 minutes.

Skill Level: Medium

1. Take the first five feathers, or so,  and flip them up and over the head to keep them out of the way while you begin your second braid…
2. Pick up another small section of hair, 1-2 inches below the other braid,  and begin a regular braid with one stitch…
3. Now, add in hair from the top…which essentially creates another Lace Braid. {The difference is that you will only be adding in the “feather” strands from the first braid.}
4. Continue braiding, adding in a feather strand into each top strand of the Lace Braid, as you go. This is creating a Ladder Braid, with the feather strands now becoming “rungs” on the ladder…
5. As you braid, try to keep the braids about 1-2 inches apart to allow the ladder effect to remain…
6. Continue ladder braiding as you work your way around the head.
7. When you get near the opposite ear, stop adding in hair and finish off the strand into a normal braid…
8. Secure with an elastic.

Romantic Date Look!!

Fluffy Fishtail Braid | Hairstyles for Long Hair

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Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 1 smoothing brush, 1 hair band, 1 small hair elastic, hairspray/pomade and accessory {if desired}.

Time Requirement: 5-7 minutes

Skill Level: Easy

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Begin by styling hair into a high ponytail {you can do a pompadour in front, or even a single Frenchback, to add some extra flair to the hairstyle}…
2. Take a small section of hair and wrap the strand around the elastic, to hide it, and secure with a bobby pin…
3. Next, take a rat-tail comb and back comb the top half of the hair in the ponytail.  You do this by lifting layer by layer, and back combing
   
   the hair down to the roots.  Do this for the top half of the ponytail only {leave the underside of the ponytail as is}…
4. Now, using a smoothing brush, gently brush the surface hair, and any rough spots from the teasing, so that they top layer of the ponytail is smooth and straight…
5. For the braid, go about 6-8 inches  down the ponytail and begin a regular fishtail braid….
6. Continue the fishtail braid until you are within a few inches of the ends of your hair, and secure with a small elastic.
7. Go back and gently loosen the braid for a more full look, and especially tug up the surface hair on the top section of the ponytail {this will further add to the volume you created with the back combing in Step #4}…
8. Add any hairspray or accessories desired.

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A Quick Fix: How to Make DIY Dry Shampoo

“Simply mix together the ingredients listed in the graphic above, stirring rigorously for about 3-4 minutes. Then, shake directly onto roots, or place in hands and rub into the root area. Brush to blend, distributing it evenly before styling as usual.”

You’ll have great-smelling hair and fabulous volume! It’s a great foundation for some of those amazing vintage, teased styles you’ve been coveting.“