Posts tagged Tips and Tricks

Christmas Feet

This is the time of year when women all over the world suffer from the same condition… Christmas feet. We’re wearing heels for longer than usual and they’re often higher and less practical than our daily footwear choice.
Bellasugar has some great ideas to ease the comfort from long nights wearing uncomfortable shoes.
Keep toenails short – [...]


Quick Tip for Curly Girls

My hair is naturally fairly straight, but those with curls or frizz-prone locks may find this little trick helpful.
Rather than using a standard towel to rub dry your hair, opt for paper towels instead and squueze the water out.
It is thought that the softer texture of paper towels is gentler than than rough bathroom towels.
For [...]


Lip Service

US beauty blog Bellasugar recently got chatting to ‘Lipstick Queen’ Poppy King about how to choose the best red lip shade for you.
With winter creeping up, red lipstick is sure to be coming out the makeup drawer, so try these tips via Bellasugar.
“Know your undertones: Poppy suggests, “There’s not as much a right and wrong [...]


Pucker!

I tend not to wear that many lip products as they have a habit of drying my lips out. When I do wear lipstick though, I like to apply it in such a way that my lips look healthy and full. All too often lipstick can look too harsh and ageing.
I’m a great fan of [...]


Handy

There’s surely no better way to relax than with a good massage, so why not brush up on your technique? You can help your friends and loved ones chill out with a good massage, or teach them some skills and get pampered yourself.
These step by step videos provide a wonderful and simple guide to hand [...]


Cracking Up

Summer is the time when most of us start wearing sandals and more open shoes, but if you have cracked heels and fissures running across your soles it can feel better to cover them up. Cracked feet are not only painful and unsightly, they can deepen and reach tissue causing bleeding and even infection. Here’s [...]


Facing Fashion

I am in love with this website, called fashionface.tv, and I can’t believe I didn’t come across it sooner.
The site is run by sister team Nicola and Samantha and features a huge range of tutorials, from applying the right base to copying celebrity looks.
My favourite section is ‘Rewind’, full of vintage style makeup looks, yips [...]


Quick Tip – Hayfever

If you are a hayfever sufferer it’s always a good idea to keep some medication nearby. However, life isn’t always that planned out. We can’t always get to the pharmacy. So, if you find yourself sniffing and sneezing and need some instant relief then try this little trick.
Apply vaseline to the entrance of nostrils. I [...]


Water Water Everywhere

We’ve heard it all before, everytime we look at a health magazine or read some beauty tips it is all the same – drink lots of water. However, this ‘fact’ for healthy skin is quite divided, with many professionals and doctors claiming that in fact we are all hydrated enough and there is in fact [...]


Quick Tip

If there’s one thing which really annoys me in my beauty routine, it’s the frequent changing of razors when I’m shaving.
Razors are fairly expensive to buy and replace, but  by following a few easy steps after each shave, you’ll reduce the likelihood of some common problems (the nicks, the cuts, the ingrown hairs), and your [...]


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