Drinks

Why do people keep asking if I had a late night?

I’m afraid our eyes usually give away the secret without us even saying a word. Most of us suffer from bags under eyes or eye puffiness. The main causes of bags under eyes tend to be the following:

Causes:
1:  Fluid retention: body fluids have settled under the eye area. Usually occurs overnight after a late night.
2: Late nights
3: Aging: Skin looses elasticity over time and this can lead to under eye bags
4: Allergy: You could have an allergy to certain products (RAST test can reveal that causes the under eye bags)
5: Diet: If you have a very unhealthy diet (excessive alcohol) that lacks essential vitamins then this too can cause enhanced under eye bags.

How to prevent bags under eyes:
1: Reduce salty food intake as scientists have seen a link to eye bags
2: Elevating your head (e.g. extra pillow) can prevent the fluid becoming trapped in the eye area
3: Get some good sleep!
4: Dont Stress!

How to reduce bags under eyes:
1: Splash cold water onto your eyes which will encourage circulation around your eye area. Follow this by gently tapping your eye area to further encourage circulation
2: Cold cucumber slices over the eye area for 10 minutes at a time

Only use eye care products to treat eye bags if you feel that you really really need them (naturally treating is always better long term)

These are not a one off fix for how to get rid of bags under eyes but must be consistently applied until the route of the problem is fixed.

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Subtle Make Up Blusher

All of us have different face shapes and smiles. This is why you may need to apply make up blusher to a different part of your face to someone else. Good news is the techniques remain the same.

There is different advice out in the market and each makeup artists may use a technique that suits their application style. The make up blusher style below is one of the most popular and easiest to achieve, and can be tweaked to suit your needs.

Make Up Blusher Application Steps
(Difficulty Rating: Easy)

Make up Blusher - Apple

1: Smile – this will show what is commonly referred to as the ‘Apple’ part of your cheeks (as shown by the Pic above)

2: Use a medium sized make up blush brush and dip into your selected powder (start off with little colour) and blow or shake off the excess

Follow the Green Line

3: Starting at the bottom middle of the ‘Apple’, gently and softly apply the colour all the way up to the temple area as shown in the Green Line picture above (the colour should fade by the time you get to the temple area, otherwise you have put too much blusher on the brush or you are pressing too hard against your skin)

4: You can repeat step 3 up to three times to get the look or definition you are after.

The type of blusher brush you use will affect the overall finish of the make up application. It is advised that you invest in a professional make up blusher brush as these will help achieve a professional look and will last a long time.

Once again start off with little colour and build up (don’t want you looking like a drag queen!). As normal any questions let me know.

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Beauty Nail Care

Let’s face it, woman are obsessed with nails. It’s amazing the feeling well kept nails can give a person, makes me feel sexy and make me want to show them off to the world.

I had no idea that nail varnish has been around for over 5000 years! Also nails are made out of thick protein called keratin.

There are some basic things that you can do for beauty nail care. Below are some tips straight from the experts:

Beauty Nail Care Do:

1: Never manually peel off your polish (some people do!)

2: Good calcium intake (e.g. milk) in your diet will encourage nail growth

3: Moisturise nails as part of your hand moisturising regime

4: Look after your Cuticles: Never cut them as they prevent bacteria and infections entering the body. Just soak fingers in warm water, apply cuticle cream (or olive oil) then gently push back with cuticle stick

5: File nails gently in a smooth motion (not too fast)

Beauty Nail Care Don’t:

1: Don’t bite your nails – will destroy any chance of sexy nails!

2: Don’t use acetone nail varnish removers too often, can damage your nail surface

3: Don’t wash dishes without rubber gloves

4: Don’t over groom cuticles

Just follow these simple basic beauty nail care steps and you will be on the road to the sexiest nails on the planet! There will be more in depth posts on how to apply nail varnish properly (coming soon).

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