Everybody wants to look great in photos and pictures. Unfortunately not everyone is blessed with a natural beauty - some of us have to work harder in order to look great in photos, some have to conceal blemishes /pimples, discolorations, large pores/, other have to change their hairstyle and clothing. If you are going to be photographed do not forget to take your makeup bag with you as you will need a few makeup products.
Here you can read about the simple tricks you can do to look great in photos.
PERFECT BASE FOR A PERFECT START
The professional makeup artists highly appreciate the healthy, clear and naturally beautiful skin. But if your skin isn’t flawless you will have to use a few makeup products to achieve this. Every makeup artist use a makeup primer / a makeup base/. A good makeup primer will hide imperfections like, large pores, small pimple, skin discolorations, spots, freckles and so on. There are even eyelid primers that conceal the yellowing hints under your eyes. Read the rest of this entry →

Years ago honey was commonly used as substitute for sugar or a flavor enhancer but during the past 10 years it has become a main ingredient in one of the best skincare products and makeup products. Nowadays honey is widely used as medicine to treat allergies, anemia, fatigue and exhaustion, poor digestion etc. Due to its properties today honey is one of the main ingredients in many moisturizing and nourishing body lotions and makeup products.

Honey contains glucose, fructose, minerals - magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium chlorine, sulphur, iron, copper, zinc, vitamins B1, B2, B5, B3.
Natural honey is very beneficial to the skin as it has the ability to attract water and to nourish the skin deeply. Read the rest of this entry →

1. Take a proper care of your hands
Soft, velvety hands are one of the few beauty arsenals. Apply moisturizing hand cream once or twice a day - look for a product that contains more natural ingredients, essential oils (almond oil, castor oil, honey extracts, chamomile extract, Vaseline). Massage your hands for 5/ 10 minutes every second day with a massaging oil or with the help of an oilier hand cream - this will improve the blood circulation, allowing new, healthier skin cells to emerge.
Don’t forget to exfoliate your hands once a week with a mild exfoliator to remove the dead skin cells, dry cuticles or patches that make your hands look dry and unhealthy. Read the rest of this entry →

Applying eyeliner is one of the most preferred ways to emphasize a woman’s eyes. No matter whether you will use liquid eyeliner or pencil eyeliner you can easily define your eyes and create a classy look. Although most of the women prefer to use pencil eyeliner as it is much easier for them, the liquid eyeliner is also a great choice for the rest of the women. Before you decide you buy liquid eyeliner you should know that it can be very difficult to apply it flawlessly at first as it needs a lot of practice and patience. Read the rest of this entry →

The perfect Hair mask for dry/winter damaged hair is easily at your finger tips.
Combine 2.5 oz Extra Virgin Olive oil

1 1/2 tablespoons Browns sugar or Raw
sugar

1/2 teaspoon Vanillia Extract.

Mix Oil and sugar until sugar is seporated. gently beat in vanilla extract. Massage into hair starting from root. Wrap into a shower cap to lock in heat for 30-45 mins. Shampoo hair and style as desired. For best results apply and complete mask at night. Leave hair dry naturally and don’t add product or style until morning. Read the rest of this entry →

Steam your face
Steaming the face is the best way to thoroughly deep clean your pores. Steaming the face once a week for example is very important to loosen debris that may be embedded into the skin. When steaming the face you widen any clogged pores and soften the skin in order to cleanse more easily the impurities, the traces of makeup, the dust, the sebaceous secretions as well as the dead skin cells.
Boil a pan of water with herbs ( for oily skin you can use thyme, peppermint or lemon; for sensitive and dry skin use chamomile or lime; for normal skin can use rosemary or lavender) and steam your face for approximately 10/ 15 minutes. Read the rest of this entry →

1. Yves Saint Laurent ‘Touche ?‰clat’ Radiant Touch ($40) - A take-anywhere pen-brush for adding a touch of light or banishing shadows and signs of fatigue from the eye area, the hollow of the chin, the contour of the lips and the sides of the nose.

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The sharp cat eye look made the runaway this Fall. Cat eyes are sexy and seductive and suits almost everyone. Creating the perfect cat eye look is all about using and properly applying eyeliner or eye pencil to create a hard line around the eye.

How to apply your makeup to create cat eye look:

Step One. Apply an eyeshadow base

The best way to make your eye shadows stay put on for longer is applying an eyeshadow base. Eyeshadow bases are nude eye base that glides on over the eyelid and create a perfect base for the eye shadow application. The bases stop your shadows from smudging, streaking and creasing by increasing the lasting-power of your shadows. A good eyeshadow base will not only prevent your shadows from creasing but it will also aid in blending the eyeshadows to perfection. Read the rest of this entry →

Probably there isn??™t a girl that doesn??™t want to have Angelina Jolie??™s , Scarlett Johansson??™s or Jessica Alba??™s full lips ??“ one of the sexiest women today. Fortunately today there are many options to make your lips fuller, to give your lips definition and to improve their appearance ??“ you can undergo a lip enhancing surgery, you can have lip enhancing injections, you can use makeup products and techniques to add volume to your lips.

LIP PLUMPERS
Lip plumpers (lip enhancing gloss, lip plumers) are relatively new products on the market that give volume and definition to the lips. Read the rest of this entry →

Using and applying a night cream should be an integral part of your skin care routine once you reach 30s. Night creams are specially designed to nourish and improve your skin while you sleep as these creams contain lots of nourishing, moisturizing active ingredients. Night creams or serums are especially beneficial for those past 30 as their skin begins to show the first signs of aging ??“ fine lines appear, the skin becomes drier and less elastic, skin begins to look dull and patchy.

Why you should use a night cream?

It??™s proven that the skin??™s ability to absorb active ingredients peaks at night and skin loses more essential moisture at night ??“ that??™s why you should help your skin restore itself by applying a night cream that will allow your skin to absorb more nourishing, moisturizing and anti-ageing ingredients. Due to the active ingredients these creams contain, they not only nourish and condition the skin, but they also repair damage caused by free radicals, makeup, air pollution, sun??™s rays. Read the rest of this entry →