Simple Holiday Makeup, Look Sexy

 It is well known to always “moisturize, moisturize and moisturize.” In the cold weather, make sure to go for oil-based creams instead of lotions (water-based) for hydration that lasts. Above this, for a glowing complexion, don’t skip these extra prep steps. Gently exfoliate once a week to clear away dead cells before following up with a hydrating mask to grab glowy, dewy skin.

Masks with collagen and hyaluronic acid are good, as they’re full with vitamins. Masks that contain niacin-amide can give a radiant glow, and formulations with with gold and adenosine are rejuvenating. Suggestions from dermatologist (Jenny Kim)


 Moisturizer Checkup;

A lot of moisturizers are labeled as “shimmer,” but they are best to use during summertime.  Substitute glimmer in favor of a more softened cold-weather glow. Try and use oil-based moisturizer instead of shimmer. It is more subtle for the winter months.


Blush;

For that  party glow, shimmer blush is good for most women especially if you have oily skin, you should prime first. You can use a matte blush first, then dust over it with shimmer blush. Shimmer blush on oily skin can make skin look discolored  or blemish. blotchy, so this trick helps. You want your makeup to shine through the night, not look slick. Use a nice blush to make your matte and shimmer shades last in any color. Shimmery-pink glow on lighter skin tones and a cool-based flush on darker skin.

Terracotta Bronzers;
To keep your face glowing with a flush of warm color, you can continue with your usual bronzer in your winter makeup and can use your bronzing powder as your blush on cheeks, and then highlight cheekbones with a cream illuminator to add sheen. The illuminator gives you a natural look and evening appropriate.

Nails;

If your style personality is strongly daring, winter season is here for you to display it all. Experiment with nice vibrant, sparkly, even gaudy colors. Choose from a variety of glittery, geometric shapes over rich wine-hued shades for your winter makeup.

Lip Gloss or lipstick;
Red, pink lipstick are cool. Add glittery shine to your lip stick or use lip gloss that's shimmery for your evening or night makeup.

How to Grow an Afro Black Hair Long

Growing african or black hair it's a very difficult task and usually lots of care and efforts are required to get better results. Here are a few steps to follow on growing an African hair:

1) Don't wash and shampoo hair daily. Natural hair produces it's own oil and shampooing it daily disrupts it's own natural procedure thereby leading to dryness of the hair. Wash hair at most twice a week but it may also depend on what kind of enviroment you live in. If it's a too hot and dusty place, daily washing could be necessary but you will have to slow down on washing your hair too often with shampoo because it could be damaging.

2) It's not easy to wait in patience but if determined to grow your hair long, you will need to be patient. Black or afro hair tends to grow exactly or below average, Caucasian hair grows close to average while Asian hair grows slightly faster than average. Black hair grows 1/2 (half) inch monthly growing to  6inches a year that's starting from the fresh shaved scalp. Though genetic effects could also influence the average 1/2inch growth rate monthly, it could be exact, slower or slightly faster but not to worry it will grow as long as you are breathing you hair is also growing so be patient.

3) For the growth of hair, vitamins are needed and the hair already produces about 88% of these vitamins. If you must take vitamins make sure it also includes MSM, Folic acid and Biotin to make your hair grow faster.  MSM helps strengthens the hair and makes it grow longer. Eat boiled eggs and don't forget to make drinking water a good habit of yours.

4) For chemically relaxed or straightened hair, natural protein are destroyed from the hair and if not treated, it could lead to breakage and weakness. So egg treatment is good for black hair. 2eggs and 3 or 4 spoons of olive oil will do. Mix and massage through hair and wait for 60mins wearig a plastic cap. If usuing a protein cream 10-15 mins will do.

5) Be careful of heat styling. Try to reduce the amount of heat you use on your hair. If you use heat appliances, limit to once or twice a week and always use heat protective creams before applying heat like blow drying or using iron straightener or roller on hair.

6) Always use neutralizing shampoo after using relaxers on hair. Wash away relaxers with water and use neutralize shampoo 3 - 4 times, leave shampoo on hair the fourth time for 10-15mins then wash and conditon.

7) For protein treatment, raw egg and olive oil is suitable. 3 eggs and 4spoons of olive oil, massagge gently into hair and use plastic cap for 60mins then rinse with little shampoo and condition more.You can use protein shampoo a week and moisturizing shampoo the following week. This way, you moisturise hair to be resistant and prevent breakage.

 8) Slow down on relaxers and use from 6 -12weeks or every six months. Try not to comb hair regularly  and use big tooth comb.

When hair is getting longer, trim every 3-4months the weak ends to avoid it from spliting and breaking.

Weigth loss guides and how to keep habits in avoiding it

As experts say, "to lose pound of fat almost 3500 must be burnt daily". This is unlikely for most people as it is a difficult task but you can learn how to choose your own steps to accomplish weight loss goal. Here are a few steps you can follow;

1) Knowing how many calories you burn while standing, exercising, walking, running, jumping even sitting. You can know this by using Basal Metabolic Rate System(BMR).

2) Effective use of BMR is what the body needs to have normal functions such as breathing and digestion.The minimum number of calories you need to eat daily. Since calorie calculator is needed for this, means it needs to be adjusted frequently to avoid inaccuracy (not always accurate). Heart rate monitor is also an additional measurement calculator as it can be worn.

3) Use sites like calorie measurement to write down what you eat or drink .Just as food journal can also be used to write these down daily. Try to be accurate while measuring and checking nutrition information when you eat out in fast foods, resturants or visiting.

4) From your BMR number ,add activity calories and subtract your food calories from the total. If what you eat is more than burning, you will gain weight, but if burning is more than what you eat, you will lose weight.(BMR +activity is 2,000 and your eating 2,4000 calories you will gain but if BMR+activity is 2,400 and eating is 2000 or less you are lossing weight). Try to burn 200-450 calories daily with both exercise and diet.

5)Exercisie at least 250minutes weekly.That is about 50minutes 5 days weekly.
For beginners,start gradually like 3days weekly 30-40minutes for the body to start adapting.

Some people like much of easy life which is dangerous like using the elevator instead of walking up and down the stairs sometimes. Also in the house using a vaccum cleaner instead of using the broom to sweep thereby exercising the muscles. The washing machine can relax while you wash light, easy and not too tough clothes sometimes your biseps, muscles, belly and waist benefits form all this house chores try them

1. Walk up and down the stairs
2. Do house chores
3. Walk to the TV instead of always depending on remotes
4. When watching TV raise your legs in steps and feel pains in your muscles(means your are burning calories)
5. Lie on your back, raise each leg with your head simultaneously your belly fat will start burning as you will feel pains in your laps and belly.
6. Drink lots of water daily.
7. Eat fruits and healthy snacks inbetween meals.
8. Use smaller plates to serve.

For beginners exercising

1. Get medical clearance to check your heart rate if necessary

1. Proper clothing and footwear
2. Setting your weight loss goals
3. Tracking your progress in lossing weight
4. There are dvds for exercising and training too.
5. Know what part of your body you will like to loose weight to choose the right exercise.

Simple facial care with avocado

 This is a simple facial remedy that i am personally trying for my face and it works.
If you are not so buoyant to buy expensive creams and solutions for your face then here is a solution i tried myself.
Some of us are tired of spending without getting good results for a smooth face, Especially if you are the type that gets small rash or pimples on the face that even when you make up you tend to see dried patches all over the face. Some of us use our saliva or water to wipe off the white patches while making up!! This could be as result of too much oil on the face or the skin is too dried. Well if you happen to fall in this group, then Avocado pears!

They green tropical fruits with hard green skin and a big seed inside.

Preparation;

• Cut in two,
• Use a spoon to remove the smooth inner part
• Put the inner part in a container
• Add honey and mix till smooth

Fresh Avacado

   It is ready.Some people might choose to grind it with a grinder/blender.

All you need to do is choose the time you want to mask your face.It could be early morning before going to work and  at night before going to bed.Or just at nights only.

Directions;

Use a reasonable amount and rub over face then wait till it is getting dried or as long as you want and wash off

Use warming water,then a mild soap. Continue with this procedure and you natural look will come out brightly as i have tried it myself.

    Another process is squeezed lemon juice with warm water to wash the face along with a mild soap.

Honey

Avocado/Pear nd honey mix ready

Simple Makeup

   How about knowing what to do to keep that makeup intact for a whole nite date, party or any night date.

 Through the whole night, these are techniques to keep your makeup fresh and help you glow through to the last dance.

Though summer is almost gone, there's still chance for late nights outtings, and good companion with nice weather you bloom with confidence not worring about going to the ladies to check ur face for powdering. These simple tips will help you look good into the small hours and allow you to focus on the important aspect.

1)  Translucent powder can be used to fix make-up and keep it looking good longer. The trick is to apply sparingly and use a good dusting brush to remove excess powder and achieve a light and transparent effect.

2)  Lip colour will last longer if the whole of the lip area is filled in with lip liner in the required shade. If desired, it can be blurred slightly with a cotton bud. This creates a colour base on which the chosen lip colour should be applied by brush; press the lips together to set the colour.

3)  Matte foundations control shine and have better staying-power than satin finishes. But you want to avoid a solid mask effect, so choose products that combine transparency with matticity, and apply more sparingly to drier areas such as cheeks.

Waterproof mascara lasts longer and copes better with the effects of hot and humid atmospheres, smoke, tears etc. But don't forget you'll need to use the appropriate cleanser later.

4)  Take care with eye-liner products and pencils that use wax and grease are liable to smudge or wear off as the night goes on. For a long-lasting effect and precise outline, it's better to use eye shadow applied with a wet brush, or a traditional liquid eye-liner. 

5)   In summer, oily skins are particularly prone to the effects of heat. These tips will help you combat the problem

Some of my other favorite face powders are Sparkle Beige, Natural, and Soft Bronzer.

Next, apply a sheer coat of tinted moisturizer. I make my own, by taking my moisturizer in the palm of my hand  (I love Nude Skincare's

Next, using the Long Handled Kabuki Brush, lightly apply Light Pink Lucent Face Powder all over my face and neck area. It offers a soft subtle glow and camouflages Perfect for smooth, glistening skin!any redness.

Kind of like fairy dust, Lucent Face Powders are naturally translucent, light-reflecting powders to wear over your base shade for a dewier look. They feature slight shimmery properties to make your skin lucent, glowing, natural.

To make my eyes look refreshed, I’ll take the Angled Brow & Liner Brush, dip it into the Wild Flowers eye shadow and then use it as an eyeliner, applying it to my lashline using stippling like motions

Trust me, your eyes will pop! :)

Lastly, there's nothing better than luscious, shiny lips. It's just the best feeling when my lips are drenched with moisture, and I accomplish this by using the Lavender Murumuru Mint Lip Balm.

        Most of us long for the summer to come, but when it's here it brings a number of

problems, not least for those of us whose skin tends to be greasy. The heat sends the sebaceous glands out of control, the skin is oilier than usual and there's a tendency for more pimples and blemishes to appear. If you add in a humid atmosphere and increased perspiration, it can take the shine out of the pleasures of summer.

In summer, opt for lighter cosmetics, or apply your usual cream but only on the drier areas of the face such as the cheeks.
If shiny skin is a major problem, you may want to use a cream specifically for oily skin and if you are in a country with high humidity, you may not need to use your moisturiser.

The best way to cleanse your skin of impurities or excess grease is to use water-based cleansers designed specifically for oily skin.
Once a week it's a good idea to exfoliate or use acidic-based cosmetics, which prevent the accumulation of impurities in the pores and the appearance of unsightly blackheads.

If you want to hide the shine, use a translucent oil-free or oil-absorbing loose powder. Apply using a kabuki or buffer brush or powder puff and then remove excess powder with a large powder brush. A loose powder will absorb excess oil as it occurs throughout the day. A good additional product is a mattifying gel, a product that, like cream, is applied to the shiny areas and absorbs the oil without leaving any traces. These can be applied either to clean skin or on top of makeup, and are highly effective.

And when you need an occasional touch-up, use blotting tissues, small strips that are pressed gently onto the oily areas and literally mop up the oil, leaving skin looking fresh for at least two or three hours.

Post me your favourite make up ideas. It could be you or you friends or any one you like.

How to get rid of excess fat in the body fast

     Getting rid of unwanted body weight and fats to keep a good shape on is never an easy task.

Ever thought of muscles sometimes mistaken for fats?
Infact sometimes one excercises and still remain the same, due to the muscles in the body. Lossing muscles reduces resting metabolism and disrupts ideas and efforts to lose fat from the body, so we need it.

Take measurements;
For accurate measurement of bodyfat visit a docotor. Some people use calipers for their bodyfat measurements though with some acurracy.

Excersice;
Muscles weightloss makes one skinny-fat and it weighs more than fat, so one could remain even the same while excercising or succed by looking slimmer.

One burns those glycogen while exercising especially when working out in cardiovascular style. Though glycogen are stored carbohydrates good for the body but it only reduces when cardiology exercise is being done as it decreases fat in 20-30mins. Morning exercises is best for weightloss.

Eat lots of vegetables

Eat right;
Eating little helps to reduce weight gain. Reduce calorie in-take, because eating increases ones metabolisim does not mean one should starve. Just reduce or stop junk food as they are low quality calories. Eatilg little and healthy meals like eat 4 or 5 small meals than eat 2 large meals, just break them down as it helps digestion fast and easy.

So workout, as cardio workout gets rid of more than 250-300% of bodyfat. Have good control of eating and drink abondant plain water and you are the way to fitness by losing a lot of fat in the body.

How to lose weight fast through fat burning and good diet

Not nice to deal with excessive weight gain and not know how to get that slim figure or nice curve back.
Weight loss always involves the cutting down of fats and calories intake. About fats, unsaturated type is most dangerouse and must be cut down or avoided.

Tips on losing weight fast:

Eating Habits;
Food or eating habits could contribute to ones fatness. This kind of food mentallity could be conqured by eating lots of fruits and vegetable which are more healthy to the body, as eating too much could result to over weight which could be very difficult to overcome in losing weight. So it is better to eat more fruits and lots of fibers, wheat grains which fill the stomach and deprive the urge of eating excessivelly to avoid weight.

Water;
Water intake daily is adviced as it removes waste products from the cells in the body to keep it in good form. 100 pound of body weight should drink 40 to 50 pounds of water each day while two third ounce on pound body weight. So drinking of plain water without flavour, is a good way to remove bad fluid from the body.

Excersicing;
Belly fat is stubborn and you need to do whole body workouts that challenge your endurance. Standart cardio like treadmill ot running on same pace will help too as High Intesity Technic Workout (HIIT) for 10 - 15minutes daily can help reduce belly fat or bloating.

Diet is essential in losing belly fat.

No matter how long you exercise you will not burn tummy fat if you don't eat similar to following:

- protein from -eggs, meat and fish - baked, not fried

- carbs from - lentils, beans, chick peas, bulgur

How about chromium levels and table sugar. This mineral chromium build calorie-burning tissuses which lean ones body.In this case,  keeping more Chromium amount is good for the body from sugar. Though researchers link sugar to increased calorie intake yet, sugar is not that diet damage compared to fats intake, yet helps in the excretion of chromium.
 
- fat should me limited to no more than 30-50 gr. per day - olive oil, fish oil
- you should eat lots of fiber from vegetables - this will make you full and not feeling hunger (but limit potatoes and rice)
- fruits are healthy food and you can eat plenty of them BUT once you achieve your desired weight. Fruits contain sugar and sugar increase insulin in blood and you can't burn fat with high insulin levels. Don't get me wrong, a fruit 3-4 times per week is ok. To lose weight fast don't mean eat only fruits. Don't eat only fruits when you are on diet, first because you need different nutrients and second because of the sugar in fruits. 

So, do a healthy diet with exercise and this will work for belly fat.

Control eating habits by replacing food with fruits and vegetables with watewr to flush the waste products regularly.

Face care routines for good results

Having a face that glows spotlessly and always worried on what to do about it, could also be problems on what you eat. The facial skin has alot of layers as we all know it. This is why we must be very cautious on all methods of treating the skin from head to toe.
The best treatment for the skin starts from inside the body.  Just like watery a plant and giving it good manure its leaves grows green same goes to the body and skin. Good habit of nutrition,exercise and natural treatments are good ways to start.

Few tips on how to care for your facial skin;

Skin type;
For the face, knowing what type of skin you have is a good way to start. If it is oily, dried or a bit of both dried and oily skin. Knowing this helps determine what type of skincare product you need for treatment. Dried skins are prone to white heads, so use oilfree moisturizers. There are normal, dried and oily skin type, but some people could have both oily and dried skin.

Maintain good hygine;

Be disciplined with good hygienic habit like washing of hands before touching your face to aviod bacteria infections. After a days job, within or outside the home or office, take a good bath to get rid of sweat and dirt.

Use of Moisturizers;
Use moisturizer and toner to clean skin and soften the face. This can be done especially at night and before bed time.

Exercise;
You should move more. Workouts from 15-30minutes daily can help open old pores and let new ones resurface.

Water;
To get a good radiant skin, drink lots of water. Drink at least 7 to 8 glasses of water daily as this will help you detox naturally.

Vegetables;
It is now well known that vegetables and fruits are good for our body and skin as they are rich with vitamins. It you want fruit juice, it's better you blend them in your kitchen as the ones sold in stores are more of sugar and color which are bad for the skin.

Visit a dermatologist
A dermatologist is best suggested for advice in caring for the skin.

Salicylic acid is a good ointment to treat whiteheads just as Benzol peroxide.

Always wash away makeup before bedtime, using warm water and mild soap
Sleep more especially at night.
Detoxify body by drinking at most 9 glasses of water daily.
Strawberries, oranges, lime,carrots, green vegetables, spinach etc are rich with vitaminC preserving ones youthfulness. Beauty is inside the body and glows outside the skin.

About the eyes, some of people know or notice it gets inflamed sometimes or when it is over used not properly cared for.Example is Vascular Inflamation,which is the process whereby the eyes suffers when its blood cappilaries dialates.It gets blue circles due to cigarette smoke,malnutrition and late night.Take good care of the eyes as,the skin under it is translucent and fine.

Calendula reduces pores,helping pimples and spots nourishment.

For cleansing the skin , some people use grains and if you do,use small grains because,big ones hurts the skin.Rub till melt half teaspoon of sugar can do as well as flour for mixture and always use warm water to wash or rinse face.
Moisturizer is good for all skin type but over use can cause clogging i.e pores. Check for good ones when purchasing any and read instructions carefully. Always check out for skin reactions to decide if to continue or stop usage.Always moiturize after cleansing.
Chemical peel removes outer layer of skin to reveal fresh skin as skin got lots of layer to revive anew.Better to use natural or less harsh products for the skin.

Use suppliments:

As we age our skins needs change, which is why we have developed a range to help put back the nutritional building blocks for healthy skin that ageing naturally takes away. Our unique 2-way approach to skincare combines nutritional supplements with nutrient-enriched topical skincare, to help create optimum skin health.

Use Vitamin suppliments:
Your skin needs different nutrients at different times of the day. That’s why we all have to developed these 24-hour supplements to feed our skin with the nutrients it needs during the day and night.

There are few products like;
Replenish Day-Night Skin Nutrition Suppliments
Energyizing Day cream SPF8
Hour Multi-active Night Face Cream
Nurture Skin Suppliments
Night Renewal Regenerating cream
Replenish facial wash
Replenish lip and eye contour serum etc.

A tip for the scalp concerning dandruff.Dandruff is skin ailment affecting scalps like white flakes when scartched or combed.This happens when new skin approaches while old skin peels off.Use anti-dandruff shampoo and hair or scalp cream to keep hair moisturized.

Always moist lips to keep it soft.