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41 Insanely Helpful Style Charts Every Woman Needs Right Now. 29 Cheat Sheets That Will Make Every Day A Good Hair Day. 17 Super Useful Styling Tips For Women Under 5'4. 26 Lazy Girl Hairstyling Hacks. 8 Hairstyles Every Girl Should Know - Style Me Pretty Living. SMP Magazine Forgot Password?

8 Hairstyles Every Girl Should Know - Style Me Pretty Living

Join SMP Home Parties Food holiday. 26 Lazy Girl Hairstyling Hacks. 34 Fall Fashion DIYs That Are Incredibly Easy. Tip Tuesday: Repair that hair! I’ve been testing different ingredient mixtures for a homemade mask to make your hair it’s healthiest for a while now and I finally came up with the perfect mix.

Tip Tuesday: Repair that hair!

I know, it kind of looks like an uncooked omelet. It really does belong on your hair though. I promise. The Recipe: 26 Lazy Girl Hairstyling Hacks. DIY: Detox Peppermint Foot Soak. Everyday our body is contaminated with dirty air, radiation from cell phone and computer, pesticide residue from the food we eat and other pollutants.

DIY: Detox Peppermint Foot Soak

It is believed that the over-accumulation of these toxins and the inability of our body to remove them causes all kinds of unexplained illness. One of the many ways to remove toxins from your body is through a detox bath. If you don’t have a bath tub at home, the next best thing is to make a foot bath. DIY Beauty Bar: Soap Opera. Ever since I was little I’ve loved making “lotion potions.”

DIY Beauty Bar: Soap Opera

My cousin and I would hunt through my grandma’s drawers, pulling out every hotel-sized lotion, soap and shampoo we could find. 9 Awesome Facts About Lemons You Should Know. 9 Super Sweet Facts About Honey. Your kitchen cupboards are filled with goodness that go beyond preparing your favorite meal.

9 Super Sweet Facts About Honey

Household goods, including apple cider vinegar, baking soda and oatmeal also make for amazing ingredients in at-home spa treatments. Wanting to get more use out of our honey bear squeeze bottles, we put a call-out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram asking followers how they sweeten up their homemade hair and skincare recipes. Here are nine ways to incorporate raw honey into your beauty regimen. Hair mask: During the summer months, our strands take a brutal beating with exposure to harmful UV rays, chlorine, salt water and humidity. A honey-based hair treatment like this one will add shine to lackluster locks and condition split ends.

My Favorite Face Mists To Buy And DIY. Ombré Lips In Just 3 Easy Steps. A few weeks ago, I was messing around on Instagram and I started noticing that all the super cool girls were doing something different with their lipstick.

Ombré Lips In Just 3 Easy Steps

Something that, up until this point, I’d only really seen in the drag world. The ombré lip has gone mainstream. So I quickly consulted my friend Celisa, who is not just a spectacular human being, but also a mad-talented MAC makeup artist. Ever eloquent, I asked, “Dude, are ombré lips going to be a thing?” Sick of Ponytails? Here Are 3 Other Easy Ways To Wear Your Hair Up. So I had this clever intro about how it’s been hotter than balls lately, and how miserable everyone with long hair probably is, but then... it hasn’t been all that hot.

Sick of Ponytails? Here Are 3 Other Easy Ways To Wear Your Hair Up

I suspect it’s going to roll in around Lollapalooza and stay until January, which is fine by me. But come summer, whenever that turns out to be, I inevitably find myself falling into a Boring Hair Rut. Horehound Lozenges: The Homemade Remedy For Sore Throats, Coughs, and Asthma. Horehound is a perennial herb from the mint family.

Horehound Lozenges: The Homemade Remedy For Sore Throats, Coughs, and Asthma

Known for it’s bitter taste and incredible curative properties, it is used primarily in the treatment of respiratory and bronchial illnesses–such as sore throats, coughs, and asthma. It acts as an expectorant as it loosens phlegm in the chest. Marrubiin, one of the compounds in horehound, stimulates bronchial secretions thereby helping to break up congestion. Research also indicates that marrubiin acts as an antibiotic as well as an anti-viral. Additional Benefits of Horehound In addition to the respiratory system, horehound is also beneficial for the digestive system. Intestinal gasNauseaParasitesJaundiceSore ThroatsCoughThe common coldAsthma. Recipe to Refresh: DIY, Natural Skin Care. THE LONG, HARSH winter left us with much bigger problems than shoveling fatigue.

Recipe to Refresh: DIY, Natural Skin Care

We’re talking frizzy hair (ick), flaky skin (double ick) and scaly feet that clearly saw nothing but the inside of snow boots for months. But since a full body fix-up at Le Fancy Spa costs as much as the city’s snow removal deficit, we suggest you try more wallet-friendly measures to welcome spring. For as little as the cost of lunch (and with ingredients picked up during a trip to Whole Foods), at-home treatments can turn your kitchenette into a decadent retreat. Even better: Because these DIY detoxifiers use natural ingredients — such as fresh fruit, coffee beans and even beer — you won’t be slathering scary-sounding chemicals on your skin. Green Tea Face Mist. Ok, ok, we PROMISE we will do the Homemade Sunscreen that we mentioned.

Green Tea Face Mist

But we have been distracted by the heat. Lots of heat. Triple digit heat. Suffocating heat. Did we mention the heat? Soaking Feet in Vinegar. Had a long day at work? How about keeping your feet soaked in warm water while you relax? A mixture of warm water and vinegar is the best one for relaxing your tired feet. Moreover, this method is known to cure various feet problems. Here are a few foot soak recipes you may try. Vinegar Soak Recipe for Regular Care Mix 1 cup white vinegar and 2 gallons warm water together and a few drops of essential oil. Vinegar Soak for Tired Feet In order to make this foot soak, you need 1 cup sea salt, 1 cup Epsom salt, 1 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup dried lavender.

Vinegar Soak for Athlete's Foot Most of you must be aware that vinegar can cure athlete's foot. Dorm Room Spa: 3 Easy DIY Beauty Recipes to Try. Photo Credit It’s that taxing in-between time of the semester again – spring break is over, papers and projects are coming due, and finals are looming ahead. How to make a skirt from a men’s dress shirt. In the Nursery of the Nation: How to Make Homemade Lotion Bars. It's just around the corner. You know what it is. It's time to put our thinking caps on to dream up creative, inexpensive, useful and lovely gifts for people we love. In the Nursery of the Nation: How to Make Homemade Lotion Bars.