Make your own natural body lotion

If you’re tired of all the chemicals and synthetic fragrances in most store-bought creams and lotions, you might want to consider making your own. Most people think that making creams and body lotions is difficult but it’s actually fairly easy. I frequently make my own and give them as gifts to friends and family members who seem to love them. If you can, I recommend that you keep an old blender, a small- to medium-size glass bowl, and a spatula that you use solely for making natural aromatherapy products. While you can use your kitchen blender, the beeswax found in natural creams can leave a residue on the blender and utensils used. Here’s what you’ll need: • 3/4 cup of pure oil (I like sweet almond oil since it absorbs well and doesn’t leave a greasy film. • 1 cup of pure water (or you can use rose water — available in health food stores) • 2 tablespoons of shaved beeswax (most health food stores sell plain beeswax. • A glass jar or small glass jars for storing the lotion That’s it.

Skin Tone -- How to Even Out Your Skin Tone The key to a flawless face is an even skin tone. Even the most beautiful women in the world need a bit of help now and then (check out Heidi Klum sans makeup, pictured right). Makeup expert Trish McEvoy taught me the key to a flawless face is not perfect eye makeup application or the right shade of lipstick. It's evening out your skin tone. Getting your skin tone right, according to McEvoy, is more important than any other part of your makeup routine. Rule #1: Exfoliate Chances are if you don't exfoliate daily or weekly, your skin is covered in dead skin cells that are mucking up the surface of your skin and causing your skin to not only look dull, but older as well. Exfoliate with face scrubs, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, beta alpha hydroxy pads or any Vitamin A product like Retin-A. See my list of the best facial scrubs and peels. Rule #2: Prep the Face Foundations and tinted moisturizers glide over a moisturized, plumped face so much better than a dry one. Rule #5: Prep the Lids

BLOG Feb 11 This is my newest obsession – newspaper fingernails! Recently, I was reading Little Chief Honeybee‘s blog & in this entry, I saw a photo of newspaper nails. Supplies needed: ♥ Light-coloured nail polish (white, pastels, cream, etc) ♥ Clear fingernail polish for a top-coat ♥ A newspaper ♥ Rubbing alcohol & small container to pour it into Directions: ♥ Cut out 10 sections of text from a newspaper. ♥ Paint your nails with a base-coat of the light-coloured polish (I used white.) ♥ Pour some rubbing alcohol into your small dish. ♥ Take a strip of your newspaper, hold it down firmly on your fingernail. ♥ Slowly & carefully peel off the newspaper strip. ♥ Repeat process for all 10 nails & then use your clear polish as a protective top-coat. That’s it. Leave a Reply

Personal Dermanew Microdermabrasion Kit Review Dermanew is the most expensive home microdermabrasion kit I have ever tried and trust me, I didn't part with the $70 lightly. I was saving up for another Youthful Essence kit at the time (which I was happy with and reluctant to change) when I first read about Dermanew. Having found out that Dermanew is a home microderm system developed by the same people who invented Youthful Essence, I knew it must be a more advanced product, based on the original Susan Lucci kit formula. NOTE: since then I've tried SkinCareRX's Microdermabrasion System which I've also liked a lot. How Does Dermanew Work? There were fewer Dermanew reviews than for other microderm abrasion products, mostly because of the price (higher price means fewer customers who talk about it) which meant I wasn't as well documented about it as I was with the other kits I had tried. The Dermanew Rejuvenation System costs $70 (use MICRODERMOFFER coupon code for 15% off). How To Use The Dermanew Microdermabrasion Kit

Wacky beauty tips that work Cosmopolitan Subscribe Look Inside! Subscribe and save Subscribe to Cosmopolitan and get three issues for just $6! Order now For a daily fix of awesomeness that fits perfectly on your phone, just go to cosmopolitan.com.au on your mobile Save or splurge? Hair Hair today, gone tomorrow 2:04AM, Apr 23 Spidey just shaved his glorious head of hair off (but he's just as baben without it). Skin Dry skin smackdown 10:36AM, Apr 9 What if those flakes are a sign something’s up? Community > Your Beauty Tips How to sculpt away the last... 10.55am, March 7th Epochas Epochas body sculpting cream and serum has had many people trying to detract or ignore it but in the end everyone who has tried it has... Report Share Your Tips Appear In Cosmo Want to see yourself in the pages of Cosmopolitan? Find Out How Welcome! beauty galleries Don't Miss Out Get the latest news straight to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter! Subscribe Cosmo Community Join Now Login Cosmo Team Blog More from the team SO.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different. The strawberries are hollowed out and filled with a bit of liquor, then ignited with a match. For the cake portion, I chose a One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe because 1. it's quick 2. it is easy, and 3. it fits my prerequisite for a light ending on date night. I should say, a light ending provided you don't eat too many. The cakes are just sweet enough, and have a light, fluffy crumb - the perfect vehicle for rich chocolate buttercream. Notes for flaming strawberries:Any alcohol below 80 proof will not ignite well. Shaina made a margarita version of this on Babble Food. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Yield: About 20 cupcakes [click to print]Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Scrubs made with a variety of different ingredients. by Alexa Martin (Chicago, IL) Sounds crazy but it works. It is great for evening out your skin tone and greatly diminishes the appearance of blemishes. Cut a potato in slices (might as well use the whole and save some in the fridge)Rub the potato in circular motion on skin where it's needed. It's okay if its juicy. Use it everyday and in about a week you will notice the blemishes slowly fading! Click here to read or post comments. Join in and write your own page! by Lea (Dublin) Mix baking soda with anti-oxidant packed organic green tea to make a paste that is moist enough to rub on your skin. Thanks Lea! This sounds like a great, simple and inexpensive way to exfoliate. Click here to read or post comments. > Almond Ground (1-2 tbsp)> Almond Oil (2-4 tbsp) Mix these to ingredients together this is really good for the skin as the oil - almond oil is really moisturizing to the skin this scrub is good for all skin type . Have fun using this ! Click here to post comments. by Allison (USA)

Beauty in the Kitchen – American Profile Beauty,Home & Family by Randall StokesJanuary 8, 2012 DIY beauty treatments you’ll love Tired of spending a fortune on beauty treatments? Potatoes. Bananas. Coconut milk. Tea bags. Kosher salt. Oatmeal. Oranges. Asparagus.