amazing beauty secrets

Before you tweeze, make sure you soften your skin by dabbing a cotton ball soaked in warm water or cream. When you start tweezing, do so in the direction of your hair s growth.

If you want to camouflage some strands of grey hair on the go, the folks at Real Simple suggest using mascara if you have dark hair. For blondes or redheads try dusting your roots with bronzing powder.

Save money on your beauty routine by taking care of your feet on a daily basis. Simply scrub your foot with a pumice stone each morning in the shower. Once you step out and dry off, apply a moisture cream to your feet. This will increase the amount of time you can go without a pedicure and will keep your toes healthy and fungus free.

We absolutely love dry shampoo, especially Klorane (we use this brand religiously). It absorbs excess oil on your strands and scalp and keeps your mane looking clean and fresh. If you don t have dry shampoo, try washing just the top of your head (or wherever there is oil), with regular shampoo followed by a quick blow dry. Your tresses will look as good as new.

Be beautiful and environmentally savvy while you re at it. Recycle your old beauty products by shipping them to Terra Cycle (you can download their pre paid UPS shipping packages online so it s completely free). They ll take your old beauty products and transform them into something new.

The experts at Beauty Is My Duty say that you should never pump your mascara (i.e., moving the wand up and down in the tube really quickly) because it will only allow air into the tube which will cause your mascara to dry (and ultimately shorten its lifespan).

Before applying bronzer or self tanning lotion, mix a drop or two of the solution with moisture cream. Blend using your finger or a Q tip then apply to skin as you would regular moisturizer. This will ensure the cream blends in and covers skin evenly.

This probably sounds crazy, but using an oil based product to remove makeup or excess dirt from your skin can actually improve your epidermis condition. Why? Over cleaning stimulates the sebum glands, which causes skin to over produce oil. Using oil based products will have the opposite effect.

There are only two options for your nails with nail polish or without. Do not allow your nails to be caught somewhere in the middle (there is nothing worse than nails donning chipped red nail polish). Even if you think no one else will notice, trust us, someone will.

Sometimes less is more. Don t slather your face with moisturizer because it will take 10 minutes or more to be absorbed by the skin before your face is ready for makeup. In an interview with Real Simple, Susan Evans, a dermatologist, said the best way to apply face cream is to blend a dime sized amount on your cheeks, nose, chin and forehead instead of moisturizing heavily.