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The Beauty Department: Your Daily Dose of Pretty. Post designed by kristin ess Alright.

The Beauty Department: Your Daily Dose of Pretty.

This is serious. As promised, you’re all getting a free trip to hair boot camp this weekend. This is a post for those of you who asked for a hardcore hair health plan. If you don’t have time to do it this weekend, MAKE TIME! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A. B. C. D. E. Natural looking beach curls in under 20 minutes! I don’t know about you ladies, but I’m itching for the summer.

Natural looking beach curls in under 20 minutes!

It doesn’t help that department stores are already putting out their summer wear and swimsuits. Have you ever wanted to get that beautiful “natural” beach curl look to your hair? I want to share with you a technique that works for ALL types of hair, whether it be short, long, thick, thin, frizzy, or flat… and no curling iron involved! 1. Dampen your hair with a spray bottle or let it semi air dry after washing it. As you can tell, I have a lot of wave to my hair, but this works for all hair types! Natural Remedies for Clear Skin: 20 All Natural Tips for Beautiful Skin. As an alternative to the harsh chemicals typically found in the cleansers and toners sold at drugstores and department stores, you can make an all natural toner using Apple Cider Vinegar.

Natural Remedies for Clear Skin: 20 All Natural Tips for Beautiful Skin

To make the naural toner, mix about 2 to 3 cups of distilled water with 1/2 cup of raw organic unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar, such as Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar. Use the Apple Cider Vinegar mixture as your cleanser and toner for beautiful, clear skin naturally. 2. How to Prevent Blackheads Naturally Drink Water! A natural way to pre­vent and elim­i­nate black­heads, not to mention dry skin, is to drink at least 1/2 gal­lon of water everyday. 3.

What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? Breakfast Meals English Muffin Breakfast – 394 Calories 1 whole wheat English muffin 2 pats low fat butter 1 hard boiled egg 1/2 cup of fruit 8 oz fruit juice 8 oz water Cereal – 300 Calories 1 cup of cereal 8 oz 2% milk 1 banana 1 coffee or tea Oatmeal – 345 Calories 1 cup (cooked) oatmeal with raisins ½ cup of fruit 1 cup coffee or tea 1 small banana Scrambled eggs – 360 Calories.

What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?

Bow to the Brow: Brow Grooming. If you know anyone in your life who does makeup, one thing they will always attest to is the importance of good brows.

Bow to the Brow: Brow Grooming

I can't say enough about how much brows can completely make or break your face, and no one wants a broken face! I, myself, have problem brows. I used to fight and fight with my brows, trying to make them have more of an arch, until one day I realized my brows look terrible with a fake, forced arch. It seems pretty obvious, but a lot of women tend to think that the more arched and the higher their brows are, the better they will look. (we've all seen those brows that look surprised all the time. 22 Beautiful Uses For Vaseline. - StumbleUpon. » How to have the world's smoothest legs The Beauty Gypsy. The All-Time Best Drugstore Makeup. Guess what?

The All-Time Best Drugstore Makeup

Sometimes the drugstore makeup that you read fantastic reviews of in fashion magazines actually sucks and the writer raving about it didn't love it at all -- or even try it! It's on that magazine page because it's a new launch from the company who "bought" the back cover, being endorsed by the actress with the symmetrical face and the squeaky-clean reputation. (FACT: Beauty companies rarely go with an edgy spokeswoman no matter how huge her celebrity, because it hurts the brand when she's inevitably photographed looking puffy and hung over with a cigarette in her mouth, then ridiculed accordingly by Perez Hilton.)

In a recent past life, I was one of those magazine editors. Sometimes I lied. But at least now I get to disclose the drugstore makeup I really, actually love -- the stuff I use every day and know to be outstanding. I didn't know what the hell this was all about when I first tried it -- a lavender-ish pink cream that you wear on your dark circles? Ummm, OK. Seven Surprising Uses for Baking Soda - Health. YOU ASKED FOR IT... Photos + post by Kristin Ess So many emails have come in asking how I did the braid on Lauren’s hair for her last Chelsea Lately appearance.

YOU ASKED FOR IT...

I recently recreated that braid and took a couple photos so you could see it up close. Here’s the very simple secret to this braid: In a regular braid there are 3 strands. For this look, all you do is braid one of those strands beforehand and loosen it up with your fingers, then braid as usual. Watch this video to see how it looks as the pieces loosen up and naturally fall out of the braid: No Heat Curls - Moms Who Wear High Heels and Swear. How to: pore strips.