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12 One-Ingredient Face Masks for Perfect Skin. These homemade face masks use just one ingredient but will leave your skin feeling better, looking better, and battle back against the aging process.

12 One-Ingredient Face Masks for Perfect Skin

You likely have many of these items in your home already so you can begin using them today for fast results. 1. Honey Honey is an amazing product, has been for millenia, and science is still figuring out all of the good things it can do for the body. One of these is that it helps out the skin in a number of ways, which is why it makes a great face mask. Because of its thick consistency, it’s easy to apply honey as a face mask. Why it works: Honey has antibacterial and antifungal properties to it that help purify the skin on your face. 2. Before you dive into that bowl of oatmeal, you should know that it has other benefits besides helping to lower cholesterol. It’s important to use organic oatmeal, as it will be made from organic oats, will undergo less processing, and be free of toxic poisons like herbicides and pesticides, as well as GMOs.

How To Wear Makeup Without Looking Like It. As a makeup artist, you might think that I wear a ton of makeup.

How To Wear Makeup Without Looking Like It

The answer is no. I love to wear my makeup so that it covers my flaws, but I still look like myself. Shrink a Size in 14 Days. Intrigued by research spotlighting eccentric training as one of the most effective ways to get firm, we asked fitness expert Chris Freytag to create a superfast shape-up exercise routine using this unique technique. When we put a group of readers on the plan, the results were eye-popping: Testers had an average weight loss of 6 pounds and 10 inches in 14 days, with the most successful volunteers losing up to 12 pounds and more than 22 inches all over. The secret is in the program's slow-motion strength routine. Instead of lifting and lowering for 2 counts each, you'll double the lengthening "eccentric" phase of an exercise (i.e., straightening your arm during a biceps curl) to 4 counts.

"Each muscle fiber works harder so you get firmer faster," explains Freytag. An East Carolina University study found that women who did eccentric training increased their strength nearly twice as much as those who lifted weights at a normal pace after just 1 week. The Expert. Bath bomb recipe. Here is a Friday Flashback about making bath bombs.

Bath bomb recipe

Bath bombs make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift when packaged to look like a bomb along with a tag that says, “You’re the ‘bomb’!” They would also make cute teacher appreciation gifts! How to make foaming bath bombs Supplies: 2 Cups Baking Soda 1 Cup Citric Acid 4 teaspoons massage oil ( or 2 teaspoons essential oil and 2 teaspoons olive oil) Spray bottle with water mold (60 mm 2 part plastic ball) (I am also thinking the bottoms of two large Easter eggs could be used) This amount only made 5 bath bombs. Mix baking soda and citric acid in large mixing bowl. Awesome Legs the T-Tapp Way! Phase III. Good Food Matters » Blog Archive » Home Remedy. Today’s post is a bit of a departure.

Good Food Matters » Blog Archive » Home Remedy

It is not focused on food or drink. There’s no stunning roast or plate of pasta. No cooling beverage. No beguiling dessert. And yet, there is a recipe. An easy one, too, using four items found in most pantries: Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Ginger, and Cayenne… plus some water. And, so quick to put together, so beneficial, I had to share it with you. Combined, I learned from Maggie, that quartet of pantry ingredients creates a potent remedy to some of the ails of winter: Sore throat, hacking cough, tight congestion.

Combined, they turn into a curious orange syrup that can cut through the croup. And, the taste is really good! Like you, we’ve been trying to duck the dreaded cold germs: wash our hands, eat well, get enough sleep, stay warm. A Quick Fix For Oily Hair . . . “Dry Clean” It. This post is brought to you by Amazon where you can get deals on household supplies! This stuff saved my life this week! Hair & Beauty / Brown eye makeup. How to make your own exfoliating scrub. Face and body exfoliators can set us back more money than we might like, and they're often filled with laboratory-concocted ingredients.

How to make your own exfoliating scrub

Making your own natural exfoliators is easy and can save you a ton of money. Here are four easy exfoliator "recipes" to try. Exfoliating is a very important part of any skin care regime. Not only does it slough away dead skin cells, but it also unclogs the oil and dirt that lives in your pores and can cause breakouts. Most store-bought exfoliants contain harsh chemicals and dozens of questionable ingredients that have unknown benefits.

As with any other exfoliating treatments, these should be used two to three times a week, not every day. Basic baking soda scrub The range of what baking soda can do just seems to be getting wider and wider. Nourishing sugar scrub Invigorating coffee scrub Coffee is another fantastic natural exfoliant. Soothing oatmeal scrub. 8 Step Makeup Tutorial.