How to Make Your Own Beauty Products from Scratch - Health - GOOD Let's keep things simple this week. When it comes to personal-care products, we are big believers in streamlining what you use—see "Eight Products You Think You Need But Don't" for a refresher—buying less in general, and getting creative. We have both always loved experimenting in our kitchens and our bathrooms, checking ingredients in products we love, isolating the main ones, and then trying them on their own. Sometimes it works: A favorite hair leave-in contained aloe, for example, so one day we tried aloe alone and found that, lo and behold, it worked just fine on its own. And sometimes it didn't. Over the years we have tried dozens of DIY beauty recipes to find ones we like—and that work. Simple body scrub Honey face wash We already told you about our new favorite homemade face wash last week but here's the recipe: In the palm of your hand, combine a tablespoon of raw, unfiltered honey with a half a tablespoon of baking soda, mix it together, and apply to damp skin. Perfume Shave oil
Super Easy Hard Lotion Bar Recipe These have been wonderful for my winter dry skin. I used to coat my hands at night with petroleum jelly, because it was the only thing that helped with the dryness. Normal lotion didn’t help much at all, plus I don’t like the fragrance of most lotions, and many have questionable ingredients. Since I do a lot of dishes and wash my hands frequently, these bars have been a godsend. Most homemade lotion recipes involve quite a few ingredients, blenders and more mess than I’d prefer to clean up. I used a recipe from Jo’s Health Corner, a site that I highly recommend. Hard Lotion Bar Recipe Ingredients 1 part each, by weight Melt all ingredients together, pour in molds, let set until hard, unmold, and you’re done! I used plantain infused olive oil, almond oil would probably work nicely as well. Update: Mountain Rose Herbs sells unrefined beeswax tabs for those who need it. Here’s a shot of all the ingredients as they begin to melt. My mold set has a lot of fun shapes. Shea Butter Lotion Bars
Put Up Your Dukes: braided scarf tutorial I have a tutorial that is forty thrillionty times easier and better than my previous (ahem, first ever...give me some grace!) tutorial. It is accessible to infinitely more people (you dont have to have a baby, OR a dress to start out with). Oh, did I mention it's mega cute and chic also? 5 weeks ago I saw this scarf on pinterest. it was pinned by a VERY popular pinner that I follow under her DIY board. LOVE these colors. must make a yellow and gray one for me. source The more I thought about it, the more I wanted this, and wanted it CHEAP. Then I got busy. the hardest part was figuring out the knot/braid, but Jesse jumped down and took charge like a freaking Eagle Scout. High on our success and planning the tutorial that would certainly be "my big break," I tweeted the following: And then naturally I got sidetracked with sewing orders and running and sleeping and life and never followed through on sharing this with anyone. The other (now massively popular and pinned, woe is me!) 2. 2. 2.
Weird Beauty Facts and Myths - True Beauty Myths Then: Suntanned skin was a sign of health, high status, and style. Coco Chanel was the poster child for high fashion—and high status. So when she came back from a cruise with a deep golden tan in the 1920s, it’s no wonder her fans began adapting darker skin tones too. Sporting a bronzed glow sent the message that one was wealthy enough to afford a leisurely outdoor life and by the 1930s sunlight was touted as a cure for everything from acne to tuberculosis. Now: A little sun can perk up your complexion, but even a slight tan represents injury to your largest organ (your skin). Then: Eyewash and lash trimmings would help play up your peepers. Now: Instead of enduring questionable eye mixtures and stubby lashes—trimming them won’t make them grow in thicker! Then: Sleeping with a meat-muslin mask would keep you young. Now: There are other (less messy) ways to give your skin a dose of moisture and protein. Then: Lashes could be darkened with Vaseline and coal dust.
Makeup For Faking Perfect Skin Search YoubeautyForgot your password? Or use an existing account! Not a member? Register here See All Quizzes HomeArticles + ExpertsFaceMakeup For Faking Perfect Skin Makeup For Faking Perfect Skin Photo1of 11 ByMelissa Milrad Goldstein | March 20th, 2012 Tags: Skincare, Makeup, Shopping Guides Save 2 Comments See All Pin it Courtesy of Per-fékt; Chanel; Garnier Reading Suggestions from Around the Web Comments on this Gallery (2) | Leave a Comment Carla12 says: Tried perkekt product and I love them. Carla12 Joined on January 16th, 2013 kimber59 says: Garnier's BB cream is not a good choice when it comes to BB creams. kimber59 Joined on February 22nd, 2012 This season’s gorgeous peaches, nudes, bronzes and pinks can help you get a bright, youthful complexion—gobs of makeup not required. QUIZ: Are You Satisfied With Your Face? Satisfied When You Look in the Mirror? Get tips for flaunting your gorgeous face with confidence. Take Quiz Be Your Most Beautiful You Highlight your eye color. Sexual Satisfaction Quiz
How to Make Your Own Solid Lotion Bar They're just so handy: pop them in your bag, in your sewing kit, in your knitting bag or even in your pocket. Keep one in the shower for a quick go-over on warm, wet skin, sealing in all that lovely moisture. Solid lotion bars are wonderful for treating all your rough spots and protecting all your dryness-prone places. Create your own with a simple formula that allows you total creative control. In your handbag, there are no worries about the bottle cap opening or the soft plastic sides cracking and filling your purse with lotion. Solid lotion bars are basically lotion without the water. As a bath and body professional, I have worked out a formula for the exact proportions of hard oils, soft-solid oils and liquid oils to create a bar with good skin glide but endurance against melting. Basic Solid Lotion Bar Recipe Makes approximately 3 lotion bars, 2 oz. each Measure waxes and solid oils into a microwave-safe container.
How I Fixed My Skin by Making My Own Beauty Products | Beauty on GOOD My 14-year-old niece looks out from behind the pantry door in our kitchen to ask me where the honey is. I tell her that I left it in the shower, and she gives me that teenager-perfected look of pity and revulsion. But she’ll just have to get used to it because, for the foreseeable future, what she uses to sweeten her tea and what I use to clean my face are coming out of the same jar. Since I was younger than she is now, I’ve had what my mother calls “problem skin.” It is an excessively sensitive, acne-prone mess of keratosis and razor burn whose hobbies include scarring, peeling in direct sunlight, blotching red when I watch GOP debates, and bursting into itchy pustules if I use the wrong laundry detergent. Recently, I started to wonder if the problem wasn’t my skin, but the harsh chemicals I used on it. 1. 2. With these basic rules established, the objective is the same as any other facial care regimen: cleanse, tone, moisturize. Cleansers Every day I wash my face with honey. Toners Masks
6 Hot Summer Eye Makeup Tutorials! | Life With 4 Boys I am going to clue you all in on a little secret, I have never been taught how to put on makeup! Honestly, I have had very little interest in makeup, hair or beauty in any way until recently. I don't know what it is, but as the kids get older and I find I have more time, there is actually a renewed interest in looking my best. A while ago, I posted a roundup with 5 short hair tutorials for summer. 1. I really love this look. 2. I don't know what it is, but I really love the striking green color in this one down near the lashes and then the more smokey/muted feel of the rest of the look. 3. This one is not a video, but it is one of my favorites in those I have run across so I wanted to share. Photo from the Jangsara.blogspot.com tutorial. 4. Not sure that I am brave enough to try something this bright and colorful, but I really love it and think I will probably sport it at least a few times this summer. 5. 6. Another pinkish coral colored tutorial here. Kathleen Bunn
Homemade Lotion Bar Recipe Thank you for visiting Little House in the Suburbs. Please subscribe and you'll get great simple living tips and how-to articles delivered to your inbox, for free! What is a lotion bar? . . . and stuff like that. And lotion bars are child’s play to create. I have a Cadillac lotion bar recipe, but I will lead with the, um, shall we say Ford Escort of lotion bars. 1 part vegetable shortening 1 part vegetable oil 1 part beeswax Melt the shortening and beeswax a double boiler or a little pan in a bigger pan of simmering water. To use: Let the warmth of your hand melt a little of the bar and rub into dry skin–hands, feet, elbows, etc. Yes, it’s oily at first. Here’s the Cadillac version: 1 part shea butter 1 part avocado oil 1 part beeswax 1200 IU vitamin E (1 lg. capsule) per every 6-8 oz. other oils essential oil (optional) Melt shea butter and beeswax in a double boiler or small pan in larger pan of water on the low heat setting of the stove. Note: Shea butter can occasionally become grainy.
Glow-in-the-Dark Tattoos Hide During the Day, Come Out at Night « How-To News Want a tattoo that's daytime work-safe (invisible), but nighttime party-friendly (UV blacklight)? At first sight it may be hard to believe these tattoos are real, but in fact, they are. UV light tattoos are the perfect way to hide it from mom. Via Wikipedia, "The tattoos can be completely invisible in normal light, although scarring from the tattoo machine in the application process may remain, and therefore still show. Colored ink is also available, where the ink is visible in normal light (as with a regular tattoo) but the ink will glow vividly under UV light. Find out more information at tattooartists.org. Previously, Augmented Reality Tattoo: Holographic Skin Art.
A Recipe for Homemade Warm Vanilla and Honey Lip Balm Through this blog I chronicle and share the daily happenings of my life. So naturally, when I made the.best.lip.balm.ever. I instantly knew I wanted to give you the recipe! I realize there are about a bazillion recipe out in Internet land for homemade lip balm — I know because I’ve tried several. And actually, lip balm was the first homemade body care product that I made all on my own. But homemade lip balm… is fun, quick, and easy to makeis perfect for the beginnermakes a wonderful gift (Tip: This is perfect to give as a gift for a new teacher, a new mom, for a birthday, or just because.)is so much better than store-boughtallows you to control the ingredients …and I don’t think we could ever have to many recipes to try! This balm is seriously amazing. And here’s how I made it. Warm Vanilla and Honey Lip Balm Supplies -15-18 standard lip balm tubes or 3-1 oz tins -a small digital kitchen scale -small pot or double boiler Ingredients -1 oz. Method Notes Where to Buy this Stuff? What about you?
LES PENSEES DE MANU DIY: Homemade Lip Balm for Naturally Kissable Lips | Delicious Beauty Chapstick – winter essential. It creates a barrier between your lips and the brisky air beyond that likes to sap the moisture and vitality from your luscious pucker. And in lieu of petroleum by-products that we’d rather not slather across our mouths – or even pricey, natural alternatives – why not opt for this homemade recipe that will have you and eleven of your friends covered until it melts in your car or falls in the dirt – like all good chapsticks inevitably do? So, this recipe makes enough for twelve chapsticks – one for every purse, every pocket or every family member, you decide. What You’ll Need: 2 tablespoons beeswax (about 1 oz) 2 tablespoons coconut oil 2 tablespoons shea butter 12 lip balm containers A dropper Optional: Add 5-10 drops of your favorite essential oil or a couple drops of your favorite flavoring, such as chocolate or vanilla extract. What to Do: 1. 2. 3. Prefer a little color and a lotta shine? image: Jenah Crump Photography