Home Hair Cleanser: Take a handful each of dried reetha, amla and shikakai. Soak them in one litre water overnight. Next day, simmer the herbs on a low fire till the water reduces by half. Allow the mixture to cool and then strain it with a clean cloth. Use the liquid to wash hair. This quantity should be enough for four to five washes. Refrigerate it. Make small quantities at a time.
* Always use a lip brush for applying the lipstick for it will help you use less lipstick.
* Applying foundation before lip liner and lipstick will help you achieve a long lasting coverage.
* A thin layer of Chap Stick is the best lip color fixative. And it can help your lipstick to last longer.
* Powder is also a good lip color fixative.
* You should blot lips after applying lipstick, it will help set the color and remove excess of it. You can add a thin layer of loose or pressed powder and then apply color again.
* A thin layer of clear lip-gloss over lipstick can help you turn up the shine of your lips.
* You can turn down too much shine by holding a single-ply tissue to your lips and pressing a little loose powder through it.
* You can lessen the color of a dark or bright lipstick or lip pencil by applying an overcoat of lip-gloss.
* To keep your lips going all the day, first pencil all over lips with a soft lip pencil then apply lipstick over it and blot.
* To keep lipstick off teeth, pucker your lips into an extreme O shape. Cover your finger with a tissue and pole it into your O shaped mouth and slowly twist it out of your mouth. This will help you eliminate any excess color inside your lips.
* To keep lipstick in place while dining keep lips off the utensils. Let your lower teeth and tongue to do the work.
* To get that high voltage shine and color on your lips you can try a lip lacquer either over the lipstick or alone.
* To have that evening special effects you can apply a sheer lip-gloss in silver, gold or an iridescent shade over the lip color.
* Use moisturizer throughout the day or at night.
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How to Make an Herbal Facial
Cleanse your face thoroughly before you begin, making sure all makeup is removed.
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Makeup and clothing is an issue for many teenage girls. If you are stressing about what you should look like as a newcomer in middle school, or a freshie in high school, here’s a quick guide to help your fashion mature with you throughout middle and high school.
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‘Man skin care’ would seem as though an alien topic to a few men. It would have been even more alien a couple of years back. Even so, increasingly men are now recognizing the importance of man skin care (and hence you see markets flush with man skin care products too). Even though the male skin is very different from that of a female, ‘man skin care’ is very similar to the skin care for women.
These five photos were all taken of the same person to ensure accurate and consistent results. The henna paste was made using Jamila henna, lemon juice, and sugar withessential oils added to darken the color. The paste was left on the skin for 4 hours during a warm afternoon. The henna paste was removed and matured or darkened for 48 hours then photos were take
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Makeup brushes or cosmetic brushes are a necessity in the application of blush or powder. Make up professionals have stated that a good makeup brush is a beauty secret and is akin to what a good set of knives are to a chef. The biggest makeup hazard is caused by a bad makeup brush. For airbrush makeup you can buy soft, natural-bristle brushes for your cosmetic brushes, at discount prices. If (well cared for) your makeup brushes should last a life time.
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Mascara opens up your eyes and lets the world see in. The eyes have it and mascara is the perfect solution after adding eye makeup, to bringing out the inner sparkle of your eyes. There are two basic types of mascara, waterproof and regular and unless you cry a lot or are in the water constantly try to stick with the normal mascara because water proof mascaras can be difficult to remove.
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If you have a dark skin stick to warm, earthy colors. Gold, bronze and maroon are in fact best for dusky skins. Cooler colors like mauve, pink and silver look better on fairer skins.
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