Wacky Beauty Tips That Work

[NubianBeauty]

1. Powder Your Roots
If your hairline starts to look greasy, dig up a big, fluffy makeup brush, and dip it into a pot of loose powder. Tap it once on the back of your hand to remove the excess, then dust it over your roots. It mops up oil and blends into your strands, so no one will know you didn't shower.

2. Scent Strands with Perfume
Spray a light shot of fragrance into the bristles. Run it through strands from roots to ends and your hair will smell amazing throughout the day.

3. Cure Calluses with Vaseline
Slather on the petroleum jelly, and put on socks before bed to dissolve tough calluses overnight.

4. Spot-Treat Smudges
Dip a cotton swab in eye-makeup remover, and trace it along your lids to erase any slipups or goofs when there's no time to redo your whole look.

5. Fix a Flushed Face
If you turn red and stay that way after exercising (like seriously red for hours, even though you're healthy and hydrated), take an antihistamine like Benadryl when you leave the gym to reduce redness.

6. Soften Your Bod with Avocado
Take a ripe avocado, remove the pit and skin, and mash it up in a bowl. Slather it all over your body, let it sit for 20 minutes, then rinse off. Your skin will be so soft — avocado is a natural moisturizer.

7. Super-Glue a Nail
Instead of tearing off your nail when it breaks, put a tiny dab of Super Glue over the split, and paint a generous layer of your favorite nailpolish shade over it. Go for an opaque option (like red, purple, or coral) to camouflage and seal the crack.

8. Use Makeup Remover on Stubborn Lipstick
Don't try to rub off red lipstick (which makes it smear across your mouth — not so sexy). Instead, take a cotton ball or tissue, dip it in makeup remover, and just dab to erase the dark stain fast.

9. Tame Brows with Eye Cream
Pat any kind of rich eye cream over brows to help keep them hydrated and banish those icky white specks that look like dandruff.

10. Buff with Baking Soda
If you find yourself streaking (not glowing) after applying self-tanner, put some baking soda on a loofah, and scrub away the stripes.

11. Brush on Hair Spray
For the final step of your blow-dry, spray hair spray onto your brush, and run it through strands from roots to tips. This way, your do isn't so plastered and stiff but still holds volume and shine.

12. Boost Body Lotion with Baby Oil
If you're craving shiny legs that aren't greasy, blend a drop of baby oil into your normal body lotion for extra luster.

13. Dab Essential Oil on a Hangnail
Put on apricot oil, the kind found in health-food stores, to protect cuticles from turning rough and raggedy.

14. Quell a Cold Sore with Cream
When a cold sore is coming on, dab a bit of thick moisturizer, like Aquaphor, over it to prevent it from getting worse.

15. Freeze Your Eyeliner
If the tip of your eyeliner pencil crumbles and smears on your lids, store the liner in the freezer for 15 minutes before use so the tip is firm and goes across your skin smoothly.

16. Use Toothpaste on a Zit
Use just a pea-size amount. Let sit for 15 minutes to absorb the oil so the pimple won't get more clogged, then wash off.

17. Heat Up Your Curler
If you have stick-straight lashes, try blasting your metal eyelash curler with a hair dryer for a couple seconds to heat it up so your lashes bend more easily. And use a waterproof mascara. The formula dries faster than other mascaras, so it sets the curl more effectively.

18. Use Soap Without Water
You know those fancy bars that are actually too pretty to use? Toss them in your underwear or tee-shirt drawers to make your skin smell delicious.

19. Groom Brows with a Toothbrush
Mist an (unused!) toothbrush or eyebrow comb with hair spray to help flatten and tame unruly brows.

20. Put Diaper-Rash Cream on Dry Spots
Slather on a thick layer of diaper-rash cream to heal cracked elbows and feet.

21. Lubricate Your Lashes
An easy way to draw attention to your eyes without putting on a pile of makeup is to comb petroleum jelly lightly through the tips of eyelashes to get a sexy, subtle sparkle.

22. Spike Lotion with Bronzer
If you don't have time to book a self-tanning session, mix a few pumps of body bronzer with regular hand lotion and pat it on your legs for a gradual dose of sexy, beachy color.

23. Air-Dry Your Curls
Let your hair dry indoors before going out in the cold. The curls will be really bouncy and piecey-perfect.

24. Press a Tea Bag on Splotches
If your skin is sensitive or just looking irritated and puffy for some reason, steep a bag of green tea for a minute or two, let it cool down, and dab it over your face. The antioxidants in the tea take down inflammation.

25. Shave with Conditioner
Ran out of shaving cream? Do double duty by coating your stems with a thick hair conditioner. It softens the hair so it's easier to shave off and makes legs feel amazingly silky.

26. Amp Shine with Vinegar
Mix one part vinegar with four parts carbonated water, and soak dry hair. Leave on for 15 minutes before you shampoo to lock in shine and combat dullness.

27. Exfoliate Your Pits
If your underarms start to look dry and flaky, an easy trick is to exfoliate them with a gentle face scrub to keep that skin pretty when going sleeveless.

28. Customize Your Body Lotion
Instead of shelling out for an expensive perfumed body product, you can make your own by pouring a few drops of fragrance into any scent-free lotion. Rub it on-the scent will last for hours.

29. "Brush" with Mouthwash
If you're too wiped out after a late night of partying to clean your teeth, rinse with water and mouthwash, then use a dry toothbrush on the area where your teeth hit your gums.

30. Make an Egg-White Mask
To revive tired, dull skin without hitting the spa table, try this: Crack open an egg in a bowl, separate the yolk, and use the egg whites to make a face mask. The proteins help to heal and restore skin's moisture. Leave it on for five minutes, and rinse off.

	Green Tea Green tea is a plentiful source of anti-oxidents. One of these EGCG has been found to be the most effective at raising metabolic rate.

[NubianBeauty]

Do you have any other ideas that aren't listed?? Post em up!

[NubianBeauty]

I have a few.

Exfoliate your lips! Use a toothbrush, sugar, & Vaseline.
Use Visine to take the redness out of a pimple.

[Big Machine]

Prep H on your eyelids/under-eyes when you wake up all puffy and need to look decently awake in short order. It works great!

If you need something to control frizzy or fly away hair and don't have any hair products, use lotion or cream. Rub it in your hands and then smooth it over your hair. Works good for me!

[Blueta2]

Originally Posted by Big Machine

Prep H on your eyelids/under-eyes when you wake up all puffy and need to look decently awake in short order. It works great!

This only works with the Canadian version of Prep H. The American version is not manuf. the same


The Canadian formulation of Preparation H includes a yeast extract called BioDyne which has been removed from the formulation sold in the United States. This yeast extract is believed by many to remove wrinkles from skin and heal dry, cracked, and irritated skin. Thus the Canadian formulation has acquired a market in the United States as a skin cream.

[Big Machine]

I did not know that! Why was it removed from the US formula?

[Blueta2]

My beauty secret. Drink tons of water, detox A LOT and bronzer. You'll look 10 yrs younger.

Also ladies, tea tree oil for shaving burn works like a charm

[Blueta2]

Originally Posted by Big Machine

I did not know that! Why was it removed from the US formula?

Because Canada rules :-)


Not sure

Preparation H - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Beverly McD.]

Sleep on your back. Sleeping on your stomach causes you to wake up with puffy eyes. Fluid leaks from the lymph nodes and accumulates around the eye area.

[Raina]

If anyone missed the aspirin mask- mix 4-6 aspirin with a little water or apple cider vinegar. Apply it to the face until it starts to dry. Rub off with a gentle circular motion. OMG it makes your skin look/feel beautiful.

I'll warn you though that the cider vinegar makes you smell like vinegar for a while.

Best trick ever- when you get deoderant on a shirt, rub it off with a pair of nylons. I keep a pair around just for that purpose. It rubs right off instantly and your shirt doesn't have to get wet.

I'll add more to the super glue for the broken nail. Apply a generous amount into the split in your nail....a sloppy amount. Let it dry and then file down the top with a soft file. It'll usually hold for a day or 4 but you can keep redoing it. The super glue gels work the best. I do that ALL the time.

[Big Machine]

Originally Posted by Raina

If anyone missed the aspirin mask- mix 4-6 aspirin with a little water or apple cider vinegar. Apply it to the face until it starts to dry. Rub off with a gentle circular motion. OMG it makes your skin look/feel beautiful.

I'll warn you though that the cider vinegar makes you smell like vinegar for a while.

Best trick ever- when you get deoderant on a shirt, rub it off with a pair of nylons. I keep a pair around just for that purpose. It rubs right off instantly and your shirt doesn't have to get wet.

I'll add more to the super glue for the broken nail. Apply a generous amount into the split in your nail....a sloppy amount. Let it dry and then file down the top with a soft file. It'll usually hold for a day or 4 but you can keep redoing it. The super glue gels work the best. I do that ALL the time.

Where did you learn of this trick???? I almost became giddy after reading this.

[Raina]

I can't even remember but I've probably been doing it for close to 10 years. If I run thigh highs, they go into the "fix my shirt" stash. Nothing is more annoying than those darn white lines.

[MR. BMJ]

What's a good shampoo for greasy scalps?

not for me.....the GF wanted me to ask

BMJ

[NubianBeauty]

Paul Mitchell Tea Tree shampoo & conditioner will do the trick. She means oily scalp... not greasy. Amazon.com: Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo New Packaging One Liter/33.8 oz Bottle With Pump: Health & Personal Care

[Tweak]

I loooooooooooove PM Tea Tree products.

+1 to the nylons on deodorant. I've been doing that forever too! Mom must have taught us!

[takniteasy]

Originally Posted by Raina

If anyone missed the aspirin mask- mix 4-6 aspirin with a little water or apple cider vinegar. Apply it to the face until it starts to dry. Rub off with a gentle circular motion. OMG it makes your skin look/feel beautiful.

I'll warn you though that the cider vinegar makes you smell like vinegar for a while.

Best trick ever- when you get deoderant on a shirt, rub it off with a pair of nylons. I keep a pair around just for that purpose. It rubs right off instantly and your shirt doesn't have to get wet.

I'll add more to the super glue for the broken nail. Apply a generous amount into the split in your nail....a sloppy amount. Let it dry and then file down the top with a soft file. It'll usually hold for a day or 4 but you can keep redoing it. The super glue gels work the best. I do that ALL the time.

I tried this trick this morning and WOW does it work like a charm! Just erased those pesky white marks! I keep an old knee high in my gym bag now for this purpose.