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Summer Beauty Tips

Here are some summer beauty tips that will help you keep your skin looking and feeling healthy in the hot sun.

Summer is almost here! That means it is time to get your body into bikini shape and your hair and skin shining as bright as the sun. Keeping your hair, skin, and body healthy during the summer can be difficult. The hot summer sun can cause flaky skin or dry hair. To keep looking beautiful you have to protect yourself from the sun. Here are some tips for having radiant skin and healthy hair this summer!

Tip #1 – Antioxidants are your Friend

Research has shown that antioxidants could be your skin’s best friend during the summer. They prevent collagen destruction, inflammation, and wrinkles in human skin cells. Antioxidants will help protect your skin from being damaged by the sun’s harmful UV-B rays.

Tip #2 – Exfoliate!!!!

Over exposure to the sun can cause flaky, peeling skin. By exfoliating regularly you can remove the dead skin cells from your body and keep your skin looking healthy. You can make a great natural exfoliant at home by brewing a green tea pouch in ½ cup of hot water. After the tea cools, mix 2 tablespoons of the green tea with 2 tablespoons of sugar. When they combine, add another 2 tablespoons of sugar. Lightly rub the mixture into the skin and you will be exfoliating and protecting it at the same time!

Tip #3 – Moisturize with Coconut Oil

Keeping your skin moisturized is just as important as exfoliating. Coconut oil contains lauric acid, a fatty-acid that fights off bacteria and viruses. It will also moisturize and smooth your skin without leaving you with an oily or sticky feeling.

Tip #4 – Stay Hydrated

Proper hydration is key to staying energetic and healthy during the summer months. With higher temperatures comes more perspiration. Whether you eat fruits and vegetables high in water content or just chug down some bottled water, stay hydrated.

Tip #5 – Less is More

Wearing thick foundation, creamy lipsticks, blushes, and eyeliner is much easier in the fall and winter. In the summer, the heat can turn your makeup into a sticky and suffocating mess. The heat will cause the pores on your face to open up and be more receptive to whatever is applied to the skin. This means that your foundation and creams can clog up your pores and cause acne. To avoid this, use light all-natural products.

New Year’s Eve Makeup Tips

If your New Year’s Eve plan involves staying out late to party you’ll need to heed some makeup tips to prevent smudging, smearing and streaking. Though it’s cold outside most of the places you’ll be that night will probably be crowded meaning a lot of humidity and these are not ideal conditions for mascara, blush and lipstick. We’ve come up with a few makeup tips to give you long lasting protection when you’re dancing the night away.

First off, try using airbrush makeup rather than traditional makeup. Airbrush makeup provides full and even coverage, uses a 1/3 less product that traditional makeup and produces a natural look that will last. Longevity is the key with makeup on a night like New Year’s Eve and with airbrush makeup you can party with confidence knowing your makeup is on to stay.

With traditional makeup you’re susceptible to the heat and humidity of a crowded bar or lounge making your makeup run and streak. Since you may be hopping around a few parties you’ll want makeup that doesn’t need re-touching and with airbrush makeup you get a flawless finish that holds up.

Be careful with bronzers. Winter is well known for pale skin and if you use a bronzer from the store you may end up with an orange glow that is unnatural and looks awful in photos. Don’t spend New Year’s Eve hiding from cameras try spray tanning a week before the big night and see if that won’t produce a natural looking shade that won’t be over-the-top.

Airbrush Makeup is great for girls to use when getting Senior Portraits done. No more retouching makeup in-between outfit changes!