Category Archives: Beauty

Avocado is great for creating a nourishing face mask!

It’s absolutely freezing out there today and all this chilly weather can plan havoc with your skin.

Why not refresh and rejuvenate your complexion with this quick and simple recipe for a nourishing home-made face mask.

1. Mash half an avocado in a bowl
2. Mix in half a cup of honey and stir the mixture until it’s quite smooth
3. Apply the mixture to your face, avoiding the eye area, and leave for 10-15 minutes
4. Rinse the mixture off your face using a clean face cloth and warm water
5. Apply your favourite moisturiser for a silky smooth result!

The Technic nail varnish in be dazzled is just one of the nail varnish Harlowe reviewed

Harlowe from cocoharlowe.blogspot.com clearly loves the Technic nail varnishes.

Check out her fab review of six of them here!

Keep your skin hydrated by drinking plenty of water

Everyone knows that the festive season can leave your skin looking lifeless! Too much alcohol, late nights, party makeup and no exercise all leave your skin looking washed out.

So, to revitalise your skin simply follow our three tips below, all of which will leave your skin looking renewed and refreshed.

1. Ditch the chocolate – festive food can leave your skin looking uneven and irritated, so chuck out the stodge and stock up on veg, protein and wholegrain – you’ll soon start to see the difference.
2. Rehydrate – all that alcohol over the festive period will serious sap your skin of its moisture, so try to drink between 1.5 and 2 litres of water a day to make sure you’re fully hydrated
3. Catch up on some sleep – all those late nights celebrating Christmas and the New Year can leave you looking less fresh, so aim to get around 8 hours of sleep per night to ensure you stay looking your best.

Use lemon juice to whiten nail tips

A recent study of over 2,000 women has revealed some of the weird and wonderful tricks us ladies use in the name of beauty.

Despite the pricey lotions and potions on the market, the study revealed that women prefer tried and tested methods in their bid for beautiful skin.

Here are our top ten favourite tips:

1. Haemorrhoid cream on under-eye bags
2. Apply whisked eggs to hair to make it shiny
3. Whitening toothpaste to get rid of fake tan on palms
4. Hairspray sprayed into face to fix make-up
5. Toothpaste on spots to reduce redness
6. Sleep on back to avoid wrinkles
7. Lemon juice to whiten tips of nails
8. Cucumber on eyes to reduce puffiness
9. Legs shaved with hair conditioner to soften hairs
10. Bed socks filled with moisturiser for soft feet

Cuticle cutters can cause infections if not steralised properly!

Taking a trip to your fave beauty salon is usually a well-deserved treat for most women.

But it’s been reported that popular beauty treatments such as fish pedicures, leg waxes, bikini waxes and manicures could possibly give us nasty infections and bugs that make us ill.

Fish pedicures have hit the headlines recently over claims that the treatment can spread hepatitis, whilst leg waxes can burn the skin due to the hot wax used for the treatment.

Bikini waxes can remove the uppermost layers of skin, potentially increasing the risk of catching MRSA and cuticle cutting can lead to painful infections if the tools used to carry out the treatment aren’t sterilised properly.

Women waste £964m on skincare products!

It’s been reported that British women waste an astonishing £964m on skincare products!

Three quarters of the lotions and potions we buy go to waste, with the average woman owning eight products but only using two.

Women aged between 18 and 34 waste products the most, whilst one in five women in this age group admit to owning a whopping 20 or more products!