Wednesday's Beauty Tip

Beauty Tip of The Week

WHY YOU SHOULD CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP BRUSHES PRIOR TO FIRST USE

Woman that have sensitive skin or often have skin reactions are skeptickal when buying new makeup. Their afraid  it might make them breakout. Personally I dont have sensitive skin but I have some friends that do. I can understand how annoying it might be not to buy a new product you really want bc you're afraid of your skin reacting to the chemicals. However, the makeup might not be the problem, how often do you wash a makeup brush before you use it for the first time? I'll admit it, I never used to wash my brushes right after I bought them.until recently. It never occurred to me that a lot of brushes are treated with different chemicals that can irritate your skin. Next time you buy new makeup brushes give them a thorough cleaning before you use them, It might be the solution to this annoying problem. Even if you dont have sensitive skin, its a good habit to get in to. 

How many of you wash your brushes before using them for the first time?

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10 Day YOU challenge Day #7

Seven Wants:

1. A Successful Career that I enjoy

2. A life of happiness

3. Great long lasting friends

4. Honesty

5. A beautiful wedding one day

6. Luck 

7. A really nice video camera (had to throw that in there)

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DIY: Pumpkin Facial Mask

After our few weeks of Indian summer ended and the cool temps we've had this week, I'm now in the fall mood. I came home the other day and noticed my mom had put a pumpkin in front of our house like she does every year. As soon as I saw the pumpkin it reminded of this pumpkin facial mask I tried last year. I immediately couldn't wait to post this for you guys. The ingredients in pumpkin will help all skin types, high in Vitamins A and Z and Zinc, this squash helps heal and protect the skin from free radicals, while gently dissolving dead skill cells. When you add egg and milk it helps bind the mask together, nourishing and lifting the skin.
I found these easy recipe to be very soothing and moisturizing and my skin had a healthy glow afterwards. Again, I would never share a recipe with you that I haven't tried on myself :) So after Halloween is over don't throw away your pumpkins!

Ingredients:

- 2 teaspoons of cooked pumpkin (you can also use canned pumpkin)
- 1 egg
- Splash of milk

Optional Ingredients:
  For Dry Skin- you can add a small amount of honey-  it will attract and keep moisture inside your skin where it belongs.
 For Oily Skin- mix in a splash of apple cider vinegar for an astringent effect.

Directions:

• Whisk together the pumpkin, egg and milk
• Add any optional ingredients and mix gently
• Apply to your face with either your fingers or an old makeup brush (avoiding the eyes)
• Relax, read, do chores or whatever you would like for the next 15-20 minutes
• Rinse thoroughly with warm water and apply your regular moisturizer

*Put an old shirt on that you don't mind getting ruined and put a towel on your counter or floor. If you drop some you don't want it to ruin your clothes or floor.

Let me know if you try this and how you liked it :) 

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10 Day YOU challenge Day #6

Six Places:

1. My room

2. New York (where I was born & raised)

3. My pool and deck (where I am all summer)

4. The beach

5. The Bahamas (great place to go on vaca)

6. My Home (of course) 

10 Day YOU challenge Day #5

FIVE FOODS:

this is gonna be interesting since I have the same eating habits as a 5yr. old. lol

1. Taco's 

2. Chicken nuggets

3. Baked Macorni & Cheese

4. Sicilian Pizza

5. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches 

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Monday October 3rd, 2011 Blog Hop

Mondays Beauty Blog Hop For Monday October 3rd, 2011

Hello Beauty Lovers and Bloggers! :) Welcome back to my Monday Beauties Blog Hop! I hope to create a place where bloggers can come together and share their links in a friendly and supportive matter! If you are saying "What the hell is a blog hop?" Just click here for my INFORMATION post! (You can also find the times and the days of the event there)

This is Nykki from Nykki's Mane Blog

She is the host & creator of the blog hop

If you're not following her blog you should be :)

Now lets get down to business: Here are the very simple rules:

1. Subscribe to my blog via GFC:) and leave me a comment below to let me know your following (with your link) so I can follow back :)

2. Add your blog to the linky below (make sure to include http://www)

3. Check out as many blogs as you want and if you decide to follow leave them a comment letting them know that you have subscribed and found them on Mondays Beauties Blog Hop :)

4. Check out the featured blogs

OPTIONAL if you really want to be nice to me

-Grab the blog hop button and place it somewhere on your blog or in a blog post. (remember you need to re-enter your blog every week so you can make this a weekly post- click here to get the link for the button

-Follow me on Twitter

Please share the link with your followers! If you share on twitter use the hashtag #mondaybeauties so I can retweet!

We will choose 2 blogs each week via Random.org (random number generator) and mention them in our next weekly hop as "Featured Blogs"

Thanks so much for participating! :) Lets Begin:

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10 Day YOU Challenge Day #4

Four Books:

1. L.A. Candy- Lauren Conrad

2. A Million Little Peices- James Frey

3. While I was Gone- Sue Miller

4. Scar Tissue- Anthony Kiedis

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