Cetaphil Moisturizing Cleanser

Cetaphil is a wonderful moisturizing cleanser. I first started using this facial product nearly 2 years ago. I used to work at a high-end spa and an esthetician working at that time told me this is a great cleanser for my skin type. My sister even uses this beauty care product as well. Cetephil is a creamy white ivory facial cleansing formula that works well on most skin types. This beauty care brand is recommended by dermatologists and skin care estheticians. It is also a very inexpensive product about $6 for a 16 oz. bottle to purchase at your local drugstore. You can also purchase it for cheap in bulk at a local Costco warehouse as well. Add Cetephil to your shower or nearest bathroom sink to use for everyday facial cleansing.

What kind of skin types benefit from using Cetephil? This great moisturizing cleanser works beautifully well on people with sensitive, acne-prone skin. It also comes in a beauty soap bar formula that you can use for cleansing your face and body too. Cetaphil is a very mild, gentle facial cleansing formula for easy make-up removal and treating areas of dryness. It is also known that individuals suffering from dry skin, acne, rosacea, and eczema will highly benefit from using Cetaphil moisturizing cleanser daily.

As noted from the ingredients, Cetaphil is non-comedogenic, which means it will not clog your pores. This formula is also fragrance-free which won’t harsh sensitive skin types. Individuals living with oily skin will benefit from using this facial cleansing product. Cetephil helps remove oil build-up, bacteria, dirt, and make-up residue on your face. A healthy benefit of using Cetephil is the removal of lice. With lice lingering on your head, it can cause your skin some irritation and itchiness. Many children in grade school suffer from head lice each year. Just by gently adding a good amount of the Cetephil product on your child’s hair will help kill the lice.

Cetaphil is a great moisturizing cleanser to use for everyday facial care. I find this great to use after shaving my legs. It softens my skin. Cetaphil is a very highly, effective moisturizing formula that helps lock in moisture and at the same time, hydrate your skin. Not only can women use this beauty care product, but men can too! This is great to use after a clean shave on men’s face. So c’mon…..try Cetaphil!

Cetaphil also comes in travel-size products for on-the-go traveling. You can purchase these mini-size products at many drugstores nearest you. For more information on other great Cetaphil products, click here.

 

 

 

Rohto Lubricant Eye Drops

I love Rohto lubricant eye drops. If you are experiencing redness or dryness in your eyes, Rohto eye drops will definitely do the trick. Dry or red eyes are not fun at all. These lubricant eye drops are mini small and fit perfectly in any purse, clutch, small bag, wallet, or pocket. It is a great eye care product to carry with you on-the-go or when you’re traveling. It is very convenient and easy to use. Whether you are at work, school, gym, or wherever you may be- Rohto lubricant eye drops will prevent you from developing red or dry eyes.

It comes in 4 different kinds of eye drops- cool, arctic, ice, and hydra.

“Cool” Lubricant Eye Drops: A great relief for redness in the eyes. It adds moisture and a cooling, sensational effect on your delicate eyes.

“Artic” Lubricant Eye Drops: A fantastic formula for very tired, draining, and exhausted eyes after a long day. A very lubricating formula, moisturizing, and cools down your irritable eyes.

“Ice” Lubricant Eye Drops: Great lubricated eye drop formula for itchy and burning eyes. Just add a couple drops onto each eye for a more moisturizing effect.

“Hydra” Lubricant Eye Drops (my favorite): If you lack moisture in your eyes, this eye drop formula works perfectly. Not only will your eyes have everlasting moisture, but will hydrate your eyes as well.

You can purchase these Rohto lubricating eye drops at any neighborhood drugstore nearest you for about $7-$9. It may seem a bit on the pricey side, but is well worth it.

I have been using this eye care product for almost a year now and fell in love with it. This is great to use when you wake up in the morning after taking a nice fresh shower. If you love to read or write a lot, Rohto eye drops work wonderfully well when your eyes are feeling tired or dehydrated. If you wear contacts or glasses, this eye care formula will help hydrate, moisturize, and pamper your eyes back to life. Use them twice a day placing 2 drops on each eye area. Do not place these drops in your eyes if you are wearing eye make-up. That’s a no-no. This will irritate your eyes even more. For better results, carry them with you on-the-go whenever you need it.

If you have not tried the Rohto lubricant eye drops yet, you must! Rohto comes in 4 amazing formulas, so try one out that will suit your eyes or try them all!  

 

 

Vaseline

I love Vaseline. I have been using this wonderful beauty product ever since I was a small girl. Vaseline is known to help soothe wrinkles and fine lines on your face. My mother has told me this in the past. I even heard that Tyra Bank’s mother tells her that Vaseline does work wonders on your face. Who is the creator of the famous Vaseline petroleum jelly? What makes Vaseline a wonderful beauty care product?

Vaseline was created in the 1870's by a chemist named Robert Augustus Chesebrough. Realizing that petroleum-based products may be a future fuel source for humans, the young chemist created rod wax. Rod wax was a type of residue substance that came from oil rig pumps. Remarkably, Chesebrough created a product for consumers that would be able to use it for medicine and body care…..Vaseline. With this brilliant beauty product sold in stores worldwide, Vaseline has been made a quality trademark beauty brand.

Why not try a jar of Vaseline petroleum jelly? It comes in small and big jar sizes. A small jar ranges about $2 and a big size $4. You can purchase Vaseline at any local neighborhood drugstore. Vaseline is also sold as body care lotions and creams as well. Vaseline is great to apply all over your skin, but pay close attention to areas needing extra care- back of elbows, heels, knees, and lips. If you love cocoa butter, Vaseline also comes in cocoa butter lotion. The Vaseline body care products are very light-scented, gentle, and hypo-allergenic free. This is a great product for most skin types. It’s also a very light-weighted formula, so you won’t feel any bit of rich, heavy cream lingering on your skin.

Vaseline petroleum jelly helps seal and lock in moisture onto your skin’s surface revealing beautiful, soft skin. I have used Vaseline jelly to remove make-up and it works great. Not only are you removing make-up off your face, but the Vaseline jelly is moisturizing your skin as well. It works amazingly well. Adding Vaseline with your favorite moisturizing cream works great for your face and body too. This is a wonderful product to use for everyday skincare.

The healthy benefits of using Vaseline jelly include:

  • Great to use for a First-Aid kit ointment for cuts, burns, and scrapes.
  • Moisturizes chapped lips and dryness.
  • Softens your skin.
  • Great make-up remover.
  • Helps with split ends by applying a thin layer at your ends. (Saves you a trip to the salon)

 

Heel Liners

I have found a new shoe accessory. Its heel liners! I must say…I love shoes and came to find out that every woman should own a few pairs of heel liners for their gorgeous shoes. Heel liners are a life saver for your beautiful shoes! If you love wearing fashionable, high heel shoes, I suggest inserting some heel liners into the back heel of your shoe for comfort and support. This will help prevent your back heels from forming blisters and “boo-boos.” It sounds disgusting, eh? You may not want that to happen to your beautiful heels. Of course, it is not very comfortable to wear high-heels, but its part of a beautiful fashion accessory as part of your clothing wardrobe. Why not add shoes into your collection? And extra pairs of heel liners?

Placing heel liners into my shoes have literally saved my “heels” life. Trust me, if you want to avoid those nasty, painful blisters and cuts behind your heels, investing in a few pairs of heel liners will save you. It works for me. You can purchase heel liners at many neighborhood drugstores. For a pair of heel liners, you’re pay about $5. It’s not a bad price since this will be inside the back heel of your shoes for a very long time. You want to stock up on extra pairs in case your old heel liners are too worn out.

I did notice a very huge difference after placing the heel liners perfectly into the back heels of one of my shoes. My shoes felt more comfortable walking in them. I had a lot of cushion and support while walking with no feel of pain. It’s amazing. Ladies, if you wear high-heels all the time, you will love this product. Before I even found these remarkable heel liners at the store, I had always walked in pain with sore blisters on my heels. That’s a no-no. And believe me, blisters on your heels hurt so badly. I vow to never walk out in public in painful blisters ever again. Walking in high-heels can be comfortable if you insert the right type of insoles for your shoe type. Placing insoles or heel liners into your shoes is easy. Just be sure to have a marker and scissor nearby in case you need to trim the edges. You will absolutely love this product because it is a fabulous shoes accessory build for your back heels comfort, care, and support. You do not have to worry about blisters or any painful cuts. Purchase a heel liner that feels like a soft cushion. You may want to stay away from the clear heel liners because they might easily slip off. For pain-free heels, try heel liners.

Fake it with False Lashes!

False lashes are in. I love false lashes. I have found that many ladies wearing false lashes are a huge fashionable, beauty statement. Why not? I have seen in many beauty articles, fashion, and live runway shows where beautiful gorgeous models are always strutting in style with amazing, long natural looking false lashes. Many famous celebrity starlets such as Fergie, Lady Gaga, and Eva Longoria are a fan of these gorgeous fake lashes. But what really makes these lashes oh-so-sexy?

I have always been very curious about false lashes. So I decided to go to the local beauty drugstore to purchase some beautiful fake lashes and lash glue. The fake lashes and lash glue were marked retail price at about $5 each. It’s not really a bad price, since you can reuse the lashes over again. The nice thing about the lash glue is that you don’t have to use a lot of glue to apply on the lash line area. You just need a very small dab of lash glue, use a toothpick for easy application, and voila- you are ready to go! I have always been very afraid of applying fake lashes on my own natural lashes before because I was scared of poking my eyes. I thought to myself, “It shouldn’t be too hard.”

My friend and I made plans to meet up for lunch yesterday. So I decided to wear the false lashes that I bought at the store the previous week. I was anxious and excited. I did watch a You Tube video on applying “fake lashes.” It didn’t seem that hard. I applied all of my basic make-up on my face before placing the lashes on my natural lashes. I squeezed out a small dab amount of lash glue and gently, but sparingly used a toothpick to apply the glue along the lash line. It was a very easy application. I waited about 10 seconds for the lash glue to set. Then I gently placed the false lashes on top of my natural lashes. It was a bit tricky, but the false lashes definitely made my eyes instantly “pop.” My eyes looked bigger and fuller with the beautiful dark fake lashes on top of my natural lashes. The You Tube video tutorial on fake lashes was extremely helpful.

In many burlesque shows, false lashes are beautifully worn by burlesque performers for live stage shows. Fake lashes give the appeal of a more elegant, old-Hollywood movie star look from beauties such as Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page. It is also a favorite “beauty accessory” amongst make-up artists in the beauty industry. You Tube’s make-up artist guru, Michelle Phan is a huge fan of big, fuller false lashes. She has demonstrated a few “false lash” tricks in many of her make-up tutorials on You Tube. False lashes are great to wear on a date, concert event, fashion show, dinner with friends, clubbing, or simply anywhere! Do also remember that false lashes come in all different colors, shapes, and form. You can wear anything from a very dramatic, elegant look, natural, or something simpler to suit your style. For whatever the occasion is, rock your fake lashes in style!   

Beauty Secrets from Shalini Vadhera's "Passport to Beauty"

Shalini Vadhera is a reportedly a renowned expert in the field of beauty. (As I have not yet had the privilege of meeting Shaline in person, I unfortunately can’t give any first-hand accounts as to her beauty regimes outside of what I have read.)

 

That didn’t stop me from devouring the following beauty secrets and tricks of the trade which are excerpted from her book, Passport to Beauty which contains, Secrets and Tips from Around the World for Becoming a Global Goddess. I’ve always found the idea of becoming a goddess appealing, I thought I’d take a gander and see what Ms. Vadhera had to say. Here are some of my personal favorites from the book—fortunately, the recipes are all meant to be done at home with or without a friend.

 

Beauty Scrub:

 

Ms. Vadhera gives the following recipe for a body scrub that I can’t wait to try:

 

½ cup sea salt

½ cup beach sand

 

She recommends using the body scrub for rough areas like your elbows, feet, and knees. (If you have any winter tropical beach vacations planned, you could try doing a body scrub in the ocean water, too.)

 

Korean Face Masque

 

2 eggs

flour

1 mashed cucumber

 

Mix the ingredients together (use as much or as little flour to achieve a consistency you like) and apply to your face for ten minutes. The purpose of this masque is to increase the firmness of the skin on your face.

 

California Face Masque

 

1 mashed avocado

¼ cup plain yogurt

 

Use the avocado on your skin as a face masque for 20 minutes to hydrate and refresh your skin. If you are hungry, you can always eat a little bit of the avocado before mashing it up.

 

Dominican Republic Nail Strengthener

 

Use chopped up garlic with clear nail polish. Leave on nails for one week—preferably when nobody is in smelling distance of your nails—and hopefully your nails will be stronger as a result. (This, of course, has the added benefit of warding off any Vampires that may be in your vicinity. If you are trying to woo your own personal Edward, I recommend forgoing this nail-strengthening method.)

 

 

Latin Secret for Lowering Cholesterol

 

Drink a tablespoon of oatmeal every night with a glass of water before you go to bed. Oatmeal (supposedly) contains lipoprotein, which is a bonified cholesterol-fighter.

 

-------Again, some of these tips sound made-up and all I can tell you is that Shalini Vadhera included them in her book. So, either she has great connections throughout the beauty world, or she is very creative when making up beauty tips. Either way, enjoy the tips and let me know how they work out.--------

Want a Sun-kissed Glow? Apply Self-Tanner on your body!

Do you complain of pale, white skin during the cold winter season? If you are one of those people that absolutely hate the look of your white, pale skin tone, there is a solution! Don’t fret yet folks! Ever heard of self-tanners? Using a self-tanning based formula will indeed do the magical skin care trick! Self-tanners are natural based formulas completely harmless and hypo-allergenic on most skin types. If you want a bit of sun-kissed glow to your skin, applying self-tanner will bring a revealing “glow” to your beautiful skin.

Self-tanners are great to wear during the cold, winter months when there is barely any sunshine outside. Since many people complain of short summer months, the benefit of self-tanners will literally save the color of your skin tone. Don’t even think about spending expensive money and time on heading to a tanning salon to achieve that natural radiant glow. It just takes a simple short trip down to your local beauty drugstore and into the self-tanning aisle. This way is much cheaper, inexpensive, and hassle-free. Selecting a close shade of a self-tanning color to your natural skin tone will literally save your skin care concerns. Certainly this is a beauty skin care trick you don’t want to miss out on! Why not try out this unique beauty trick out? It won’t hurt you. I promise.

I love the fall and winter months. When fall season comes, the beautiful array of fresh leaves fall from the trees revealing beautiful, elegant fall-leaf colors. Doesn’t that sound gorgeous? During the winter season, we experience very cold months, but yet very beautiful snow-white weather. Many of us may complain of long, cold weathers. But do we ever complain of how pale and white our skin is? I am sure we have had those moments. The answer is simple. Self-tanners do wonders on many beautiful skin types. I am in love with self-tanners. Self-tanners are not only less harsh and irritable on your skin, but great for a sun-kissed glow. This skin-care method is definitely inexpensive and saves you time and money. You will pay for a great deal on achieving miraculously beautiful, soft skin. I have heard a number of numerous reports from many women including men about how they want to still achieve that healthy, natural glow on their skin.

All self-tanners contain an ingredient called dihydroxyacetone or DHA to turn the skin pigment into a brownish tone color. Some people may develop an allergic reaction to this strong ingredient which may turn into a rash-like color. There are some self tanning lotions and creams that contain artificial fragrances. If you are allergic to certain fragrances in self-tanners, stop using the product immediately. This will make your skin worse. Many natural skin-care moisturizers like Aloe, vitamins A and E should be healthy for your skin. Watch for these type of ingredients in self-tanners because they could be definitely beneficial for your skin as well.

The benefits of self-tanning include:

  • You do not have to sit out in the heated, scorching sun. Lying out in the sun may damage your skin leading to skin cancer and sun burns.
  • Sunless tanning is cheap and affordable.
  • Self-tanners help achieve your natural, healthy looking glow on your skin without the risks of harmful UV rays and sunlight.
  • You can self-tan whenever you want anywhere and anytime!

So what are you waiting for? If your goal is to achieve a healthy, beautiful natural looking glow on your skin, apply self-tanner on your body. You are not only giving yourself a healthy glow on your body, but for you skin as well.

 

For a list of the best self-tanning lotions and creams, please click here.

Add Tinted Bronzer to your Foundation!

Love wearing foundation? Well for all you make-up lovers, there is a new way of “spicing” up your liquid foundation! Yep folks, just add your favorite bronzer to your foundation! Ooh la la! I learned this make-up trick years ago when I used to work at a retail drugstore in the beauty department. Many magazines featuring articles on make-up and beauty tips will leave somewhere in the context about bronzer mixed in with foundation for a revealing “glow.” This is a favorite amongst celebrity stars such as Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, and Victoria Beckham. These “bombshell beauties” have certainly gotten their famous glows featured in various photo shoot spreads, premiere live-events, magazine interviews, and much more.

But what really is the beauty behind adding tinted bronzer to foundation? Take a guess? For a natural, sun-kissed glow, adding tinted bronzer (preferably liquid) to your foundation will work beautifully well on your skin. As a beauty consultant at my previous job, I had to pay attention to different tones and colors of bronzers because many beauty customers of mine had totally different skin tones. There are many tricks of working in the beauty industry. One of my beauty specialties was helping my customers achieve the best make-up colors and quality for their skin tone. If you want to know what color is suitable for your skin taste, I suggest testing a very small amount of the desired bronzer color on the back of your hand or neck. Then you would truly see what kind of bronzer color blends well with your skin tone. Testing a good 3-4 application of bronzer colors will certainly help you in choosing the right product.

Most bronzers contain a specific ingredient of SPF or better known as “sun protection factor.” SPF is especially important in many beauty creams, lotions, and products. It helps with the collagen process and elasticity of our skin. For certain areas of the nation that experience very short summers, bronzer is a great way to add a bit of tinted glow and natural beautiful summer shine to your face. Many beauty drugstores sell bronzers and tanning products specifically made for the body. Applying the tanning bronzing product for a few days to your body will also help you achieve that radiant glow and beauty. You can also add this type of product to your liquid foundation as well. If you are on a tight-consumer budget, then I suggest purchasing an inexpensive tinted bronzer. You do not need to head out to a department store to purchase the very best beauty bronzer. That would be a complete waste of money. When it comes to beauty habits, it is always wise and smart to really know where your good money will be spent on.

You can absolutely wear bronzer all season long! If you want a magnificent, beautiful sun-kissed glow to your face, just add a small amount of your favorite bronzer to your liquid foundation. Remember to make sure that you shake the contents of the bronzer and liquid foundation together thoroughly well. This will prevent you from leaving “streaks” on your face. I am certainly sure you do not want that. For beautiful results, use a clean foundation brush with soft bristles. If you don’t have one, you can use your fingertips. Make sure your fingers are clean before application. You want to make sure to have a clean application all over your face. For best results, apply some of the application on your neckline. There are also benefits from wearing bronzer. Not only do bronzers help achieve your natural glow, but protect your skin from direct exposure to the sun rays and decrease your chances of skin cancer as well. Want a sun-kissed glow? Then skip the tanning beds and add your favorite tinted bronzer to your liquid foundation for a beautiful glow!       

 

Cocoa Butter

Want beautiful, baby soft skin? Well folks, you can! Just applying “cocoa butter” lotion or body cream all over your skin will help achieve that luxurious, baby soft skin. There have been reports of pregnant women lathering this sweet, light cocoa butter scent on stretch marks. Really? I had met this very sweet lady who had a young baby daughter who told me she actually uses this amazing cocoa butter formula on her stretch marks. She also told me that she was very lucky to not have very many stretch marks after pregnancy. Cocoa butter had literally saved the life of her stretch marks on her body.

This light, chocolate scented cocoa butter not only smells so great, but contains many healthy benefits for our body as well. Cocoa butter comes from the natural ingredient of the cacao seed beans from the Theobroma cacao tree. The texture of cocoa butter consists of a rich, creamy formula that helps to moisturize and protect the layers of the skin. It is also known that cocoa butter is used in cooking, coffee, cosmetic, beauty, chocolate, and even in some prescribed medications. Cocoa butter has a very soft creamy, buttery substance with a grease-free formula. It contains a natural antioxidant, which helps the immune system with preventing the causes of disease and aging. It is amazing that cocoa butter have many healthy benefits in many skin care problems. Stretch marks are one of them. Many women rely on cocoa butter to help prevent stretch marks on their body.

Cocoa butter is great for all skin types. Most cocoa butter body creams, or lotions contain non-allergenic ingredients. It is great to use as a daily moisturizer on your face and body. Applying this light, creamy cocoa butter formula daily helps seal in the moisture and prevents your skin from drying out or flaking. Many lip balms containing cocoa butter is very good for your lips too. Do pay close attention to products that contain natural cocoa butter ingredients because they are highly beneficial for your skin. The usage of cocoa butter helps the collagen process and restoring the skin elasticity to its natural beauty. Cocoa butter also helps firm and smooth revealing baby, soft skin. Now doesn’t that sound fabulous?

I keep a bottle of cocoa butter in my bathroom cabinet. You can buy cocoa butter cream or body lotion at many local neighborhood drugstores. A huge size bottle of cocoa butter ranges about $5-$8. You can also buy them for cheap in bulk at a Costco store too. If you want firm, smooth, baby soft skin, I suggest using cocoa butter to achieve healthy looking skin.      

Burt’s Bees: Pomegranate Oil Flavored Replenishing Lip Balm

I have a new favorite lip balm. It is called the “Burt’s Bees replenishing lip balm with pomegranate oil. I was at my local retail drugstore shopping for some beauty care supplies and make-up when I happened to be walking down the in-soles aisle where all the Burt’s Bees lip care products were located at. I was actually looking for a specific lip gloss in the drug store, but the new array of Burt’s Bees lip balms caught my eye and attention. Since I remembered I was almost out of lip balm, I decided to look through the new stack of Burt’s Bees lip balm. I love Burt’s bees. They have great beauty and body care products. The new Burt’s Bees replenishing lip balm with pomegranate oil instantly caught my eye right off the bat. It was marked at $3.79 for a 0.15 oz. tube size.

Many beauty care department stores have an array of different testers for products. The local drugstore where I was at did not have one. I was a bit bummed that I could not test out the new Burt’s Bees lip balm. I decided to buy it anyways. As I made my way down to the check-out counter, I was reading the ingredients on the side of the lip balm. It had very good ingredients and facts about the new Burt’s Bees replenishing lip balm with pomegranate oil. I was excited to try on this new flavor after checking out at the front register.

The main ingredient inside the new Burt’s Bees replenishing lip balm is the natural pomegranate oil. Pomegranate oil is known to have a very good benefit in hair as well as the skin. What more better then adding this special ingredient in a lip balm! This natural, flavorful lip balm is filled with moisturizing ingredients to reveal very smooth, healthy, and luscious looking lips. Want healthy, soft lips? Try the ultimate new Burt’s Bees Replenishing lip balm with pomegranate oil flavor!

Not only does our skin go through many different weather seasonal changes, but our lips too. During the summer and winter times, our skin is prone to dryness. Since we are almost entering cold winter weather, our lips need extra attention and care. You want to avoid dry, chapped lips as much as possible. Trust me; but having dry, chapped lips is not very fun at all. I always carry a chap stick or lip balm wherever I go. Whenever I need some moisture on my lips, I just take out my lip balm and apply it on my lips. It is very easy and convenient to carry a lip balm or chap stick in a small purse, clutch, or place it inside your pocket. You may never know, but carrying a lip balm with you is a complete beauty saver. 

For more information on this fabulous Burt’s Bees Replenishing lip balm and other beauty care products, please click here.

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