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The Fuller Lips Secret
It’s all Kylie’s fault. In the 20s, lines for lips were the it thing—nowadays it's all about having your lips plumped to the max. Whilst I don’t believe in surgery, lip fillers or botox at all, there are still ways you can bring out the best in your lips for a fuller and more define pout. Aside from lip liner and other lip growing techniques, I have found two beauty products that are completely accessible and help women achieve fuller lips:
By Cherry Cola8 years ago in Blush
Best Post-Workout Beauty Tricks We Swear By
You can't tell me that you don't look like a sweaty mess after you've worked out. We all look like hot messes after we've accomplished a full-body workout, and this can be both rewarding and gross at the same time. Rewarding because we literally sweated our assess off at the gym and it shows how great we worked out just by our appearance. But gross, because... we're actually disgusting. Hold on, your friend just texted you saying, "Let's go get lit tonight," but you just finished an intense workout and you look nowhere near ready to head out. And you just know by the time you shower and get ready, it's too late. However, it's never too late, because there are ways to mask the fact that you worked out right before going out.
By Rachel Blanchard8 years ago in Blush
10 Reasons You Need to Try Facial Beauty Rollers. Top Story - April 2018.
As we get older, our skin slowly starts to lose its youthful glow. We deal with teenage acne, gain crow's feet from constantly straining our eyes, and overall see fine lines and wrinkles around our mouth and forehead as our age goes up. Our bodies change, too, like getting stretch marks from pregnancy or rapidly gaining or losing weight. We dwell on the fact that our youthful-looking skin will soon be substituted with wrinkled, scarred skin and we assume that nothing will bring us back to the days when our skin was spotless and plump.
By Jacqueline Hanikeh8 years ago in Blush
Makeup vs. Trust Issues
If you told my 15-year-old self that I'd fall in love with makeup, she'd probably laugh at you. I was a thick-liner-and-cheap-mascara kind of teenager, trying to be as punk as my mother would allow me to be. Here I am, just turned 27, sitting at work with a new lipstick and lip liner I bought on my lunch break teasing me on my desk. I have more makeup to my name now than I did my entire childhood.
By Kristina Tingler8 years ago in Blush
Product Review: 'Say Yes To... Coconut' Lip Mask
I love face masks. I almost think I have an obsession, because every time I am in any store that sells them, I have to spend at least ten minutes in that aisle looking through them and end up buying at least two of them every trip. Even more, I love trying new ones. While shopping for one to try in Target, I came across "Say Yes To" lip mask. It is a two step process: part one consists of a coconut oil scrub to exfoliate the lips, and step two is a paper mask to wear on the lips for fifteen minutes. The duo promises to deliver smooth, plumper- than- before lips ,and only for about $2 (give or take a couple cents).
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa8 years ago in Blush
Look Glam Without a Damn
As someone who LOVES to wear makeup, I understand that a lot of makeup is WAY too expensive to fit the needs of most people. Like $50 for mascara, it just does not seem worth it. So for those of you like me who cannot afford to spend that much money on makeup, here are my full face picks for the cheapest makeup that works just as good as any expensive brand!
By Maddie Baldwin8 years ago in Blush
I Hate My Natural Hair
Back home, I had always put my hair on the back burner. I was raised on the devil's cream (relaxer), which uses harsh chemicals to permanently straighten hair. My mother was a high school teacher, university lecturer, and examiner all at the same time, so she barely had time to do her own hair, let alone mine. Relaxer left coarse hair soft and easy to manage. Ideal, right? WRONG! Relaxer burns. I grew up scratching scabs off my scalp because the relaxed hair was more convenient and deemed more beautiful. African parents did not confront their natural hair and made no effort to understand it. Unfortunately, this was passed on to their children.
By Off Track African8 years ago in Blush
Makeup: Ditching the Mask
When I was in high school, I would wake up at four AM to shower, blow-dry, and straighten my hair, do a full-coverage, going-to-tha-club makeup routine, and pick out an outfit. This routine usually took from two to three hours depending on how "good" I wanted to look. The reason why I started this routine in the first place is because I was bullied for my appearance since fourth grade. What I wanted was to prove them wrong. I was obsessed with gaining approval from my peers, but I was never able to fully give that approval to myself.
By Bianca Godden8 years ago in Blush
10 Reasons Your Moisturizer is Drying Out Your Skin
Moisturizing might seem like something that will never work with your skin, but it's not the step in your skincare routine that you need to get rid of. Instead, you should turn to the reasons why your moisturizer is drying out your skin. These will rely on you either mixing up your skincare routine, choosing a better product for your skin, or just being more aware of the way you treat your skin.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Blush
