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When Is The Best Time To Exercise
If you’re following a healthy lifestyle, you know that regular exercise will help rev up your metabolism so you lose weight faster and avoid weight loss plateaus. But does the time of day you choose to exercise make a difference in how much fat you burn? The answer is not as black and white as you might think. Current research suggests that slightly more fat is burned when you exercise right after waking up in the morning. However, most people can work out at a higher intensity later in the afternoon when their body temperature and hormone levels peak and their muscles are more flexible. The kind of exercise you…
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The Benefits of Dry Brushing
It only takes one trip down any beauty aisle to see at least one body brush. And although it’s easy to bypass these scrubbing brushes as unnecessary additions, don’t let the unassuming bristles fool you. Dry brushes are so much more than fancy exfoliators. Keep reading to see what dry brushing is and how to master the brushing technique for yourself. What Is Dry Brushing? Dry brushing is done with a wooden brush with tightly positioned, firm natural or synthetic bristles (I use Eco Tools Dry Body Brush http://go.magik.ly/ml/3ba1/). It’s ideal for exfoliating away dead skin cells, unclogging pores, stimulating the lymphatic system, and according to some, reducing the appearance…
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How Often Should You Replace Your Makeup?
As much as we love our makeup, we do have to go through our collection periodically and toss out what is no longer good. Using makeup sponges, primers, foundations, concealers, blushes, bronzers or highlighters that have gone bad can cause a myriad of skin problems and using mascaras, eye shadows, liquid and pencil eyeliners, pencil, powder or mascara style eyebrow products or eyelid primers that have gone bad can cause eye infections. Below is a guideline of when to toss out old makeup. I hope this guideline has been helpful and gets you motivated to clean out your expired makeup and enjoy the fun of shopping for what else, new…
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DIY Nail Polish Remover
It can be time consuming and messy to remove nail polish from your nails. Instead of pulling out the bottle of nail polish remover and cotton pads, watch the video below to learn how make your own nail polish remover that will save you time and no mess to clean up!
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Beauty Throwback Thursday: “Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific”
“Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific” was the shampoo and conditioner that I (and all of the girls) used back in my junior high school days (which was quite some time ago). The iconic scent would last forever and helped make our feathered “Farrah Fawcett” hair styles look fabulous (along with using lots of Aqua Net Hairspray to keep our hair in place)! I hope you have enjoyed this beauty throwback Thursday and if you used this back in the day let me know in the comments below and until next time, stay happy, healthy and beautiful!!
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Tip Tuesday: Exfoliate Your Skin
Exfoliation is an important and easy way to buff away the dead skin cells that cover up your skin’s natural glow, but just once or twice a week should do the trick. Overdoing it can cause dryness and irritation. My favorite product I use is Freeman Charcoal & Black Sugar Face Polishing Mask once a week (http://go.magik.ly/ml/3ba7/). This product does double duty! It is a charcoal mask that you apply to clean dry skin and leave on for 5-7 minutes to draw out impurities then you exfoliate your skin with the black sugar and rinse off! My skin feels so smooth, not dry and I follow up with my anti-aging products,…
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Make Your Own Matte Liquid Lipstick
There are a lot of matte liquid lipsticks out there and it can be expensive buying colors that end up not being the right color for you! Watch the video below to learn how to create your own matte liquid lipstick that adds a pop of color this season and save money too! Until next time, stay happy, healthy and beautiful!!
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How to Stay Healthy on Vacation
A lot of people struggle (myself included) with staying healthy on vacation. You worked hard to maintain the healthy ways in the days leading up to your trip, but then have trouble keeping them in mind once you’re actually there. It’s so tempting to literally eat your way through your adventures, but you’ll most likely feel bad later. I have come up with a few tips for avoiding that groggy, full feeling that I definitely have experienced myself, and they aren’t actually that difficult to stick to! Below are my tips for staying healthy on vacation. Hydrate – If you’re going somewhere warm, hydration is even more important than usual.…
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Tip Tuesday: How To Cut Back On Pedicures
Save money on your beauty routine by taking care of your feet on a daily basis. Simply scrub your feet with a pumice stone each morning in the shower. Once you step out and dry off, apply a moisture cream to your feet. This will increase the amount of time you can go without a pedicure and will keep your toes healthy and fungus-free. Until next time, stay happy, healthy and beautiful!
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How To Fix Broken Powder Makeup In Four Simple Steps
You grab your favorite eye shadow, highlighter, blush, powder or bronzer, but before you can get it open to use, it slips out of your hands and falls to the floor and breaks! What do you do now? You don’t have to run out and spend money to replace what is broken, you can fix it! Watch the video below and learn how to fix broken powder makeup! Until next time, stay happy, healthy and beautiful!