Here is another tip for Tip Tuesdays…

If you have sad straight eye lashes like I do, there is hope and this tip is for you!

Personally, my super straight eyelashes will curl beautifully… only to become super straight and very sad again as soon as I apply mascara.

Problem solved by only using waterproof mascara.  While that is a great tip that I learned from Wayne Goss, that isn’t actually this weeks tip….

Some mascara formulas are awesome in the regular version and terrible in the waterproof version.  So, when I want to use a regular non waterproof mascara, but also want my lashes to stay curled, I first apply a thin layer of waterproof mascara concentrating at the roots of my lashes, then using the regular non waterproof mascara I apply a second and third (sometimes even a fourth) coat of mascara.  This keeps the curl to my lashes while still being able to get the benefits of whichever regular mascara I want to use.

Let me know if you try it and what you think!

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Here is another tip for Tip Tuesday!

I hate dry cracked lips!  I can not stand it when my lips are not nice and smoothly moisturized. Here is a simple recipe for making a natural lip exfoliator. Get rid of the dead skin to reveal smooth soft lips.

What you need:

• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

In a bowl, warm up the honey and coconut oil. Then, add the granulated sugar and brown sugar. Apply to your lips and gently scrub before rinsing off.  I got a pack of 10 little containers from the Dollar Store to store the extra lip scrub in.

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Here is another tip for Tip Tuesdays…

Now that it is summer time it is more important than ever to protect your skin and hair.  If you have a swimming pool or swim in the ocean the chlorinated and salt water can reek havoc on your hair.

This tip was actually given to me by my sister in law.  We both have daughters with long hair and dealing with the aftermath of a day spent swimming can be tough for all those involved.

While I try to always deep condition my daughter’s hair after she has been swimming, instead of just treating it, preventing the damage in the first place is always a much better idea.

Before going into the pool (or ocean or lake or where ever you might be swimming) completely wet your hair with fresh clean water.  This simple step  will minimize the amount of water your hair can absorb while you are swimming.  After swimming, I always wash my daughters hair with clarifying shampoo and deep condition it.

Let me know if you try it and what you think!

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Here is another tip for Tip Tuesdays…

Mascara is one of my favorite makeup items.  Finding the perfect mascara is not always easy.  Sometimes the formula is great but the brush is terrible.  It may be that the brush is awesome, but the mascara smudges and flakes.

My tip for this week…

If you find a mascara wand that you love, keep using it.  If I buy a new mascara and discover that I hate the brush, before I write it off completely, I will take a wand/brush that I like from a mascara,  ( after cleaning it off really well with rubbing alcohol between mascara bottles), and use it in the new mascara.  Sometimes that is all that it takes. It might not be that the mascara formula is one that I don’t like, it might just be the brush.

Let me know if you try it and what you think!

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