Brighten Up Tired Eyes

A business owner and a mother of four, wanted to look more awake than she often feel.

The Tricks
Light colors on your lids will make you look wider-eyed.

Step 1 Apply a champagne shadow like Rimmel Metallic Cream Shadow in Portobello to lids.

Step 2 Trace the V shape at the inner corners of eyes with a gold liner. Soften the V with marching powder. Try Mally Beauty Light Wand Eye Brightner.

Step 3 Curl lashes and apply a black mascara such as Maybelline New York XXL Volume + Length.

Avocado for your hair

Good morning friends. There’s a good article which I read about the avocado which was written by one of the doctor here in our country. Some people are having a problem with their hair. They can’t manage their hair well. Some people who have curly hair go to parlor and let their hair be strainghtened up. Others with straight hair wants their hair to get curly. So what happened to the hair…..it becomes damaged, it becomes fragile. The doctor I’m telling you said that avocado is good for the hair. Let me share you what I have read about her article.

Is avocado good for hair? Avocado is not only used as a fruit shake or for guacamole but also as a hair conditioner. Yes, hair conditioner. Unless you are allergic to avocado or you have oily hair. Avocado and its oil are rich in vitamins, essentially fatty acids and minerals and will bring back luster in hair. To revive dull hair, get a very ripe avocado, remove the pit, mash the flesh well, wash your hair, and massage the pulp into wet hair for 5 minutes, making the fruit oil penetrate the follicles. Cover hair in plastic wrap for about 60 minutes and rinse several times until pulp is washed out of the hair. Can be done once a week for damaged hair, and once a month for healthier hair. You can also eat some while doing your hair. But watch out for its high cholesterol content. - Dr. Philip S. Chua

How permanent should you go?

A how-long-it-will-last guide to dyes and maintenance: Highlights use bleaching agents to permanent lighten selected strands. You’ll need to redo every two to three months, depending on your tolerance for roots. Permanent haircolor provides the best allover darkening, lightening and gray coverage. It bleaches some of the hair’s natural pigment, then deposits new color. It won’t wash out, but you’ll need touch-ups every six weeks to avoid roots. Demipermanent dye (including shine-including glosses and glazes) contains less bleach than pigment. It lets your natural variations shine through, and it washes out gradually (in about 24 shampoos). As hair grows, you won’t see a noticeable root line. This is best for a trial run, according to Sonya and Christopher Dove, creative directors for Wella in Los Angeles. Semipermanent color is bleach-free and coats each hair to temporarily rev up your natural or dyed color or to cover gray; it washes out in six shampoos. Home high-lighting help: get color control with this rakelike applicator, included in Herbal Essences High-lights.

Hair-friendly dye

Don’t let memories of awkward look-and-skullcap kits or shocking salon experiments scare you off. There are three new reasons to take the color plunge: Lighted hair no longer means a Brillo texture. Conditioning agents keep hair healthier than in the past, and dyes last longer, says Cynthia Pitchford, director of international education for Matrix in New York City, which just launched Color Sync. This salon-only treatment fills in damaged hair so it absorbs color more evenly and preserves it better. Even radical lightening—going from raven-haired to blonde—can be done with new high-speed products (for home and salon) that spend less time on hair and thus do less damage. Copper-blocking technology has solved the problem presented by this tap water color saboteur, which keeps dyes from penetrating hair. More color reaches hair, and it also allows for beautiful new colors such as subtle red.

Soothing Sensations

Your skin has more than one million nerve fibers (for heat, cold, pressure pain) so a little touch goes a long way. By self-massage, or a quick stress-reducing both spiked with essential oils. After sub-merging, rub face, jaw line, neck and scalp in small circles. To try: H20 Plus Natural Vanilla Shower & Bath Gel; Bath & Body Works Health & Beauty Farm Butter Milk Bath; Yves Rocher Refreshing Lavender FootBath; Molton Brown Sensual Foaming Bath; Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Mineral Muscle Soak. – Laurie Drake

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Baby Soft Skin for Grown-ups

Johnson's Softlotion 24 Hour Moisturizer

Baby soft skin isn't just for babies anymore.

Enriched with hydrating emollients and natural lipids,

it's clinically proven to moisturize all day long.

So your skin stays baby soft, longer.

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The Power of Pumpkin

The pumpkin facial mask may sound good enough to eat, but you’ll want to save the antioxidant-rich exfoliating treatment for your skin, says Nonna Daron, co-owner of Flying Beauticians Salon in San Francisco. Combine two thirds of a cup fresh mashed pumpkin with one beaten egg, a teaspoon of honey and a pinch each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Leave on you face for 10 minutes, then rinse. For a ready-made option, try Bath and Body Works Pumpkin Purifying Facial Mask. (Call 800-395-1001 to find a location near you)