Review: LUSH Mask of Magnaminty

Hello all,

Today I wanted to talk about facial masks. I myself, love doing mask treatments. My skin is always so happy after, and my makeup glides on that much easier. We all know that what you put on your skin, (and of course diet) are the major predictors of how your skin will look on the outside. Once in awhile, your skin needs a treat to get rid of makeup clogged pores, dry dead skin, and promote cell turnover. 

Cell Turnover?? Whats that you ask?! Well this is the process of when your new skin cells can reach the surface. Ever wonder how babies have smooth, plump skin? Well its because babies cells turnover about every 14 days. Now if your in your twenties, such as myself, you can expect your cells to turn over ever 30-40 days. and trust me, it continues to just get worse from there. Besides masks, regular exfoliation, or even microdermabrasion if you can afford it, promote the cell turnover process by getting rid of the dead cells, making way for the new cells to come to surface. 

Okay after that little skin lesson, lets actually get into this. 

Quick Tips: Making Your Lipstick Last

Oh what a tiring weekend it twas. 

Minus the fact of working the entire weekend, the weathers drastic change back to gloom has got me having a case of the blues. However, one thing that always makes me think of how quickly the summer season is approaching, is bright lips. As you guys probably already have seen, if you follow me on any social media, bright lips are becoming a favourite of mine. For so long I had it in my mind that redheads simply cannot wear bright lip colours without looking, well, clown lip. I soon found that was a myth and since then have stepped out of my comfort zone many times to experiment with what colours look best. Ya know, some days you just don't want to put the effort into doing a dramatic, or smokey eye. Bold lips make you look put together, even if you aren't. Now after my ramble, I'm going to share some quick tips to make your lipstick look great and stay great all day. 

So lets go, lets channel the warm weather with our lipsticks ;)

Scrub those kissers!

Lips need exfoliation just like our face, without this it can leave lipstick looking cracked and streaky. And that ain't cute girl. 

Quick Tip: Curling Lashes

Are you one of the people not blessed with gorgeous curled lashes? Do your lashes droop fast just after curling and applying mascara?

Yeah? Me too. 

My lashes are naturally VERY straight, and even point down for that fact, which make it incredibly hard to get those beautiful long curled lashes. Because they are so straight, they do not hold a curl at all, and barley budge when I take a curler to them. You can imagine my frustration. Mascara just doesn't look right when its on straight lashes!!

But, alas, about 7 years ago I figured out a trick that works and have been using it ever since!

Its so simple and quick you can easily incorporate it into your routine

First make sure that your eyelash curler is CLEAN, especially for this technique. It can turn into a hot mess real fast if you don't do this. 

Secondly, use a straightener, or hair dryer and apply the heat to the curler for about 4-6 seconds! No longer!

Thirdly, Tests the curlers temp on the back of your hand, or wrist before putting it directly onto your eye. Metal heats very fast and I can tell you right now it is not fun to burn your eye with a curler. Learn from my mistake!

Curl as normal, you will not have to pump the curler to many times because the heat will set it faster. 

And volla! A beautifully curled eyelash that will stay in place all day!

Another Tip: Using a waterproof mascara is crucial for us straight lashes kids, waterproof has more wax in it, which will help hold the curl. I have tried using regular mascara and it just droops my lash back down because of the water based formula!

If you really hate waterproof mascara try just adding a base layer, letting it dry, and then going in with a regular mascara of your choice overtop. You just need that first layer as a sealant for the curl!

Hope this helped you guys!

Comment if you've tried this method before, or have any other methods for curling lashes!

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5 Things You Should Not Forget To Do!

Hello all my lovelies,

So I was thinking today, about how easy it is to get caught up in life, and forget some of the beauty faux pas that we all happen to forget on a day to day basis. But really, who has time to clean this and do that properally. We all love shortcuts, and though it may not be laziness, trying to finish a paper for school, or a project for work seems a bit more important than say cleaning your eyelash curler. Am I right or what? So I had a look around and thought about all the beauty mishaps that I have caught myself, or others doing and compiled this little reminding compilation.

So I know that we are all guilty of doing this makeup mishaps, but here are some that we really should not forget!