The Juicy Beauty Word

It never fails you have a special event such as a prom or a wedding and your skin breaks out.  Your hair looks simply amazing but that huge p imple on your chin is not amazing at all!  Those nasty zits! So inconvenient and so frustrating. Whatever you do, DO NOT SQUEEZE! Squeezing a pimple causes a redness and swelling situation that is impossible to hide with makeup. Squeezing can also force the infection deeper into the skin causing longer healing time. Let me give you a few beauty treatment tips to help you deal with the unfortunate situation. I also have includes some Amazon Affiliate Links for quick shopping. How to Heal a Zit Fast! Clean it Start by cleaning the broken out area with a cleanser made to treat acne. Next, use a toner formulated for oily skin. Shop for Murad Clayifying Cleansers Reduce the Swelling Apply ice or a cold compress to reduce the swelling and inflammation.  You can also use a cold, wet chamomile tea bag. Put the wet tea bag in the fridg...

Here is a question someone asked me. "Is mascara made from bat poop!? For real, my dad told me this yesterday!!" I don't know where this is coming from. People are suddenly asking me   "is there really bat poop in my mascara"?   NO!  There is no bat poop, aka bat guano, in mascara!  Crushed bugs (carmine), maybe. Bat poop, no!  I have read that this urban legend is due to a confusion of the ingredient guanine and guano.   Guanine is an iridescent substance derived from fish scales. After further investigation,  I found that guanine also occurs in guano (from bats and birds), yeast and sugar beets. Guanine from fish scales is the source for cosmetics though, not guano.  A French rosary maker named Francois Jaquin extracted the pearl essence (which was crystalline guanine) from fish scales to mix up a pigment to use on round beads to create artificial pearls way back in 1656.  Guanine was then used in bath and s...

Dangerous ingredients may be in your cosmetics and personal care products.  1400 unsafe or questionable cosmetic ingredients have been banned or  restricted  in the Europe Union. The US has only banned 30.  There may be formaldehyde in hair products and nail polish. There may be parabens in your moisturizer.  There may be lead in your lipstick.  Yes, lead, the heavy metal that can accumulate in the body and cause neurological problems and even death at very high levels. Lead has been in lipstick for years. But, why is lead there and not listed on the ingredient label you ask? It's not an added ingredient. It is an impurity in the natural pigment that is mined from the earth.  There can be other heavy metal contaminates in pigments as well, metals including nickel, copper, manganese, chromium, cobalt, titanium, cadmium and aluminum. The only metal that is deliberately added to lipstick is aluminum. It is used as a stabilizer and keeps colors fro...

Do you have Rosacea? Rosacea is a skin condition that causes excess inflammation in the capillaries.  It is commonly seen on the nose, on the cheeks, on the chin and on the center of the forehead as redness or a rash.  The capillaries, small blood vessels are very red and obvious. The skin can feel sensitive and hot. Foods that will cause a Rosacea Flare Up Certain foods can cause rosacea to flare up for everyone with rosacea . People with rosacea should avoid the following: spicy food alcohol (especially red wine)  hot beverages Foods that may cause a Rosacea Flare Up Some people find that certain foods cause a flare up for them but not everyone with Rosacea gets a flare up from them.  These foods are among the foods that people have reported as rosacea triggers.   cheese  soy sauce sour cream  yogurt  citrus fruits chocolate  vinegar  Foods that may help Improve Rosacea Some foods may actually help i...

All of us at the salon were really excited about today's wedding party. The bride was one of our own so we couldn't wait to pamper her and make her gorgeous! The bridesmaids were wearing a beautiful deep pink for this early spring wedding. The day was a little gray and bit chilly, but the salon was bright, warm and buzzing. Wedding day can be a little chaotic! The bride  worn her hair pulled back and around to one side with a side bang, a small poof at the crown and curls on the one side. She had a ribbon headband that had a blingy brooch and a birdcage veil. ( I made her veil!!!) We did some glamorous makeup with lots of focus on her eyes. For her eye shadow, we did shades of white, silver and gray. I used black liner, strip lashes and defined her brows with brow powder. A soft pink shimmer lipstick and pink blush gave her a soft pink look to coordinate with her pink theme. Photo by Joe Pucinella http://www.photojoe.com/ Photo by Joe Pucinella http://...

Buffing the nails is great for smoothing out ridges in the nails and achieving a nice high shine without using nail polish.  Here are my nails buffed up and oiled. It looks like I am wearing clear nail polish! The bonus with buffing is, there is shine with no chipping or peeling polish to worry about. Plus, buffing actually stimulates circulation to the fingertips promoting nail growth which is good but, there is a down side.  Is Nail Buffing Bad for the Nails? Buffing takes a bit thickness away from the nails which can be bad unless you have thick nails. Nail cells are actually buffed off of the nail plate during the buffing process.  The more you buff, the thinner nails get leaving them prone to breakage.  If you have thick nails, really, there's nothing to worry about with normal buffing. Average nails can handle buffing as long as it is done thoughtfully. Those with thin nails need to take it easy on the buffing or not do it at all. How do yo...