Beauty Tips for Softer Hands

Taken off the winter gloves can be amazing and freeing but you want to make sure that you are taking off those gloves and reveling beautiful soft hands. Not, dry cracking hands. Since springtime is here and you are going to showing off your hands a more make sure that your hands are looking the best! These tips were inspired to help you get gorgeous hands that will be the envy of all and most of all they will be amazingly soft to touch. Your hands will look even more amazing if both your nails and hands look great for more information getting healthy nails Beauty Tips for Healthy Nails

Tips***
1. Exfoliate
Just like any other part of your body, dead skin cells build up on the skin and can cause the skin to look dry. Also if you work with your hands a lot you can build calluses on your hand. The first step to getting beautiful hands is to exfoliate the skin. To remove all of the dry skin to reveal the healthier skin underneath it. A good and inexpensive way to exfoliate your hands is to mix sugar, lemon juice and a cream together and rub it into your hands till the sugar dissolves. You can do this 2-3 times a week. You can also find hand scrubs at beauty stores.

2. Moisturize
Always moisturize your hands after washing them or if the appear to dry. Keeping your hands moisturized will keep them from appearing dry and will also keep them feeling soft to the touch. It would be a good idea to invest in a lotion that is made just for hands.

Curel Fast absorbing hand and cuticle cream $4-$9
This is the perfect hand lotion that helps both your hands and cuticle!

3. Washing
As you were told when you were younger washing your hands is essential to your healthy and cleanness of your hands. Although you should be careful to avoid soaps that are drying to the skin and take away your natural oils. Try to buy soaps that add moisture to your skin, the moisture your skin has the softer they will be!

4. Massage
Increase the circulation in your hands by giving them a quick massage every night. This will help them appear more healthy and have the right color tone.

5. Super Soft Hands
For really soft hands try applying a heavy cream or Vaseline to your hands and putting them in cotton gloves at night. This will help seal in the moisture which will give you amazingly soft hands.

6. When doing housework or doing the dishes wear gloves to protect your hands from harsh chemicals and over drying.

I hope these tips help you get beautiful hands!

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Beauty Tips for Smooth Legs

Since spring is here us ladies will most likely be showing off our legs a lot more. Wearing our favorite Skirts, Shorts and dresses that will make our legs look fabulous! But, for our legs to be fabulous we must begin the hassle of removing hair from our legs... There are many ways in which this can be done through shaving, creams, waxes and lasers but I am mainly going to focus on shaving as that is what most females do anyway. I know that I think that shaving is a hassle and I try to make sure that keep my legs hairless and smooth for as long as possible before I must undergo the process of shaving again. Throughout my years of shaving I have come across some tips to make your legs look great and how to the most out of shaving for as long as possible. Here are just some tips to keep your legs looking toned, smooth and beautiful!

Tips***
1. Tone
Before you even start the process of shaving get your legs toned up for the spring and summer months! Work out your leg muscles by doing leg exercises like planks or simply just going for a long walk to help tone your muscles!

2. Exfoliate
Your legs are one of the driest places on your body and therefore they usually have a lot of dry dead skin cells on top of your skin. The best way to remove them is to exfoliate your skin with a good body wash that has exfoliate within in it. Removing the dead cells will allow your to get a closer and better shave.

Dead Sea Cosmetics Passion Exfoliate $13.00 Online

3. Shaving Cream and Gel
Now, I know that some of my friends use regular bar soap to shave their legs and this is a big NO! Regular bar soap does not have the proper moisture to protect your skin from the harshness of a razor and also does not add any moisture to your skin and sometimes removes the need oils from your skin. Always use s shaving cream or gel. These products add moisture and create a barrier from your skin and from the razor. This way you won't have cuts from the razor. The creams and gels also provide moisture to help keep your skin smooth and not dry or flaky. I use Skintimate

Skintimate Frosted Velvet $2-$4 General Stores, Drugstores

4. Razor
I never noticed if one brand of razors are better than others but I do know that the more blades the better and smoother shave you will get! Also to change your razor or your razor blades after 3 uses at the most. Dull blades can cause you to cut yourself and not get a clean shave. I prefer the Schick Quattro Trimstyle for women.

Schick Quattro Trimstyle $12-$14 Drugstores, General Stores

5. Lotion
After you shave your legs and at least twice a day you want to make sure that you moisturize your legs with a good lotion. If your like me and don't like to shave your legs you are going to want to try Jergens Naturally Smooth which a shave minimizing lotion that works to help slow down the speed of your hair growth on your legs so that you don't have to shave as much! I have yet to try this because I just found out about when I told my friend about this post. I will be purchasing it and doing a review for you all!

6. Steps
When you first get in the shower you are going to want to do your normal shower routine and exfoliate your body and legs. After allowing the warm water to soften the hairs you are going to want to apply the shaving gel and shave your legs. You wan to make sure that you use upward motions in clean strokes from your ankle up. Take your time don't rush and cut yourself. Then pat dry your body so that you do not remove the natural oils in your skin and apply your lotion.

Hopefully these tips help you out on your journey for smooth legs! Let me know what products you use or what tips you have!

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Beauty Tips for Healthy Skin

Makeup  can help cover up unwanted areas and help enhance your beauty. But, the best thing to help your face look healthier and better and to be able to feel good about yourself is having good skin! I know that I always feel better about myself when my skin is clear and I only have to wear light foundation. So here are some tips to help your skin be healthy and flawless!

Tips***

1. Find out what your skin type is. Your skin could be a combination of things or just one. There are many different types of skin types that range from dry, normal, and oily. Once you find out what your skin type is make sure that you are buying the right products for your skin types and make sure your read the packaging to be positive it is right for your skin.

2. If you are out between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. use a face lotion that has SPF within it to protect your skin from sun damage.

3. Limit the time you spend taking a hot shower! The steam from the hot shower can take away natural oils that your skin needs.

4. Exfoliate at least 1-2 times per week to remover dead skin and help keep your skin bright and healthy. Also try and do a moisturizing masque to help keep your skin firm and hydrated. Use another masque at least once a week to help detoxify your skin.  I like to use Neutrogena Scrubs (look at my neutrogena products posthttp://fashionaffair08.blogspot.com/2011/02/neutrogena-products.html) I also like to use Queen Helene Products to moisturize and detoxify my skin. Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque for removing oils and detoxifying.

and Queen Helene Avocado and Grapefruit Masque

5. Use a toner after you cleanse your face day and night! This helps even out your skin tone and also remove any residue left on your face. I use Neutrogena Pore Refining Toner

6. Don't! Pop Pimples! It leaves scars and if your hands are not clean when you do it can make your acne worse.

7. If you wear glasses or sunglasses makes sure to keep them clean so that you don't keep putting dirts and oils onto your face.

8. After washing your face don't rub your face dry with a wash cloth. Always pat dry so that you don't remove any natural oils or irritate the skin.




9. Also make sure to change your pillow case once or twice a week.

What do you do to keep your skin healthy?

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Beauty Tips for Healthy Nails

Don't you just hate when you see people with the perfect looking nails or after you get a manicure your nails look fabulous and you wish that your nails would stay like that forever! Well here are some tips that I use to keep my nails looking healthy, natural, and beautiful!

First make sure your nails stay hydrated by applying a lotion with Vitamin E or use petroleum jelly at night and rub it into your nails. A great hand lotion that I use to keep my nails healthy is the Curel Fast Absorbing Hand and Cuticle lotion.

This lotion is about $5-$7 at drugstores and general stores. What I like about it is that it is good for your hands, nails and cuticles and leaves your hands feeling soft. It also is fast absorbing so you don't have to spend a lot of time rubbing it into your hands.

When pushing your cuticle back make sure that you do so at least a 45 degree angle doing any other way can cause severe damage to the cuticle which will damage your nails

When it comes to filing I know I always see people filing their nails back and forth instead of in one direction which is the right way. Never file back and forth but always in one direction.
Never file your nails after you have washed your hands or got out the shower. Water softens the nail making them easier to break or have uneven cuts.


Buy a Nail Buffer! Not only does this bring out the natural shine in your nails but it also creates stimulation that can cause your nails to grow faster and healthier.

Buffers such as this one can be brought at beauty stores and general stores $2-$4
When doing household chores wear rubber gloves to protect your nails from damage. Always dry your nails and never them wet this can create fungus.

Please let me know any of your Healthy Nail tips in the comments section