5 Ways to Make Your Makeup Last All Day
Bella Breakdown We’re so happy spring’s weather is starting to make an appearance, but sometimes the change of weather can start to affect the appearance of our makeup after a long day. Follow these easy steps when you apply your makeup and throughout the day for spring beauty perfection. SKIN Start by washing your face to get rid of excess oils, moisturize and prime before applying foundation, and be careful not to mix water printer with oil foundation as it can cause pilling. LIPS Prep with a lip scrub to exfoliate then moisturize your lips with your favorite chapstick...
DIY Makeup Remover
Bella Breakdown Make up remover doesn’t need to be expensive or come from a department store to work great. For a gentler, all natural alternative, try this DIY makeup remover that’s inexpensive to make and it is also great for sensitive skin! All you’ll need to do is add 9 parts water and one part olive oil, filling it up about 90% of the way with the aloe water and the rest of the way with olive oil. Remember, a little bit goes a long way with the EVO. Shake it up right before you use it to combine...
DIY Solid Perfume
Bella Breakdown Solid perfume is the perfect way to get that natural, subtle scent that’s customized just for you. All you need is beeswax, essential oils of your choice, and jojoba oil. This couldn’t be easier, first you mix all of the essential oils together for the perfectly blended scent. Mix, match experiment until it’s just right. For example, lavender oil, vanilla essential oil and rose oil would be a beautifully balanced floral scent. Once you’ve got the scent you want, you’ll melt your beeswax and jojoba oil in a double boiler. The beeswax will help the perfume solidify...
DIY Natural Lip Scrub for Kissable Lips
Bella Breakdown This quick DIY lip scrub recipe will not only save you some serious bucks on store bought scrubs but give you the most soft kissable lips you could imagine. All you need are three ingredients, some organic honey, sugar and some spearmint oil, peppermint or cinnamon, whichever you prefer. First put a tablespoon of sugar in a small bowl and add a tablespoon of honey then one drop of peppermint oil and mix together. The goal is to end up with a nice textured, granular consistency because the whole point is to smooth out any chapped...
Fresh DIY Beauty Scrub Recipe from LUSH
Bella Breakdown It’s the perfect time to soothe your skin’s winter woes with a special homemade face mask. It’s chock full of natural ingredients that are great for your skin. Here’s What You Do You start off by mashing two very ripe bananas, which are great for your winter skin adding tons of moisture to the mask. Add a little bit of honey, a natural miracle worker. Honey has anti-bacterial properties and it great for people with minor acne problems or just for soothing redness, by now it should be smelling so good you’ll be wondering if you put...
