Beauty is a terrible force, only it is hidden most often not in a contouring palette and a highlighter tube, but is transmitted by a soft inner light of the face. In order to preserve its pretty charm (as well as the smoothness and elasticity of the skin), we will enlist good habits in the new year. Below are the top twenty.
# 1 The 60 second rule
After cleansing, do not leave the skin for more than a minute - this increases the rate of dehydration to catastrophic proportions. After washing your face, fix the moisture in the epidermis as soon as possible by applying a moisturizer. Do not wait for a feeling of tightness and slight tingling sensation - then it will be too late.
# 2 Wash your face with warm water
Baby skin will remain just a dream if you wash your face with very cold or very hot water. It should be comfortably warm ─ one that won't steam out or freeze your pores. If your skin remains pleasantly pink after washing, you are doing the right thing.
# 3 Make your own foundation
The recipe is suitable for those who have problems with powder (as well as those who are still in search of the perfect foundation). If the powder lumps, falls off and generally does not fix makeup well, turn it into a light foundation with a few drops of coconut oil. Also useful is ─ "Foundation: 8 Mistakes You Make Every Day."
# 4 Bring your old ink back to life
Dry mascara may last longer than you think. You just need to dilute it not with nail polish remover (a strange but frequent solution), but with ordinary saline solution. It is sold in pharmacies, costs a penny, and increases the life of your favorite product by several weeks.
# 5 Don't grind your teeth
We do not realize how often and strongly we clench our teeth, when we are nervous, thinking about something, getting angry, etc. A simple action creates, together with tension in the jaw area, fertile ground for the formation of nasolabial folds. Relax and do not grit your teeth: at first you will have to control yourself, but then it will become a habit.
# 6 Brush your teeth before breakfast
We usually brush our teeth after breakfast, but it's best to do it before breakfast. Everything is logical: bacteria accumulate in the oral cavity overnight, which it is better to get rid of before starting to eat. Perhaps your immune system is very strong, but still you shouldn't test it for strength on your own initiative, feeding it with harmful microorganisms. We will tell you in detail here ─ “How to brush your teeth correctly and what you can do wrong”.
# 7 No alcohol before hair removal
Do not try to relieve pain with a glass of wine. Alcohol literally tightens the pores, and it will be more difficult for a beautician to cope with vegetation. The result is broken at the root and ingrown hairs. On the contrary, daily skin hydration and regular gentle exfoliation improve the epilation result.
# 8 Wax - only dry
Anyone who still tries to make friends with wax immediately after a shower, when the body is full of heat and moisture, makes a colossal mistake. All you need to do is make sure your skin is dry before starting the wax heater. Drops of moisture make the hair removal process much more painful and less effective. An alternative is "Basic Course: Everything You Need to Know About Laser Hair Removal".
# 9 Don't store your razor in the shower
We often keep machines in the shower to have them close at hand. But the humidity does its job - the blade fades, rusts and becomes dull. Even if it is not visually noticeable, the skin will immediately feel it. Store machines only in lockers, dry and out of reach of water droplets - this will ensure that you avoid cuts when shaving.
# 10 Wet your hair before bathing
If you are going to jump into the sea or the pool, pre-dampen your hair. Their porous structure, like a sponge, absorbs moisture, leaving much less room for salt or bleach (it is they who, when drying on the hair, kill pigment). Do not forget to rinse your hair after bathing. By the way, conditioners and leave-in sprays also do a good job of protecting hair from the harmful effects of chemicals and natural salt.
# 11 Less cotton wool
Still using cotton pads or sticks for foundation? Just wasting the product without getting the desired effect. Instead of a cotton swab, apply concealer with your fingers, using the first only in exceptional cases - for a targeted treatment with a remedy on a pimple).
# 12 Secure your makeup with powder
Makeup will last much longer with a final layer of powder. In fact, the powder is a sealant that reliably packs all the other elements of the make-up, including tone, blush, eyeshadow and even lipstick. There can be only one problem: powder will not add shine to flaky skin - and here is the time to remember about high-quality moisturizing.
# 13 Shampoo for eczema
Advice for the brave: Try shampooing your face when eczema bothers you. The shampoo should be strictly "anti-dandruff" - with zinc perition in the composition (it soothes itching well and inhibits eczema). They say the recipe works.
# 14 Make a soda mask
Hair becomes dull and lifeless over time, especially if you color it regularly. For deep cleansing of hair and scalp, use a simple homemade cocktail: mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a quarter of the usual amount of shampoo, massage over the scalp and rinse thoroughly. The treatment promises super hydration and the return of shine. It can be done twice a month for natural hair and once for colored hair.
# 15 Secure invisibility with varnish
Invisibles are a good thing, but a tricky one. They strive to slip out of their hair, turning out to be not as reliable as they would like. A simple option is to call for help with dry shampoo or medium fixation varnish, after a reasonable amount of which invisible hairpins and hairpins stay on the hair without problems from two hours to two days.
# 16 Get ready for a smokey early
Many do not realize this, intuitively avoiding too deep shades or one of the necessary stages of creating real smoky eyes, and then they are unhappy with the result. True smokey are primer, shimmery powder, liner and eyeshadow palette (at least three transitions from light to deep dark) plus a good blending brush. There is not at least one position in the arsenal - do not even try to do something glamorous and instagram (we are inspired here ─ “How to make your eyes bigger and your skin perfect: the secrets of makeup artist Selena Gomez Hang Wango”).
# 17 Use a tone without SPF
If you don't want to look like a Parisian mime, skip the filters as part of your foundation (when you know that you will be indoors all day, and perhaps even the night, this is quite possible). Thanks to SPF, the tone in the photo is very glare, and makes the face look like a mask. An alternative option for those who even briefly give up protection is a moisturizer with SPF.
# 18 Cool sour cream burns
This remedy is often used as a handy tool to relieve burnout symptoms, but few people know about the wow effect sour cream has on the skin. It both cools the skin, relieving the burning sensation, and nourishes, relieving the discomfort associated with the feeling of tightness. A cool shower, which is then recommended to remove the sour cream, works just real miracles.
# 19 Correctly set the thermal mode
When styling your hair with an iron, set the optimum temperature - 180-190 C. With this heating, the plates seal the surface of the cuticle, which makes the hair more resistant to damage and gives it a mirror-like shine. Too high a temperature (200 C and above) burns the strands, and a low temperature does not guarantee durability. Do not forget about the mast have of any hot styling - thermal protective sprays and oils.
# 20 Don't rub perfume on your wrists
Even if you have seen this gesture dozens of times in films. Friction distorts the aroma, immediately breaking its main notes. The perfume should sit on the skin by itself and open without being forced. The best option: after making a zilch, go through the aroma cloud. We look at the best points for applying scent here ─ “They will hear you: 6 places on the body where it is worth applying perfume”.
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