Do-it-yourself lip care recipes and products with natural ingredients

Pamper yourself with these natural lip care products and do-it-yourself recipes

Do your lips feel dry, chapped, or cracked after winter? Spring is a great time to pamper them with natural remedies and products that are kind to the environment, your body, and your wallet.

Hope consulted Brandie Gilliam, Founder and… Read more…

Facial cleansing is important for all of us, no matter if our skin type is oily, dry, sensitive, or “normal.”  Then there’s the matter of toner. What does toner, do, anyway — or is just a waste of money?

We consulted with two beauty experts, Brendita Garcia of Brendita’s Body Works, and Amber Warner of Amber’s… Read more…

A fun way to design a stunning wardrobe is by matching your clothing color to the colors in your eyes, skin, and hair. This interesting experiment will also reveal the harmony of your natural coloring.

Try taking a look at yourself to find your own colors. You will probably find colors you never knew were there!

If someone asked you,… Read more…

While chemical-laden facial masks and creams tend to leave your skin sensitive and irritated, homemade preparations concocted from natural sources are chock-full of natural oils, vitamins, and minerals known to “do the body good.”

But finding the homemade mask that’s appropriate for your skin type is vital to benefiting from nature’s facial prescriptions. Determining which homemade mask is right for… Read more…

Fight cold weather mayhem from your cupboard

Winter is here… bringing with it not only dropping temperatures, but less-than-kind weather conditions for hair, skin, and nails. The dry, cold, lip-chapping and skin-cracking weather delivered by old man winter can play havoc on our bodies — and demand extra-effort in our beauty regimens.

But before you run to the department store… Read more…

The changing seasons — from warmer, to cooler, to colder — means putting away the brighter, beach-inspired color palettes. Winter is here — and it’s all about deep, dark colors and sassy jewel tones! Winter doesn’t mean donning dreary hues; instead, experimenting with darker shades at holiday parties — or even while out for a day of shopping – will… Read more…

For most of us, the holiday season means at least one party. You want to look and feel your best during the holidays – and it’s a fun time to try a makeup color or technique you wouldn’t wear any other time of the year.

Across the board for eye shadow, lip color, and nail polish, color trends include metallic… Read more…