Skin.Give your skin a good night's rest. Sleep on 100-percent cotton pillowcases. They're just better for your skin. Quick pimple pimple, small pointed elevation of the skin that may or may not contain pus. The formation of pimples is frequently associated with infection, irritation, or overactivity of the sebaceous and sweat glands. Repeated eruptions of pimples are often termed acne. fix #1. Make a paste with baking soda baking soda: see sodium bicarbonate. and water, and dot on pimples. Leave on overnight, and rinse off in the morning. Quick pimple fix #2. Make a paste with one package of dry yeast and a teaspoon of water. Dot on pimples, leave on overnight, and rinse off in the morning. Cool and degrease de·grease tr.v. de·greased, de·greas·ing, de·greas·es To remove grease from: degrease machinery. de·greas oily skin. Fill a clean, empty spray bottle A Spray Bottle is a bottle that can squirt, spray or mist fluids. A common use for spray bottles is dispensing cleaners, cosmetics, and chemical specialties. While spray bottles existed before the middle of the 20th century, they used a rubber bulb, which was squeezed; the with witch hazel witch hazel, common name for some members of the Hamamelidaceae, a family of trees and shrubs found mostly in Asia. The family includes the large genus (Corylopsis) of winter hazels, and the witch hazels (genus Hamamelis), sweet gums (Liquidambar , and store it in the fridge. To refresh, close your eyes and mist face. Deflake your lips. Use a dry, soft little kid's toothbrush to gently buff lips, then top with a rich emollient emollient /emol·li·ent/ (e-mol´yent) 1. softening or soothing. 2. an agent that softens or soothes the skin, or soothes an irritated internal surface. e·mol·lient adj. (Vaseline'll do). Make your own body lotion. Buy unscented lotion, and add some of your favorite perfume or cologne. Cheaper than store versions! Zap zits faster. To heal blemishes as quickly as possible, apply on-the-spot treatments up to five times a day. You want that stuff to reach down to the pore. Stay sun-smart. If you're using a salicylic acid salicylic acid or 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6H4(OH)CO2H, a colorless, crystalline organic carboxylic acid that melts at 159°C;; it is soluble in ethanol and ether but is only slightly soluble in water. product, be extra sure to use SPF (1) (Stateful Packet Firewall) See stateful inspection. (2) (Sender Policy Framework) An e-mail authentication system that verifies that the message came from an authorized mail server. at all times, not just when sunbathing. Skin treated with salicylic acid is super-sensitive to the sun. Pore perfect. OK, now hear this. You can't shrink your pores. You can, however, make them appear smaller by keeping them clean. Pores free of dirt, bacteria and hardened oil are less noticeable. Or try this trick: Rub your face with an ice cube for an instant effect. Be shine-free. Dab a cotton ball with Phillips' Milk of Magnesia milk of magnesia, common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2. The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is a suspension of approximately 8% magnesium hydroxide in water. , wipe over your face, and let it dry. Rub off any extra with your hands, and then apply oil-free foundation. Mask oily skin. Get oil under control by using a clay mask once a week. Banish back breakouts. Look great in this spring's best sundresses! Shower daily with a salicylic acid body wash, like Neutrogena Body Clear Body Wash, and then moisturize with Neutrogena Body Clear Body Lotion. Twice a week, use Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub before dotting Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment on any and all back blemishes. Be shine-free, part two. Powder can look cakey and fake, especially when you have to keep reapplying. To sop up oil during the day, try Bloom Face Blotting Tissues ($8, www.sephora.com). No sweat, less mess. It's sleeveless season again, and that means changing back to "invisible" antiperspirants. The problem is that no deodorant deodorant /de·odor·ant/ (de-o´der-int) 1. masking offensive odors. 2. an agent that so acts. de·o·dor·ant n. is truly clear--they all leave white residue under your arms once they are activated. To combat that, try the kind that goes on like a solid but absorbs like a lotion. Try Secret Platinum Protection. Step into the Pure Zone. The problem with most salicylic acid products? They might leave skin clearer, but they also can make it red and raw. Enter L'Oreal Pure Zone, a line for young normal-to-oily skin that combines the effectiveness of salicylic acid (attacks oil and breakouts) with an exclusive Dermo-Calm complex, a marine extract that soothes skin. We loved Skin Clearing Foaming Cleanser, Pore Tightening Astringent astringent (əstrĭn`jənt), substance that shrinks body tissues. Astringent medicines cause shrinkage of mucous membranes or exposed tissues and are often used internally to check discharge of serum or mucous secretions in sore throat, and Skin Relief Oil-free Moisturizer mois·tur·iz·er n. A cosmetic lotion or cream applied to the skin to counter dryness. moisturizer n → crema hidratante moisturizer moist n ($8 each, at drugstores). Beat the bath blahs. What could be more fun than a watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. bath fizzer? We just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ...(What Fun! Watermelon Bath Candy, $2.25, www.whatfun.com) Switch up your scent. Give your regular perfume a break, and try a scented body mist. Not only are the scents lighter (you're less likely to overdo it) but cheaper! Try Magical Mist by Lucky Chick, $14, www.luckychick.com Makeup Lighten up your eyes. When you really want to flatter your eyes, go for sheer, neutral shadow colors like beige or pale banana-yellow. That keeps the focus on you, not on your eyeshadow. Pluck to play down your big nose. Don't let your eyebrows come too close together. Start plucking in line with the inner corner of your eyes. Conceal anything! Concealer con·ceal·er n. 1. One that conceals. 2. A facial cosmetic used to cover blemished skin. that's the exact shade of your skin helps blemishes look less like an angry, red volcano (picking a lighter shade highlights the problem). Cover imperfections by using a palette of shades. Sonia Kaschuk Hidden Agenda Concealer Kit, $10, works on everyone. Blush beautifully. Light pink blush looks great on almost everyone. We love L'Oreal Blush Delice in Strawberry Tart ($9 at drugstores). How to put it on? Smile. The apple of your cheek is where the blush goes. If you have combination skin, get a foundation made for you! Kick up your own lip color a notch. Your foundation slips off your nose and forehead, only to get cakey on your cheeks? That's what happens with combination skin. But no more. L'Oreal Ideal Balance has "microsponges" to sop up oil while still containing emollients Emollients Petroleum or lanolin-based skin lubricants. Mentioned in: Ichthyosis to keep the rest of your face soft. See what you really look like. Apply a sheer blue lip gloss--it enhances your lip's own natural pinkish color (really!). Relief from allergy eyes. To see yourself in the most realistic light, screw in a bare, unfrosted 100-watt bulb where you apply your makeup. It most closely imitates natural light. Lengthen your lashes. Spring means allergies for a lot of girls, and that itchy itch·y adj. Having or causing an itching sensation. redness can really hurt. Store your allergy eye-drops in the fridge, soak two cottonballs with a bit of the drops, and place over your eyes. Aaaahh... Hold the mascara wand at the base of your lashes, and quickly blink a few times (just enough to flutter your lashes) while pulling the wand through to the ends. This gets mascara all the way to the tips for a luxuriously long look. Get curvier lashes. Plump your pout. Heat your metal lash curler with your blow-dryer for a few seconds. When it's cool enough to touch, curl away. Show off brows! Slick on your lip color, and then grab some pearly gloss. Put the pearly gloss on the outer edge of your mouth and slightly blend in. Forget having brows that look like thin little arches. Natural is way in! The trick is to have them look real but groomed. Try N.Y.C.'s Browser kit ($4, at drugstores) with brush-on brow powder and grooming wax. The wax helps hold your brows in place for a smooth, sleek look, and the color (blonde works best on everyone except really deep brunettes, who should use brown, and dark-skinned girls, who should use soft black) fills in any bare spots. Try pretty pastels. Nothing says spring like Easter egg pastel eye-shadows. Use the blue or green on your lids, and highlight with the white or pink. For a fresh look, use the yellow over your entire eye. (Naturistics Shadow Box Eye Collection in Angel Eyes, $4, at drugstores). Hands and Feet Instant French manicure! Have fun with fakes. Want the look without the work? Take a nail-whitening pencil and dampen it. Sweep the pencil underneath your nails. Rub cuticle cuticle /cu·ti·cle/ (ku´ti-k'l) 1. a layer of more or less solid substance covering the free surface of an epithelial cell. 2. eponychium (1). 3. a horny secreted layer. oil into your cuticles and onto your nails for instant shine. And voila voi·là interj. Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and , you're done! Look pulled together with a messy pony. Perfect hair is way passe pas·sé adj. 1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date. 2. Past the prime; faded or aged. [French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see . To make a ponytail with texture, start by working in a product like Wella's Bonk Amped ($5, at drugstores) while your hair is damp. Amped gives you volume and helps keep your hair piece-y. Airbrush airbrush Pneumatic device for developing a fine, small-diameter spray of paint, protective coating, or liquid colour (see aerosol). The airbrush can be a pencil-shaped atomizer used for various highly detailed activities such as shading drawings and retouching designs are all the rage General Public's All the Rage was released in 1984 by I.R.S. Records. Track listing
Pick the perfect spring polish for your fingers...and toes! Clockwise from orange polish: Cover Girl Nail Slicks in Baja, $2.50, at drugstores; Nicole by Opi in Enchantress, $10, www.nicole-by-opi.com; Sonia Kaschuk in Sugar Cube sugar cube Drug slang A popular street term for LSD, named for a common delivery “device”, a sugar cube , $3.50, Target; L'Orea1 Shock Proof in Pink Lollipop, $5, at drugstores; Gosh Nail Color in Funk, $8, 1-888-352-8629. Stinky pinkies? Feet start to smell as the weather heats up? Dust them with cornstarch cornstarch, material made by pulverizing the ground, dried residue of corn grains after preparatory soaking and the removal of the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry starch, in sizing paper, in making adhesives, and in cooking. . Get soft cuticles. Heat a cup of olive oil in a small pan on the stove until just warm (not hot!). Pour into a ceramic bowl, and soak your fingers until the oil cools. Then, wash hands with soap and water. Finish with a hand cream. Polish the right way. To avoid streaky streak·y adj. streak·i·er, streak·i·est 1. Marked with, characterized by, or occurring in streaks. 2. Variable or uneven in character or quality. polish, paint nails in two thin coats, using just three strokes--right, left and middle. Dry your nails super fast! How? With Essie Quick-e Drying Drops ($15, www.essie.com). This stuff really works! Polish, and put a drop on each wet nail. After a minute, your polish is dried--no blowing or hand-flapping required. No more ugly hangnails. Get a pair of good-quality cuticle nippers, and use them! No more puffing at loose skin around your nails, creating a painful, swollen, bloody mess. Ew. Banish dry, raggedy rag·ged·y adj. rag·ged·i·er, rag·ged·i·est Tattered or worn-out; ragged. cuticles in math class. You look down and, (horrors!), your cuticles are all dry and peeling. And your crush is in your next class. What to do? Whip Out your super-moisturizing lip balm balm, name for any balsam resin and for several plants, e.g., the bee balm. balm Any of several fragrant herbs of the mint family, particularly Melissa officinalis (balm gentle, or lemon balm), cultivated in temperate climates for its fragrant , dab some on your finger, and rub it in. Problem solved. Get rid of stained nails. Using darker polish colors can turn your nails yellow. Prevent this by always using a good basecoat. Fresh out? Use your topcoat as both. Nails already stained? Soak your bare nails in a bowl of warm water and a few drops (and we mean it, a few drops) of lemon juice or Clorox bleach. Instant help for paper cuts. Nothing hurts worse, yee-ouch! Seal that painful puppy by dabbing on some topcoat to close the wound and help it heal faster. File like a pro. It's hard to get all your nails exactly the same length and shape. The best way to gauge? When you're filing, periodically flip your hand over so your palms are facing you to check that all the tips look even. Figure out your perfect nail shape. Look at the pink line beneath the white tip of your nail, then follow that shape as you file. Keep nail breaks at bay. Never file nails when you have polish on. Hair Smooth away bothersome baby hairs. Buy a clean mascara spoolie (like the one from Sonia Kashuck, $2, at drugstores), and spray it with strong-hold hairspray. Brush hack the baby hairs to blend with the rest of your hairline hair·line n. The outline of the growth of hair on the head, especially across the front. . Get the spring style you want. Sick of stylists chopping your hair too short? Instead of telling them how many inches you are willing to part with, show them where you want your hair to hit. That way, everyone knows where the cut will end up. Get instant volume! Spray your fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. with hairspray, then dig to your scalp, raising your fingers every couple seconds to lift your hair. You'll get fullness without stickiness. Make your own surf spray. The spent-the-day-at-the-beach look is still strong. Add texture to your hair by dissolving sea salt in water in a spray bottle. Spray on wet hair, and style away. Get rid of residue. It still works! Mix two tablespoons of white vinegar with a cup of water, and apply to hair once a week before you shampoo. Dry your hair faster. Buy a blow-dryer like the Conair Metal Pro 1875 (S35, www.conair.com). The 1400 watts will dry your hair faster without frying it. Buy a thin headband. Blow-dry your hair so it looks full but sleek, then slide a quarter-inch band just two inches past your hairline. This looks extra cool when you match the color of the headband to your hair. It's more pretty than preppy prep·py or prep·pie n. pl. prep·pies Informal 1. A student or former student of a preparatory school. 2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools. . Get the perfect new shampoo for your 'do. Dove Extra Volume Shampoo (S4, at drugstores) conditions fine hair without weighing it down. Graham Webb Making Waves ($11, call 1-800-456-9322), makes curls just a bit bouncier. And Pantene Pro-V has a new line specially created just for African-American hair (starting at S4, at drugstores). Straighten curly hair the right way. Apply your straightening product by starting at the ends and working up to the roots. Your hair will be just as straight but with more volume. Tame flyaways instantly! Gently rub a fabric softener sheet, like Bounce, on static-y hair. Rinse your hair the right way. You should spend at least two minutes rinsing shampoo out of your hair, at least four rinsing conditioner. Anything less will leave product behind and weigh hair down. Reset your style after gym. Don't add another layer of product. The moisture from swear will reactivate re·ac·ti·vate v. 1. To make active again. 2. To restore the ability to function or the effectiveness of. re·ac whatever styling stuff you used in the morning. Just use a small towel to dab excess sweat, then scrunch your style and go. Pick the right brush for oily hair. Try a brush with synthetic bristles, not natural ones. Synthetic bristles will style without spreading oil from your scalp. Wash your way to shiny strands. Start washing your hair in warm water (not hot!), and then finish with a cool rinse. Do a bigger, better blow-dry. For more body and fullness, work Sebastian Shaper Blow Out Thermal Body Booster, ($12, at salons), into damp hair before blowing it dry. Get shine, not slime. Silicone shine serums are great for sleeker-looking hair, but they can leave you looking greasy, nor gorgeous. So look for serums that come in misters. Spray the stuff--just a couple of pumps for your whole head--only on soaking wet hair. Want to use it on dry hair to tame flyaways? Pump a little bit into the air and walk through it, like you do with perfume. Balance a long face. Bangs that are longer and sweep to one side of your face are all the rage this spring. The bonus? If you have a long face, they help break up the visual line, softly framing your features. Get out the goop. Layers of gel and spray can rob strands of shine. Fix this by sprinkling a teaspoon of baking soda into your usual dose of shampoo and sudsing with the mix once a month. Last but not least...here's our best tip. Smile! |
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