Face Masks for All Skin Types

Everyone's skin is different, but everyone's skin wants the same thing: special treatment! Here are some natural recipes for great face masks to cater to your specific skin type: normal, dry, oily, combo, and sensitive!

Normal Skin:

Oatmeal Mask
Oatmeal has skin-enhancing properties.

1/2 cup hot water (do not boil).
1/3 cup Oatmeal
2 tbsp Natural Yogurt
2 tbsp Honey
1 egg white

Mix water and oatmeal for it to thicken and form a paste. Blend the rest of the other ingredients. Add oatmeal paste and mix well. Gently apply to face, avoiding eye area. Wait for 10 mins. Wash with tepid water. Pat dry.

Dry Skin:

Buzzing AvacadoAvocado and honey are rich in moisturizing properties.

1/2 avocado.
1/4 cup honey.

Mash all ingredients together. Gently apply to face, avoiding eye area. Wait for 5 mins. Wash with tepid water. Pat dry.

Oily Skin:

Soothing Strawberry MaskStrawberries have stringent properties to help cleanse oily skin.

1 egg white.
1 tsp honey.
1/2 cup of strawberries.
1/2 tsp lemon juice.

Mix all ingredients together. Gently apply to face, avoiding eye area. Wait for 10 mins. Wash with tepid water. Pat dry.

Combination Skin:

Rosewater Mask
Rose water is an excellent balancing treatment due to
it antiseptic and anti-bacterial properties.

1 fresh rose.
1 tbsp rosewater.
1 tbsp natural yoghurt.
1 tbsp honey.

Wash the rose petals and mash them in a mixing bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Gently apply to face, avoiding eye area. Wait for 5 mins. Wash with tepid water. Pat dry.

Sensitive:

Aloe & CucmberCucumber is hydrating and soothing to the skin and helps to restore a radiant, dewy complexion.

1 aloe plant leaf (washed & chopped).
1 cup cucumber (chopped).

Mix all ingredients together. Gently apply to face, avoiding the eye area. Wait for 30 mins. Wash with tepid water. Pat dry. (Optional: Chill in fridge before use)

If these look familiar, that's because I found them at Momo Minerals. I think that these are great recipes that need to be shared! Be sure to go check out Momo Minerals - they have an awesome, affordable brush set!

Mascara Madness

I made this chart to help compare mascaras. As you can see my lashes need alot of help. I've tried alot of mascaras.. I did all these in an hour or so. That's they are kind of messy.. I should probably do them over. But this chart gives you a general idea! I forgot to do side view for the WNW mascaras. :O Click on the images for full size view!

FOTD 3/25/08

Little late, but here's my FOTD for the 25th. Bright pink lips! Alot of people ask me what color they are - its a lipstick color by Styli-Style called "Unity". It has really good lasting power. =]



Wanna know what I'm wearing, just ask. =]

Have a lovely day!

FOTD - St. Patrick's Day

Here's my FOTD for St. Patrick's Day! No green makeup, but my shirt has green. So does my elastic hair band :P

'Scuse the pigtails. LOL! I really hate my eyebrows!!

wearing:

face:
edm original glow in fairly light sunny mixed with joelle light foundation
joelle sunkissed bronzer
joelle true rose blush
joelle mineral veil

eyes:
cupcake cult eyeshadow primer
joelle sunkissed bronzer
milani minerals brown eyeliner pencil
maybelline define-a-lash volume (the pink kind)

lips:
milani sheer shine lipstick in 01 amaretto (my hg!!!)

Beauty Bargain: Cupcake Cult Eye Shadow Primer

I know its late but I absolutely must share some wonderful news to on-a-budget makeup junkies like myself!

Does your eyeshadow fade after a couple of hours? Minutes? Seconds? Are your colors dull and blah-looking? Is UDPP (Urban Decay Primer Potion) out of reach or just too darn expensive for you?

Good news: I have an alternative! Hot Topic has their very own line of cosmetics, called Cupcake Cult. And within this wonderful cosmetic line they have a cream eyeshadow primer base. Just apply this to your lids all over (I use my fingers to smooth it out) and make sure you blend it and smooth it out well. I say this because it is pink and shimmery; if you don't smooth it out, it will just look like pink eyeshadow. (By the way, it makes an awesome pink shimmer eyeshadow that lasts all day if you want to use it by itself.) On your lids, it will look pinkish, but once you apply your eyeshadow, you won't notice. I reccommend applying a neutral, close-to-your-skin colored eyeshadow to cover up any excessive pinkness. This helps cover blood veins anyway. Then apply your shadow as usual. And voila! You have beautiful eyelids with colors that are vibrant and will last all day!

This product is really a steal for $3.99, considering what it does. I've used UDPP and I personally prefer the Cupcake Cult primer. UDPP did make my shadows last somewhat, but the colors were dull by the end of the day. With the Cupcake Cult primer, my colors were vibrant from when I put them on at 6am until 9pm when I washed my makeup off. The only thing about the cupcake primer is that after a long day, you might notice a little creasing, but not much. Not enough to ruin your look! When I notice creasing, I just smooth it out with my finger. Tada! Its good as new. =)

Now, its time to show this stuff in action. Below are photos I have taken throughout the day to show how well the primer works! These should convince you! ;]

first applied at 9am


much later, at 8pm


into the early morning at 1am




I give Cupcake Cult Eyeshadow Primer 5 out of 5 bees!! I promise, I will have some cute little bee graphic to show my ratings soon. =)

get ready.

its coming to a blog near you. bee ready!