Women: Manicure at Home

Manicure at Home

Written by Kenia Morales

Required items to perform manicure:

*Bowl with warm soapy water

*scrub lotion

*petroleum jelly or any other moisturizing lotion

*cuticle pusher

*Favorite nail polish and clear polish

*Nail polish remover (if your nails have color)

*clean white towel

Steps to a manicure:

Before starting make sure you remove your nail polish and have all repparttar required items mentioned above. Also remove any jewelry on fingers.

First trim or shape nails. soak both hands in warm soapy water for 3 to 5 minutes. Push cuticles back gently with towel or cuticle pusher " stick".

Toss it, or keep it?

Written by Jennifer Holder

If you are a product junkie like me then you probably have lotions, creams, tubes of lipstick etc that have been sitting in repparttar

same spot untouched for several months or even years. You know repparttar 130492

items that you just had to have but then forgot about after repparttar 130493

thrill of buying it wore off. This article is intended to be used as a guide for product junkies everywhere to know when a product should be thrown away or kept around for a little while longer. Everything has a shelf life including our make-up and all other potions and lotions. But there are things you can do to lengthen repparttar 130494

life of your products. 1.Keep your products out of repparttar 130495

bathroom this includes any prescriptions or over repparttar 130496

counter medications too. Humidity can affect repparttar 130497

life of all products. 2.Keep away from extreme temperatures including direct sunlight which could change repparttar 130498

color and fragrance. 3.Do not share any products unless they come in a pump bottle or new applicator for each use. Bacteria can build up and shorten repparttar 130499

life of your product. Or worse cause you to get an infection.

Lotions and Creams Separation after sitting for a while means repparttar 130500 product should be tossed. Smell is also an important factor. If repparttar 130501 products smell changes in any way that is a good indication that it has expired. Toss it! Foundations, moisturizers etc all have a shelf life of about a year after opening as long as they are stored properly. If you notice any change in consistency or fragrance it’s a pretty safe bet that it is no longer good. If you still have that cover up from when you went to prom do yourself a favor and Toss it! Fragrances If stored properly away from heat and cold your favorite scent can last 3 to 5 years. It is a good idea to store fragrances in a cool dark area such as a jewelry box or drawer. Powders All types of powders including blush and eye shadow have a pretty long shelf life as long as you use a new or cleaned applicator with each use. Have you ever seen someone’s powder compact with a dark film on top? That is an accumulation of oils from repparttar 130502 skin that have been trapped in repparttar 130503 puff and then absorbed into repparttar 130504 powder. Yuck! Avoid this by either washing your applicator regularly or buying a bag of applicators at a dollar store and use a fresh one each time you apply your powder. Powder brushes for loose powder should be cleaned at least once a week to keep your powder fresh.

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