Tuesday 21st of April 2026

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Secrets for Dewy Skin

One of the first things that draw our attention towards those amazing pictures of models and celebrities is their glowing skin. A radiant face and a healthy glow on the arms, legs and even the neck are instant signs of healthy and beautiful skin.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not just good health but smart makeup techniques that most of these celebrities employ to get a beautiful, flawless look

Top Secrets to Dewy Skin All Year Round
Here are a few secrets that will help you to keep your skin looking dewy, fresh and glowing all year round.

A. Exfoliate regularly
Nothing can make your skin look dull than dead skin.

  • Remove dead skin from the face and rest of the body regularly.
  • Use a ready-made or a home-made scrub at least once a week.
  • If you wear foundation daily, it is advised to mildly scrub your skin at least twice a week.
  • Use a body scrub at least once a week on your entire body, especially arms and legs.

Best Hair Care Tips and Treatment for your Hair

When you try your best and you don’t succeeeeeed with your hair (yes, that was a Coldplay reference), you know whatever you’re doing is completely wrong. Let’s face it, your hair has a mind of its own and does pretty much whatever it wants on a daily basis. And, I’m sure there are days when you feel like it’s completely out of control. But, there is one way that you can show your hair who’s the boss and gain back control. And that’s through a proper hair care routine.

Now, I’m not telling you to completely overhaul your current hair care routine and buy all new hair products. But there are certain simple tips and tricks that you can follow that can bring about a massive improvement in your hair in just a few days. So, let’s check them out!

1. How to Washing Your Hair
You’re probably thinking I’m daft to suggest that you’ve been washing your hair wrong your whole life. Well, there are actually a few things you could be doing wrong in the shower that are stopping your hair from looking its best. So let’s look at some tips you can try out:

Make Up Products for Oily Skin

Here is a very common scenario – every morning, you look at the mirror and see excessive oil oozing from your face. Feeling irritated and frustrated, you clean and mattify your skin to oil-free and pore-less perfection. Unfortunately, by the time you step into your office, you have the same greasy look on your face and perhaps need another dab of face powder. By the midday, it appears like you’ve poured a bottle of oil on yourself.

For most of us with oily skin, the issue is not the lack of face mattifying products in the market– the problem lies in the fact that they never seem to give you the desired result.  The miraculous powder that works wonders on your friend’s face simply vanishes from your T-zone after 2-3 hours. So, what must you do? Stay chained to those age-old powder compacts? With the world developing by leaps and bounds, there’s nothing for you to fret about.

  • Lakme Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Compact
  • Sheercover Mineral Make-up
  • Revlon Colorstay Mineral Blush
  • Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation
  • Revlon Colorstay Foundation for Oily Skin

Best Mineral Foundation for your Skin

Are you super conscious about what you put on your face? If your answer is a big yes, you need to consider trying or switching to mineral makeup. It’s all the rage, and for strong reasons! As opposed to your conventional makeup, mineral makeup is free from chemicals and harmful ingredients. If you’re eager to transform your makeup routine and your skin, the number one step would be to toss out your old foundation. A mineral foundation is best to combat a slew of skin problems. It won’t irritate your skin, it’s non-comedogenic, and is kind to your skin. Want to know more? We have rounded up the top 15 mineral foundations for every skin type to help you pick your new foundation.

Types of Mineral Foundations That You Can Choose From If you want to look like yourself, only with better skin, mineral foundation is for you. Depending on your skin type and concerns, you can choose between powder or a liquid form of mineral foundation. These are mainly composed of iron oxides, zinc oxides, titanium dioxide, and organic oils – all of which are naturally-derived ingredients and won’t cause harm to your delicate skin.

Best Way to Store MakeUp

We all love makeup, I guess that’s one of the first reasons we’re all here, isn’t it? It’s true that most of us have more makeup products than we need, but that’s no crime. What’s truly a crime is not taking care of what we have. Organizing and storing makeup does not have to be an expensive affair. Here’s how to store makeup in an easy, simple, creative and everyday ways, and before you do that, make sure you toss out anything into the bin that’s more than a year old or past its expiry:

SINGAPORE – NOVEMBER 08, 2015: interior of Sephora store in The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. Sephora is a French brand and chain of cosmetics stores founded in Paris in 1970

How to Store Makeup Products? Here are some of the best ways to store makeup brushes, cosmetic products and the other lip and eye makeup items.

1. Different Ways to Store Makeup Brushes: No one likes their makeup brushes to get worn or smashed as they may make the application fill with flaws. Know how to store makeup brushes with these wonderful tips.

  • Use clear glass containers to put your makeup brushes.
  • Use old coffee mugs to store your brushes.
  • Keep your unused/extra brushes in clear plastic pouches or one of those simple vanity pouches you get free with makeup purchases.
  • Old toothbrush holders, pen/pencil holders and paint brush holders are great to keep different types of makeup brushes.
  • You may also use empty candle holder jars.
  • Also try Desktop storage boxes without lids to keep your makeup brushes.

Tips On Makeup For Men

Ladies love feeling beautiful and confident about themselves. Indeed, why wouldn’t a man want to feel as confident in his own skin?

Welcome to the world of make for men

In case, as a man, you ever need to wear make-up then use the tips below to guide you. Perhaps, you’re an artist and you need to look a certain way because your image matters.

Make-up sits better on a face that doesn’t have a lot of problem areas specifically acne. So invest in a good skincare routine. In men’s skincare products, it includes cleanser, toner and moisturizer depending on what works for your face. However, if you’ve been using bar soap on your face and it’s clear and smooth then keep up with it.

Consider exfoliating your skin so that you can remove dead face cells and unleash a youthful and fresh visage. A trip to the spa can also help rejuvenate your skin.

When you look in the mirror and stare at your face, some places look darker or lighter. You can use make-up to colour correct your skin. Colour correcting means making sure that your face has an even tone including your neck. Certainly, after bad acne, people are usually left with dark spots and perhaps you just want to conceal it as your face keeps healing.

Consider investing in items like BB cream or Foundation For Men. Make sure that it matches your skin tone by asking for a little help at the beauty store. Match it to your inner wrist.

Get a brow pencil. Use it to shade in your brows create a natural look with stronger eyebrows that’ll make your face look more defined. You can also use it make your beard look fuller especially if it grows slowly.

Learn how to contour your jawline so that your face can look tougher and more macho. Make ladies swoon because they just can’t get over how powerful you look to them even though they can’t place a finger on it.

Being a man means that you have lost of late nights because you’re always chasing money with projects, here and there. Of course, we all know this means endless eye bags and they don’t look good when you’re staring at yourself in the mirror. Learn how to use concealer to reduce the appearance of eye bags so that you always look flawless.

Never forget lip care. Use a toothbrush to gently exfoliate your lips so that they stay smooth and inviting. Invest in a good lip balm that you can use on chilly days to prevent chapped lips.

 

 

The Best Dressed Celebrities on the Red Carpet at Met Gala 2018

Best Dress celebrites at the met gala 2018 Considering the dress code of the 2018 Met Gala was “Sunday best,” celebrating a Catholicism-themed exhibit, Monday night’s celebrity-packed red carpet could’ve gone wrong in a million ways.
Yet, for all the sacrilegious naked dresses or culturally inappropriate couture that the event’s A-list attendees could’ve worn to the event, the majority of this year’s Met Gala looks hit the mark, making for a revelatory night of saintly fashion.
From Lena Waithe’s instantly-iconic LGBTQ flag cape to the many angels, popes and renaissance artworks that walked the carpet, these were the best fashions of the 2018 Met Gala.

Rihanna
Rih has always been a Met Gala show-stopper, and considering Anna Wintour tapped her as one of the celebrity hosts of this year’s event, her look was bound to be a success. And it was, with the singer opting for a Margiela-designed papal crown and cape.

Lena Waithe
With a suit and cape by Carolina Herrera, Waithe re-imagined the night’s theme as a way to celebrate a community that hasn’t historically been recognized by the church, a fashion choice both cheekily transgressive and triumphant. Plus, it was a look that Vogue icon and cape enthusiast André Leon Talley had to love.

Beauty Secrets and Fitness from Africa

Ever wondered how African women stay in such good shape? Irrespective of their age, they all have shiny wrinkle-free skin with no flaps, parentheses, etc. on their faces. It always makes me wonder, is it a miracle or some gift? No ladies, it is neither a miracle nor a gift, but they have some beauty, makeup, fitness, and diet secrets that almost every African beauty follows. This is what makes them flaunt their perfectly shaped body and beautiful face every time they are seen.

Photo Credit : Joyce Adjes

First let me reveal the African beauty and makeup secrets in front of you all:

African Women Makeup And Beauty Secrets
1. Mostly all African women have a dark complexion, so many of them don’t use makeup until they are 17. After their teenage, they use makeup which is specially made for dark complexion. The most popular makeup they use is of Black Opal, which features a wide range of cosmetics that help to correct, cover and enhance the dark complexion. It is one of the main secrets which make African women look so beautiful.

2. In their daily routine, they use toners instead of any other creams or gels. It gently removes the bacteria in it and helps in preventing skin breakouts.

3. While washing the face with water, they massage in an outward circular motion with their fingers. This helps in skin tightening. They don’t wash their face more than three times a day.

4. Many African women believe that having dry skin is bad, and on the other hand they also oppose the use of harsh chemically treated moisturizers on their skin. So they moisturize their skin using olive oil, shea butter & cocoa butter.

5. Before going off to sleep, African women try to refrain from applying any night creams. Instead, they warm up their favorite natural moisturizer and apply it to their faces. After 10 minutes, they wash it off using lukewarm water. They also ensure to get at least 7 hours of sleep.

These are some of the most important makeup and beauty secrets of African women.

African Women Diet And Fitness Secrets
1. African women are very much concerned about the food they eat. They mainly eat fish, fruits, cereals, and veggies. Their main meal is lunch. They still use the traditional cooking methods where baking in ashes, grilling beside a fire, steaming food in leaf wrappers, frying in oil, roasting is involved which helps in maintaining the natural vital nutrients of that food.

2. They drink a minimum of ten cups of water daily, to stay hydrated.

3. They walk at least a mile every day. If walking is not possible, they work out in their homes, but exercising is a must according to them.

4. They avoid using palm oil. Instead, they use sunflower or olive oil.

5. As compared to women from the other part of the world, Africans consume less amount of alcohol or any other hard drinks. They avoid it because they know alcohol increases fat in the body which results in weight gain.

6. Most African women are seen sunbathing. A moderate amount of sun exposure has many benefits like its killing bad bacteria. It helps in fighting any fungal infections, acne, or eczema. Sunlight can cure depression and build the immune system. So, these women are seen sunbathing along the coastline, which is also one of their fitness secrets.

Content Courtesy Of Style Craze , Joyce Adjes & Nairobi Fashion Hub

MakeUp Tips for Teenage Girls

High School and college are such fun days! Cool and trendy dresses, experiments with makeup, funky hairstyles are every young girl’s obsession through these years. Today’s post is dedicated to all our teenage friends who love makeup and want to experiment with looks. However, before discussing the makeup or teens which you may try out, it is very important to know that a clear and glowing face is the first step to teen makeup. And following the CTM (cleansing, toning and moisturizing) routine religiously is the secret to the much desired radiant skin.

So, let’s first discuss about a simple tutorial on how to apply makeup for teenage girls and then move to teenage makeup tips.

Teenage Makeup Tutorial
As your skin is very sensitive at this age and will react to any harsh cosmetics, therefore it is better if you keep your makeup to the minimum.

Step 1:
First, make sure to clean your face of any oil or dirt with a face wash. Dab a little bit of toner to your skin and finish off with a moisturizer. Use a moisturizer with SPF as it will also act as a sunscreen.

Step 2:
Foundation is not needed for a teenage skin (it evens out skin tone). So if you have to use one, take a very small amount and blend it thoroughly all over your face.

Step 3:
If you want to cover up any problem areas of your skin like blemishes, under eye circles or pimples, you may use a concealer. Choose the best concealer, which matches your skin tone; otherwise, it will look out of place. Take a very small amount and blend it out with your finger.

P.S.: Your fingertip is the best blender, you don’t need a brush.

How to Keep Fit and Loss Weight through Zumba Dance

Do you dread going to the gym? Or feel bored and exhausted lifting weights? Well, I felt the same until I was introduced to Zumba. This routine offers excellent full-body workout. It is creative, fun, burns about 500 calories in a 60-minute session, and helps shed at least 2-3 pounds in a month (I lost 16 pounds in 7 months!). Apart from improving your strength, stamina, and flexibility, Zumba boosts your brain function, lowers stress, and increases your productivity. So, tone up and become strong. Here’s what you need to know about it. Swipe up!

What Is Zumba?
Zumba is a Latin dance form, a form of cardio that burns up to 500 calories per session. However, it is not limited to Latin dance moves. Trainers always fuse Zumba dance with hip-hop, Bollywood, contemporary, freestyle, samba, cumbia, merengue, soca, flamenco, reggaeton, salsa, cha-cha, mambo, tango, and strength training (bodyweight training) to help burn more calories and tone the body.

The best part about Zumba is that the dance moves are simple and easy and target every muscle in your body. Plus, the catchy songs and beats help you let down your guard and dance to the music without inhibitions.

Working out in a group always helps as it keeps you motivated. The participants can inspire each other to keep going and push the boundaries. Dancing to good music releases “feel good” hormones and helps get rid of all the stress and worry.

Bottom Line: Anyone can join Zumba and lose weight and improve fitness. It will help you live a stress-free and happy life.
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How to Use Sunscreen With Makeup

Love doing makeup during summer months but still worried about sunscreen application? If that is you – the solution to your problem lies within this post. It isn’t very difficult to apply makeup with sunscreen if you know the right technique.
Would you like to know what that is? Read on!

How To Apply Sunscreen With Makeup

  • Before you start off with anything, make sure your face is clean. You don’t want to look like a mess on a summer afternoon, do you? So use fresh wipes to clean your face or simply use some rose water with cotton to massage. A mild cleanser that suits your skin would do wonders too.
  • Take a bit of the sunscreen now and apply all over the face and neck region. Try not to use too much of it. Otherwise, your makeup will begin to slide all over the place. Keep a tissue in hand to remove the excess.
  • Now, you can start applying makeup like you usually do . You will definitely need some face makeup along with translucent face powder. That will create a well-balanced look. If your skin is too oily, keep blotting paper ready in your hand.
  • Your makeup and sunscreen, both have been applied the right way, and you are now ready!

How To Wear Black Lipstick

When it comes to lipsticks, the bolder we feel, the darker the color we like to flaunt. Walking with confident strides and our head held high, red has always been the quintessential color for us. But, maybe, it is time to go darker and bolder with black.
Invoking the image of the unadulterated goth, black lipstick is not for those faint of heart. But one would be hard-pressed to deny its irresistibility. Often associated with fringe and counter-culture, nothing spells rebellion quite like the black lipstick.

If you want to test the waters but aren’t sure if investing in a brand new lipstick is the way to go, then this tutorial is for you. Use a liner instead of a lipstick. There is no reason anymore to not step out of your comfort zone

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