Some people find the pouty lips sexy and some finds it disgusting? which one are you? well, I do like the pouty lips – so alluring to the men – don’t you think. I think even the kids – know all about how cute their pouty lips can get them just about anything – hahhaa!!! So this is what one has to do if you want that pouty look – so I read.
Instead of taking injecting your lips with collagen – you can try simple steps like the below – don’t cost you a cent. First you have to exfoliate your lips – using a washcloth with some warm water. Using natural lotion, you then moisturize your lips – then line your lips with a nude color – what is nude color i hear you asking. Nude color lipsticks are the ones with hardly any color. After using your nude color lipstick to line your lips – you can filled the lipstick in . Lastly use a dab of gloss in the center of the upper and lower lips and there you have the pouty lips effect.
I don’t know of any woman who loves their wrinkles – I sure don’t – I keep telling the spouse – I need to go for botox – in which he laughed and said he don’t think so. Well, I do ! some woman said their wrinkles tell a story – ahhhh – sorry! i rather tell a story without the wrinkles. While the Asian woman are more blessed with less wrinkles till they get much older – our western friends they are not as lucky – most have wrinkles way before they are 40 years old. True drinking and smoking plays a part with your skin glowing or not – but what if you come from a hard life like my mom and she had wrinkles right when she was 40 years old. She didn’t know anything about wrinkle creams or hydroxatone nor could she have afforded it at that time – and my mom still took the best care of her face the way she knew how – oil of ulan ! yup! good old oil of ulan. Wonder if it still exist now though but for me – i look for the best wrinkle cream not that I can afford a very expensive one – but who wants to go out and look like the spouse’s sister eh?
So we all want that dewy glow on our face – the one that you see in the mirror right after a shower right? so with a few girlfriends and our trusty olympus digital cameras we got together and did each other’s blushes for our cheeks to compare. Why? because we don’t want to look like we were going to perform in an opera – with our blush techniques and I’m sure you know what I mean. If you walk around town – you will see some ladies all dressed up – but as soon as you see her cheeks – you wonder why she put so much red on her cheeks right? sometimes i make the same mistake too - the blush color may not be right – or maybe the lighting that day is just not the right one. Sometimes – it can be the blush fault but whatever it is – you definitely don’t want to go out looking like a chinese opera singer – nor do you want to go out without the blush either.
Therefore, we came with our digital camera that does real live video too – to compare – and see the real color after applying on our cheeks. And it turned out to be right – some of us are too heavy handed or light handed and we don’t see it at all. But with our digital cameras – we see exactly what the person opposite you sees. I really love the outcome of this session and if I am going to be attending a important function I want to make sure I am putting on my make up right – try that – you will all have fun.
Some people think that sexy costumes or lingerie are only for young woman or girls who are just in love and wants to impress their boyfriends or lover but they are so wrong. A secret to share with you all – old farts like us love kinky lingerie too! hehehe!! yes – the longer you are in a relationship – I think you need to spice it up a bit and what’s wrong with wearing sexy lingerie – for your spouse? nothing at all ! so if you haven’t tried it – go right ahead and surprise your spouse with this sexy devil costume – if red isn’t your color – try a black one. In fact, if you are adventurous enough – this can double up as a Halloween costume for your next Halloween party.
When I was very young, I used to have very bad rash on my neck – just my neck – I don’t know why – neither can a skin specialist explained it. My mom used to say that it had to do with my dad’s genes -and I’m glad that my daughter doesn’t have the same problem. I remembered my mom used to bring us to the beach so that it will help with the itch – so she said – I didn’t really feel that it helped with the itch – truth be told but I guess there is some truth in what my mother said.
Apparently there are healing properties in sea water because the dead skin left on my neck with all the scratching and scaring - with the sea water – it removes the dead cells and restore moisture. I’m guessing if I did keep at it – it might help but going once in a while to the beach – didn’t help that much. But the spouse has very dry skin – so this summer I’m going to make him go to the beach a lot more and have him soak himself in the sea water. According to what I read – there are all sorts of goodness in the mineral deposit in the sea water that can boost one’s skin immunity – making it more firm and detoxify the fat deposits too. So the next time your kids want you to go to the beach – think of all the good stuff it can do to your skin.
For the longest time I avoided putting nail polish on my nails because I’m worried about discoloration or my nails turning yellow in color. I’ve always thought that one need to “air” your nails – but apparently I am wrong. According to my nail specialist she said that our nails do not need to breathe because it doesn’t have any pores like our skin. So one can actually polish one’s nail 365 days a year – without worrying about discoloration. So why is it when I paint my nails – they turn yellow in color? i guess it’s because I didn’t put on my base coat. Plus if the finger nails are always yellow or black then it is a diet problem or if you are a smoker – the tobacco that caused the stain from smoking. Sleeping very little or if you are a swimmer – the chlorine can also caused temporary discoloration. Therefore, please make sure you look at your diet and change to a healthier diet.
Notice the puffy and saggy eyes lately? so have I ! you and I know that around our eyes – that skin area is very sensitive and I get white heads all the time there. And I also noticed that when you apply eye makeups – the area surrounding your eyes well – lets just say it turns black in color. As time goes by – you will noticed that you not only get dark looking eyes like a panda – you also get wrinkles and sagging around the eyes – kinda horrid looking if you asked me. Some people age beautiful – but most people don’t but more importantly is it is not too late to take care of yourself and those pufffy and saggy eyes.
For the longest time, I too make the same mistake as a lot of people by using moisturizing cream that i used on my face around the eye area – but I was wrong – so I was told by my esthetician – coz’ the eyes area is very different from the rest of your face. Around the eye area – one has to use a very light cream because you cannot use an oily cream for that area – else you will be like me – causing more distress around the eye area. I was told that the creams are for the wrinkles for the eyes and the gels are for puffy eyes and tired eyes. For the dark circles – use a gel – so when you are buying something from the cosmetic counter – make sure you get recommended the right thing – don’t fall into a sales trap.
Many years ago, someone told me about when one is taking a shower – it is good to turn on cold water at the end of your shower because by shocking your skin – it helps to increase your blood circulation in your body. But now – I read on a beauty magazine that it not only does that – it also reduces cellulite!!!! the hateful thing we all loathe to see whenever we shower. But hang on there is more to that cold water i read - your hair becomes shinier when you get out of the shower and you come out with natural rosy cheeks – pretty adorable i think. Cold water also reduces muscles inflammation and boost your immune system – so you won’t catch the cold or flu as much as your co-workers and most importantly for all the beautiful ladies out there – it helps to even your skin tone – now that is a real plus – so I’m going to try the cold water remedy from today onwards – try it yourself and see what it does to your skin. My grandmother said that this has been practice for centuries.
Spring is almost here and like all beautiful woman – we want to look our best – this is what I chose to wear the first day of Spring 2011 – what do you think of it? Most of the outfit can be found on Forever21 and although I am not – I still fit pretty much in this style – lucky me.
I love beautiful things but more so quality stuff – my mother used to say – that you get what you pay for. I was just telling the spouse this morning – that I know why we pay more for certain plastic tupperware because the good ones is just so easy to clean and don’t leave a stain inside it when you leave soup stock in them. Just like the le creuset beautiful outside and great to cook with – expensive of course but also warrantied for life of the original owner. But yes! if you love beautiful things – you will understand why paying every penny on the le creuset is worth it, in fact I’m so proud of it – I use it every chance I get. I’m such a show off – when I know I have something good.
