Halloween Makeup

Just a few weeks left before Halloween and I bet loads of you are planning to go for a crazy party, so I was thinking why not give you some Halloween makeup ideas??

Sometimes, when going to a party, with the desire to impress and stand out, a woman doesn't think she is not supposed to horrify the opposite sex with glitter all over the body or covered in strands of plastic or apply the longest nails in the world, but she has to attract the opposite sex. So please, ladies, I beg you, don't forget that even though it's a Halloween party you need to have good taste in costumes and makeup. You are not coming down from circus to make a show and you shouldn't try seeking attention by being a leopard or a cat or the too much used already Playboy bunny costume.
The Halloween makeup, although is a bit more complex, it has to follow a few general lines, if you want the final result to be as expected. Throughout the next lines, there are a few tips if you want to make your own Halloween makeup:

Keep the accent on the eyes

Halloween makeup is most of the times focused on the eyes, mainly because the look can radically change the makeup . And when I talk about deep and contoured eyes I am thinking about the one and only Cleopatra, which is the top 1 choice for most women on Halloween.

To get such a makeup, you need to start with the basics: remove all your makeup, deep cleanse your face and apply a quick absorption moisturizer ( don't use a greasy one). Start by applying foundation all over the face, including the eyes. I would advise using a sponge or foundation brush. After a few minutes apply matte powder on your eyes and then apply a matte dark grey or green eyeshadow.


By using a thick wet brush, you can now apply a glittery eyeshadow, silver or gold. Cleopatra was well know by having defined eyebrows, so you will need a black or brown eyebrow pencil.






At the end you can apply liquid eyeliner and mascara, or you can use false eyelashes.






Seductive lips



A lot of you are probably already have in mind Angelina Jolie with her gorgeous lips, but I was thinking about the 50's symbol, with charisma and a brilliant shine and that is Marilyn Monroe.
As soon as I say Marilyn Monroe, the first things that come to my mind are her white pleated dress and hot red lips. In the 50's makeup was bold and red was the color preferred for the lips.





Before applying the lipstick, to add volume to the lips just like Marilyn, apply a white lip contour pencil on your upper lip, then apply a thin layer of powder on your lips to prevent the lipstick wearing off. Then use a red lip contour pencil  for your lips and at the ends of your lips apply a dark red lipstick, and for the center use a lighter shade of red, it will give the impression of volume. Lastly apply a lip gloss.



Modern vampire



Lately, everyone, including the fashion industry manifest a strange attraction to Gothic, vampire world. Thanks to the 'Twilight' movie, a whole new world of makeup was born dark makeup palettes and so many articles to help remake the movie makeups.
I won't be giving you a lecture on how to recreate Bella's makeup or what makeup Robert Pattinson used in the X scene, I am just going to give you a few ideas on how to get the vampire look.
So first of all, you need to get your skin ready. As we all know vampires are known for having a really pale skin, as if the sun never touched them. Before applying any light foundation and powder you need to hydrate your skin to prevent the skin from drying. You could even use a white baby powder, but be careful use only as much as you need, otherwise you'll end up looking like a painted wall.
As for the eyes a lot of people prefer the 'smokey eye' makeup. I would recommend to stay away from smokey eye and try irregular lines with a liquid dark eyeshadow. For the contour use a black pencil or black liquid eyeliner.
For the lips, you can opt for a hot red lipstick, or even coral, ruby red or black. You can even combine a few shades to get an interesting color.
This is how I've done mine:

8 types of tea that slim you, but don't kill you!

Do you want to lose weight and need a good recommendation for the type of tea to use? Find out what a good slimming tea needs to have and for how long you can use it.

Slimming teas are very popular, but you need to be very careful which ones you choose, cause they might damage your health. Plant combination and consuming period should be the most important factors to watch when you buy a slimming tea.

Efficient plants for weight loss:

1. Bindweed and plantain
They have a laxative effect, aiding the elimination of toxins by going to the loo.

2. Juniper and dandelion
Will make you pee a lot

3. St. John's wort and plantain
Protects your liver and helps in metabolizing the fat, neutralizing and eliminating bad stuff from the body

4. Sage and dandelion
Aid in fat digestion

5. Hoodia gordonii
From Kalahari desert, this plant has been used for centuries by tribes, releasing a chemical similar to glucose, relieving hunger sensation

6. Garcinia cambogia
Is the fruit of a tree that grows in India and South Asia and aids weight control, it's an appetite suppressant, burns accumulated fat, stops lipids accumulation in the liver.

7. Flax seeds
Appetite suppressant, reduces fat absorption, because they are rich in mucilage that are deposited on the surface of the gastrointestinal mucous

8 . Chicory and Spiruline
Helps control weight by decreasing appetite, as well as having cholesterol-lowering effect.


So guys look for the tea combinations that have these plants. Apart from these plants, the tea can also have: green tea leaves, senna leaves, lovage leaves, ortosiphon, anise fruits, coriander fruits, ginger.

Any diet, not only with tea, needs to be followed between 4 to 8 weeks, to give your body time to get used to the changes. You should use no more than 3-4 cups of tea per day, in between meals.

Taking care of your skin after the hot season!

Skin care needs a routine with must follow rules as soon as fall gets here. It's not just the fact we need to be careful how we fix the skin after a hot summer, but we have to keep up with the climate change that can have a negative effect on our skin. 

Skin care rewrites the fall routine. This is the routine that heals and prevents a dry skin.



Any woman who likes to take care of her skin already knows when the season changes she needs to reset her skin care routine: give up a few cosmetic products and replace them with some more suitable and protect her against sun, UV, wind and cold. Generally, this type of change happens when we go from a hot to a cold season or from a cold to a hot season.

Fall skin care starts with the regeneration of dried skin during summer 

Before making any changes we first need to heal the damaged skin. The most common problem after a hot season is the dry skin.

Fall skin care has a few but necessary rules to prevent dehydration! 

1. Hydrate and re hydrate
This is the first step in healing your skin from the hot summer but also serves to protect your skin from the fall wind. Start by exfoliating your skin 2-3 times a week to get rid of those dead skin cells, then apply a hydrating body lotion. It is recommended to use a butter, or a rich body lotion.

2. Exfoliate with an oil based scrub
Although during summer we stay away from greasy stuff, for the cold season they are highly recommended. To keep the skin hydrated, when exfoliating use an oil based scrub ( olive oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil). When you make your own scrub at home, you have better control of the ingredients, so I would recommend you d that.

3. Ditch the soap!
If you use antibacterial and perfumed soaps, you would better get rid of them, because they contain a lot of ingredients that dry up the skin. Instead of a soap you could use a shower foam, always check the label as the best ones are labeled deep moisturizing, nourishing or cream oil. The ingredients you need are : glycerin, almond oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, Shea butter, aloe vera.

4. Invest in a very good hand cream.
During fall, hand tend to get drier because of the wind and cold. To prevent this, always keep at hand, such as your bag a hand cream to use it whenever you wash your hands or your feel your hands get dry.

5. Don't give up on SPF
Although during fall, the sun is not that strong, it doesn't mean that UV radiations are harmless. Unfortunately they can still penetrate the clouds and damage your skin. It is enough to use a day cream with SPF.

6. Buy a humidifier
Even though you will manage to heal your skin, the wind and cold an dry it again, although you hydrate it enough. That's why it is recommended to use a humidifier in your bedroom. The humidifier reduces the dryness in the air and splashes purified water, helping the skin to maintain it's hydration.