Do you want to make your skin soft and supple? Is your skin robbed off its normal moisture balance due to harsh chemicals and detergents? Do you need to replenish the lost moisture of your skin? A smothering of rich body lotion, will do the trick and make your skin velvety soft to touch. Body lotions can be made at home. You can also try on a body lotion from a reputed brand.  Top 10 Beauty Tips

Home Made Body Lotion
You need certain things to prepare the body lotion. Gather together a quantity of emulsifying wax, colorant, oil, fragrance and water.
Blend the oil and water into the emulsifying wax. This will serve as the base of your lotion.
Add fragrances and essential oils into the lotion base.
Next you have to add the colorants. You can use chemical or natural colorants.
Finally, you have to bottle up your body lotion.
You can also choose from a wide range of moisturizing body lotions that are available in the market. Some of the customer favorites are the ‘Oriflame Silk & Cashmere Body Lotion’ or the Dove Nourishing Body Lotion.

Body lotions serve to hydrate your skin. This prevents premature wrinkles and other dry skin diseases. So, moisturizing your skin with a good quality body lotion should be an important part of your beauty care routine. 

Bursting with natural, green goodness, this set from Gilden Tree is packed with everything you need to get your feet summer-sandal ready. The £25.95 kit contains miniature 1oz versions of the line’s Revitalising Foot Soak Crystals which are great not just for your feet but for your entire aching body; Nourishing Foot Cream that moisturises with an Aloe Vera (not water) base, and an Exfoliating Foot Scrub for soft and sexy feet. It also contains a tub of Shea Butter balm and the TerraCotta Footscrubber which can be used heated or chilled to polish your way to smooth and pretty feet.

If model of the moment Agyness Deyn is heading down the catwalk in minimal makeup, then it’s a trend we’re pretty sure is going to catch on. I love how there skin looks dewy and natural with nude lips and a faint flush to the cheeks. Eyes are bare of liner and there’s no mascara visible (but I suspect she used clear to lengthen the lashes). What’s noticeable about this look is the defined brows the models have, especially Agyness. There’s something so fresh about this look, though it takes quite a lot of effort to look this natural! It’s all about blending and concealing, and base is very important. Make sure your brows are groomed, as a stray hair could ruin your no makeup makeup.

A makeup trend that keeps cropping up over and over this summer is the hot, bright fuschia lip. From blonde beauties like Kate Moss to dark divas like Rihanna, celebs are proving that anyone can wear this bright lip. When paired with a glowing bronzed complexion and dark-lined eyes the lip can be both classy and show stopping. While we don’t recommend that you pair it with bright green eyeshadow ala Beyonce and Big Brother 9 entrant Kathriya Kasisopa, we do hope that you give this vibrant lip colour a try. Read on for fuschia lipstick reviews and suggestions. Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising and publicity has lead us to believe that loads of rich, creamy lather is a good thing in a product. But is that really true? It’s definitely a lovely feeling, spreading those tiny bubbles over your hair and body, but you might not be doing much to cleanse if you’ve got excessive amounts of lather.

Lather is actually the reaction between a surfactant (cleansing ingredient), water and air. The reaction between a surfactant, water and oil (and thus dirt / grease) won’t actually create a foam or lather in the same way. So with that in mind, you could say that lather is nothing more than an indication of over-use…