Natural Ways to Have Whiter Teeth

Natural Ways to Have Whiter Teeth

Cucumber slices

#1 Drink cucumber water. Cucumber water is not acidic and will not erode the enamel on your teeth. An easy way to make cucumber water is to peel and slice a cucumber, put the slices into a pitcher of natural spring water, and let sit for 1 hour.

Sea salt

#2 Use a sea salt and water mixture to rinse instead of mouthwash. Most mouthwash contain alcohol that eliminates essential microbes. The sea salt and water mixture prevents gingivitis, plaque, and wards yellowing of teeth without eliminating the good microbes. Mix one teaspoon of sea salt with a cup of water and then rinse for a minute.

Strawberries

#3 Have fruits like strawberries or apples for dessert. These fruits are low in acidity and stimulate saliva, which keeps particles off your teeth.

Makeup Tip #23: How to Apply Foundation

Makeup Tip #23: How to Apply Foundation

Applying Foundation

Applying Foundation How-To. Use vegan and cruelty free makeup and brushes.

Step 1: Prep your face with primer. After you have applied your moisturizer and SPF, put on the primer. Primer smooths skin and sets a base for the foundation. Wait about 30 seconds for the primer to set.

Step 2: Next, put concealer where you need to. This way, you can use the foundation to blend away skin color differences that the concealer causes.

Step 3: Apply foundation with a brush. Work in the foundation with a flat top kabuki brush in small, circular motions. Use a smaller rounded tip brush for more precision around your nose and eyes.

Step 4: Make sure to apply foundation to your jawline, neck, and decollete. Putting foundation in these spots prevents you from having a two-tone skin issue.

Makeup Tip #22: Blush for Oily Skin

Makeup Tip #22: Blush for Oily Skin

Applying blush

Makeup Tip: If you have oily skin, use a matte blush instead of a shimmer blush. Matte blushes give the same flush of color to your cheeks, but do not have the shine. The shimmer blushes will make your face appear shinier. Try a vegan and cruelty free matte blush.

Makeup Tip #21: Best Way to Hold Your Makeup Brush

Makeup Tip #21: Best Way to Hold Your Makeup Brush

Applying foundation with a makeup brush

When applying foundation, hold the end of the brush. Holding the brush at the end gives you a softer touch and a much more natural finish. Use a vegan and cruelty free synthetic makeup brush. For foundation, try vegan and cruelty free.

Makeup Tip #20: Check Your Lighting

Makeup Tip #20: Check Your Lighting

Checking makeup in different lighting

Check your makeup in different lighting. Overhead lighting can create shadows. Turn on your phone’s flashlight while looking in the mirror to see how your makeup will look in a different lighting. Use a cruelty free vegan synthetic round tip brush to blend in and fix makeup mistakes.

Makeup Tip #19: Eyeliner Tips

Makeup Tip #19: Eyeliner Tips

Fixing eyeliner mistakes

Eyeliner Tips: Do not pull your eyelid when applying eyeliner. Draw a line and then go back with a cotton swab dipped in makeup remover to perfect the line. Try a vegan and cruelty free makeup remover and eyeliner.

Makeup Tip #18: Getting Teased Lashes

Makeup Tip #18: Getting Teased Lashes

Teased Lashes

Makeup Tip: To get teased eyelashes, hold the mascara wand vertically. Try a vegan and cruelty free mascara.

To get teased lashes: first apply the mascara as you usually would with the wand held horizontally. Apply a thick color at the lash line by moving the mascara wand back and forth. Add another coat of mascara holding the wand vertically and moving side to side. For a bold look, repeat this on the bottom lashes as well.

Makeup Tip #17: Applying Eyebrow Powder

Makeup Tip #17: Applying Eyebrow Powder

Apply Eyebrow Powder in Tiny Strokes

Makeup Tip: Apply eyebrow powder with the brush in tiny strokes. Creating tiny strokes looks more like your natural brow hairs. Use an eyebrow powder in a shade that is a little lighter or darker that your natural eyebrow hair to create definition. Try a vegan and cruelty free eyebrow powder.

Makeup Tip #16: Contouring with Blush

Makeup Tip #16: Contouring with Blush

Contouring with Blush

Makeup tip: For a natural flushed look, contour with blush. Use a blush in a peachy or coppery shade and apply to your forehead, brow bone, and cheekbones. This will warm up your face and also thin your face a bit. Use the blush in place of a bronzer. Try a vegan and cruelty free blush.

Makeup Tip #15: How to Best Apply Bronzer

Makeup Tip #15: How to Best Apply Bronzer

Apply Bronzer in the shape of a "3"

Makeup Tip: Apply bronzer in the shape of a “3″ on your forehead, cheekbones, and jawline. This is a quick way to contour and gives you a natural no-makeup look. Try a vegan and cruelty free bronzer.

Makeup Tip #14: Having Well Groomed Brows

Makeup Tip #14: Having Well Groomed Brows

Well Groomed Brows

Makeup Tip: For well groomed eyebrows, follow the natural shape of your brows. The natural arch shape of your brow is where the most hair is. Pluck any hairs outside that shape. Apply brow powder with a mini brush to fill in any gaps. Use a vegan and cruelty free eyebrow powder.

Nail Care Tips

Nail Care Tips

Manicured Nails

Nail Care Tips: How to make a manicure last longer. Use vegan, 5 free, and cruelty free base coat, nail polish, and top coat.

Step one: Remove all traces of dirt, oil, and old enamel from your nail bed.

Step two: Shape and file. You want the nail shape to mirror the shape of your cuticle and elongate your fingers. When filing, use gentle motions and file in one direction at a time to prevent breakage.

Step three: Apply a base coat. Base coats helps the polish to stay on nails longer and hide imperfections.

Step four: Polish. Swipe on nail polish in thin even layers and give 2 minutes drying time before applying the second coat. Place the brush a little bit away from the cuticle and swipe the brush up the center to the tip. Repeat this on the left and right sides and then finish nails with a swipe across the tip.

Step five: Once nails are dry put on a top coat. Top coats give a shiny finish and prevent chips. Swipe another coat of top coat a couple of days later for extra protection.

Quick and Easy Makeup: The Smudgy Smoky Eye

Quick and Easy Makeup: The Smudgy Smoky Eye

Smudgy Smoky Eyes

How to do a quick and easy smoky eye in 3 steps. Use vegan and cruelty free eye makeup. Create a sultry smoky with just black eyeliner and black mascara.

Step one: Apply the eye crayon along your upper and lower lash lines. You do not have to be precise, messy lines are fine.

Step two: Use your ring finger to smudge the eye crayon up and out along your lid and lower lash line.

Step three: Apply one coat of mascara with the wand held horizontally. Then, apply a second coat of mascara with the wand held vertically, which will separate lashes and add volume.

Makeup Tip #13: Hiding Redness and Scars with Foundation

Makeup Tip #13: Hiding Redness and Scars with Foundation

Hiding redness and scars with foundation

Makeup Tip: Hiding redness and scars with foundation. Use vegan and cruelty free foundation and brushes.

To hide redness, smooth foundation on with your fingers and then add a bit more where the discoloration shows through. Pat on a second layer of foundation with a kabuki brush. 

To hide scars, dip an angled eyeliner brush in foundation or concealer, which will get into the recessed areas of the scar. With the eyeliner brush, coat the inside of the scar to hide the shadows that make the scars appear more recessed. To finish, pat on a second layer of foundation with a kabuki brush

Makeup Tip #12: Lip Colors for Whiter Teeth

Makeup Tip 12#: Lip Colors for Whiter Teeth

Lip Color for Whiter Teeth

Makeup Tip: Get whiter teeth by using a red or berry lip color. Blue based red and berry lip colors contrast with yellowness in teeth making teeth appear whiter.
Try vegan, cruelty free Crazy Rumors HibisKiss Lip Colors in Sunset or Breeze.

Crazy Rumors HibisKiss Lip Color in Breeze

Crazy Rumors HibisKiss Lip Color in Sunset

Makeup Tip #11: Having Photo Ready Makeup

Makeup Tip 11#: Having Photo Ready Makeup

Photo ready makeup

Photo Ready Makeup Tips: Look your best in any photo by defining your eyes and using a bold shade of blush with vegan and cruelty free makeup.

Define your eyes with an eyeliner. Dot a black eyeliner along the uppers lids and squish the tip between the lashes to fill in any gaps. Then gently draw back and forth along the upper and lower lash lines. Go lighter on the bottom lid and soften the line with a vegan blending brush.

Use a bold shade of blush since the flash washes everything. Fair and medium skin should use a bright pink shade, warm and tan skin should use a coral shade, and deep skin should use a berry shade. Use a cream formula blush which will look more natural. To apply the blush, use a brush and tap directly onto the apples of your cheeks and then blend the color upward to your cheekbones.

Makeup Tip #9: Foundation Primer Tricks

Makeup Tip #9: Foundation Primer Tricks

Makeup tips: Besides giving you smooth skin and keeping makeup in place, foundation primer also has other tricks. 

Trick #1 Keeping your lip color from feathering and making the color more vibrant. Apply the primer to your lips before putting on your lipstick. Trying this trick with a primer containing chemical ingredients is not recommended.

Use foundation primer to keep lip color from feathering

Trick #2 Correcting makeup mistakes. Simply put the primer on a cotton swab and wipe the mistake away.

Fixing makeup mistakes with foundation primer

Trick #3 Smoothing flyaway hairs. Just use a bit of primer on your fingers to smooth down flyways.

Smooth down flyaway hairs with foundation primer

Makeup Tip #8 Where to Apply Foundation

Makeup Tip #8 Where to Apply Foundation

Apply Foundation to the Center of Your Face

Makeup Tip: Apply foundation to the center of your face center of your face and blend out with a cruelty free vegan synthetic brush or a mini puff. By starting at the center of your face, the foundation fades out around the hairline and jawline for a much more natural look. Try using vegan and cruelty free foundation.

Makeup Tip #7 Apply Primer Under Your Makeup

Makeup Tip #7 Apply Primer Under Your Makeup

Smooth Skin

Makeup tip: Apply primer under your makeup to smooth skin, get a fresh face, and reduce sallowness. Just a little bit goes a long way.

Makeup Tip #6 Puffy Eye Fixes

Makeup Tip #6 Puffy Eye Fixes

Chilled Spoon for Reducing Puffy Eyes

Wearing a Chilled Eye Mask to Reduce Puffy Eyes

Easy ways to reduce puffy eyes: 

If you are need a quick fix: Chill spoons in the freezer and then, place on your eyes to reduce the puffiness. 

For long term: Reduce under eye puffiness by wearing a chilled eye mask while you sleep.