DIY 5 INGREDIENT HAIR MASK

I've been looking for a great hair mask to was going to benefit my hair and scalp. Of course Pinterest is the first place I look.. There's so many different recipes for DIY hair masks, so I though I would conjure up my own. Look through your kitchen pantry to see if you have these 5 simple ingredients: brown sugar/raw sugar, honey, peppermint extract, egg, and olive oil.

Let's talk about the science behind this hair mask.. The sugar is the exfoliant, this will help rid your scalp of build up, honey and olive oil are the moisturizers, these two will leave your hair silky and shiny! Peppermint extract will stimulate your scalp and hair follicles, this will promote hair growth, and last but one of the most important ingredients is the egg. Your hair is made up of proteins, and in order to have healthy hair, you have to ensure your hair is getting enough protein; there's no better way to do that than to slather it on your scalp!

 Step by step:
1. Beat the egg in a small bowl until it is all broken up and mixed well. Then add the rest of your ingredients and mix well.

2. Wrap yourself in a towel.. This will get messy!

3. Starting down the middle of your hair apply the product with a hair dying brush, or your fingers. Repeat until the top of your scalp is coated.

4. Separate your hair starting at the bottom and apply the mixture from the root to the end of your hair.

5. Repeat until all your hair is saturated and your scalp is covereed.

6. Put a shower cap on, if you don't have a showercap use cling wrap or a grocery bag, and wait 30-60 minutes. The longer you leave this mixture on, the better your results will be!

7. Once the time is up, wash your hair as usual and style as usual. Your hair will feel silky, smooth, and easier to style!

 Let me know if you try this out! I would love to hear how it works for you.. Leave any comments down below. If you have any questions/buisness please email me @ beautyinsiderbyna@gmail.com!


xoxo
-Feliciana

In-depth Baking Tutorial

For this tutorial you're going to need flour, eggs, butter... Just kidding! We're not doing that kind of baking today, this is a beauty blog after all. We're going to be baking our faces! That's right our faces. Earlier today I wrote a review for my Airspun Loose Face Powder and I promised a tutorial on how I use this product. Let's get right into the good stuff.

The stars of today show will be Airspun Loose Face Powder, Revlon Colorstay Concealer, Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Palette, Real Techniques Contour Brush, large fluffy brush, makeup wedge, and a beauty bud (mine is by Younique).

I started this tutorial with a fresh application of my favorite foundation.

Next, I applied my Revlon Colorstay concealer in an upside down triangle under my eye. I like my concealer a few shades lighter that my skin tone to help highlight the centers of my face. You'll feel a little silly doing this but you'll get flawless results every time. With this concealer (and most) a little goes a long way. If you put too much, you'll have trouble blending it out later.

With my beauty bud, I blend out each eye until everything is seamless. It's best to dampen your beauty blender when blending out thick products; a damp beauty bud disperses the product evenly. Be sure to work out the product under your eye, you don't want it to cake up you pack on the setting powder.

Immediately after I blend out the concealer, I take my makeup wedge and pack on the Airspun powder. It looks like a lot, but this is where we get the term "baking". After you pack on the powder, leave it for five to ten minutes. This process will soak up all the oils under your eye that cause creasing. By leaving the powder to "bake" you are ensuring that your concealer will not budge or crease all day. With the edge of the beauty wedge I like to place some powder under my cheek bones to help contour my cheeks and also let that bake. While your baking, you can work on your eye shadow, etc.

After the timer goes off, in one swift motion wipe off all the excess powder with a large fluffy brush. Since the setting powder is translucent, it doesnt give me any color. I like to take my ABH Contour Kit, with my RT Contour Brush and apply the yellowish shade under my eyes just to give me some color!

Now, you're left with a flawless under eye that will last all day/night!  I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial on how to BAKE. Please follow my blog for daily Beauty Insider.

Thanksgiving Eye Look!

For the love of Thanksgiving, what're the two things women love most. Food and glamour, duh! I have created a look that I think is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner once again using my BH Cosmetics Fifth Edition Eyeshadow Palette. A chocolate crease, with a copper lid, winged out shadow and liner, and to top it off Grand Glamour lashes by Vegas Nay!

I always like to start my looks off with a base, for that I use my Maybelline Master Conceal in the shade 10 Fair. By putting a base I am ensuring the longevity of my look.

My second, most important step is to always, always, always use a transition shade. Transition shade are important because it makes blending darker shades a breeze. For my transition shade I used a light brown shadow with a small tapered blending brush. Using windsheild wiper motions, I put my transition shade into my upper crease focusing on the crease bone.

Next, using a darker brown shadow in my lower crease (right under the previous transition shade), I created a cat eye shape by slightly winging out the shadow with a large fluffy brush. This will help elongate the eyes for a subtle dramatic look. I also packed on a cream shimmer shadow with a shader brush. 

For more definition to my look, I added a beautiful copper foil eye shadow to my outer corner with a shader brush. By using a darker shade in the outer corner, I am creating dimension to this look.

Once you're finished with the lid, its time to work on the lower lash line. I smoked out the lash line with a mall shader brush and the same dark eye shadow I used on the lower crease.

Now for my favorite part, WINGED LINER. This will also help to elongate the eye also. I am using my favorite E.L.F. Cream Liner with a small angled brush.

I love to finish off a glam look with my Vegas Nay Grand Glamour lashes. These are reusable, great quality lashes at an affordable price! I bought mine at Target in the beauty section.

That's the completed look! I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave any questions or comments down below. Follow my blog for Beauty Insider everyday!

3 Step Morning Skin Care Routine!

Starting my day off refreshed with my 3 step morning routine! 

First, I like to take a hot rag and drape it on my face for about 15 seconds. This helps open up my pores so I can deep clean my skin! Then, I take my silicone scrubber (I raved about this product on a previous post!) and I put 2-3 pumps of my Cetaphil daily cleanser. This stuff is great because it doesn't dry out my skin, especially in the winter! Using my scrubber, I like to gently scrub my face in circular motions until a nice bubbly layer covers my face. Then, with my hands I like to wash off the cleanser with warm water. 

Next comes my beloved astringent! Sea Breeze is made to remove trapped oil, dirt, and makeup before they cause problems to the skin. I've been using this product for many years now, I love the clean feeling it give me. To use this product, I like to soak a cotton ball in the Sea Breeze and smooth over my face. Sea Breeze gives a cooling feeling on the face, (that's how you know its working) perfect for waking up in the morning! This product is great for deep cleaning your pores as well. You can find this product at your local drug store, Walmart, or Target. 

  

Lastly, I finish with Bare Minerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer for dry skin. The astringent can be drying which is why I like to follow up with a thick and nourishing moisturizer. This moisturizer quickly absorbs into the skin giving you a silky smooth finish to your morning routine! You can find this product at Ulta, or your local Bare Minerals store!

Tweezerman Tweezers Review

While out fixing my cracked screen at the mall, I couldn't help but notice Sephora in perfect walking distance from the kiosk. So, I drug my boyfriend to Sephora, and after a good fifteen minute stroll in Sepora I finally picked up a new pair of Tweezerman tweezers! The tweezers I got were awarded by Allure Magazine, so I knew they had to be good! 

I knew once I got home I had to review this bad boy. (I like to pluck my brows in between eyebrow threading sessions- it's been a while if you can't tell!) I've always been a fan of Tweezerman, and once I lost my other pair of tweezers I was devastated, so I could only hope these lived up to my standards. 

Let me tell ya, they did! I was able to get every stray hair, even those short, to get hairs! If you're a plucker like me, Tweezerman is they way to go. They are sharp with a nice slant that makes it easy to grasp the hairs. Check out my before and afters! 

Let me know in the comments if you've ever used Tweezerman tweezers! Follow my blog for more Beauty Insider! 

5 Ways to Exfoliate

Want clean, glowing, refreshed skin? EXFOLIATE! Exfoliating gives you a smooth canvas for lotions and potions to effortlessly absorb into your face or body. After exfoliating, you're left with smooth, plump skin. Here are my favorite ways to exfoliate! 


Facial Exfoliation 

1. Silicone Facial Brush 
You can find these at Walmart in the Beauty section, or on Amazon. I use my scrubber every day. I love it for mild exfoliation. Not only does it remove the dead skin cells, it also helps to remove all the makeup built up in your pores.

2. St Ives Blemish Control Scrub 
If you have acne prone skin, this is a great option for you! Salicylic acid is a key ingredient in this scrub. It's also a key ingredient in many acne fighting remedies. With this scrub, a little goes a long way, I use a quarter size amount for my whole face. Rub the scrub in circular motions, going in an upwards direction, this way you're fighting gravity and won't cause premature aging! 

3.  DIY Coconut Oil Exfoliating Scrub
For this scrub you will need coconut oil and pure cane sugar. Its super simple to make, I have talked about my love for this scrub in my Beauty Tip Tuesday post. Organic unrefined coconut oil is best to use for this scrub. If you are making this scrub for facial use: in a small container, mix one tablespoon of coconut oil and two teaspoons of pure can sugar. Apply gently in circular motions, in a upward direction. I promise you, your skin will feel better than ever before. 

Body Exfoliation 
  
4. Exfoliation Loofah Pads
Not only is the DIY Coconut Oil Scrub good for your face, its also great for your body! (Put a few drops of your favorite essential oil, I like lavender oil.) I like to use my DIY scrub with a loofah pad for ultimate exfoliation.  Be sure to change out your loofah every two weeks to avoid unwanted bacteria. 

5. Shaving 
Believe it or not, shaving is a great way to exfoliate your legs and arms. When you shave not only are you removing body hair, you're also taking a layer of dead skin off. That's why your legs are touch-ably soft when you are done shaving! 



Tips:

• Be sure to always use a moisturizer after any type of exfoliation treatment to prevent dry skin. 
• Don't over do it. Exfoliating is great, but there is such thing as too much. Once or twice a week is enough to give you clean, soft skin.

All questions are comments are appreciated! Follow my blog for Beauty Insider every day!

My Makeup Wish List!

With so many new products on the market, you can bet my wish list is LONG! Here are a few products I can't wait to get my hands on! 

 
NYX Liquid Suede Lipsticks- I have heard many good things about these products, so I can't wait to try them out for myself, and review them for you. There are 12 beautiful shades to choose from, but I'm not sure which ones to try first! They retail for $7.00 online; you can also find them in store like ULTA and Target.

 

Younique Touch Mineral Liquid Foundation- If you have see the videos on Facebook or Youtube about this product, you will understand why I want this foundation! From what I have seen and heard, this product is literally magic in a bottle. Liquid formula, dries as a powder, and will literally cover anything I'm not sure it gets any better than that. I want to test it for myself to see if it's really worth the hype! You can find it on Younique's website for $39.00.

 

 Carly Bybel Eye shadow and Highlighter palette- This palette is so beautiful and can be used all the way into spring. Not only does it have 14 shadows, but it also had 4 highlighters. We all know, highlighters are a huge trend right now. (If you want a post all about strobing, highlighting, and my favorite products let me know in the comments) I've watched a ton of tutorials using this palette, every guru has their unique way of using this palette. I cant wait to show you my way of using it. I already have a few things in mind! You can find it on bhcosmetics.com for $12.50. That's a steal if you ask me! 

What's on your beauty wish list?? Let me know in the comments below. 

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My Five Fav!

  
Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit
ABH Contour Kit has been one of my go to products for some time now. I use it just about every day, especially when I am doing a full glam look. I use the middle contour shade to chisel out my cheek bones, define my jaw line, and even contour my nose! As you can see from the picture, my kit has been through a lot but is still going strong. Not only do I use my kit for contouring, I have also used it as an eye shadow! It works perfect as a crease shade. The powders are silky which makes blending a breeze.

Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics
Naked 2 Basics is a cool tone eye shadow pallet. This mini palette is packed full of taupe shades- perfect for fall. I use this during the day for a light, bright shadow look, and I also use it at night for a bold look! The shadows are easy to blend- always a plus in my book! My favorite shadow to use for my crease is Frisk; I also love Skimp on the lid!

E.L.F. Blush 
For $3.00 these blushes are the BOMB! I prefer to use them together for a pinky, coral blush, but they're just as beautiful by themselves. Candid Coral and Pink Passion are my two favorite shades. I use these for every look I do on myself, and others. Depending on your skin tone, the shade of color will be different on everyone- another reason why I'm obsessed!








 


NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream
 Stockholm is the only shade I have right now, because I ran out of all my others! I love the formula of the soft matte lip creams. Silky, long lasting, and they won't dry out your lips! All of the shades are  pigmented- there's a ton of shades to choose from. I can't wait to get my hands on Transylvania and Copenhagen; perfect for a Vampy fall look!

E.L.F Cream Eyeliner
Again, for being only $3.00 this product is awesome! My eyelids tend to get oily at times and this liner stays put! The consistency is super creamy which makes it easy to apply. I like to apply it with a small angled brush for precision. A little goes a long way with this little guy!

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Trendy '15

 Marsala.. Wine.. Burgundy.. OH MY!!

Let's Talk: Fall Trends 2015

Fall is all about letting your inner Vamp loose. There's no better way to show off your dark side than to bust out your burgundy, Marsala, and wine attire. Although Marsala is delicious, you're not actually going to wear it. I'm talking about those deep maroon, dark cherry colors that we all know and love for this time of year. Fall allows you to be bold and rock a deep, dark, sexy wine lip, or keep it simple and throw on your favorite burgundy scarf. There's so many ways to work vampy colors without looking.. well like a true vampire! (Unless that's what you're into. No judging here!) Let's keep fall trendy, it only comes once a year.


Lipstick

• Revlon- Wine Not (Dupe for MAC- Diva)
• Maybelline- Divine Wine
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream- Copenhagen (Personal Favorite!)
• Revlon- Black Cherry 
• MAC- Sin
• E.L.F.- Bordeaux Beauty 

WNW- Knock On Wood

 Eye Shadow

• MAC- Deep Damson 
• Makeup Forever- #311
• Wet N' Wild- Knock On Wood
• NYX- Burgundy  

 Nail Polish 

• Essie- Carry On 
• Essie- Recessionista
• OPI- Vampsterdam
• OPI- Black Cherry Chutney
•  Essie- Size Matters 

Beauty Tip Tuesday!

Beauty Tip Tuesday! 

Happy Tuesday beauties! 

Every Tuesday I will share my favorite beauty tips, tricks, and how to effectively use them. 
This Tuesday will be all about how to keep your skin moisturized during the winter! If you're anything like me, you know the struggle of having dry skin during the winter months, and finding a moisturizer that is good for your skin but wont break your wallet is almost impossible. Well, you've come to the right place! These are my top two favorite products to use on my skin during the cold months ahead!

• COCONUT OIL- Coconut oil provides a deep and real moisture. Unlike other name brand products that tend to suffocate your face, coconut oil strengthens the underlying layers of skin! 
• To use coconut oil, apply a thin layer to your face and/or body before bed, and after exfoliating. Coconut oil can also be used on your lips if your lips are dry! If you're feeling ambitious and in need of an exfoliant; mix one tablespoon of coconut oil with two teaspoons of pure cane sugar. Use twice a week for irresistibly soft skin! 
  

•  ST. IVES TIMELESS SKIN COLLAGEN ELASTIN FACIAL MOISTURIZER- I have used this moisturizer time and time again. It's my GO-TO winter moisturizer! While I lived in Texas I never needed a heavy moisturizer because the humidity was so high. Once I moved to New Jersey, I cannot skip this step or product especially during fall and winter when the air is crisp.  This moisturizer has many anti-aging benefits!
• To use this moisturizer, apply a thin layer to your face before bed. This moisturizer can also be used before you apply your makeup! Just be sure to allow it to fully absorb into your skin!

Keeping your face and body moisturized is extremely important to prevent premature aging. I hope you have enjoyed today's Tuesday Tip! Have any questions? Feel free to leave a comment and subscribe to get daily blogs!