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Make Sure Your Primer Complements Your Foundation

Whether oil or water, your primer and foundation should share the same base; otherwise, they will repel each other or just slide off your face, making it difficult to blend.

Instant Eye Lift

For an instant lift in the eyes, use your highlighter just above the arch of your brows and blend it out. It will not only define your eyebrows perfectly but also have a dramatic impact on the appearance of your entire face.

Start From The Middle

For a defined cupid’s bow, draw an ‘X’ where your cupid’s brow should be, and then apply the lipstick normally. Even if you do not plan to highlight your cupid’s bow, start applying the lipstick from the middle of your lips and move outwards for a flawless finish.

Coconut can be used in many different ways; in the kitchen and the rest of the home, but also on your body. And it smells delicious as well!

Have you gotten curious? We have put together a list of amazing uses of this special oil. We bet you’ll want to go out and buy a jar of your own after reading this!

Athlete’s Foot

Coconut oil has powerful anti-fungus properties, which makes it perfect for combatting fungal infections with. Add a few drops of oregano or tea tree oil for an even better result.

Acne

Coconut oil combats the bacteria that cause acne, but does so in a mild way. Carefully dab it directly onto the pimples.

Stretch Marks

Rubbing the oil on your body can prevent pregnancy stretch marks from appearing. The oil softens the skin and makes it supple and flexible.

Hunger

If you eat a spoon of coconut oil before your meal, you can control your appetite. This is especially handy if you’re looking to lose some weight.

Wrinkles

Rub the oil in the lines, creases and wrinkles on your skin. It will hydrate and soften the wrinkles, which will make them less visible.

Sore Throat

Swallow one tablespoon worth of oil. It will soften and protect your throat and it will make your mucous membranes more healthy. It also helps to protect you from infections.

Cold Sores

Coconut oil has antiviral properties that will help combat the cold sore virus. Just rub a bit of the oil on the cold sore. You could add a bit of oregano oil to speed up the healing process.

Age Spots

The oil is beneficial for any type of skin, but because of its powerful antioxidants it can let age spots fade away.

Bruises

Rub the oil on the bruised places to help speed up the healing process.

Deodorant

Mix together coconut oil, cornstarch, baking soda and your favorite essential oils to create a natural deodorant that smells amazing.

Eczema

The oil will help reduce the itch, pain, flaking and dryness of eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

And these are just a few of the many benefits of this amazing oil!

We are always busy and bustling. Everyone is always on the go and on call. However, if you’re looking closely at your skin, you’ll notice that its taking quite a toll on it. Inadequate rest affects everything, especially your skin. When you have skin that’s not at its best, everything you put on it won’t be at its best. It doesn’t matter what $100 cream you slather on day and night, if you can’t get enough sleep then you’re doing it all in vain.

When you don’t get enough sleep, you body doesn’t have enough time to repair itself, including you skin tissue. During sleep, your body uses this time to replenish itself. The energy not being used (because you are at rest) is being spent on cell renewal. This is especially important if you have sensitive skin, or you somehow managed to do a scrub before you hit the bed (or couch).

If you skin is tried, clogged and covered in dead cells, then your sebaceous glands aren’t going to be able to secrete sebum without causing inflammation. Your pores are openings in the skin that allow you to sweat (a natural cooling reflex), if those are clogged then your adversely affecting the way your body functions.

If you don’t get enough sleep and you wake up in a rush, you barely get time to run out of the door fully clothed, much less after you skin care routine. This is an indirect effect of too little sleep. You end up neglecting your skin. Its not doing you any favours to come home a fall in to a 3 hour coma without taking off your makeup either. In short, neglecting your skin simply because you’re tired isn’t a good excuse.

Being busy and overloaded with work makes you stressed. Throw in too little sleep and you’ve got a catalyst. Now you’re stressed out even more. Your body is stressed out because you’re working overtime without getting enough rest and now you’re mentally exhausted. This makes you prone to breakouts, blemishes and other bumps that can occurs on the face. And the vicious cycle starts because you’re stressed and upset that your skin has breakouts. Thus begins the cycle of bad skin.

Solution? Simply put get some rest. Of course this won’t cure all of your woes, but alongside with a good diet, exercise and proper care you’ll do fine. Time management is very crucial here. Keep in mind binge sleeping to make up for the sleep you lost is a bad idea, and is actually useless. Once you’ve lost sleep, you can’t get it back. Oversleeping isn’t that good for your skin either. Seven hours of sleep will suffice for you and your skin. They don’t call it beauty sleep for nothing.