Benefits of A Salt Glow

Salt Glow treatments are a hot new trend at Upscale Spas.  A salt glow can bring forward refreshed, glowing, and revitalized skin. A salt glow can easily be performed in the privacy of your home.  The exfoliation process sloughs off dull and dry skin, revealing your fresh and renewed layer. The salt glow is considered an invigorating procedure. It’s known to increase blood circulation, improve lymphatic circulation, and aid in detoxification. Overall, the salt glow has a rejuvenating as well as a cosmetic effect.  A salt glow is also the perfect way to embrace the changing seasons, as it generates heat and natural moisture for some increased benefits.

How to give yourself a Salt Glow treatment:
Apply the salt treatment, slowly massaging it over the body.

Once you have completed massaging the salt all over your body, step into the shower to rinse off the excess salt. Soap should be avoided since it can remove the protective layer of oil remaining from the treatment. Body lotion can be applied lightly to help seal in the glow.

Precautions

It’s recommended that you avoid waxing, sunbathing, or shaving the day before, the day of, and the day after a salt glow treatment. It is recommend that you allow at least 1 1/2 hours after eating before having this treatment. This allows time for your body to metabolize food.
Yellow Rose Gifts, Company carries several Natural Salt Glows for you to use in the privacy of your own home.  We carry a Lemongrass Salt Glow, a Citrus Salt Glow and a Peppermint & Chocolate Salt Glow.

Visit our website at http://www.yellowrosegiftsco.com/ to purchase your Salt Glow.

2010 Fall Hair Trends

The Fall season is just about on us.  Some women like to spice things up when the seasons change.  So, I decided to do a little research on the 2010 Fall Hair Trends and then share them with my readers.  The following is what I found to be the Hot, New Hair for this Fall.

Soft curls are all the rage right now, and are fun to create on all hair types. They're also a fairly simple way to change up your look, day or night.  To achieve this look start with clean, damp hair. Mist with a strong hair spray like Redken’s Wool Shake, and blow dry. Next use a 1" barrel curling iron (nothing wider, or the curl will be too loose), and coat your hair with more hairspray for extra staying power. Those with fine hair will need to go heavier on the product. Not so skillful with an iron? Set your hair with hot rollers!

Multi-toned hair color is the go-to style of the season, and many celebs are going after the same look that gradually fades from darker roots to lighter ends in the same color family. This is a great fall style, since your summer highlights will already be growing out. Choose a dye that looks like your natural hair color and dye only the top part of your hair. Be very careful when rinsing out to lift up your ends so the dark dye won’t transfer.

Bangs are back!  Long Layers are in!  So is Sleek and Straight.

And the hair color for this fall is....... RED!

More Fall Beauty Tips

Summer is winding down.  It is hard to see it go.  But Fall is a beautiful season also.  I love the Fall colors and the cool, crisp air in the mornings.  Here are a few more fall beauty tips that I found while searching the web:

Lip Love


Fall’s fashion-forward trends include high-powered colors for your pout.

Make a Statement

• Brick red, deep plum and bright pink are big hits with celebrities this fall.
• Carefully line your lips using a liner one shade darker than your lipstick. Then, apply your lip color, and carry it with you for quick touch-ups.
• Finish with clear lip gloss.

Balance The Look

• If you used bold eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara on your eyes, tone down your lips with a nude shade. If you used gold highlighter, pick a matte finish for your lips. If you didn’t use metallic colors on your eyes, choose a gloss.

Nail It

Fall’s hot nail shades follow eye-shadow tones; you can even match your nail color to your eye shadow.

• Green, bronze, silver, navy and deep plum are popular shade choices.
• If you choose a dark color, file your nails square and short so that they withstand housework and your busy schedule.
• Time-saving tip: Paint your nails before you shower so that any mistakes wash away.

Fall Foundation

Fall’s bold eye and lip trends should be contrasted with a matte, natural foundation. Couple light, cream-based foundations with translucent powder. Mineral foundation will give you a pure, natural finish, too.

Light Blush

This season, go easy on the blush. Lightly apply peach, earth tones or coral blush — or skip it all together.

Fall Beauty tips - Eye Appeal

Yes, hard to believe but summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner.  The kids are back in school.  Now it is time for some "me" time for us moms.  Here are some fall beauty tips for this year that I ran across on the web:

This fall Eye looks are all about turning heads — and making it look effortless.


All Aglow

• Gold highlights look great on post-summer sun-kissed skin. Apply golden eye shadow to brow bones and the inner corner of your eyes. This is a great daytime look.
• Define your eyes with brown eyeliner on both the top and bottom lash lines.
• Sweep on brown or clear mascara to warm up the look.

Natural Beauty

• Earth tones like bronze, chocolate, burnt orange and evergreen are popular fall eye-shadow colors. Try a cream-based shadow — it leaves more color on the lid.
• Curl lashes to add volume to your fringe.
• Complement these eye-shadow colors with brown eyeliner and mascara — it’s a softer look than using black.

Go Big With Eyeliner

• Use eyeliner to create a dramatic effect. Experiment with lining lower lids and the inner corners of your eyes. Try liquid liner for precision with staying power, or smudge pencil liner for a smoky effect.
• Make every lash count. Apply a lash conditioner before sweeping on a few coats of black mascara.

Create Mystery

• Go dark with gray, purple or even black eye shadow. Choose carefully depending on your eye color, and apply sparingly.
• Apply matching liquid eyeliner to your lids, just above the lash line.
• Blast your lash curler for a few seconds with your hair dryer to warm it up. Curl your lashes. Then, apply two coats of high-volume black mascara.

Southern Summer Beauty Tips

Living in the South means that you have to deal with the summer heat and the humidity. It is not an easy task to keep your makeup looking fresh all day in this type of climate. I am listing a few summer beauty tips to help us Southern women….
Foundation
Keep your foundation thin in warmer weather. Your skin tone will change, so don't be afraid to buy a bottle of your favorite brand in a darker color and mix it to match your skin. If it is too heavy, add some water or moisturizer to thin it out a little bit.
Eye Shadow Tips
Lighter makeup accentuates a dark tan. The new eye shadows available today give shimmer and glide on smoothly. Combine a lighter creme eye-shadow with light lipstick or lip gloss and you'll have an instant, updated summer look.
For longer lasting makeup, apply pressed powder to your eyelids to soak up any additional oil before you brush on the eye shadow. This will also help "set" the powder and prevent creasing.
Mascara
Today's mascara isn't near as conservative as it was years ago. With brushes, colors and formulas available for just about every situation, your choice today is much easier whether you're a blonde, brunette or redhead.
Summer may be the only time you need waterproof mascara. For exercising or swimming, use the waterproof formula to prevent the dreaded "black eye" syndrome. Even if you don't anticipate the need, keep some on hand for that impromptu invite to the lake or beach.
Lips
Cool mauves, rose and pinks are the summer trend for lips. Fill in sparse lips with a lip liner that matches your lips and go just beyond your lip line to add fullness. For a daring look, try classic red, which never goes out of style.
Pucker up your lips with a lip plumper which will increase collagen production and deliver instant moisture. Designed to make your lips larger and decrease fine lines and wrinkles, this is a win-win situation. Apply some lip gloss to add volume and dimension and your lips will never look so good!

Summer Beauty Tips

Before applying make-up use a good brand of sunscreen lotion having at least a SPF of 15. Most moisturizers have in¬built SPF content. Applying a good sunscreen before applying moisturizer is a must.

Wash your face often with a good, soap-free preparation. Avoid oil-based foundations as they are prone to more dirt, which makes your skin oily. You should also avoid heavy make-up in summer. There is a huge variety of good water-based products on the market.

Dabbing powder helps you by reducing the oily look of your shiny face. For others, apply on your T -zones. During the summer drink plenty of water and maintain an easy diet by replacing spicy and oil food with lots of fruits and salads.

Use a creamy lipstick during the summer. You can reserve the darker shades for evening. Glossy light ones are preferable for those nude looks.

Use a Water-proof eyeliner. This will help avoid smudges. Use a powder eye shadow not cream-based.

Before using blush or mascara, use adusting of powder for absorbing oils in foundation and also preventing discoloration or streaking. By applying powder before mascara your lashes will look thicker and won't smudge.

At Home Facial Sauna Treatments

Give your face a natural sauna treatment! This is a good way to deep cleanse it. It is a great way to clean a normal type skin . For such natural skin treatment, just take a bowl of water which is nearly boiling and then add around 4 drops of each of the essential drops as required by your skin type as follows:

•NORMAL SKIN: Mandarin oil and Lavender oil
•OILY SKIN TYPE: Lemon oil and Eucalyptus oil
•DRY SKIN TYPE: Rose oil and Chamomile oil

The Cure for Cracked Feet and Dry Skin

1. Rinse your feet in warm water and blot dry without chafing.
2. Then apply a urea based ointment.
3. In case of dry skin heels, brush dry skin with a pumice pebble, massage your feet with petroleum jelly and then put on socks before sleeping.
4. It is good for you to pedicure your feet over and over again.
5. Immersion of your feet first in hot water and then in cold water after 5 minutes helps the blood flow. Continue for 20 minutes.

Why Your Skin Needs A Salt Glow

A salt glow can bring forward refreshed, glowing, and revitalized skin. A salt glow can be performed at home. The exfoliation process sloughs off dull and dry skin, revealing your fresh and renewed layer. A salt glow is also the perfect way to embrace the changing seasons, as it generates heat and natural moisture for some increased benefits.

During the colder months, your natural circulation and metabolism can slow down significantly to accommodate for the changes in temperature. As a result, it’s beneficial to stick with a consistent exercise regiment, as well as staying well hydrated. With the growing desire for most of us to cozy up by a fireplace or other heat source for hours at a time, skin can dry up very quickly and easily. It’s important to drink plenty of water throughout the day, as well as moisturize with a healing and skin-strengthening body butter on a regular basis. Shea butter is an excellent source for some vital skin nutrients, and Vitamin E additions will help your skin’s elasticity.

A regular salt glow, even as little as once per month, will reveal a fresh layer of skin instantly.

You can now give yourself a Salt Glow treatment in the privacy of your own bath with one of our New Natural Salt Glows. We carry a Citrus Salt Glow or a Lemongrass Salt Glow.

Healthy Glowing Skin

Living in the hot and humid climate of Texas takes a toll on my skin. It is important to follow the tips below to keep your skin healthy and glowing!

1. Include plenty of raw foods in your daily diet, like fruits, salads and sprouts.

2. Drink plenty of water to keep your system well flushed of toxins, and wastes.

3. Daily exercise helps to improve blood circulation to the skin and facilitates the elimination of wastes.

4. Adequate sleep is a must for good skin. The process of repair and renewal is enhanced during sleep.

5. Take time to relax. Stress can trigger off many skin problems.

6. Avoid smoking and alcohol. They deplete the body of the essential nutrients and are skin agers.

7. Protect your skin with moisturizer and sunscreen when you are out of doors, to counteract the damage caused by the sun’s ultraviolet radiation and chemical air pollutants.

8. Never neglect night-time cleansing of the skin, to remove the grime, make-up and pollution that have collected during the day.

Beauty Tip with Honey

Silky Skin Toner

Place a half cup of honey, 2 cups of buttermilk and a half cup of rosewater in an air-tight container. A Tupperware with a screw-on lid works great. Shake up the mixture until it is thoroughly blended. It will be runny and a cloudy color. You can apply it with a cotton ball for tight, toned skin.

This recipe is best when used with Organic Honey.

Problem: Dry patches on elbows, knees and feet

Treatment: A coffee, sugar and vanilla scrub. Coffee has strong antioxidant properties. Because of this, it is a good choice for the rougher skin on your body, while sugar works as a light manual exfoliator to smooth skin. Vanilla extract adds a soothing scent for at-home aromatherapy.

Using it: In the shower, let skin soften under warm water for 5-10 minutes. Scoop out a small handful of the scrub and massage it in circular motions from your limbs to your heart to increase circulation. Rinse and follow with a gentle shower gel to remove excess residue. DO NOT use this scrub on your face or on any broken or sensitive skin.

Use the scrub once a week for regular skin. If your skin is quite dry and bumpy, twice a week is recommended.

Homemade natural Adzuki Bean Soup to cure dark circle under eye

In my quest for all things Natural, I ran across this little tidbit of information.

This strange Japanese bean helps to enervate the appearance of gloomy dark circles under the eyes by refining the body from inside. Adzuki beans are superb for the kidneys and when the kidneys are calm the outcome is gloomy dark circle development under the eyes.

Adzuki beans are emergent in popularity. They can be found at edifice dietetic materials and a emergent number of epicure dietetic store such as gourmet food markets.

Step1:
Marinate 3 cups of beans in a large pot of cold water for 24 hours or overnight. Drain.
Step2:
Add 2 quarts of cold water using the beans to the pot and food to a boil.
Step 3:
Drain the beans, then add 2 quarts of tepid cold water again.
Step 4:
Boil for 30 comments, then add 2 Tbsp. of cumin and 1 tsp. colorless shower