The Healthy Bee

If you want to be up-to-date on what’s coming this season, keep reading because we’ll tell you the 3 makeup tips you must know to be up on the latest in makeup and hairstyles.

1. Makeup Tips – Beauty: What’s new?

Current trends in skin come from past seasons. The goal is to have “fresh and cared-for” skin with a healthy look. How to achieve it? Follow the beauty ritual you already know:



Clean your face morning and night

Moisturize your eyes

Moisturize your entire face morning and night with a cream specifically for your type of skin

Use a mask designed for your type of skin at least once a week.

When needed, also use an appropriate serum.

• Something new: Advance Night Repair concentrate (approx. €83) from Estee Lauder. This is a product that people will be talking about. It just came out on the market in September and is a perfect shock treatment product. It cures the skin and you can use it each time the season changes or when your skin is stressed and saturated.

2. Makeup Tips: Makeup: What is the trend this season?

Silky skin

The trend of last season continues: healthy skin with a light foundation or with a luminous effect. Remember to correct under eye circles and redness beforehand. Blend your foundation well so it looks natural.

• Something new: try the latest from Yves Saint Laurent which includes a brush.

Seductive look

The colors of the season are chocolates and the entire range of coffee colors, from capucchino to cafe au lait.

The smokey eye style. Here we give you the steps to follow to get the look:

Step By Step Smokey Eye Makeup (easily)

• Make up the interior eyelid with dark brown pencil, both upper and lower.

• Follow the same step on the upper and lower outer lid. It’s best to draw a thin line and thicken it little by little.

• Blend the pencil with a brush with brown shadow on it (or a chocolate tone that you like)

• Blend all the way to the bone, leaving no lines at all.

• Blend the lower lid with a fine brush, gently. Then apply a shiny cream on the fixed eyelid.

• Make up your lashes with intensity. Use a curler first and then two layers of black mascara.

Cheeks: Blushing is in fashion!

The trend in cheeks is to use cream or liquid blush in pale rose tones to give that healthy look.

• A good trick: apply the foundation, then (before the powder), apply the cream blush. Then use a brush lightly impregnated with translucent powder, and finally apply a little powder blush in a similar color. You’ll look great.

And remember: the best idea is to blend cream and liquid blushes with a sponge or with the fingertips.

Lips: Red is in season!

But if you do, choose light eye makeup.

If you make up your lips in red tones, remember to be very careful in the corners of the mouth. Follow these 3 makeup tips:

Apply a neutral toned pencil around the lips and blend to erase the natural lip line (the trick is to blend well).

Make up the lips with a red pencil, and inside the lips as well so that when the lipstick fades, you won’t see a dark line.

Make up the lips with a brush in the intense red color you choose. You can apply gloss on top to give the most modern look.

3. Makeup Tips: HairStyles: The latest!

These are the three most popular hairstyles on the runways. They are all easy and comfortable!

Straight And Parted In The Middle

This is a very current and easy look if you have straight hair and like to let it fall. If you don’t have straight hair, to achieve it there is nothing like the new irons. Now there are ceramic irons that don’t damage the hair so much. Remember to always use a product to protect your hair before using a hairdryer or iron.

Neither Curley Nor Straighten

This is a trend that continues because of its ease and comfort. Here are some tips to help you achieve it:



Straighten the longest layer of hair, totally smooth.

Straighten the intermediate layer first to be able to shape it easily.

Put in some wide rollers, rolled upwards and not very tight, in the middle layer, or use a curling iron to give shape, gently.

Straighten the shortest layer but give volume by using hairspray on the upper part of the head.

If you have bangs, straighten them with an intermediate-sized round brush to maintain the volume. There you have it!

Bangs

Bangs are one of those touches that give personality and shape to the hair. You can wear them long at any age and very short (only for the young ones). Consult your stylist for recommendations that look best with your hair and face.



By: Edward Azorbo

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The relationship between makeup and aging tends to be a bit of a grey area. Often, many questions arise concerning this topic, though there aren’t a lot substantial answers. Most of the debates revolving around makeup and aging don’t seem to have any factual basis. This ambiguity has a lot to do with what aging itself actually means.

Aging occurs due to a lack of collagen and elastin. These two things help to hold skin together while ensuring that it is smooth, tight, strong and supple. Collagen and elastin also prevent the skin from loosening by maintaining the skin structure. This process prevents wrinkles and sagging from occurring.

The reason why so many different skin experts negatively equate makeup with aging is solely based upon the ingredients that makeup is composed of. There have been allegations that some of the ingredients inside certain makeup products contain toxins, which might negatively affect collagen and hence make the aging process faster.

Some types of makeup can clog pores causing a large amount of build-up. This build-up leads to acne and many other skin conditions. However, most of the beauty products on the market these days are non-comedogenic, which means that shouldn’t block your pores. Still, it is important to read all labels, understand all ingredients, and choose only those products that are all-natural.

Some experts also believe that makeup effectively blocks the sun. These claims are based on the premise that exposure to the sun (at least 15 minutes) is required in order to maintain healthy skin. While there is some truth behind the assumption that Vitamin D is necessary for the skin (the sun is an excellent source of Vitamin D), it has also been proven that more than 15 minutes of sun exposure can lead to cancer.

There have also been a lot of allegations that anti-aging cosmetic products pose threats to the skin. Claims have been made that these anti aging skin care products actually increase the rate of aging because of the toxic ingredients present in them. While this might be true of some products that are composed of chemicals, natural products do not contain any harmful ingredients.

Most of the arguments revolving around aging, anti aging and makeup are based on assumption-related risks. The important thing to remember is to wash your face with a high-quality product daily in order to avoid any clogged pores or build-up. Of course, this process is only as good as the cleansers that you choose, so make sure to select quality products.

Presently, there is no conclusive evidence that points towards makeup as the sole cause of making skin age faster. Since there is no concrete evidence either way, it is suggested that you look towards natural solutions for various skin care requirements.

Skin enhancement, anti aging products, and general skin cleaners should all be natural. Various natural applications (nutrition, topical, and diet-wise) all are known to be very most effective ways of ensuring young, beautiful, and healthy looking skin.



By: Jerzy George

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