Beauty is a very vast subject. Ones beauty can be linked to so many different things. While this article will give you some great beauty tips, realize that your inner beauty shining through is what is most important. Your outer self should be an expression of what is on the inside.

Steam your face. You can do this by placing your face over a hot bowl of water with a towel over your head. This will open up your pores and draw out impurities and bacteria. You should clean your face, then rinse it with cold water so you close your pores back up. If you don’t like the look of your hair curled with a curling iron, try curling it with a straightener. Simply wrap your hair around the straightener and pull it through to the ends. This produces a much more natural looking curl, although it can take a little longer to do.

Before putting on your favorite sandals for the summer season, take the time to moisturize your feet using Vaseline. Before bed, slather your feet with a thick layer of Vaseline and cover them with an old pair of socks. As you sleep, the Vaseline will penetrate thick, calloused skin, helping to eliminate cracks and dryness. The next morning when you remove the socks, your feet will be soft and supple so you can wear your favorite sandals with pride.

Pick a foundation that is dermatologist approved and matches your natural skin tone well. Some foundations can clog your pores quite easily if you have sensitive skin, so find one that is oil-free as well. This will help keep your pores clear and help make your face look great and oil-free all day.

Stretch the longevity of your foundation by adding a moisturizer to it. It will also give you a healthy glow instead of a heavy makeup look and it will add more SPF to your face.

Always apply a heat protectant spray to your hair before using a curling iron, flat iron or hair dryer. Heat can damage your hair, leaving it brittle, dry and full of split ends. Just like their name implies, heat protectant sprays coat your hair to protect it from the heat. This allows it to stay smooth, sleek and shiny no matter how you choose to style your hair.

Eat more tomatoes as part of your beauty routine. Tomatoes have many health benefits, and special benefits for beauty. Studies have shown that people who have a diet high in tomatoes, also have less wrinkles. They also are less susceptible to sunburn than people who have no tomato in their diet. To keep your feet and toes soft, use petroleum jelly. Most of those skin softeners on the market today are quite expensive, so use a simple remedy of petroleum jelly to get those feet nice and soft in a relatively inexpensive way. Use the jelly on the toes, soles and underside of your feet a few times each week to keep them from cracking and peeling. Having healthy feet is easy with just a little petroleum jelly!

Blot oily skin. If you are out on the town and notice your face is oily, use toilet paper to blot your skin. This works as well as any blotting paper and will remove any excess oil you may have on your skin and give you a perfect flawless look.

Create a funky, modern nail design by using scrapbooking scissors with scalloped, zig-zag or other edges. You can cut regular cellophane tape with the scissors and place them on your nails before painting to create great stripes, two-tone effects, or other interesting designs. Try using matte polishes next to glossy ones for a multi-textured effect. Using lotion every day helps prevent ingrown hairs. Apply lotion right after you shave. Dry skin is a major cause of ingrown hairs, which is why applying lotion helps prevent it. This will draw out ingrown hairs you already have, and stop any new growth.

Now that you have an idea of the kinds of things that you can be doing in order to make your beauty routine more effective and even easier than it has been, you can start to work on the person that you want to present to the world.


*Consult with a physician before attempting any tips in this blog post.