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WANT TO MAKE YOUR LIPSTICK LAST LONGER? Here's a celeb secret…
WANT TO MAKE YOUR LIPSTICK LAST LONGER?
Are you sick and tired of your lipstick disappearing almost as soon as you put it on? A few little drinks from a glass, a bit of chatting and BAM… NO MORE LIPSTICK!!! 🙁 What a bore and it’s expensive too.
Here’s how to make your lipstick last longer:
1a) If your lips are dry and chapped… EXFOLIATE YOUR LIPS
You don’t want flaking skin or cracked lips ruining your look… So, put a load of lip salve on your lips and take an old, soft bristled toothbrush and gently rub in a circle. You are getting rid of the dead skin cells (and you’ve got to be careful not to rub too hard and hurt your lips)! Take some tissue and wipe off your lips to get rid of the lip salve AND the dead skin.
OR
1b) If your lips are fine, then put some liquid foundation on them (this’ll be a great base for the lipstick to attach to).
2) Take a LIPLINER the same color as your lipstick. FILL IN YOUR WHOLE LIP – top and bottom.
Try to use a moisturizing liner rather than one of those drying kohl lip liners.
3) Put on your first layer of lipstick.
If you can, use a lip brush to apply your lippy… WHY? Because it helps you get the lipstick into all the nooks and crannies of your lips and the lip brush applies a thinner layer which lasts longer.
You could also use a longlasting lipstick BUT some people find these way too drying (I do! Longlasting lipstick makes my lips feel like the Sahara desert and that 8 hour lip coating thing is even worse! Sooooo drying! :-).
Whatever you do, don’t use glossy lipstick because that sooooooo won’t stay on…
4) KISS YOUR HAND or BLOT YOUR LIPS WITH TISSUE
5) BLOT TRANSLUCENT MAKEUP POWDER (or a little baby powder) on your lips.
This locks in the color.
6) Apply another layer of lipstick.
7) BLOT (using your hand or a tissue) and TAKE YOUR FINGER AND CLOSE YOUR MOUTH OVER IT (like it’s a popsickle). Take your finger out and you’ll got rid of the lipstick that had planned to end up on your teeth!!! Nice save 🙂
So now your lips look great but for how long???
That’s up to you.
Do:
– Drink through a straw
– Eat food using small bites so you don’t touch your lips
– Avoid too much lip licking or kissing people
BUT:
If you’re like me, you’ll start off intending to look like Kerry Washington with perfect, long-lasting lipstick but then as soon as you arrive at the party, you’ll laugh, lick your lips, eat some food, give people pecks on the cheek and the lipstick will be gone in no time! I’m pretty darned low maintenance. LOL.
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MSG IN FOOD MAKES US FAT & IT'S BEEN — — USED TO MAKE LAB RATS FAT FOR DECADES!
NEW STUDY FINDS MSG IN FOOD MAKES US FAT & IT’S BEEN — — USED TO MAKE LAB RATS FAT FOR DECADES!
Researchers at University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) have found that if you eat more MSG, you are more likely to be overweight! And they factored in the amount of calories and it wasn’t that… if you’re eating the same number of calories but your meals has more MSG, you’ll gain more weight. PEOPLE WHO EAT MSG (vs people who don’t eat any MSG) GAIN WEIGHT.
HOW DOES MSG CA– — USE WEIGHT GAIN?
Another study, published in Obesity magazine showed that MSG MAKES YOU _THREE_ TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE OVERWEIGHT than someone eating the same amount of calories but no MSG! This study suggests that MSG actually damages your hypothalamus (the part of your brain that regulates appetite) and causes leptin resistance (leptin is a crucial hormone which regulates appetite and metabolism) so YOU NO LONGER FEEL FULL AND SATISFIED after you eat. Instead you just keep eating and eating…
So, the brainiac science aside… the bottom line is that this study suggests that MSG makes us fat! It’s not just us humans either…
RATS
…Think of the poor lab rats. For decades, when scientists want rats to be obese for certain experiments, they just give them MSG and HEY PRESTO – you get a HUGELY FAT RAT!
This wouldn’t be particularly interesting except that:
1) We humans have been shown to be 5 times more sensitive to the damaging effects of MSG than rats are!
and
2) Studies have shown that fat gained because of MSG is harder to lose (through diet or exercise).
WHAT IS MSG & WHY IS IT ADDED TO FOOD?
MSG is a flavor enhancer that makes food taste better and it’s found in almost all packaged food. MSG is an excitotoxin – it stimulates the brain to make huge amounts of dopamine. When you eat food laced with MSG you feel a huge pleasure rush and it’s highly addictive too…
LIST OF FOODS CONTAINING MSG
Packaged foods (e.g. gravies, salad dressings, soups, stock cubes, chips, ramen noodles, processed cheeses, ketchup, many spice blends, frozen hamburgers, deli meats, many brands of bacon & ham) and fast food restaurant food (including KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken, lots of Chinese Food etc)!
More detailed list:
http://www.saynotomsg.com/basics_list.php
It’s no wonder sometimes we gain weight and we can’t work out why!
I’m here rooting for you!
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Your dress is beautiful / You mean this old thing??! YOU DAMAGE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN'T TAKE A COMPLIMENT…
YOU DAMAGE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN’T TAKE A COMPLIMENT…
Hello you! YES YOU! Who else am I talking to??? Have you ever done this?:
Them: Hey [Name] you look gorgeous! Oh my goodness that dress is beautiful.
Us: This thing? I got it at [Shop name] on sale for $3. It’s a stupid dress and I had to safety pin the hem… See?
Them: Ahm, well you look good in it. And your sandals look so good.
Us: Hmmmm – you obviously haven’t noticed the hard skin on my feet, it’s like stone.
Them: Well, you look great anyway.
Us: My stomach’s bloated at the moment.
Them: OK.
And then they give up. Maybe this example is extreme but have you ever said any of these types of things???
Someone says something nice to you about the way you look and instead of just saying a gracious ‘thank you’ like a sane human being… you bat their compliment away by making a list of what you think could be wrong with you.
Many of us feel uncomfortable when someone says something wonderful about our appearance, maybe we feel we don’t deserve it BUT what we don’t realize is that if we keep doing that, we’ll be chipping away at our self esteem… It’s toxic!
A study published in ‘Psychology of Women Quarterly’ (Title: “‘If You’re Fat, Then I’m Humongous!’: Frequency, Content and Impact of Fat Talk”) found that “Fat talk (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) is a phenomenon that both reflects and creates body dissatisfaction.”
So it’s a vicious cycle… If you keep going on (even just to yourself), about how much you don’t like your appearance, everything gets worse!
And if you can accept compliments and say nice things to yourself (find nice things to say!), accepting and loving yourself where you are right now, you can avoid a whole load of heartache (including, according to studies, depression!).
AND
Think of the poor person that complimented you!!! They put themselves on the line to honestly say something nice about you and because of your $%&*ed up view of yourself, you act like what they are saying is nothing, just garbage! You have rejected them bigtime. Get a grip girl! Let’s do better. The next person that says something nice to you… Just reply, “Thank you. I really appreciate it. That makes me feel great!” and leave it at that before I have to come over to where you are and give you a piece of my mind in person 🙂 LOL.
Now, in the comments box below, please tell me 3 to 6 things that are GREAT about yourself! Don’t hold back.
Here are my 6 things:
1) “I love the way my behind jiggles when I walk…” LOL
2) “My skin is beautiful.”
3) “My teeth aren’t perfect but they’re mine and I like them! They suit my face. Tooth chips and all :-)”
4) “I am loving. I care about people.”
5) “I love dancing to soca music. Carnival. In the sunshine and with a smile on my face!”
6) “I’ve discovered I don’t have to perfect anymore and so I have a lot more fun and I’m much more honest with people. How smart am I? Heh heh!!!”
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