Eyeliner

Stay tuned for a very fun and informative eyeliner training post! Also what kind of eyeliner do you wear? Pencil, liquid, powder, or is yours tattooed on?!

P.S- I still have mixed feelings about Angelina but I can't deny her gorgeousness!!

18 Aprons

So I have this lovely friend who has a fabulous blog called 18 Aprons. Shes like wonder women, does everything and still has time for family and friends, she's amazing. Well she does a post once a month called useful people...and...I was her useful person of the month for January! Go check out her blog and all the answers to her crazy questions about being an esthetician!!

Aveeno

Aveeno is one of my favorite skin care lines especially because it can be picked up at any store! They sell everything from lotion to baby products to hair stuff.

Get a $2 off aveeno facial care products coupon here

Perfectly Pedicured Toes

So here I am looking at my perfectly pedicured toes and thinking to myself what was my life like before I became an esthetician? Well for starters I didn't check people's eyebrows out before I even knew their name. I didn't exfoliate the dog out of my face body and feet! I looked at waxing as a painful way of being lazy about not shaving. I never clipped my cuticles off and I never put anti aging masks on my face. I lived a much simpler life before it all started. But to be honest I love vomiting at the sight of body hair or at bushy eyebrows (sorry everyone but its true it happens hair grows and crazy sometimes) or jump for joy when my client has some awesome zits I get to squeeze away at. So I know my job is a mix between a gyno, massage therapist and a dermatologist but I love it and my perfectly pedicured toes.

*disclaimer those are not my toes how I would love to have that perfect olive tone skin but ended up with pasty sun burned prone non tanning almost see through skin!

Product of the Day

Clinique All About Eyes cream
Firms, hydrates, and protects the skin—while light diffusers hide what it can't heal.


Lightweight eye cream diminishes the appearance of eye puffs, darkness and fine lines. Non-creep, cream/gel formula actually helps hold eye makeup in place. For use morning and night, both under eyes and on lids. Ophthalmologist Tested.

*I tried this eye cream about a year ago and have loved it! I usually wake up with really puffy eyes and this has been the only that has really helped it. This cream also has helped with my dark circles and tiny little wrinkle lines. You can get it at any department store that sells Clinique.

Question #7-
Amy Marie said...What is the best way to keep from getting hang nails and dry cuticles? Especially in the winter? I have the worst nails right now and I am wondering if there is a secret I am missing out on Thanks! Amy

Amy thanks for the question. Lots of people deal with dry skin and nails during this time. Try some of these tips!

First take a look at your diet...
Try taking fish oil capsules which are essential fatty acids which help improve your moisture content for skin and nails...a vitamin E supplement will help too
drink extra amounts of water to help get rid of toxins and hydrate yourself

Next look at things your do or don't do daily...
don't expose your hands to hot water or for a long amount of time
try not using harsh soaps that strip your skins natural oils. Look for a soap with vitamin E in it or extra moisturizers that won't dry out your hands
rub olive (jojoba,almond etc) oil on them
Bag Balm or any sort of hang cream (like burts bees) or cuticle oil that contain lanolin
Also try sleeping with these creams or vaseline on them
Don't use any nail products with formaldehyde or toluene in them and don't over use nail polish remover esp around the cuticles.

Last if your skin nails or cuticles have serve dryness itchenss or redness I would recommend seeing a dermatologist for a perscription!

Question #6 Cristin said...My face is already wrinkled. What is the best way to get rid of lines around your eyes and smile line that doesn't include super expensive treatments?

Cristin love the question I get asked it all the time!!

Wear sunscreen! I know it sounds so simple but really sunscreen is the cheapest most effective anti-aging treatment out there! Interesting enough you can get sun damage through things like your car window. So make sure to wear that sunscreen EVERYDAY not just lake days and please for my sanity DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GO TANNING (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED I MIGHT GET AN ULCER JUST TALKING ABOUT TANNING BEDS!)

As for correcting what you already started...get some luscious eye cream yum! I posted earlier about some wonderful eye creams. If you are faithful in using them I promise you'll see that skin tighten right up. Ask Santa for some what a cute stocking stuffer!

Cristin you also mentioned laugh lines...well embrace those its a sign of a happy life you have lived!! If after you have embraced them and they still haven't gone away there are a couple options. 1. find a product with peptides in them 2. use a great moisturizer (olive oil works great) 3. look at your diet...drink more water, green tea, Vitamins, or make a homemade anti oxidant blueberry mask 4. if you are willing to spend a little more get a glycolic peel, microdermabrasion, laser tightening or in 10 years heck just get some good old juvederm in there!!

As far as making them go away completely you kind of have to fork out some money for things like on #4. But you can definitely help to reduce the signs of them and from creating more to come.