Beauty
A gazillion products, a gazillion uses, lots of tips and ideas are needed and welcome!
Great "self-spa" treatment: Try Dermadoctor's KP Duty scrub before a shower--use w/rubber gloves to protect hands.
-- Aug. 16th
Uz Staff
Best "foundation" out there is still Laura Mercier's original tinted moisturizer.
-- Aug. 3rd
Sally
Would love to get the difference between glitter, shimmer, sparkle, and pearl, etc. for eyeshadow.
-- Jul. 20th
Uz Staff
Don't forget neck and decolletage when applying your "face" creams and serums. These delicate areas benefit too.
-- Jul. 9th
Uz Staff
A nail brush in the shower helps keep nails clean, dead skin at bay, both fingers and toes, and feels good!
-- Jul. 3rd
Uz Staff
For a smokey eye, use more dark browns with gray in place of blacks. This avoids looking like you have a black eye.
-- Jul. 3rd
Deb
Try Almay's Bright Eyes concealer. Works great under the eyes as well as in the creases around the mouth.
-- Jul. 3rd
Deb
Nail polish will LOOK like it's lasting longer if the polish is a soft sheer nude, pink or ivory color.
-- May. 25th
Uz Staff
A touch of petroleum jelly to a hard eye shadow/liner pencil will make it draw on flawlessly.
-- May. 10th
Sally
For a great sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB rays, try Neutrogena's , with Helioplex. Do the research!
-- Apr. 25th
Uz Staff
An easy way to wear colored mascara is to use your regular black or brown mascara, and the colored one just on the tips.
-- Apr. 23rd
Sally
Using an oil-blotting paper (Clean N'Clear is great) on face AND eyelids works well before applying makeup.
-- Apr. 23rd
Uz Staff
Use extra virgin olive oil as an eye makeup remover. It won't clog pores, it's inexpensive, and it conditions the lashes
-- Apr. 21st
Boonie
Even out skin tone and use less foundation by using a light self-tanner year-round.
-- Apr. 21st
Uz Staff
Drugstore cosmetics brands may have less pigment than department store brands in shadows, liners, and lipsticks.
-- Apr. 17th
Uz Staff
Try Strobe Cream from MAC. Great for a cool new look.
-- Apr. 17th
Tracey
We have to admit that sometimes we buy a cosmetics item for the sheer luxury of experience, rather than necessity :)
-- Apr. 16th
Uz Staff
Some body scrubs are also oily, and when used in the shower or tub, create very slippery floors! Tread carefully.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
A relatively cheap arometherapy product is a great scented soap or gel in the shower. Wonderful waker-upper.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
Beware the "illuminated" face and under-eye products. They can catch too much light and give a racoon-effect.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
Foundation primer helps smooth pores and skin surface and helps the look of foundation or even tinted moisturizer.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
Brushing lips with your toothbrush when also brushing teeth will help exfoliate chapped lips.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
When using a sheer lip color over unevenly colored natural lips, start with a skin-tone lip pencil all over as a base.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
Anytime mascara, lipgloss, lipstick, or any creamy makeup item begins to smell off or chemical-ly, it's time to toss it.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
Red lipstick can be hard to wear in spite of what makeup artists say. Can be a great look,but can appear harsh too.
-- Apr. 14th
Uz Staff
If eyeliner's your thing but eyelids aren't youthfully smooth any longer, substitute high-pigment powders over liquid.
-- Apr. 13th
Uz Staff
Makeup sales pet peeve: The sales person tries creams on the back of your hand to show how smooth. the results...
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
Does anyone out there have a hard time with makeup salespeople grabbing product away from you to try it on you??
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
1 minute manicure: Massage lots of good hand cream into your hands, gently pushing back cuticles while fingers are wet
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
Unproven but maybe worth trying: not drinking through straws may avoid those nasty vertical lip lines from developing.
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
If you have very few gray hairs to temporarily cover on head (or eyebrows), try a Sharpie in the appropriate color.
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
Easy deep hair conditioner is to use a few drops of hair oil like PhilipB.on dry ends before going to bed.
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
For those with olive and medium-to-dark complexions, try shimmery glosses/lipsticks in different lights to check effect.
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
For very dry or winter skin, mix body lotion in your palm with a body oil before applying..
-- Apr. 12th
Uz Staff
For softer feet, rub in Aquafor or petroleum jelly, then put thin cotton socks on right away.
-- Apr. 10th
Uz Staff
A moisturizer under makeup helps color glide on more smoothly.
-- Apr. 8th
Uz Staff
Try soft pink gloss this season - Guerlain makes a great non-goopy, if expensive line of great glosses.
-- Mar. 29th
Uz Staff
