Just A Quick Question…
Hi BM!,
I just have a quick one about how often I should wash my makeup brushes. Is it really necessary to wash them after every use? I use them daily too. How dirty can they be for goodness sake?
My best efforts at a quick reply:
I don’t imagine your makeup brushes would be too dirty unless you follow up your makeup application with a light house dusting as well. Weekly should be fine for makeup brushes that have been used on dry/powder products. Clean after each use is generally the recommendation for brushes that have been used on moist or cream based products. But if you’re like me and a bit time poor, have a few makeup brushes on hand for moist product application and rotate them through the week’s use or apply makeup with clean fingers when and where possible. That way your makeup brushes can have one big lovingly attentive wash together at the end of the week as they do adore one another’s company to dry and I’m sure you’ll appreciate the free time that arises from doing them all in the one go. Thanks for your great question. Fingers crossed that helps.
-BM! x
The Totality Of Beauty.
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. -Marcus Aurelius Antonin
No Magic…Just Pure Majesty!
That’s it in a nutshell really. Thanks to L’Oréal Paris the glorious elder stateswomen in our lives can still work it like they always have. L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation is a gorgeously formulated foundation specially designed for women in their 50’s and beyond. L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation capably assists women to continue to beautify skin that may require special considerations based on its maturity. Concerns like drier, finer skin, deeper wrinkles, localized redness, and pigmentation patches are addressed and made light work of with graceful efficacy when using L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation.
L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation draws on the revolutionary technology developed specifically for the L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Pro-Calcium SPF 15 range. The formula is enriched with Dermopeptides and Collagen Boost, which help to stimulate skin, plus Vita-Collagen (a combination of Vitamin E and Marine Collagen), which works to protect the epidermis from oxidation, dehydration and dryness, in order to restore its strength and vitality. Skin feels more supple, is re-plumped and looks noticeably rejuvenated. L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation also draws on a new-generation patented texture from L’Oréal Research. The formula contains silicone elastomers which are able to blur the complexion’s textural changes that often result with maturity by diffusing light.
Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation also features an exclusive combination of anti-redness pigments, which neutralize the complexion’s unintended colour variations, and a ‘reflector’ complex to reveal skin’s radiant healthy looking glow. The complexion is re-unified and worrisome markings and pigmentation patches are concealed without accentuating wrinkles.
L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation also has a fresh and sumptuous texture to it and sets to a moisturizing, non-greasy nor powdery finish. The delectable finish of L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation is no doubt due to the silky blend of silicone elastomers which allows the foundation to glide over and sit comfortably on the the skin and is effortless and uniform in its application.
L’Oréal Age Re-Perfect Re-Plumping Foundation is just perfect, much like the majestic woman wearing it!
The Beauty Of Nature.
There is absolute bankable certainty that when we get out amongst nature we are synched to the infinite beauty of the outdoors. Perhaps it’s simply the opportunity to commune with the ever present marvels of mother nature and to all that we are directly related. Being out amidst nature greatly refreshes our energy levels and profoundly renews our spirit. Albeit hackneyed, but true all the same…journey outdoors and take time to smell the roses and take note of the abundance of beauty that abounds. Know that you are part of the magnificence of nature and that you are beautiful!
Beauty never slumbers; all is in her name. But the rose remembers the dust from which it came. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Thank You.
When I sat at my desk in preparation to write the Get Even More Gorgeous With Beauty Marked! blog for today, I was humbled by a singular thought. This thought, oddly enough, is not a thought that I have every now and again, but in fact, one that I have every single day of my beauty-FULL working life. That thought, that very lovely thought was how grateful I am to be able to do what I really love to do and that a large part of the thanks is due to our infinitely beautiful Beauty Marked! readership. So thank you gorgeous ones, for inspiring and supporting me to do a job that I truly love. *SQUISH*
She’s Speaking Our Language.
People often say that, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, and I say the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have dared to look, including ourselves.
-Selma Hayek
We hear ya, Selma!
Castor Oil Does More Than Get You Going.
Seriously, did you know that castor oil is the main ingredient in most nonprescription brow growth products? Cheap as chips too. All you need to do is get a hold of some castor oil and a cotton bud. Funnily enough, getting a hold of some castor oil might prove to be the trickiest part of the operation. I nabbed a bottle from my local supermarket in the aisle that houses the things that get you going the good old fashioned way. *blush* But when you do find some castor oil… dip the cotton bud lightly into the cap of the castor oil. Next, gently run the bud over the back of your hand to rub off excess castor oil. After you’re satisfied that you only have the tiniest amount of the castor oil on your cotton bud, gently wipe the bud across your eyebrows and onto the section where you’d like to have more brows. Mind you, the operative word here is “tiniest”, otherwise you will have an ecological disaster on your hands. This oil slick will only add insult to injury by potentially causing breakouts, further highlighting any brow issues! Apply the castor oil treatment as often as you can, especially at the end of the day after cleansing and moisturizing for the night. In fact, this time is ideal. Thanks to this nifty trick, Robert’s your mother’s brother and you’ll have fabbo brows in no time. Sweet!
