1. Use teabags to de-puff your eyes: This is an
old beauty hack, but it’s still one of our
favourites. The caffeine in black or green tea
is excellent at constricting blood vessels and
reducing swelling. Soak two teabags in hot
water for three to five minutes. Allow them to
cool until they’re warm to the touch, place
them over your eyes and let them work their
magic for 10 minutes.
2. Your conditioner can double up as shaving
cream: Yep, conditioners work by softening the
hair. They also provide you with a smooth
shave, so you’re less likely to nick yourself.
3. Dry nail polish quickly: You might assume
that nail polish dries quicker when it’s warm
outside. In fact, cold temperatures make it set
far more rapidly. By plunging your nails into a
bowl of ice water, you’ll cut your polish’s
drying time in half.
4. Fix your broken make-up: How often have
you dropped and shattered your favourite
powder blush, eyeshadow or bronzer? Instead
of throwing the broken compact away, add a
few drops of rubbing alcohol (available at
pharmacies) to the powder and mix it into a
smooth paste. Using the back of a spoon,
gently pat the powder down and allow it to set
overnight. The alcohol will evaporate
overnight.
5. Make your own lip scrub: Suffering from dry,
chapped lips? A little lip scrub is just the
thing to keep them smooth and supple. Mix
two teaspoons of brown sugar with a teaspoon
of olive oil. To that, add half a teaspoon of
honey and a quarter of a teaspoon of vanilla
extract. Mix together to form a paste. Store in
a small jar and use within two weeks.
6. Soften hard skin on your feet: Wearing
sandals on a daily basis dehydrates the skin
on the feet. If you don’t moisturise them
often, this can lead to hard, cracked heels.
Try this hack before you get into bed: apply a
layer of petroleum jelly to both feet,
concentrating on the heels. Then cover your
feet with cling-film and put socks on over it.
The next morning, your feet should look
remarkably better and the skin will be a lot
softer and smoother.
7. Save your dried out mascara: We don’t
advocate using mascara for more than three
months, but if yours has dried out, simply
place it in a glass of hot water for a few
minutes. The heat will soften it and the
formula will be smooth and clump-free.
8. Create the perfect tinted moisturiser: Mix a
few drops of your favourite foundation with
your day cream and apply it to your face. A
tinted moisturiser gives the skin a gorgeous
glow, while evening the skin tone.
9. Transform a hard eye pencil into a soft gel line:
Hold the (sharpened) tip of your eye pencil
under the flame of a cigarette-lighter for
about five seconds. Allow it to cool for about
15 seconds. It will be a lot softer, won’t pull
the skin around the eyes and can be applied
just like a gel liner, giving you a sexy,
smudged effect.
10. Achieve perfectly applied mascara: Using an
old credit card or business card behind your
top and bottom lashes when applying mascara
is great for preventing smudges. It also
enables you to apply the mascara all the way
down to the roots of the eyelashes, giving you
a more professional look.
11. Keep lipstick off your teeth: This trick is well
known to makeup artists and models. There’s
nothing worse than flashing a gorgeous smile
– only to realise your teeth are flecked with
bright red lipstick! Avoid this by putting your
finger into your mouth, wrapping your lips
around it and pulling it out. The excess
lipstick will be on your finger.
12. Make your scent last longer: Before
spritzing, apply petroleum jelly to points like
wrists and behind the ears. Since petroleum
jelly is occlusive, it acts like a primer,
retaining fragrance on the skin for the whole
day.
13. Make your lipstick last: Unless they’re long-
wearing formulas, most lipsticks smudge or
rub off within an hour of application. Make
yours last by placing a tissue over your newly
applied lipstick. Then lightly dust the tissue
with translucent powder. This old hack is used
daily by make-up artists because it never
fails.
14. Mattify skin with Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia: In
the morning, after you’ve cleansed your skin
and applied moisturiser, dab some Milk of
Magnesia onto a piece of cotton wool and
apply it to areas of the face that tend to get
oily, like the T-zone, the chin and around the
nose. Allow the liquid to dry and then apply
make-up as usual.
15. Remove yellow stains from nails: Dark and
highly pigmented nail polish can leave ugly
yellow stains on the nails. To remove them,
scrub your nails with a little whitening
toothpaste, mixed with two drops of lemon
juice. Your nails will be transformed
immediately.
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