A summer’s worth of flip flops can leave your feet looking less than stellar. Make your own foot scrub at home with just three simple ingredients. Use a blender on low and mix 1/4 cup of shelled walnuts with a 1/2 cup of olive oil and a tablespoon of honey. Scrub your feet with the mixture for two minutes and rinse. The honey will give your tired feet a moisture boost they will love!
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Did you wake up late or need to be somewhere is a hurry and there’s no time to shower? If your hair is looking a little oily just sprinkle some baby powder on the roots of your hair and rub it in with your hands. It doesn’t take much powder or much time and your hair will appear less oily!
And thanks to Bette for the Beauty Buster! She won today’s Addicted to Beauty Beauty Buster Takeover by emailing her quick tip into the Ladies HERE, learn more about the Beauty Buster Takeover HERE and you could be tomorrow’s Addicted to Beauty winner!
The entire area is warming up and this heat waves looks like it will break all the records! So let’s cool down with these easy tips from Real Simple magazine:
1. Try a Desert Trick — When the air outside is dry and cooler than the air inside, hang a damp sheet in an open window. “That’s what we do here in Death Valley,” says Dale Housley, a ranger at Death Valley National Park. Incoming breezes are cooled by the evaporating water.
1. Close the Damper — While running any kind of air conditioner, shut your fireplace damper. An open one “pulls hot Read more …
We all have them… That annoying coworker who does something that just rubs you the wrong way! But if you can’t get them to stop the behavior, why not return the favor? Well here’s a list of the Top 10 Ways to Annoy Your Coworkers to make your day go by more quickly!
1. Leave the coffee pot empty.
2. Call your co-worker’s desk and hang up before they answer.
3. Empty the staples out of the office stapler. Read more …
Want to remove buildup on shower doors in a snap? Do it the natural way! Wipe your shower doors with lemon oil. It removes buildup and keeps those doors protected longer from future buildup.
Summer may be half over, but you still have time to make a last ditch effort to fit into your bikini! And Angie Lewis from Power Up Personal Training is giving us 5 Tips to finally lose that last 10lbs and get us on the beach feeling hot! So listen above and follow these tips to get yourself a hot bod:
1. Limit Your Carbs — Cut them out after 4pm to keep your body from storing fat while you sleep.
2. Watch Your Beverages — Most times they only add calories to your diet, so stick to water, green tea and coffee. And remember, alcohol not only adds calories but screws up your metabolism! Read more …
Quick tips on how to shed some of that extraness around the middle…
1. Become a bag lady! — No this doesn’t mean quit your job and opt for the best position under the bridge. When you have a bunch of shopping bags don’t try and haul them up the stairs all at once. Take one bag at a time. The extra trips up and down the stairs will do you good!
2. Stand tall! — When waiting at the doctors office or outside Read more …
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