10 Money Saving Beauty Tips

#1 Don't throw away those old tea bags.
Right after making 2 cups of tea, take the tea bags, let them cool. Then put that on closed eyes as eyemask to reduce puffiness.

#2 Don't throw away the used ground coffee either.
Lots of those slimming, or anticellulite treatments contain caffeine and coffee is rich in caffeine.

If you don't mind cleaning the bathroom afterwards, before your shower, rub the used ground coffee over your cellulite ridden areas. Leave that on for 10 minutes. Then have your shower.

Don't forget to clean up the mess after that.

#3 Save some raw potatos.
Cooking some potatos. Set aside a raw potato. Peel and grate the potato. Then split the raw grated potato into 2 portions. Put each portion in a damp paper towel to use as a compress over each closed eye. Relax with a compress over each eye as the stuff in the potatos lighten the dark rings under the eyes.

#4 Use pure honey
If you aren't allergic to honey, you can use it as a moisturizing face mask.

1. Wash your face.
2. Smear honey over your face, avoiding your eyes.
3. Then tap your face gently with your clean, dry, finger tips.
4. Rinse off the honey after 5 minutes.

#5 Vaseline

Vaseline an age-old favourite. In very dry climates, decades ago, when vaseline was first invented, vaseline was the de-facto beauty product. Women smeared it on their faces, over chapped lips, over chapped skin. Some of the women from past decades swear by it.

The problem is that vaseline is comedogenic. It might work well for some people, but on others, it can trigger off rampant acne.
Still, there is no reason to toss out that jar of vaseline. Use that as a lip balm to keep lips from getting chapped in winter.
Use it as a lip gloss by mixing it with a little lipstick.

#6 Get yourself a lip brush.
A lip brush lets you apply a thin layer of lipstick on your lips, for a more flattering, professional look. That lip brush also allows you to scrape every bit of lipstick from your tube to avoid wastage.

The lip brush allows you to create more colors from your existing lipsticks. Basically, you need 3 lipsticks that flatter you. One light, one medium in shade, one that is dark or bright, whichever looks best on you.

You can use each lipstick on its own. Or you can mix them up. Suppose you want a shade that is a little darker or brighter than your palest shade, use the lip brush to pick up color from the light shade and put it on the back of your clean, dry, just washed hand.

Then pick a little color from the bright or dark shade and mix that into the lighter shade. Add more light or dark color until your are satisfied with the final shade. Apply your new, just-mixed color, on your lips.

You can turn vaseline into a lip gloss with your lip brush. Pick up a little lipstick with your lip brush and put that on the back of your hand. Then scoop up some vaseline with your lip brush and mix that with your lip color to create a new lip gloss.

#7 Use multipurpose products
A color that can be used for eyes, lips and cheeks is a lot more economical than 3 separate products, not to mention a lot more convenient. Switch to multi-purpose makeup colors and save.

#8 Go for cheaper mascara
Of all the beauty products around, mascara is something you can save on. Maybelline mascara is cheap and good.

#9 Don't waste money on slimming centers
Get up and go for an hour run every morning instead. Then watch what you eat throughout the day. Stop eating ice cream, chocolates, potato chips and junk food. Eat fruits and veggies. Eat less for every meal and let your stomach growl at night. Do not eat supper and do not get up in the middle of the night for a snack.
Or if you do need help, go for something a lot more affordable like Billy Blanks, and follow both the exercise and diet plans.

#10 Hair removal
Do you shave off your unwanted body hair, cream it off or wax it off? How much do you spend every month on shaving cream, new razor blades, wax or hair removing creams? You would save a fair bit in the long run with an epilator which can last you years. My first epilator lasted 10 years.. until I lost it when I moved out of my parent's home. I bought a new one to replace it and have been using it ever since.

Bonus Beauty Tip!
#11 Grow Aloe Vera
Apply on skin on face and body for beautiful, healthy skin. Keep an aloe vera plant in the kitchen and use it. Here is an article about what you can do with an aloe vera plant

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