Home remedies for soft, smooth, and glowing skin

Isn’t it great to have a glowing, smooth, and soft skin? A spotless or pimple-free face, for example, provides a very good canvass before applying makeup. More importantly, a naturally glowing face translates to a good overall wellness and health.

The problem is, not all of us are blessed with great skin that still looks impressive even without the help of a fussy beauty regimen. However, there are some ways to liven up your skin:

Start with feeling good inside. Exercise, drink plenty of water, and eat a proper diet. Remember to get enough fresh, clean air circulating in your body. Of course, have a regular check-up. Who knows, something’s wrong with your health and messing up your skin.

Knowing your body (shape, size and color)

Not all of us has that coveted hourglass figure but if you are able to embrace your own shape and size and wear clothes that complement your figure, men will surely look your way.

The following are the things that you should know about your body:

1. Body Shape - the first step is to analyze your body.

There are several different bodyshapes for women, such as:

How to pick the right shade of red lipstick

Fancy buying a new red lipstick? Before heading out to the nearest beauty store, read this first and check what shades of that red lipstick matches your skin tone.

For women with fair skin. Women with light skin tone will look best with red wine shades or those reds with a blue or brown undertone like mauve red or rosy red. These kinds of red will give the light skin that sultry glow especially if you have a pinkish skin tone. For sample colors, browse Cover Girl's Continuous Color in Really Red or Clinique in Angel Red.

For women with medium to dark skin. Girls with that sexy tanned skin can amplify their sensual look by choosing red lipsticks with deeper shades – those with brown or tawny bases. Colors similar to Revlon’s Matte Lipstick in Really Red and Kat Von D’s Painted Love Lipstick in Underage Red would work well.

For women with dark brown skin. Femmes with dark brown skins will surely turn heads by wearing lipsticks with pinkish reds, strong fuchsias, and orange-based poppy reds.

Independent Woman Rule 1: SAVE

As much as we’d all like to splurge and pamper ourselves every time that paycheck or allowance comes in, saving must always be a street smart fashionista’s first instinct.

The root of independence is always economic. You can’t call yourself an independent woman if you rely on your parents or your man for that precious shopping money, or worse, your bills.

So here are 5 tips on how to FORCE yourself to SAVE, regardless if you’re a student, an employee or a budding entrepreneur/freelancer.

1. Divide your spoils – once you receive your spending money, make sure that you immediately separate the amount needed for your bills – one envelope for your house/rent, another for your utilities, phone and internet line, another for your credit card and so on and so forth. Then keep them at home until that due date nears – or better yet, pay in advance.