Sugar Lip Scrub Recipe

Hey Gorgeous People,

So I recently made up this sugar lip scrub and I just wanted to give you the recipe because not only is it great for a lip scrub, it is so good as a general exfoliator. I used it on my face and my face felt so smooth but still hydrated and fresh.

So here's the recipe:

1 TBS Coconut Oil
1 TBS Honey
White or Raw Sugar
1/2 TBS Warm Water

1. Combine Coconut Oil and Honey in a small container/pot and put in microwave till just melted.
2. Pour in enough sugar to make a thick paste and stir till completely mixed.
3. Add the 1/2 TBS Warm Water and stir.

(If you need to add more sugar after the warm water is added, go ahead. I just played around with measurements after the initial recipe and it is wonderful).

Its so good because even though I have sensitive skin, this isn't too harsh. And it just gets rid of all that excess oil on your face.

Coconut oil moisturises your face and softens your skin. It is great an an anti-ager, and repairs skin while giving it a healthy glow. It is a fabulous makeup remover and provides comfort to chapped lips.

Honey opens up your pores, making them easier to unclog. Honey also helps with acne prevention, helps with ageing, and gives your complexion a natural boost.

So that is just one recipe to help exfoliate your face and keep your lips soft and healthy.
If you have any questions just comment below.

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Love you all,

Stay Positive xoxo

Immy Minette

Refresh Your Face

Hey Gorgeous People,

Sometimes when you apply your makeup and you apply it wrong, you can look dull, drained and lifeless. So today I thought I would share some simple steps to make your face look fresh and clean.

1. Make sure that all your brushes and applicators and cleaned regularly and make sure your face is also clean. You do not want all that grime, powder and bleuch smearing across your face and turning you into an ashy grey mess. You want you powders to stay the same colour and not look like you pressed your face in dirt.

2. Applying concealer on any spots or under eye bags will make you look lively and perfect. Don't apply the concealer around the area though otherwise you will end up with a halo effect and it won't look as good. Apply a concealer that is the same skin tone or a shade lighter to only the effected areas.

3. Foundation is not always necessary unless you are an older woman or you have a skin disorder. Foundation will make you look fake and not clean and fresh like you want to look.

4. To reduce the shine on your skin, use powder. It will absorb the oils on your T-zone (forehead, nose and chin). If you put it on beneath your eyes it will take away the natural highlights and won't be as effective in refreshing your face.

5. For your eyes stick to light browns, ivories and light pinks or anything just a shade darker than your skin tone. Anything to bright won't get the fresh and clean look that you want.

6. Blush is not actually necessary but if you are quite pale or ill and you want to look healthy, go for it. Just don't apply too much otherwise you will begin to look like a doll ... and not a good one at that.

7. Finally, with your lips go with lip-glosses in clear, light pink, brown, nude or bronze. Lipsticks will make it look much more made up but if you prefer it that way stick to light pink, brown or bronze.

Okay guys so that was a short one but I don't have much time today to think of what to do. I have been quite busy recently trying to organise outings and various events but I will try to have a tutorial out for you later this week on some quick and simple hairstyles for a nice event.

If you have any inquiries on makeup, fashion, hair or any sort of relationship advice, I am here for you. You can privately message me on Google+ and don't forget to follow.

Comment below with some of the ways you make yourself look fresh and clean with your makeup.

Love you all,

Stay positive xoxo

Immy Minette

Casual/Daily Makeup

Hey Gorgeous People,

Today I have decided to show you how I do my makeup just for a casual day out!
I don't do much to my face on a usual day because usually I just put on mascara, eyeliner and BB cream. But since today I had a few spots, I decided I would show you how I do my casual makeup on a bad-ish day.
I was blessed with alright skin (I don't get acne) so I don't have to worry about to much covering up but even if you do have acne scars, they area fact of life for lots of people so don't feel ashamed of them.

A bad thing about my skin though is it gets oily VERY quickly so powder makeup over my BB cream makes the oil stay hidden for longer and also helps to set my makeup.

Immy Minette's Daily Makeup!!
Before

Okay first things first ... moisturise!! Not only does it rejuvenate your skin, it helps to make sure your pores are less clogged up with makeup so its easier to clean off! (Hallelujah)
I use Palmer's Shea Butter Formula with Vitamin E because it is so natural and makes my skin nice and soft!

Next is concealer! If you have dark bags beneath your eyes, use some concealer (not too much) in a triangle with 3 x's in the middle to get the best coverage and make it look more natural. Many girls put too much concealer on and it is more noticeable than they think. You do not need a lot of concealer as it goes a long way so LESS IS MORE in this case. For small spots or redness place small dots of concealer on the spot and blend with your ring finger. I use Maybelline New York Super Stay 24 Concealer.

Next step is either foundation or BB Cream. I prefer BB Cream because it gives you a healthy glow and is natural. I use Garnier (Skin Naturals) BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfector in Light for normal skin because I am so pale. So i just use a small blob the size in the picture and that will cover my face and blend down into my neck as well and will make me still look natural but with less of my random red splodges :)





You might not be able to see much of a difference in the below photo and the starting photograph (bad quality photo sorry) but there is less redness and spots. Looks much better to me :P





Next I just use Avon Smooth Minerals and an Elizabeth Arden Powder Brush to blend the powder foundation over the BB Cream to make sure my face doesn't get oily too quickly and also to set my makeup a bit more so it doesn't run if I sweat.

For my eyes, I use Covergirl Exact Eyelights (you've heard of it from my previous post) and also Maybelline New York Masterliner Pencil Eyeliner. These look natural and also make your eyes pop. I love wearing this particular eyeliner because it is just so smooth and such a nice colour!! (I totally recommend it, I also recommend every article of makeup I talk about on this blog because I only use the ones I love the most) :D
And for my lips I use Baby Lips ElectroPop because not only does it make my lips soft, it gives and epic boom of colour without being too bold.

Drumroll please ?!!? ............

And here is the final product. Compared to the one before, I think I look much better!!

(just realised that the lighting makes my left eyebrow go see-through in some parts .... eek)

So guys I hope you liked it. If you guys think wanna try it out or even tell me about your morning makeup routines, comment below!!

Love you all,

Stay positive xoxo

Immy Minette