Whether you are packing for a tropical vacation or gearing up for another hot summer at home, be sure to avoid looking like a hot mess while enjoying the sun and summertime. Warm weather brings out excess oil in our hair and skin as a protection mechanism from the sun and environment. To help alleviate looking like you’ve spritzed with baby oil from head to toe, try some oil-absorbing products while applying less to your look.

Start with an oil-absorbing toner to clean your face and remove hidden oil from pores that the warm weather will draw out. Follow that with an oil-free foundation applied only to the nose area and then blend it out to the cheekbones and lower forehead. Always avoid any foundation or excess lotions along the hairline where you will perspire the most.

Finish the face with an oil-absorbing powder with a minimum SPF of 15. For the eyes, most make-up will melt as the day heats up, so less really is more. Waterproof mascara along the top lashes is usually plenty for an everyday look as is a tinted lip balm containing SPF. Protect your skin and keep the make-up simple to avoid looking like a hot mess whether you’re on the beach or in the backyard.

As a highly visual society, we place a great deal of weight on a youthful appearance.  People who look young and have less wrinkles are considered more vigorous and active by their social peers and business associates.  They are treated differently by friends and neighbors.  They are able to take advantage of many opportunities that unattractive people simply are not offered.

However, Jenu gives everyone an opportunity to accentuate the youth in their appearance with a plethora of anti aging products, chief among which is a wrinkle treatment that has been scientifically proven to reduce wrinkles of participants in clinical trials. When it comes to getting rid of those pesky wrinkles that make you look old, you can trust Jenu to get the job done. Jenu has more treatment for wrinkles than perhaps any other company on the market. Their solutions are also much more reliable as they have been scientifically tested before they go to market.

Jenu is also quickly becoming a leader in its field because of the integrated nature of many of its products. Purchase one Jenu product and you will see results, but if you commit yourself to the Jenu philosophy and system, you will find that the sum adds up to much more than its parts. Peruse the Jenu website if you have not and take a good look at the incredible product lines that this company has to offer. When it comes to beauty and youth, Jenu definitely has a lock on the market.

We are busy ladies who juggle a lot in life?family, careers, school, friends?you name, we can do it. What most of us can’t do is figure out how to have enough time to get ourselves ready in the morning so that we can apply a decent face of makeup.

Getting a great look doesn’t have to take a lot of time or effort. The five-minute face can be yours and can be fabulous! Start with a multi-purpose product like a tinted BB Cream. It moisturizers, protects, and evens out skin tone all in one simple and quick application.

Next, avoid a lot of paraphernalia. Your fingers are your most useful tools plus they’re easier to clean than expensive makeup brushes when you are on the road. Find products that can go double-duty like a bronzer that can be used as a blush and an eye shadow or a lipstick that can double as rouge. This will also cut down on the items you have to carry for touch-ups.

A chunky eye pencil is a great accessory to any busy lady?s makeup bag. It is soft and full so it can serve as an eyeliner without having to be smudged and can also be used to fill in the lower lid like a shadow.

Your everyday makeup routine doesn’t have to be daunting and should never be a burden.  I usually buy two of my favorite lip color, concealer and eye-liner to carry with me all day for touch ups. Go simple, double-up products, and use those extra minutes of the day to just breathe by yourself!

Want to mix up your look like Katy Perry does? Try adding some bold colors to your hair while brightening up your makeup. Katy’s makeup is rarely overdone but is always pin-up girl perfect.

Using several coats of eyeliner and mascara will create standout eyes. Try pulling up liner at the corners for a semi-cat look or adding a shimmering shadow in neutral colors to the lower lid. Lips should be lined, filled in and topped with a gloss no matter what color you choose.

Katy is never afraid to be bold with lip color, so try some rich plums, show-stopping reds, and very Barbie pinks. To add some color and fun to hair without a long-term commitment, play around with clip-in hair extensions in bright colors like teal and sunset orange. Other non-permanent coloring options include Kevin Murphy?s Color Bug for a temporary rub-in or gel colors by companies like Manic Panic.

Be sure to do a strand test of any rubs, gels or temporary dies to be sure the product will eventually come out and not have to be stripped from the hair. Play around and have fun with a more vivacious look!

Admittedly, not all of us are the girliest of girls, but all of us need some basic beauty products to keep us looking and feeling great. So no matter if you’re are a princess or a tomboy, here are some musts in your beauty supply:

Start with a good exfoliating scrub in the shower for your face and body. There are a lot of great products out there so give some a try and see what you like best.

In the mornings, follow your scrub with a moisturizer of SPF 15 for your face and a hydrating body lotion with antioxidants for the rest of you.

At night, apply an anti-aging product after cleansing. Even the younger of us can start adding extra vitamins and nutrients to our skin. Which ever product you use on your face, apply to your hands before bed too.

To cleanse at night, makeup remover is a must-have for getting all of the mascara off and really clearing those pores of excess dirt and oil from the day.

Dry shampoo is a beauty essential many have never tried. Not only can it be used in a pinch to help remove excess oil from hair and freshen it, it can also be used to help add volume to your luscious locks. Try the got 2B Rockin? It Fresh Dry Shampoo for an inexpensive trial product.

Tweezers are a must because unwanted hair popping up is not attractive and well-framed eyes always look better. Tweezerman slanted tweezers are a great choice! Finish the eye look with a quality eyelash curler and waterproof mascara.

Not matter what makeup look you want, a little mascara and curled lashes improve your appearance.

Finish off your must-try’s with a tinted lip balm. Adding a little shimmer and color to the lips helps complete any look and the balms with vitamins and nutrients provide an extra beauty bonus!

We’ve all seen the celebs who seem to be constantly sporting that straight from the salon hair everyday. How is this possible? Hair looks and feels great when you leave the salon chair, but how do we keep it like that until the next visit?

Here’s how:

1. Start in the shower with your shampoo and conditioner. Using products that are meant to heal and repair hair are great once in a while, but don’t use them everyday. Keep shampoos and conditioners basic and light so that you don?t weigh hair down. This will help maximize your volume later as you style.

2. After towel drying hair, spritz it from the roots to the tips with a volumizer. Also, it can be helpful to reapply a little extra volumizer to individual sections of hair as you blow dry.

3.Section hair off when blow-drying to get the most volume. Start by drying the lower, underneath section first and work your way towards the crown.

4. Finish the look with a shine or sleek product but only use a small amount. Work the product in your hands first to emulsify it, then add it to the ends and work up your hair. Stop before getting too close to the roots.

If you still find that you’re not achieving the volume you really want, consider adding some hair extensions. These come in all hair types and shades now and can add instant volume by either being sewn or glued in. Talk to your stylist if this is an option for you.

The proper tools can make all the difference when going for a specific look, even if the look is just every day gorgeous. Imagine an artist not having the right brushes to complete a masterpiece. Why should you be any different?

Depending on what type of foundation you use, a large, round, sable brush may be necessary. This will keep the application smooth and even.

Eye shadow brushes are great for creams or powders just make sure to clean them between colors or keep more than one around for the different shades you use. Blush should be applied with a flat brush and not the same rounded one used for foundations and bronzers. The will keep the application more localized to the desired area.

No beauty kit is complete without an eyelash curler and tweezers. Popular opinion says that the Tweezerman tweezers are the only way to go to get the most precision. Eyelash curlers can be grabbed at a local drugstore just be sure that the pads are quality to avoid damaging lashes, and that it is cleaned regularly to help avoid clumps and infections.

If you are one of the many who hustles through your morning makeup routine, consider adding Almay Oil-Free Makeup Eraser Sticks to your beauty kit. They are a quick and easy way to eliminate those smudges and bumps that can ruin your look.

For inexpensive tools for your beauty regime, be sure to check out Amazon. They have products from hundreds of suppliers at much cheaper prices than the mall or supply store, even after you pay the shipping.  They are definitely wroth checking out.

Eye liner is an essential makeup product for most of us. It helps to create a defined eye that can either stand out boldly or be soft and natural looking. Knowing what look you desire will help you choose the product and decide how to apply it.

For a more natural look, use an eyeliner pencil in a softer shade like charcoal or brown. Sharpen the pencil, and then light lightly touch the point against your hand. Apply the eyeliner using either small dots as close to the lashes as possible. Line both the upper and lower lashes. Using a small brush or sponge tip applicator, blend the dots into the lash line.

For a more dramatic look, use a liquid eyeliner in a bold color or jet black. The dot method can be used for this application as well but will need to be repeated after the first blending. Using a solid line from corner to corner creates a more defined look, but still needs to be blended into the last line. Once the liner has been applied, try blending with a little bit of eye shadow. This will help keep the liner from smudging and adds more color and definition to the eye.

It is amazing how far the beauty world has come in the last few years. It seems like there is a short cut for just about everything and the world of wipes is a fantastic one! Not only are there great products out there to remove makeup, cleanse, and exfoliate skin (like Simple’s line of all natural cleansing cloths), but there are also whole new lines of wipes and sheets hitting the market for all of your beauty needs.

L’Oreal is now among the many offering self-tanning sheets that eliminate the excess globs and patches that our sunless tanners use to leave on us. But if you decide you would actually like to soak up some real rays, try the Shady Day or MD Moms sunscreen wipes in a variety of SPF levels. Hair sheets by Tom Gibson or Chic can help tame fly-away’s and give your hair a more finished look.

You can also remove polish with worrying about spills and where the cotton balls are now with Cutex’s nail polish remover pads.

Not only do all of the wipe options work, they wipe out the clutter and refuse from bulky plastic bottles and packaging. So you can look good and feel good about your eco-stamp too!

It’s a classic look that we have all tried or want to try at some point. Those smoky, sexy eyes that every celebrity seems to have whether on the red carpet or the big screen can be yours too.

To create this smoldering look at home, start by applying a cream shadow to the entire eye lid and the inner corners of the eye in a light shade like cream, ivory, or pearl. Apply a powder shadow to the lower lid in steel, gray, or pewter. Next, brush on a dark brown shadow to the crease area and go all the way out to the edge of the eye that lines up with the end of your eyebrows. Blend lightly.

For your liner, use a black pencil. Liquid liners will run and don’t create the softness that a pencil can achieve. Line the entire eye including top and bottom lash lines as well as the inner and outer corners. Soften the lower liner with a light dusting of the same color in your crease. Finish the look with several coats of black mascara, being sure to apply the next coat before the first one dries.

If you are really wanting to showcase your new smoky look, keep lips and cheeks light and soft to allow those eyes to take center stage.