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Trick or Treat! Candy Corn Nail Designs

Here are my Candy Corn nail designs. I think they are super fun and cute! I will give you a step by step guide to painting them along with some Amazon Affiliate links to help you find the right supplies. They look great on every nail but my clients usually get just one or two as accent nails. They look super with a manicure done with bright orange nail polish. Zoya Paz is perfect! The Candy Corn nail design is a good nail design choice because it can be worn anytime for fall not just for Halloween.  How to Paint Candy Corn Nail Art Shape the Nail I start the design by shaping  the nails in an almond shape to resemble the Candy Corn shape.  You can also apply some artificial nails so you don't have to change your nail shape. Apply the Base Applied a base coat and let it dry.  Paint the Design Paint the design using white, orange and yellow acrylic craft paint and a small paint brush. I like using acrylic paint for nail designs for many reasons. It's water based so it

Duct Tape Wart Remedy

It sounds crazy, but duct tape can help heal warts!  The duct tape is an occlusive covering that helps break down the warts dead cell build up and it seems to cause a irritation that causes the immune system to fight off the virus causing the wart.  How to get rid of warts with duct tape: 1. Cut a piece of duct tape that is 1/4" larger than the wart. 2. Cover the wart for six days. You can shower with it on. 3. Remove the tape after the 6 days and soak the wart with warm water. 4. Now file the wart down using an emery board or a pumice stone. Toss the emery board. Clean the pumice with bleach. 5. Leave the wart uncovered overnight. 6. Reapply the duct tape in the morning to begin the cycle again. This can be done for up to 2 months. I hope it works for you!             Have a Beautiful Day!  xo Jill Licensed Cosmetologist,  Esthetician,  Makeup Artist PS: Thanks for using my amazon 💋 As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. That ke

Make your hair shinier with negative ions

Q. Can an ionic blow dryer really make my hair shinier? A. It can! Ionic hairdryers emit negative ions. The negative ions break apart water droplets into small pieces allowing the hair to absorb the moisture and also allowing water to evaporate faster.  This means less hot air blowing on your hair which reduces damage to your hair from the heat.  The negative ions also reduce frizz by compressing the cuticle making hair shinier and softer. You don't have to pay a lot for a good negative ion blow dryer unless you want too!  You may also like The Good Hair Diet           Have a Beautiful Day!  xo Jill Licensed Cosmetologist,  Esthetician,  Makeup Artist PS: Thanks for using my amazon 💋 As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. That keeps my blog running and supports the care of animals in need!😸 Click here to visit my latest post  

Zoya Hazel

Are you looking for an amazing blue green metallic nail polish? I am obsessed with this fabulous  nail color.  Zoya Hazel    Hazel is a blue green with a fabulous silvery metallic finish and a lovely brightness about it. It also has a bit of gold in it so it looks like it changes in different lighting just like hazel eyes change in different light!  Sometimes, Hazel looks more blue. Sometimes, it looks more green. Sometimes, it looks very silver and sometimes, a bit more gold. The picture above was taken in indoor lighting. It applies smooth and easy with opaque coverage in 2 coats. The glittery particles are smooth on the nails. You can't feel any roughness even without a top coat. Some of my clients hate the feel of rough nail polish. Here is Zoya Hazel outside during the afternoon in the shade. And here is Zoya Hazel sparkling in the afternoon sun! Isn't it so gorgeous!  I l ove it!  It's a summertime favorite with my clients as well.   Find it at sal

Homemade Mascara Recipe

I came across this recipe to cook up your own mascara. I haven’t tried making it but it sure does look interesting. The ingredients are basic items that should be easy to find in stores. You can always go to Amazon and find just about anything you need. This homemade mascara gets it dark color from charcoal, activated charcoal that is used medicinally to treat stomach problems. It is available in drug store and health food stores. Coconut oils and aloe are available in drug store and grocery stores. Beeswax is used in candy making and in available in the candy making section of craft store such as Michaels. You will need some other supplies too. I have provided a few Amazon Affiliate link to help you find them. Homemade Natural Mascara Recipe This recipe makes one tube of mascara Ingredients 2 teaspoon Coconut Oil 2 tablespoons Aloe Vera Gel ½-1 teaspoon Grated Beeswax (you will need more if you live in a hot climate) 1 or 2 Capsules Activated Charcoal Empty Mascara

Chocolate is a Beauty Food!

Chocolate is loaded with flavonoids due to its cocoa content. The darker the chocolate, the higher the cocoa content. Flavonoids are antioxidants found in plants. They give us the beauty benefit of fighting destructive free radicals that cause our skin to sag and wrinkle prematurely. Only 1 ounce of chocolate per day is recommended even though you may want to eat the whole delicious bag!  Dove dark chocolate is especially good for you because  Mars has  patented a process called "Cocoapro". This causes Dove's Dark Chocolate to retain more of its healthy cocoa flavonoids.  It is genetically modified cocoa though. It's so good, I have to indulge anyway! Have a Yummy Food Day! xo Jill Licensed Cosmetologist,  Esthetician,  Makeup Artist PS: Thanks for using my amazon 💋 As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. That keeps my blog running and supports the care of animals in need!😸 Click here to visit my latest post  

7 Skin Care Tips to Make Your Hands Look Younger

We all want to look younger.  We have lots of options to help our faces look younger and that's important since people look directly at our faces everyday.  We can get facials, use anti aging skin care products, or have a little Botox and dermal filler done to keep our faces looking younger. We also have makeup to hide a multitude of sins. But what about the hands?  I have heard people say, if you want to know how old a person really is, look at their hands. Hands can really show our age with age spots, prominent veins and crepey skin.  The hands receive a lot of sun exposure causing hyperpigmentation and breakdown of collagen. Lasors can help treat the pigmentation if you have some extra money in your beauty budget.  Our skin gets thinner as we age and those blue veins look so much more obvious than when we were younger. It is possible to plump the hands up with dermal filler to  hide the veins. It is a temporary pricey endeavour, though. Then, there is the arthritis causes the jo