Is your salon closed due to the COVID-19?
I am not able to work at my salon due to the virus. All of us in the beauty industry are quite panicked about not working and having no income while we are living the at home life.
Help is on the way!
I'm here to give you a few helpful cruelty free home beauty hacks alleviate your the biggest beauty dilemmas:
your brows need to be done,
your hair color needs a touch-up,
your lash extensions are shedding,
and your gel polish, dip powder and artificial nails are growing out.
After all, we don't want to come out of lock down looking like this!
This is an image I saw shared on facebook and it says it all! 😂🤣😂
We'll all get through this together and our salons will eventually be open again to get you looking gorgeous!!!
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This post contains Amazon links to help you get the beauty supplies you need delivered right to your door. When you use the links I provide for you, I earn a small amount at no cost to you. I truly thank you for using my links!😘
Home Beauty Hacks for Brows, Roots, Lash Extensions, and Nails
Let's start with your brows.
Brow Shaping Help
To keep your brows from turning into caterpillars, you are going to have to tweeze them a bit until the waxing salon is open again. Many people can go over board when it comes to tweezing and ruin the beautiful shape they worked so hard to get. One hair looks out of place. You pull it. That leads to another hair looking out of place. You pull it and before you know it, your brows are pencil thin! Here are some tips to prevent that from happening.
Fill in your brows first
Filling your brows will help keep you from over tweezing. It fills in the sparse areas, especially at the edges of your brow shape, so you aren't temped to tweeze too much. You can fill them with a pencil, brow powder or even a matte eye shadow will do. The eyebrow guru, Anastasia, has provided us with some fabulous brow grooming products including the Brow Wiz pencil and the Brow Powder Duo.
No Magnification!
Don't use a super magnifying mirror. A magnifying mirror shows way more that the naked eye sees. You will definitely go overboard and make your brows too thin.
Do the Tweezing
You are only going to do a very conservative tweeze. Only remove the darkest hairs that are between the brows and outside of where you filled in the brows. If a hair looks in question near the area you filled in, just leave it. Your brow technician will fine tune your brows to perfection when the salon reopens. My favorite tweezer style is a slant tweezer to get the accurate tweeze with out breaking the hair.
Root Touch-up Help
We hate those unsightly roots. Gray roots are so aging and those dark roots scream not a natural blonde!!! We may not be going out, but we still have to look at ourselves. And, our families have to look at us too!
It's super risky to try to color your hair at home with a box color or bleach up your dark roots. You may end up with a disaster and the salon is not open to do a color correction.
It's best to hide the roots for now until the salon reopens. There are a few great products out there that will cover gray roots and camouflage dark roots.
It's super risky to try to color your hair at home with a box color or bleach up your dark roots. You may end up with a disaster and the salon is not open to do a color correction.
It's best to hide the roots for now until the salon reopens. There are a few great products out there that will cover gray roots and camouflage dark roots.
Cover Gray Roots
There are some temporary root touch up products that will hide gray roots. They will last until you wash your hair then you will have to re apply them.
They come in many forms. They can be a spray, a powder, a stick or a mascara like tube with a wand. All will provide nice coverage. It's a matter of your preference for the delivery of the product. After applying a powder root touch up product, you can apply hair spray to set the powder and to help keep it from transferring.
You don't have to cover all of the roots. Just apply the touch-up product to the areas that show the most, your part and around the hairline.
They come in many forms. They can be a spray, a powder, a stick or a mascara like tube with a wand. All will provide nice coverage. It's a matter of your preference for the delivery of the product. After applying a powder root touch up product, you can apply hair spray to set the powder and to help keep it from transferring.
You don't have to cover all of the roots. Just apply the touch-up product to the areas that show the most, your part and around the hairline.
Rita Hazan has always made excellent products for covering roots. There is the Root Concealer Touch-up Stick for hairline and brows as well. It is a cream stick that comes in 3 colors, dark brown/black, light brown and dark blonde, and is easy to carry in your handbag. There is also an award winning spray that comes in 5 colors, dark brown/black, light brown, dark blonde and red.
Shop for Rita Hazan Root Touch-up Products
Style Edit makes a variety of products to cover gray roots. They have a spray, a binding powder and a cream to powder stick that can be used on your eyebrows, too. The spray comes in 5 brown shades and 3 blonde shades. The powder comes in 4 brown shades, 3 blonde shades and 3 red shades. The stick comes in 4 shades, black, dark brown, medium brown and light brown.
Shop for Rita Hazan Root Touch-up Products
Style Edit makes a variety of products to cover gray roots. They have a spray, a binding powder and a cream to powder stick that can be used on your eyebrows, too. The spray comes in 5 brown shades and 3 blonde shades. The powder comes in 4 brown shades, 3 blonde shades and 3 red shades. The stick comes in 4 shades, black, dark brown, medium brown and light brown.
Madison Reed Root Touch up is a root touch-up powder that comes in a handy compact with a brush. There are 6 colors. Black, dark brown, medium brown, light golden brown, blonde, light golden blonde to red.
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Shop for Madison Reed Root Touch-up Products
Bumble and Bumble makes a spray on powder that comes in 2 colors, brownish or blondish and a dry fiber color stick that comes in 5 shades, black, brown, red, dark blonde and blonde.
Shop for Bumble and Bumble Root Touch-up Products
Rootflage is a root touch-up powder that has an attached brush for easy application with a large variety of colors. It comes in 12 shades for blonde, 8 shades for brown, 3 shades for black and 7 shades for red. Plus, it has a wide selection of fashion colors including pink, purple and blue! They even have some metallic colors.
Rootflage is a root touch-up powder that has an attached brush for easy application with a large variety of colors. It comes in 12 shades for blonde, 8 shades for brown, 3 shades for black and 7 shades for red. Plus, it has a wide selection of fashion colors including pink, purple and blue! They even have some metallic colors.
Mineral Fusion Gray Root Concealer is a mascara wand type root concealer. It is fast drying and comes in 4 colors, black, dark brown, medium brown and light brown.
Cover Dark Roots on Light Hair
It can be more challenging to hide dark roots on your lightened hair. There are some products that do a good job of blending them and making them less noticeable.
Style Edit Blonde Perfection Root Touch-up for Blondes is a powder you apply with a brush. It comes in 3 blonde shades to blend away dark roots.
Shop for Style Edit Blonde Perfection Root Touch-up Powder
There is also a Blonde Perfection Spray the comes in Light Blonde.
Shop for Style Edit Blonde Perfection Root Touch-up Spray
Rootflage has 12 of shades of blonde touch up powder. You will surely be able to find the perfect shade to match your color blonde!
Shop for Rootflage Blonde Touch-up Powder
Lash Extensions Help
Your lash extensions are naturally shedding with your lash hairs leaving you with odd looking long and short lashes. It is best to remove them to get rid of the weird look.
Oil dissolves the glue that holds the extensions to your lashes. Try basic olive oil or you can use an awesome product by Ardell called Lash Free Lash Adhesive Remover. It's fabulous for removing every trace of lash glue.
How to Remove Lash Extensions
Step 1. Lash removal
Apply adhesive remover or olive oil to a cotton swab. Close one eye and gently apply the remover or oil over and under the base of the lashes where the glue has been applied. Allow the oil or remover to sit for a minute still keeping the eye closed.
Gently wiggle the cotton swap back and forth to loosen the lashes then roll the cotton swab to slide the loosened lashes from your natural lashes wiping each one onto a tissue as you go. They may just fall easily from your lashes as you wiggle the cotton swab.
Blot away the excess oil or adhesive remover with a tissue and move ont0 the other eye.
Gently wiggle the cotton swap back and forth to loosen the lashes then roll the cotton swab to slide the loosened lashes from your natural lashes wiping each one onto a tissue as you go. They may just fall easily from your lashes as you wiggle the cotton swab.
Blot away the excess oil or adhesive remover with a tissue and move ont0 the other eye.
Step 2. Clean the Residue
Use a makeup remover or a facial cleanser to clean away the oil or adhesive remover residue after the lashes have been removed from both eyes.
To make your lashes look fabulous until the salon reopens, try strip lashes. Ardell is always my favorite brand. Try the Natural 174 for a nice everyday look. Try the Whispies 700 for a more dramatic look. Or have fun trying different styles! You can get a multi pack of different styles to try. Be sure to choose a latex free adhesive if you have a latex allergy.
You can also use a lash fiber extension mascara kit to make your lashes look longer and beautiful. I frequently use this method on brides. Apply the mascara. Apply the fibers. Then, apply more mascara to seal the fibers to your natural lashes. I did a post on the details a while back.
Read Get Longer Lashes with Lash Fibers
Gel polish, dip powder and artificial nails look horrendous as they grow out! Now is the time to remove them and give your nails some hydrating recovery time while you wait for the salon to reopen.
You will need to do a soak off for gel polish, dip powder and artificial nail removal. Acetone is the go to product to remove anything from your nails! A non acetone or an acetone remover diluted with conditioners will not get the job done.
You will need:
100% acetone
A 100/180 grit nail file
An orangewood stick
Cotton balls or cotton pads
Aluminum foil cut or torn into ten 3 inch squares or gel polish removal foils
Cuticle oil
Paper towels
The key to easy gel polish and dip powder removal without damaging the nails is a long soak off time. Dip powder, some gel brands, or over cured gel polish can take up to 30 minutes to soften up.
Step 1. Rough it up
Use your 100/180 grit file to remove the shine from the surface of the gel polish or dip powder.
Step 2. Saturate the Cotton & Wrap
Saturate the cotton with 100% acetone. Apply the saturated cotton to 1 nail then wrap it with foil. Or saturate a gel polish remover pad and apply to one nail. Continue applying the cotton and foil to all of your nails.
Step 3. The Soak
Leave the foil on your nails for 15 minutes. The acetone is softening and dissolving the product from your nails. The process works quicker when your hands are warm. You can cover your foiled hands with a warm towel from your dryer to speed things along.
After the 15 minutes, remove the first foil that was applied. The product should look chunky, flaked and lifted. If it does not, put the foil back on and wait another 5 minutes.
Step 4. Scrape Off
When the product looks chunky, flaked and lifted, it is ready to be gently scraped off with the orangewood stick. You can also use a metal pusher but it is more likely to damage your nails leaving them with a rough uneven surface.
Remove the first foil applied. Press and pull it off to remove the flaked up product. Use your orangewood stick to gently scrape any of the product still clinging to the nail. If it won't come off easily, reapply acetone saturated cotton and foil and move on to the next nail.
Scrape from the cuticle area towards the free edge of the nail. The scrape off will make a mess. Do it over a paper towel for an easier cleanup. Scrape the nails one by one. Return to any nails that needed extra soaking time.
Step 5. Recondition
Acetone strips all water and oil from the nails. Wash your hands after the soaking and scraping. Pat them dry and apply an oil to the nail and cuticle areas. Good old olive oil will do or use a conditioning nail oil product. I like Orly Argan Cuticle Oil Drops or Cuccio Revitalizing Cuticle Oil. Massage the oil into the nail and cuticle areas. Wait an hour or so after reconditioning to apply nail strengthener and polish.
You will need:
100% acetone
A 100/180 grit nail file
A 120/240 grit nail file
An orangewood stick
Nail clippers
Cotton balls or pads
A glass bowl that your fingertips will fit in
Cuticle oil
Paper towels
Step 1. Remove Polish & Clip
Remove regular nail polish and clip off the extended part of the artificial nail with nail clippers.
Step 2. Rough it up
Use a 100/180 grit file to remove the shine from the artificial nails or from the gel polish if you are wearing it on your artificial nails.
Step 3. Soak Off
Fill a glass bowl with enough acetone to fit in the entire length of your nails. Soak the nails on one hand in the bowl of acetone for 10 minutes. The acrylic, gel or nail tip material will become soft and mushy.
Remove your hand from the bowl then use an orangewood stick to scrape off the nail product. Scrape from the cuticle area towards the frees edge of the nail. Do it over a paper towel for an easier clean up.
It will not all come off at once. You will need to put the nails back in the bowl of acetone for another 10 minute soak and another scraping. Keep soaking and scraping until all of the nail product is removed.
Step 4. Smoothing
Your nails will need some smoothing and shaping since the extended artificial nail was clipped off. Use a 120/240 grit file to shape them. Use the fine grit side of the file to gently smooth the surface of the nails if needed.
Step 5. Recondition
Acetone strips all water and oil from the nails. Wash your hands after the soaking and scraping. Pat them dry and apply an oil to the nail and cuticle areas. Good old olive oil will do or use a conditioning nail oil product. I like Orly Argan Cuticle Oil Drops or Cuccio Revitalizing Cuticle Oil. Massage the oil into the nail and cuticle areas. Wait an hour or so after reconditioning to apply nail strengthener and polish.
The favorite nail polish brand at the salon is Zoya. It wears very well on natural nails, is 10 free, and they have beautiful colors.
Click here to view my Zoya Polish List to their nail polish colors, swatches and collections.
Your nails will most likely be weak and brittle after you have removed your gel polish, dip powder or artificial nails. I have a lot of remedies to help you deal with your bare nails until you can get back to the salon in my post on brittle nails.
Read How to Strengthen Brittle Nails
This too shall pass as the saying goes. It's not going to be an easy time but we will get through it. I hope this post helps you with your beauty issues until the salons are up and running again. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be beautiful.
I'm doing lots of vegetarian cooking these days. Need a healthy dinner idea? Check out my Chickpea Swiss Chard Stew for a quick and easy dinner.
Read Get Longer Lashes with Lash Fibers
Gel Polish and Artificial Nail Removal Help
You will need to do a soak off for gel polish, dip powder and artificial nail removal. Acetone is the go to product to remove anything from your nails! A non acetone or an acetone remover diluted with conditioners will not get the job done.
How to Remove Gel
You will need:
100% acetone
A 100/180 grit nail file
An orangewood stick
Cotton balls or cotton pads
Aluminum foil cut or torn into ten 3 inch squares or gel polish removal foils
Cuticle oil
Paper towels
The key to easy gel polish and dip powder removal without damaging the nails is a long soak off time. Dip powder, some gel brands, or over cured gel polish can take up to 30 minutes to soften up.
Step 1. Rough it up
Use your 100/180 grit file to remove the shine from the surface of the gel polish or dip powder.
Step 2. Saturate the Cotton & Wrap
Saturate the cotton with 100% acetone. Apply the saturated cotton to 1 nail then wrap it with foil. Or saturate a gel polish remover pad and apply to one nail. Continue applying the cotton and foil to all of your nails.
Step 3. The Soak
Leave the foil on your nails for 15 minutes. The acetone is softening and dissolving the product from your nails. The process works quicker when your hands are warm. You can cover your foiled hands with a warm towel from your dryer to speed things along.
After the 15 minutes, remove the first foil that was applied. The product should look chunky, flaked and lifted. If it does not, put the foil back on and wait another 5 minutes.
Step 4. Scrape Off
When the product looks chunky, flaked and lifted, it is ready to be gently scraped off with the orangewood stick. You can also use a metal pusher but it is more likely to damage your nails leaving them with a rough uneven surface.
Remove the first foil applied. Press and pull it off to remove the flaked up product. Use your orangewood stick to gently scrape any of the product still clinging to the nail. If it won't come off easily, reapply acetone saturated cotton and foil and move on to the next nail.
Scrape from the cuticle area towards the free edge of the nail. The scrape off will make a mess. Do it over a paper towel for an easier cleanup. Scrape the nails one by one. Return to any nails that needed extra soaking time.
Step 5. Recondition
Acetone strips all water and oil from the nails. Wash your hands after the soaking and scraping. Pat them dry and apply an oil to the nail and cuticle areas. Good old olive oil will do or use a conditioning nail oil product. I like Orly Argan Cuticle Oil Drops or Cuccio Revitalizing Cuticle Oil. Massage the oil into the nail and cuticle areas. Wait an hour or so after reconditioning to apply nail strengthener and polish.
How to Remove Acrylic, Gel Nails & Nail Tips
You will need:
100% acetone
A 100/180 grit nail file
A 120/240 grit nail file
An orangewood stick
Nail clippers
Cotton balls or pads
A glass bowl that your fingertips will fit in
Cuticle oil
Paper towels
Step 1. Remove Polish & Clip
Remove regular nail polish and clip off the extended part of the artificial nail with nail clippers.
Step 2. Rough it up
Use a 100/180 grit file to remove the shine from the artificial nails or from the gel polish if you are wearing it on your artificial nails.
Step 3. Soak Off
Fill a glass bowl with enough acetone to fit in the entire length of your nails. Soak the nails on one hand in the bowl of acetone for 10 minutes. The acrylic, gel or nail tip material will become soft and mushy.
Remove your hand from the bowl then use an orangewood stick to scrape off the nail product. Scrape from the cuticle area towards the frees edge of the nail. Do it over a paper towel for an easier clean up.
Step 4. Smoothing
Your nails will need some smoothing and shaping since the extended artificial nail was clipped off. Use a 120/240 grit file to shape them. Use the fine grit side of the file to gently smooth the surface of the nails if needed.
Step 5. Recondition
Acetone strips all water and oil from the nails. Wash your hands after the soaking and scraping. Pat them dry and apply an oil to the nail and cuticle areas. Good old olive oil will do or use a conditioning nail oil product. I like Orly Argan Cuticle Oil Drops or Cuccio Revitalizing Cuticle Oil. Massage the oil into the nail and cuticle areas. Wait an hour or so after reconditioning to apply nail strengthener and polish.
The favorite nail polish brand at the salon is Zoya. It wears very well on natural nails, is 10 free, and they have beautiful colors.
Click here to view my Zoya Polish List to their nail polish colors, swatches and collections.
Your nails will most likely be weak and brittle after you have removed your gel polish, dip powder or artificial nails. I have a lot of remedies to help you deal with your bare nails until you can get back to the salon in my post on brittle nails.
Read How to Strengthen Brittle Nails
This too shall pass as the saying goes. It's not going to be an easy time but we will get through it. I hope this post helps you with your beauty issues until the salons are up and running again. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be beautiful.
I'm doing lots of vegetarian cooking these days. Need a healthy dinner idea? Check out my Chickpea Swiss Chard Stew for a quick and easy dinner.
Stay Healthy and Beautiful!
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