Blushing Bride on a Budget: DIY Make Up Tips for Your Special Day

If you’re handy with a blending brush and can apply mascara like a pro, you may have the steady and skilled hand to apply your own wedding makeup. On average, a bride can spend around $183 for hair and makeup. Budget-conscious brides can save money by practicing their makeup techniques at home for a stunning wedding makeup that looks professional. With your engagement ring sparkling on your finger, your hair entwined in a romantic up-do, and your face camera ready, you can say “I do!” with the utmost confidence.

Perfect Your Palette

Create a solid foundation to ensure that your makeup will last throughout the day and night. Achieve a flawless complexion by first prepping the skin with an eye cream and face primer. Use an under eye concealer to cover up dark spots and a tinted moisturizer for a natural look. Check to see if your concealer matches your skin tone perfectly by applying it in natural lighting. Concealers with peach undertones are ideal for women with dark circles, while green undertones help banish blemishes and skin redness.

Moisturize and Prime

Skin on the face demands moisture just as much as the rest of the body. Create a dewy – not shiny – finish by applying an oil-free moisturizing lotion. Smooth away fine lines with a light application of eye gel. Opt for an all-in-one moisturizer and primer to avoid wearing too many layers of makeup. Primer helps to blur deep pores, allows makeup to go on more evenly and keeps makeup looking great, longer. Finish with a dusting of translucent powder on the T-zone to absorb excess oil and to achieve a fresh-faced glow.

Focus on the Eyes

The eyes are the windows to your soul, and the main focal point in most pictures. Marie Claire Beauty Expert, Cassie Steer, suggests starting with an application of light eyeshadow all over the eyelid to open up the eyes and make them stand out in photographs. Maximize the eye shadow's staying power by applying it with a damp brush. Highlighter in the inner corners of the eyes can also help make the eyes appear bigger. Many brides opt for a pair of false lashes on their wedding day, along with a heavy coat of black eyeliner and mascara, to really make the eyes pop.

Create a Kissable Pout

Lipstick that stays while you eat, drink and kiss can be challenging. Achieve a flawless set of color-filled lips by using a liner after applying lipstick. This allows you to define your lips and make them appear bigger. Lip stain is the optimal choice for natural-looking, smudge-proof color. Simply finish with a coat of clear gloss for lips that shine. Remember that your lips may require a darker color to stand out in photographs. Carry a small tube of lipstick in a touch-up kit and reapply as needed throughout the celebration.

Blush Up the Cheeks

Flash photography and white dresses can wash out the skin, making you appear paler than you are. Add warm hints of rose hues to your cheeks for a radiant look that lasts. Gently sweep bronzer under the cheekbones, and apply a light dusting to the forehead, temples and bridge of the nose. Opt for a natural dusty rose tone or sheer pink cream blush applied to the apples of the cheeks. Blush will achieve that healthy flush and liven your skin.

Pat Freeman is a freelance travel writer from Hawaii.

Highly Effective Indian Home remedies For Delayed Periods

Delayed periods or Irregular menstrual periods have become very common these days for a lot of women in their reproductive age and they suffer great agonies when their period does not come on time. A delay of 4-5 days may be fine but if it exceeds 8 days, then it's certainly a cause for concern. In this post, I'll be sharing highly effective Indian home remedies for your delayed periods . I'd been a long sufferer of irregular periods during my teenage to early twenties. I've tried most of the recipes here, along with Kapalabhati pranayama, yoga poses, mudras and other lifestyle habits. Now my periods are extremely regular like clockwork; not a day less or more than 28. When I look back, I'm surprised how I managed those years of anxiety and fear about my late periods.

The ache of acne (pimples)

Acne is often the bane of a pretty face. It is painful more emotionally than physically, for the scar that it leaves behind can last for a lifetime, adding to one’s miserable look & feeling. No doubt many expensive skin care clinics have mushroomed in ever nook & corner, offering to clear all the scars & blemishes on the face, but they are very expensive & charge exorbitant price for each sitting; not everyone can afford them. So why not try out this simple skin care regimen to minimize the damage caused by acne & as far as possible prevent its eruption.

Aspirin for acne-prone skin

Aspirin has been around for a long time and its health benefits are wide and varied. Aspirin , or acetylsalicylic acid is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains , as an antipyretic to reduce fever , and as an anti-inflammatory medication. Aspirin's greatest benefit is reducing cardiovascular events including heart attacks and strokes. According to the American Heart Assoc. virtually all women are at risk of heart disease and doctors should more strongly consider prescribing a daily aspirin for their female patients. There is growing evidence to suggest regular aspirin use may reduce cancer and dementia as well. Investigators from the Women's Health Study have reported important new findings demonstrating that aspirin reduces the risk of a first stroke in women. When given to someone immediately after a heart attack, aspirin decreases death by 25%.