Archive for December, 2008
9 Make-up Musts to Be a Boomer Babe
Here’s a handy rule if you want to be a boomer babe! For heavens sakes, GO EASY ON THE MAKE-UP. As our hair lightens and begins to go grey, our eyebrows also lighten, our skin pales and we start to look washed out.
Many boomer babes try to compensate by piling on the make up. We think that bright lipstick, lots of blush, tons of eye shadow, and dark eyeliner will restore our youth. But, bright make-up after 40 will make you look like a clown or female impersonator!
1. Avoid Heavy Foundation
Since your skin dries and dulls as it ages, it’s best to switch to a dewier look. Trade in your heavy matte foundation, which gives you that mask look, for a tinted moisturizer.
If you want more coverage try, mixing your foundation with some moisturizer to thin it out, or mix your foundation with a tinted moisturizer. You may also want to check out ‘light reflecting foundations’ especially created for over 40 skin because they reflect light off those little wrinkles.
2. Put away the Powder
Too much powder can make you dry and cakey. If you must use powder because you have oily skin, use loose powder in the T-zone, only.
3. Switch Your Blush
Powder Blush is heavy looking on mature lined skin. Instead try a cream blush. It’s more natural looking and will make you look vibrant.
4. Examine your Eye Shadows
If you are over 40 be careful with shimmering shadows. Too much sparkle accentuates creepy eyelids. Also avoid too much bright color on your eyes. Neutral colored eye shadows- beiges, browns, creams, grays, taupes, will show off your eyes instead of your eyelids.
5. Don’t let Eyeliner Overpower
Don’t use black…too harsh. Instead, try dark brown and then blend well with a brown powder. Best way to apply it is as close to the eyelash as possible, dotting between lashes and then smoothing out the line, or even better just under your upper lashes. Your eyes will appear much bigger.
6. Baby your Brows
Your eyebrows create a beautiful frame to showcase your eyes so don’t neglect them as you age. Be sure to keep them in good shape so they don’t get scraggly. After 40 many women tend to let the brow go pale and darken the lips at this stage, when in fact you should darken the brows so they frame your eyes and lighten up the lips.
7. Lighten Your Lips
Soften lips with pinks, corals, light browns, nothing too dark or too bright or there will be too much contrast between your lips, skin and hair. Too much contrast makes you look hard.
8. Use a Light Hand with Lip Liner
Good idea to use a liner to prevent lip bleed If you are over 40, but keep it soft in color and application. You should not be able to tell you have it on.
9. Banish Pasty Face
The older we get the paler we get and that old lady look starts to kick in. To avoid this try using a very light bronzer to finish off your look and give your skin a youthful sun kissed glow. To apply: Hold your bronzing brush at your temple and round it down in a sweeping motion to your cheekbone (creating a backwards c motion). From your cheekbone, round it down in a sweeping motion to just below the jaw line (creating another backwards c). Repeat on the other side. That’s all you need to do to look Fabulous after 40!
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Add comment December 26, 2008
Nail Salon & Beauty Salon – 5 Deadly Mistakes
Nail Salons and Nail Technicians often get caught up into thinking nails are all they do. This type of thinking limits nail technicians and box them into offering just the typical nail services to their clients. Nail salons and nail technicians are part of a bigger industry. This bigger industry is beauty. Yes, the Beauty Industry! The beauty industry is hot and booming and if your not taking advantage of this huge industry, your leaving a lot of money on the table. This world of Beauty opens up many additional streams of income and ways to make money as a nail technician!
Yet still, a lot of nail techs are not taking advantage of this industry and are killing their profits. They are practically giving away business and money that could be theirs! Lets examine a few ways nail techs can set up road blocks in their business that result in lower income and fewer clients.
Top 5 Mistakes Nail Technicians & Nails Salons Make And How To Avoid Them
1. Focusing More on Learning Nail Art Designs and Application than Sales and & Marketing. Believe it or not, Sales and Marketing should be a strong focus point, just as nail designs and application. It does not matter if you are the hottest nail art designer in town, if you don’t have enough clients to keep you in business you will not make the kind of money you desire. A nail tech that knows Sales and Marketing will out grow and make more money than the nail tech that is only good at nail designs, application, pedicures and manicures!
2. Not over delivering on services. In order to survive and keep clients coming back to see you. You will need to be different and offer services that other nail techs and nail salons are not. Every nail salon in town does manicures the same way practically. What can you do to make your manicure different? Always go the extra mile to give your clients more than what they were expecting. This keeps clients coming back to you and not going anywhere else to get there nails done.
3. Not Creating a customer Loyalty program. The best way you can thank your clients and keep them coming back is with a customer loyalty program. For example, offering a punch card that offers the 10th visit free or at a discount is a great way to say ” thank you” for being a loyal client and coming back! Clients love free stuff! So make it a point to keep rewarding them for their loyalty to your business.
4. Not Getting Contact Information for Each Client. For every client that a nail tech service, there should be a customer card that highlights their name, phone number and email address. This information is valuable to you as it is your way to keep in contact with your clients, promote specials, events, products and give nail care tips. Having contact information keeps you fresh in their minds and coming back to see you for their beauty needs.
5. Not offering back-end sales. If your services are great. Then getting the customer to spend more at each visit would not be hard to do! By offering complimentary services in the beauty industry such as eyebrow waxing and lip waxing may enhance your bottom line a lot. (Make sure you check for licensing requirements if you get into these types of services in your state). You can also get into carrying a few nice costume jewelry pieces, skin and hand care products and more! Keep it simple, just a few nice things to enhance your bottom line and get your clients to spend more at each visit.
While these are just a few profit killers, there are many more ways to kill your profits. Such as not keeping up with the latest beauty news and techniques, Not continuing education, and not being attentive to health concerns and more! Knowing what to avoid will keep you ahead of the game and keep money flowing into your business consistently!
The nail care industry is hot right now and if approached right you can make a lot of money at what you love to do- Nails! If you want to be successful and a have a rewarding career as a nail tech don’t make these mistakes, they can hurt your business and your bottom line.
Add comment December 18, 2008
Brazilian Waxing – 5 Reasons to Start Using It Right Now
Nowadays many people turn to Brazilian Waxing for shaving pubic area instead of shaving or trimming. There are many reasons for this choice, the first being that it gives them a feeling of cleanliness, sexiness and liberation. In fact, with Brazilian waxing, women find it much more comfortable wearing bikinis and lingerie as there will be no visible pubic hair.
It is basically better to have Brazilian waxing done at the parlor for a better and safer job. The first time bikini wax job will prove to be rather painful and uncomfortable for you when the wax is pulled to remove your pubic hair. However the waxer will provide you with some ointments for application to reduce the pain that you will feel. As the waxer is professional, there will normally be less of a discomfort and pain when you opt for a Brazilian waxing.
Brazilian waxing was started in New York in 1987 by some Brazilian sisters and since then many people have taken their lead. Another reason for Brazilian waxing is that unlike bikini waxing, here hair is removed from the front, back and everything in between. Each waxing session usually takes 15 to 30 minutes long where you have to lie on a table or bench after removing your clothes.
Another reason to use Brazilian waxing is that it leaves you ‘hair free’ for longer periods as you need to wax at the most, once a month. In fact, another reason that women opt for Brazilian waxing is that the growth of pubic hair tends to diminish with repeated sessions of Brazilian waxing.
Women also prefer Brazilian waxing as it allows a very sensual and smooth look at the bikini area, so that they look much sexier and attractive in their swim wear and lingerie. The sexy gazes they receive are very much worth the pain they have to go through with Brazilian bikini Wax
Add comment December 15, 2008