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How to Make Your Eyebrow Shaping Last Longer

If you want to save money on your eyebrow shaping or eyebrow waxing, you’ll have to learn how to make it last longer in between visits. By reducing the number of visits, you will reduce the cost of getting your eyebrows done professionally, without looking like Sasquatch. Use the following tips to make your eyebrow shaping last longer. Get Started on the Right Track The first thing you will need to do is to grow out your eyebrows. I know that this seems strange, but stick with me on this one. Don’t touch your brows for three or four weeks … Continue reading →

How to Save Money on Makeup

Just shopping at Target the other day, I couldn’t believe the price of makeup! I’m afraid that it has been a while since I bought some. Sadly, I usually only remember to wear makeup for special occasions. As a work at home mom, it usually seems like more trouble than it is worth. Of course, I’d like to take advantage of makeup to bring out my features and make me look a little nicer. So, I’ve had to do some research and some brainstorming on how to get the most for my money and then make that makeup last as … Continue reading →

Genealogy Tails – What Color Is Your Kitty’s Coat?

Just like every person’s genes contribute to the way they look, every cat has his or her own unique genetic makeup that determines his or her appearance. Since I love cats, I decided to look into how cats’ genes determine how they look. The first thing that I learned about cats is that there are only three basic coat colors – red, black, and white. At first, this did not make sense to me because I have seen cats with many different colors of fur, and many different patterns in their coats. As I learned more about cat hair, it … Continue reading →

Six Ways to Save Money on Makeup

Looking good really doesn’t have to cost a fortune… though you might not know it from walking the beauty counters at a department store, or a specialty makeup store. Talk about sticker shock! (Some of those places need to keep smelling salts by the door to revive folks after they faint from looking at prices!) It’d be easy to say: skip the makeup entirely and save a ton of cash. But sometimes, a touch of makeup is the icing on the cake! The cake is pretty good already, but frosting goes the extra mile into stunning. If wearing makeup makes … Continue reading →

Stretching Your Makeup Savings

Beauty can be expensive. Just the other day, I was given an “invitation” for a spa event that cost $160! Whew. There are some frugal ways that we can still pamper ourselves and use makeup and other beauty products without going broke. Here are some ideas for stretching your makeup savings. Take advantage of all of the great deals that are put out by competing pharmacies. Usually if you pay attention to what is going on at CVS and Walgreens, you can get a lot of makeup products for free. Check out the Deals forums here at Families.com and get … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Frugal Hot Oil Treatment

If you are old enough to remember the 80s, then you also remember the era of big, fluffy hair. I, unfortunately, was born with very straight, fine hair. This is something that can be an asset now, but it certainly wasn’t back then. Since that was the case, I have to admit, I had my hair permed once or twice in an effort to give it that classic 80s hairdo. Yeah, yeah, I know, that was so awful back then, wasn’t it? As a result of the perming, my nice soft hair dried out, so it needed some deep conditioning. … Continue reading →

Stretch Your Makeup

Makeup can get very expensive. You can easily spend hundreds of dollars in a year, if you make up your face every day. One of the ways to save money on makeup without compromising on the quality, is by stretching it out and making it last. You can do this by turning unusable ends into usable makeup, and you can do this by properly taking care of your make up so that it doesn’t go bad. Here are some ways that you can stretch your make up. When using lipstick, you are inevitably left with a little bit at the … Continue reading →

Shrink Your Pores

Large pores aren’t harmful — they’re just annoying. When your pores get clogged with dead skin cells and skin oil (sebum), they start to stretch and sag. If the pores fill up with sebum, the oil can oxidize and turn dark, which makes the pores more visible. Large pores can happen just about anywhere, but you may see them in places where your skin is oilier than others; I tend to get large pores on my nose. If you don’t like the way large pores look, here are some tips to shrink them a bit. Keep your skin clean! If … Continue reading →

How to Save Money on Lipstick

Did you know that during the worst economic times, sales of lipstick tend to go up? This is because lipstick can be a little affordable luxury that makes women feel good without having to spend a lot of money. Lipstick has gotten a bit fancy these days, though, and all of the special formulas can come with a special price, making lipstick more pricey than it was in years past. Still there are ways to save money on lipstick, no matter what your favorite type or color. Rescuing a Bad Lipstick Sometimes you buy a lipstick on impulse, you get … Continue reading →

Beware of Allergens on Halloween

No one wants to have their Halloween fun end with a trip to the emergency room. Halloween includes costumes, candy, carved pumpkins, and other things that could include an allergen that your child reacts to. Here are some things to beware of this Halloween. Halloween candy could be dangerous for kids who have food allergies. The bite-sized candies that your trick-or-treater collects probably doesn’t have the ingredients listed on the packaging. There could be peanuts included in candies that you would not normally expect there to be any peanuts in. Exposure could cause a child who is allergic to peanuts … Continue reading →