How to Get Rid of Dry Flaky Skin on the Face
Dry, flaky skin needs more moisture, the right cleanser and gentle exfoliation. Creating a more humid environment in your home and avoiding the sun also helps.
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Is There a Home Remedy for Stretch Marks on the Breasts?
Stretch marks are white, gray, red or purple fine lines that can form on the breasts as the result of skin distension that happens with pregnancy, weight gain, and sometimes even tumors.
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How to Stretch a Shirt Longer
You look and feel your best when wearing a shirt that hugs your body perfectly and fits just the way you want it to. When that shirt shrinks, it no longer fits properly. You don’t have to throw out your favorite shirt or stuff it in a drawer because it’s too short on you.
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Can You Clean Scuff Marks on Patent Leather Tan Shoes?
Patent leather has a shiny finish and is a durable material, but it scuffs easily. Black patent leather shoes won’t show scuffs marks as much as light-colored tan shoes. The slightest run in with a curb or rock, and you’ll be left with a mark across your tan patent leather shoes.
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How to Roll My Pants Up Really Tight at the Bottom
If you’re not going for the tucked-in look and don’t want your pants to hang over your shoes, rolling them up is a stylish alternative.
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How to Use Coconut Oil for Chapped Lips
When your pucker starts to flake and your lips are looking a bit dry, it’s time to kick your moisturizing routine into overdrive. Lips become chapped for a variety of reasons, from the weather to excessive lip licking.
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How to Whiten a Cotton, Nylon & Spandex Blouse
White clothes are hard to keep white. They act as magnets for spaghetti sauce or naturally yellow over time. If you have a cotton, nylon and spandex-blend blouse that is looking a bit dingy, avoid chlorine bleach if you can. It can cause the fabric to become discolored or even deteriorate the fibers.
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How to Heal Chapped Lips Without ChapStick
When your kissable pucker becomes covered in flaky skin, it’s time to add some moisture to those lips. Chapped lips are caused by a variety of factors, including wind, sun, medications and dry air. But the good news is that you don’t have to lather your lips in ChapStick one hundred times a day to make them smooth.
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How to Protect Hair While in a Tanning Bed
Hitting the tanning bed to get that sun-kissed bronze color on your skin can wreak havoc on your hair. You probably remember to protect your eyes while under the eye of the electric sun, but your hair needs protection as well.
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How to Use Peppermint Oil for the Scalp
Peppermint oil isn’t just good for making candles or adding a holiday scent to your home -- you can also use it to cleanse the skin and the scalp. Peppermint oil has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, and it soothes an itchy scalp, keeps dandruff at bay and defends against head lice.
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How to Avoid Curling Iron Creases in Hair
Bouncy ringlets are perfect for a night out with the girls or even a romantic date, but curling-iron creases can put a damper on your look. The barrel of a curling iron has a clamp on it that can cause small pleats to form during the curling process.
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How to Get Rid of Dry Skin Patches
Whether the harsh winter weather has given your skin a beating or the hot summer months are exposing your skin to too much sunshine, dry skin patches are uncomfortable and unappealing to look at. You can slather on lotions and creams all day long, but sometimes you have to be a little more aggressive to fight dryness.
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Baking Soda vs. Sugar on the Face
When looking for inexpensive products to use on your face, you don’t have to go further than your kitchen pantry. Two common kitchen staples -- baking soda and sugar -- can be added to your daily skin care routine and can often replace expensive store-bought products.
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How to Remove Yellow Stains From Fingers From Smoking
Most people know the health consequences of smoking, but cigarettes do more than cause damage to your lungs and heart. The nicotine in cigarette smoke can leave nasty-looking stains on your fingers.
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Home Remedies for Oily Acne-Prone Facial Skin
Oily skin often leads to acne, so the first step in treating acne is reducing the oil. Heredity, stress and hormonal changes can all be causes for oily skin. To stop the shine on your skin and control breakouts, you don’t have to shell out tons of cash on store-bought acne and oily-skin products.
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How to Get Rid of Dry Skin on Lips
Dry skin on the lips is a problem that most people face at some point in their lives. While many can simply slap on lip balm and watch the dryness go away, others are plagued with chapped lips.
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How to Exfoliate Your Scalp
You make sure to give your legs and arms a twice-weekly exfoliation, and you always remember to slough off the dead skin from you face, but one part of the skin that’s often overlooked is the scalp.
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How to Heal Dry, Damaged Hair With Olive Oil, Eggs & Mayonnaise
The weather, overprocessing and heated styling tools can all leave your locks looking less than healthy.
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Can a Down Jacket Be Washed Instead of Dry Cleaned?
A down jacket will keep you warm in the wintertime, but it will undoubtedly get dirty and need to be cleaned. Down jackets are usually pricey, so you want to be careful when cleaning the garment. Although you may think your down jacket needs to be dry cleaned, this isn't necessarily the case.
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Benefits of Seaweed Wraps
Seaweed may look gross when you spot it on the beach, but this slippery, stringy sea plant contains powerful ingredients that can benefit your skin. A seaweed wrap is typically made by combining seaweed with hot water and sometimes essential oils, clay and other skin care ingredients.
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