Local Life - Wigan - March 2022
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12<br />
From make-up tips to haircare advice,<br />
these tips could make your life easier.<br />
When you paint your nails, start from your little finger<br />
1 rather than your thumb. You’ll lower the risk of<br />
smudging your freshly painted nails.<br />
2<br />
Matte lipstick is on-trend but very unforgiving. Before<br />
using it, mix a dash of olive oil with half a teaspoon of<br />
brown sugar to treat your lips to a DIY lip scrub.<br />
Clean your make-up brushes regularly with facial<br />
3 cleanser or a mild shampoo. Rinse thoroughly and<br />
leave to air dry.<br />
Don’t test foundation on your hand – you won’t get<br />
4 a good colour match. Instead, try it on your jawline.<br />
Wrap a small scoop of porridge oats up in a muslin<br />
5 cloth and tie the ends to secure. Drop it in your bath<br />
while the water is running. The oat oils work wonders on<br />
dry skin.<br />
Leave at least a day between shaving/waxing and<br />
6 applying fake tan. Otherwise, you risk causing<br />
irritation and ending up with a patchy tan.<br />
Not keen on heavily fragranced body oils? Switch to<br />
7 pure almond oil. Add a few drops of essential oil if you<br />
want a hint of natural fragrance.<br />
8<br />
Leave your facial cleanser<br />
to soak in for a few minutes<br />
before wiping it off. It’ll act as a mini<br />
face pack. This works particularly<br />
well with balm cleansers.<br />
Apply eye cream with your ring<br />
9 finger. It’s the weakest so you’re<br />
less likely to pull at the skin. Dab<br />
(rather than rub) the cream in.<br />
If you often forget to apply SPF in the cooler<br />
10 months, try swapping your foundation for a<br />
tinted SPF cream.<br />
11<br />
Hair feeling lank or lacklustre? Try switching to a<br />
shampoo that’s free from sulphates and silicones.<br />
Sulphates can strip hair of its natural, healthy oils, while<br />
silicones can build up over time and weigh hair down.<br />
12<br />
Put wet hair in multiple plaits before bed for easy<br />
curls the next day. Brush through if you want<br />
looser waves.<br />
Freshly washed hair is<br />
13 harder to style. So if you<br />
have a big night out coming up,<br />
wash your hair the day before.<br />
It’ll then hold its style better for<br />
your evening out.<br />
14<br />
Rather than splashing<br />
out on expensive travelsized<br />
products (they can be<br />
more than double the price per<br />
ml), decant your usual products<br />
into small reusable containers.<br />
15<br />
Do you subscribe to Birchbox or a similar<br />
subscription box? Save the products you don’t<br />
fancy throughout the year. By Christmas, you’ll have a<br />
stack of cracker prizes and stocking fillers. You could<br />
even use them to fill a personalised advent calendar for<br />
a friend.<br />
Skin and hair changes as we age, so what worked<br />
16 for you a few years ago may not be as effective<br />
today. Embrace the chance to try something new!