Local Life - St Helens - Mar/Apr 2022

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