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Homemade Beauty Tips Using Organic Products Available in Your Kitchen

Organic skincare is gaining popularity and it is so much easier to create than you would think. It is always good to know that you are not putting any harsh chemicals on your skin in addition to it being gentler on the skin as well as being much cheaper than beauty products sold everywhere. When used correctly, it can help you successfully combat many skin conditions. This article discusses beauty tips using organic products available in your kitchen.

Everyone wants beautiful and healthy skin and homemade beauty tips can help you achieve this in the most organic and cost effective way. Taking care of your skin will allow you to reap the benefits of beautiful skin for as long as possible.

Various organic vegetables and fruits can be easily accommodated in any natural skincare routine and are featured in many of the homemade beauty tips available on or offline. Cucumber is one such item that is great for many things including reducing puffy eyes. Other products that are excellent for natural skincare include apple, papaya, tumeric, ginger, etc, that provide many revitalizing and refreshing benefits for the skin.

It is important to first determine what skin type you have before deciding on a particular organic skincare routine. Although organic fruits and vegetables are healthy, they react differently to different skin types so after determining your skin type, you can then determine the organic products that work best on your skin.

When implementing an organic skincare routine into your beauty regimen, one of the most important homemade beauty tips is to only use fresh fruits and vegetables in your natural skincare routine. Avoid all rotten fruit and vegetables as they may acquire certain properties in this state that are not beneficial for your skin.

Another of the great homemade beauty tips is to use milk in your beauty regimen. Milk can function as a great cleanser especially when mixed with some oatmeal. Oatmeal also functions as a great facial mask especially for oily skin. You can mix it with other ingredients such as honey, fruits, eggs, etc, to form organic masks and exfoliants for use on your face.

The use of sour cream and plain yogurt is popular in many natural skincare routines and is one of the best homemade beauty tips as they are excellent at exfoliation. When you mix oatmeal and honey with plain yogurt, it forms an excellent mask for oily or combination skin and helps balance oil production. Honey contains may properties that benefit the skin greatly and can be used in many other homemade beauty products.

Most beauty routines do not require a toner or astringent and it is usually a waste of time and money for most people. Toners or astringents only make sense if you have oily skin as they help get rid of excess oil. One of the best homemade beauty tips is to use rose water or lavender water if you need a toner.

Implementing natural skincare routines into your life is not only good for your skin, inexpensive but is also fun and you will be able to create many homemade beauty products. You will also gain the confidence to implement many trial and error creations that will allow you to fine tune these products for your particular skin.…

Boys’ Clothing – Trends

Trends in boys’ clothing have followed the same trends in fashion generally. There are wonderful collections based on sports gear that is primarily worn as fashion items rather then for specific activities though the influence within that sector has been through the sports celebrities and the recent coverage of the Olympic games. Just as men’s clothing copies the style and fashion of frequently photographed sports stars, so does boys’ clothing. Cycling gear and running gear that incorporate integral pockets for gadgets like MP3 player or iPod headsets are attracting buyers who neither run nor cycle.

Football kits have been a major influence on boys’ clothing. Not only is the current shirt a must-have for a football fan of a particular club but merchandise that includes T-shirts, trainers with the club crest, track pants from leading sports brand manufacturers and sweat top, fleeces and hoodies are all available in team colours and players’ numbers. Beckham, Ronaldo and several others are often seen emblazoned on the back of a boy’s shirt. Other sports personalities outside football like Tiger Woods and Roger Federer too have influenced the types of clothing hitting the rails for those who want a smart but casual look where they can claim their attire is just like ‘that famous golfer/tennis player’ who does the razor ads.

Outdoor wear has become popular as skateboarding and surfing clothes have joined the ranks of hikers and mountaineers in specialist shops providing reinforced, durable clothing with features that include sweat wicking layers, socks with anatomical pads for greater comfort and protection against blistering from rubbing or crinkling, jackets in lightweight microfibre and footwear that can cope with rocks, concrete and hostile environments. Bright colours have evolved not only as fashion statements but also as a high visibility safety component. Industry names like Billabong, Animal and Bench have a certain cachet; their use of striking contemporary artwork makes their items stand out and many who like to relate to the laid-back easy-going attitude of the daredevils who practice the sports associated with their products seek them out. There are still the naturals and neutrals for those wishing to blend into the environment they are exploring, whether it’s the mountains or the forest and woodlands or the sea and these have also influenced the military/camouflage look that is currently so popular with many boys who like to recreate the ‘skins’ of their heroes from console games.

The music scene, most recently hip-hop, has always been a great influence. Today low-rise jeans with baggy fit are still sought by boys wishing to emulate the fashion of their music heroes. Oversized T-shirts, baseball shirts and basketball vests are popular and accessorised with ‘bling’ jewellery, baseball caps or beanies. Headwear itself has taken off, apart from those items already mentioned there are various styles of baseball caps with different depths of peaks, bush-hats and cowboy hats, bandanas and dough-rags to wear on your head that replace the bobble caps of old.

Music, movies, games and sport provide the major influences that are on trend today with designers playing with new fabrics and going retro, nostalgic or futuristic as their whim takes them.…

Do You Know The Fashion Trends for the Upcoming Spring Season?

Because of the recession that is worldwide at this point, everyone wants to be stylish and comfortable in their own home crocheted clothing! That statement proves that crocheting is an inexpensive way to stay stylish! Of course, if you want to purchase these same stylish garments anywhere, I’m sure that they are very costly!

Another advantage to making your own crocheting garments is that you can make them in the colors that you like and desire. If you purchase them, you may not always be able to obtain the color that you want or need–as far as I know, wool cannot be dyed – so you are stuck unless you crochet your stylish garments in the color that you like!

Another point that I have personally noticed is that everyone in the fashion industry seems to want to go back to the natural colors and looks – for example, uncoloured wool, even if it is hard to find – but it can be done!

It’s funny how the fashion trends keep coming back time after time isn’t it? I guess when the economy gets weak no matter who you are or where you are, the age-old fashions keep coming back.

The men’s and boy’s fashions are running along the same trends – the only difference is that the men’s and boy’s tops are not quite as revealing or fancy as the ladies’ and teens’ apparel.

I did notice a trend amongst the new mothers of the local hospital after having their babies. Even though the hospital has some beautiful outfits that are home crocheted on display and for sale, the new mothers ask local women to crochet them clothing for their new babies. Their excuse is that these small items of baby clothing are too expensive, or not the right color!

Crocheting is an age-old art, and it comes out whenever the cash flow is short anywhere.

The other trend that I have noticed in the last little while is that more women (and sometimes, men) want to learn how to crochet for the simple reason of their finances and they just want to learn. I applaud them for that and also inform them that this is a smart decision – they can make their own items at a reduced price, at their own leisure, in the colors and style that they desire.

Some home crocheters are going to be disappointed when they find out that the return of the doily is something that hasn’t happened as of yet. However, the motif bedspreads, even though they take a long time to make, are in high demand by people of all ages.

When I home crochet a motif bedspread for anyone, I tend to enclose written directions for laundering and storing this piece of work. That goes over well with all of my customers! Some people don’t know how to care for these ageless classics; they don’t have a clue how to launder them, much less how to store them when the bedspreads are not on a bed!…