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Lubatti’s Dreamy Night Cream is the best. I had never heard of Lubatti skincare until a friend of mine mentioned it to me. I knew I just had to try the cream after I saw how smooth my friend’s skin looked and felt. Lubatti cream is unlike any cream that I have ever tried before. I will admit, I’ve tried a lot of creams on the market and nothing seemed to work, but here my friend was, standing right in front of my face with the results that I wanted! I didn’t need to see anymore. I knew that I had to get the Dreamy Night Cream.

This cream contains shea butter and mango fruit juice. It leaves my skin feeling smooth and refreshed. The mango fruit juice that the cream contains makes my skin smell really good. This Lubatti cream hydrates my skin. It also helps me get a good night’s sleep so that I can be up and ready to take on the world in the morning.

I look forward to putting this cream on every night. It helps me relax and unwind from my busy day. The price you pay for it is really cheap, considering everything that the cream does for your skin.

Having a hard time cutting off on your budget? Worry no more. You can do it by taking out manicure expenses from the list because you can now actually do it at home even like a pro. Many women think performing manicure on your own is difficult but learning the right way would make your perspective about home manicure changed.

Manicure kits are everywhere. There are several kinds that can be bought in the beauty sections of a department store, or even at a drugstore. Investing on a good quality manicure kit is a wise tip.

To get it started, wash hands with soap and lukewarm water to make it softer and easier to clean. Then, take off remaining nail polish using cotton, damped in a nail polish remover. Shape the tip of your fingernails using a nail file. it can either be square or oval, depending on your choice. Next, exfoliate by scrubbing hands using home-made hand scrub made of oil and sugar. Then, wash hands thoroughly. Pat hands dry. Gently push cuticles back. After taking the cuticles off, apply base coat on the nails with one direction. Let it dry. After drying, apply another coat to make to emphasis the nail color. Top it with a transparent polish to lock the color and to give it a glossy effect and you’re done. You can now show off your fingernails to your friends and wait for their compliments.

Waking up with a bad hair usually ruin every girl’s day. Having a beautiful hair can add up to one’s confidence. Yet, many of us usually think that keeping a soft and manageable-hair is hard to achieve. Luckily, we don’t have to face this kind of dilemma anymore. It just takes some exciting techniques to have our dreamed hair- soft, shiny, and manageable hair.

Shampooing daily can make your hair dry, taking out its natural oil because of the chemical content of the shampoo. Applying shampoo every other day is a good tip. In those days that you don’t use shampoo, wash your hair carefully and then apply a natural-made conditioner. In taking a shower, use lukewarm-cool water in washing and rinsing your hair. Warm or even just lukewarm water can make your hair frizzy. After shampooing, don’t forget to put on a conditioner. Pat your hair dry with a soft towel, and not a rough one. Rough towels can harm your hair. Remember, our hair is in its susceptible state when wet.

Air drying is the most natural way of drying your hair. Try not to blow dry your hair frequently.It can damage your hair by creating split ends.

Putting on a hair polish would do big. Spread it through your fingers. Use a large-toothed comb for your wet hair to avoid hair breakage.

Trying these simple techniques would make a difference, giving you your ever- dreamed hair.

by: Jocelyn Iyog

Everyone thinks of Paris as the fashion capital of the world, and perhaps it is. After all, that is where the legendary Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves St. Laurent, and Cristobal Balenciaga made their amazing creations. And one of the first things people notice when walking around Paris is how magnificently well dressed everyone is. The Parisian rule of thumb is to buy fewer, higher quality items that last for years, and it’s a good strategy.
But frankly Paris can be intimidating to women who think outside the shoebox. These women should visit London.
London has an edgier, funkier vibe than Paris, and Londoners manage to make things work that you’d never imagine, like a sequined swing top over ripped vintage jeans and rubber rain boots. For those of us who love fashion but don’t have the budget for a lot of new clothing, Nothing Hill is a fantastic neighborhood to shop in London. It’s full of thrift shops that sell some fabulous, one-of-a-kind garments, and the environment is the opposite of intimidating.
Londoners are very accepting of real personal style, even if it defies convention. For people who really “own” their look, London is a great place to go, not just for the great shopping, but for the great “catwalks” that double as city pavements.

by: Jocelyn Iyog

Vintage clothing – which sounds more upscale than thrift store clothing – is a godsend for people who love clothes but don’t have a lot of money to spend on them. There are other advantages to buying vintage, however. When you look through a “vintage clothing store” aka “thrift shop” you see items outside their context. You’ll see a tee from The Gap hanging next to a Michael Stars tee hanging next to one of Isaac Mizrahi’s tops for Target. Out of context it is easier to evaluate garments on their own merits.
Occasionally thrift shops produce a rare gem at a rock bottom price, and the thrill of finding one of these is great! I once managed to get a leather Dooney and Bourke handbag for free in a shop that had a big barrel of purses that were free with the purchase of a dress. Sure, I had to dig to find it, but it was definitely worth it.
If you shop secondhand, you should know a few basic sewing techniques like sewing on a button or repairing minor seam rips. Knowing how to hem a skirt or pants is another valuable skill to have. But the best skill to have is a sharp eye for quality clothing at amazingly low prices.

by: Jocelyn Iyog

We’ve all been there: a pair of slacks or a skirt was so beautiful, so stylish, so “on sale” that we bought it and told ourselves that we could live with the fact that it was a little too tight in the waist. And then it languished in the back of the closet until we finally admitted we weren’t going to wear them because the tight waist always made us irritable.
If you shop in the U.S., you are probably aware of this, but if you’re new to the U.S. – particularly if you are from Europe, you need to know one very important thing: size numbers on tags mean practically nothing. One designer’s size 4 may fit you perfectly, another’s may be too tight, and still another’s may be too loose. I can vouch for this personally. In my own closet is a pair of slacks that is size 14 that fits perfectly. There’s another pair that’s a size 6 that fits perfectly.
The lesson here is: always try it on. Eventually you’ll get to where you can know on sight whether a garment is going to fit or not. Don’t bother looking at the size label, just try it on. If the number on the tag bothers you, but the garment fits great, you can always cut the size tag out.