Say hi to Laea, sailing instructor/freelance make-up artist and now writer – our latest addition to the Tattler team. She shares with you beauty tips to get you through the school/work week in this 6-part series. Look out for her tips throughout the week!
Bearded lecturers, assignments, leaky pens and cab fares. That pretty much describes another day of school for me. For most, this is the time when we brace ourselves for the next wave of maddening madness brought to you by ( insert name of institution ). As you all whine and toss in your sleep in the face of the impending semester, I’ve no such troubles only because my endless seat warming pursuits have no end. So count yourselves as lucky. We, part-time students, relish no holidays or semester breaks. Just a continuous cycle of work life and books, until death or graduation, do us part. Though not paying your school fees would make a good parting gift as well.
I love studying, period. But I love flexibility too. I am probably suffering unconsciously from some syndrome that makes me school hop. We’ve heard of job hopping, but school hopping? I do finish my new learning adventures, 90% of the time. Okay maybe 75%. Maybe it sounds a little erratic, but you’re reading the life snippets of a sailing instructor/makeup artist/writer and not forgetting, student. So seeing to it that I count myself as a ‘veteran’ seat warmer, I’ll share with you guys beauty tips for a good school week.
1 Moisturising Monday
Fortify yourself with a good breakfast; welcome to the start of Moisturised Monday. Before we start buckling under the stress of suffocating makeup and super-drying air conditioner, we need to begin with good prepped up skin! I’m sure you have heard of the not-so-recent fad of yogurt facial masks. Those deliciously illustrated and flavored concoctions from Taiwan and Korea often boast of the beautifying properties of strawberries, kiwis and whatever fruits and yogurt blend they manage to come up with. I’ve often wondered though – how beautifying can artificial preservatives really be? After all, most of our skincare are blended with chemicals and preservatives of sorts. So if you’re gonna start on the au naturel route now and pile on the yogurt and fruits, homemade should be the new old school – more bang for your buck, without the chemicals.
Monday’s and Tuesday’s tips after the jump!
Here’s how to do it: Buy some plain yogurt – you want to really make sure it’s plain – and some bananas. Bananas have some kick ass potassium, iron, manganese and are rich in oils that are both moisturising and nourishing. As far as homemade masks go, I am not a fan of using raw egg whites. You should never put raw eggs on broken skin, and especially not on blemishes. Besides, the smell does not turn me on at all. Cut and mash 1/2 of a banana and a 1/4 cup of yogurt. Mix it, slick it , lick it, lie back – and listen to some Ipod, girrrl.
If you want to pamper your body with some accompanying fruity delight, try The Body Shop’s new Wild Cherry Body Butter. The butter is absolutely smooth and melts into your skin with a cherry goodness.
2 Black Tea Tuesday
So we got through Monday’s classes and the lecturers managed to rip our holiday assignments apart. Late night reparation works and schmoozing with deadlines have left your eyes looking like your favourite panda biscuits. Oh come on, everybody knows Hello Panda, they come in chocolate, strawberry… You can save yourself in two ways, you can do it hot or you can do it cold. Say you choose hot, or well, you would want it warm actually, find some tea bags. Take 2 tea bags, run them in some water, squeeze excess and put them on your eyelids. Any black teas, green teas or chamomile teas works fine. Though I would stay away from funky flavoured Mango or Strawberry Teas, as they tend to be more sticky than I’d like. The caffeine helps to constrict vessels and the tannin reduces inflammation.
Tip: cheaper teas tends to have more tannin so you don’t have to pay more for the fancy ones.
If teas are not on your daily grocery list, a spoon will do. Pop a spoon in your freezer before you shower and by the time you’re done with it, the spoons are ready to be pressed – lightly – onto your eyelids. To accompany your wake-me-up regime, try cooling shower soaps to invigorate yourself. No other shower gel packs the right essential oils and smells better than Original Source.
Next up: how to fight Washed-out Wednesday
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