show me your teeth

So i would actually like to have 'pearly whites' cause at the moment they're more like pearly off-whites and i think that needs to change. I adore white teeth, they just make your mouth look so perfect and white teeth and red lipstick just draws that much more attention to your face - in a good way, unless you get lipstick on you teeth :S

but anyway I'm not really 100% sure how to go about this. I have found a few ways that i can do which are D.I.Y, which i love cause that means it affordable and if it doesn't work well I'm already home, hehe. So i think over the next month ill try each once an update and at the end just decided which one is better?
Not sure how its gonna work but we'll see and if all else fails its off to the dentist for a professional whitening i think :D


So these are the 3 methods i found;
1 - Baking soda and Water.

• Put some baking soda in a cup and pour in the water the ratio should be 50% 50%
• Mix it around and keep mixing until it has a paste consistency
• when its all mixed dip in your toothbrush and brush your teeth with it for a good 2- 3 minutes, really brush your teeth well.
• It'll become a foam consistency and that foam will start eating away at the staining that you have on your teeth.

2 - Lime and Salt :D
Basically you do the same as the above but instead of water and baking soda use 50% lime juice (fresh undoubtedly, but i think from a bottle should be fine) and 50% salt.

3 - Hydrogen Peroxide
Just put a few drops on your toothbrush and then again follow the same steps as above :D

Then rinse your mouth out with cold water afterward and your all good to go :)

So i guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens, ill start in the new month, so only 4 days to go.

How do you whiten your teeth, what do you use?

until next time keep your teeth clean and remember an apple a day wont only keep the doctor away but the bacteria too :)

Amanda xx

been away.

Ive been outta action on my blog for awhile but I'm back and i bring information D.I.Y makeup tips and so much more :) as well as that I'm organizing a give away :D
so stay tuned there is much fun to be had
xx

clean brushes = healthy skin

As we all know not cleaning your brushes is a very big mistake, its like not washing your face at the end of the day. Once you've used them everything gets trapped and when you use them the following day your reapplying oil and bacteria which tends to lead to brake outs :S and then that's just something else you've gotta worry about and cover up.

So i thought id share a couple of different ways you can clean your brushes :)

The first and most basic way that everyone is aware of is using Brush Cleanser, but I've been told that the manufacturers create this product to slowly erode and eat away at the brushes also causing the hairs to become brittle and full out resulting in having to buy more brushes and cleanser. I'm not sure of how much truth is here but i don't wanna risk it! You can also use soft facial cleansers though I've never used this before so I'm not to sure of the results. Plus i wash most my brushes everyday so this could get very priceyyy.

The second option you can use is baby shampoo. You pretty much use this exactly the same way you would use a brush cleanser. Squirt a small amount on to a piece of paper towel or on to small dish, swirl the brushes around until the make up and pigment begins to come out then using warm water rinse them and swirl in your palm under the water until it becomes clear, then squeeze out the remaining water.

(DO NOT use hot water as it will damage your brushes)

Also with this the brushes that are meant to be soft like your foundation brush etc.. you should also use baby conditioner on them to keep them soft and smooth :)













And lastly this is a way that I've just discovered and having been using for about 2 weeks or so. It's basically how oil painters cleaner their brushes plus it disinfects the brushes too, which i love.
You'll need anti-bacterial dish washing soap and extra virgin olive oil.
the anti-bacterial dish washing soap will remove EVERYTHING - oil, pigment, dirt plus kill the Bactria. The only con being it strips the hair of its natural oils and drys them out, which is why you use the extra virgin olive oil :)

On a plate pour around 2 -3 tbsp of the dish washing then add about 1 tbsp of the extra olive oil. With your brush stir in a circular motion, you should be able to see some of the dirt coming off the brush, then wipe back and forth in the palm of your hand, then leave the brush on a piece of paper towel while you don the rest of your brushes. Once there all done you gotta rinse them, so rinse them under warm water swirling in your palm and squeezing out the water until the water comes out clear. Then wipe them dry with paper towel.

And wah la done :D

Now lastly a note about drying your brushes a lot of people dry them upright or on there side which you shouldn't really do as the water runs back in to the brush with germs and such, which can ruin the glue causing the hairs to fall out and become brittle, so if you can dry them upside down in a cup for an hour or so just to draw the moisture out. I do this by putting my protective brush covers on and putting them upside down in the cup cause this way the brushes don't touch the water :)

I'm not really to sure of what brush protection and storage is out there at the moment so ill look into it and get back to you, cause i need some myself :)
Or if you have any suggestions?

I wash my foundation brush, and blush brush everyday and my eyeshadow brushes every time i want to use a new colour.
so how many times a month do you wash your brushes?

that's all for this afternoon so always take care of your brushes and i wish you beautiful skin.
Amanda xx