Before applying makeup I suggest getting a primer for your skin to even out imperfections and reduce shine.  Why not use a primer that is a best seller and used by many makeup artists try DHC Velvet Skin Coat Makeup Primer.

Here are a list of colors that enhance each eye color!

Blue Eyes: Gray, violet, taupe, purple, deep blue, silver, fuchsia, turquoise, and green.   Blue eyes pop with bronze eye shadow! Try Stila Eye Shadow Duo in Seafoam and Orchid.

Green Eyes: Red and pink tones enhance green eyes because it is the complimentary color to green. Copper, coral, apricots, deep browns, plum and purple.  Try Stila Eye Shadow Duo in Promenade, Dragonfly, and Salome.

Brown Eyes: Green, champagne, bronze, gold, brown, blue, green, and purple.  Rich golds and metallics really make brown eyes pop. Primary colors such as royal blue, crimson red, lime, and bright yellow.  Try Stila Eye Shadow Duo in Borealis and Vieux Carre.

1. Bright Colors

• Nude colors are nice but bright fun colors can really make the color of your eyes pop!
• Try Isadora eye shadows in Shiny Lime, Electric Blue, Pistachio Green, Lime and Turquoise,  check out this website on how to apply colorful eyeshadow (it’s amazing to see what colors work well together and how to apply them correctly).  Mac also has some really great bright eye shadows!
• It is no longer tacky to have bright eyes and lips.

2.  Smokey Eyes

• If you never thought you could pull of smokey eyes now you can!
• This Winter neutral metallics are hot and you can make them look more natural!

Techniques: Put a medium-colored shadow, a lighter shade above and a darker one on lash lines (Try a 4 color compact such as Beauty Addicts Solution). It is super easy to do and very sexy.  To prevent your eyeshadow from flaking off and creasing prep with a concealer before applying eye shadow. Try matte on lids, metallics on brow bones.The new DO is to add color all the way up to the brows.  Add Gold shimmer on the inner corners of eyes.

Check out some shimmery shades such as DuWop Crush, Bare Escentuals i.d. bareMinerals Glimmer Soul Sister and Bobbi Brown Brick Compact Apricot Shimmer.  I really like all the Clinique Super Shimmer EyeShadows such as Blue Lagoon, Peacock, Lucky Penny, Purple Pixie, and Sparkling Sage.

3. Grays

Gray eye shadow is super wearable and sophisticated! For the daytime try using gray shadows with mascara and no eyeliner.  It looks softer.  In the evening amp it up with deeper shades and fake lashes.

Tips:

• Instead of black eyeliner try gray
• Keep icy grays sheer, opaque looks too powdery
• Try gray eye shadow with berry colored lips
• Try a stroke of gray just in the lid crease
• Try brown and gray shades together
• Gunmetal gray doubles as a shadow and liner
• Mix Gray and pastels together

If you need help on how to apply eyeshadow or don’t know what colors go best together check out this website at http://www.youtube.com/user/panacea81 it is one of my favorite sites on learning different techniques for applying eye shadows its the best! Highly recommended even for make-up pros!

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• Researchers found if you cycle for 20 minutes before watching a steamy sex scene on TV it increases your arousal by 21%!  And we all know that men are far more visual stimulated them females’!  So all you females get your booty to spin class and get ready for an erotic experience!!!

• If you don’t feel comfortable cycling in front of people or don’t have a gym membership biking outside is a great option but since it’s getting cold I recommend getting a recumbent bike!  It is an excellent workout that increases your metabolism, tones hips, thighs, and buttocks!  I don’t know anyone that doesn’t want to look sexy in booty shorts!! This will also increase your confidence when you’re getting intimate with your loved one!!

Stamina Folding Recumbent Bike: I own this bike and love it!! As most of us know Recumbent bikes are super expensive but they work really well!!  This bike is very affordable at a price of $139.  Best of all this bike folds making it portable so you will have no excuse to not use it when you travel!!

Source: Fitness Magazine

Pistol Squat

Target: Abs, glutes, quads, hamstrings

• Stand about 12 inches away from a chair.
• Lift your right leg and with right hand grasp right foot in front of you.
• Find your balance, then slowly bend left leg, bringing butt toward chair.
• Straighten left leg and return to starting position; repeat 4 to 8 times. (You may need to bring your arm in front of you to maintain balance.)
• Switch legs.

Make it more challenging by going lower!!

Check out diet.com for other great exercises you can add to your workouts!

• Try: Low-intensity exercise like biking or walking!  This increases your dopamine and serotonin level (your feel-good hormone)!  Your legs will look super sexy in no time flat!  All of us have something in our closets we consider the “would wear if I were a few pounds skinner” so get it out your closet and strut your stuff baby!
• This will also help reduce stress! Studies show people that exercise at least 2 to 3 times a week lower their stress levels significantly!

Step 1: Don’t worry if you aren’t a math pro this calorie formula is simple!

(__________x 4.5) + (_________x 15.88) – (_________x 5) – 161=_________
weight                    height (inches)           age                           total

Step 2: Multiply your total by the appropriate percentage below

If you’re….

• Sedentary multiply the total by 20%
• Lightly Active multiply the total by 30%
• Moderately Active multiply the total by 40%
• Very Active multiply the total by 50%

Step 3: Fine your calorie goal
Total # 1 + Total # 2= daily calorie total

Extra!!! If you are trying to lose weight subtract 250 calories per day to shed one-half pounds per week.  Or subtract 500 calories to drop one pound per week.

“Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind’s eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it” -Charles GarfieldBefore I explain what I learned, join me on a weight loss journey, YOUR weight loss journey!  I want you to IMAGINE holding the secret key to weight loss.  By holding this key you instantly feel a warm sensation rush through your entire body.

You feel untouchable.  Nothing stops you from living a healthy lifestyle and achieving your WEIGHT LOSS goals! You are beautiful inside and out.  Glowing with SEX APPEAL and CONFIDENCE! You have the body of a SUPERMODEL.

When you walk into a room your strong body, radiant smile, and penetrating gaze inspires everyone around you! You have FLAWLESS SKIN, perfectly SCULPTED legs and arms, WASHBOARD ABS as hard as a rock.  Your POSITIVE attitude frees you of any doubt.

This state of confidence acts as a gravitational force pulling you closer and closer to your goals.  Your strong desire for weight loss gives you the strength to achieve your NEW SEXY body.  How does that make you feel? I bet you feel great!!!  Think about this everyday and keep your eyes sparkling with this memory!

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it“-William A. Ward

I’m about to reveal my SECRET….but first you need to stop dieting! Diets don’t work!  The success to long term weight loss is changing your habits by living a healthy lifestyle!  I’m not saying never eat a cookie or a slice of pizza….because clearly we all love sweats and comfort foods!  But what I am saying is there is no need to deprive your body.

By knowing your metabolic type you can eat foods you love and still LOSE WEIGHT!  Diet.com helped me figure out my METABOLIC type by giving me a personal type questionnaire.  After filling it out, I instantly received CUSTOM meal plans and exercise routines.

You too will RECEIVE a custom meal plan that includes: personalized nutritional and fitness guidelines, meal ideas that incorporate your FAVORITE foods, a dining-out guide, weekly motivational emails and professional advice on exercise and well-being.  You will be given a PERSONALIZED exercise program based upon your current body measurements and level of FITNESS.

You can forget about going to the gym and spending hundreds on a PERSONAL TRAINER! Diet.com is like having your own personal trainer! You can start eating healthy and exercising in the comfort of your own house!!! JOINING the WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE is the best thing I have ever done! It kept me MOTIVATED and helped me stay on track!!!

“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse. However, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that” -Goethe

Here are my weight loss stats!

July 22^nd Oct. 19th

Weight: 145                                                                Weight: 121

Waist: 33 in.                                                                Waist: 25

Hips: 36 in.                                                                  Hips: 28

Right Thigh: 25 in.                                                      Right Thigh: 20 ¾

Left Thigh: 25 in.                                                        Left Thigh: 20 ¾

That’s a total of 24 pounds and 24.5 inches off my body!!!

PS. If you are tired of being overweight and want a LEAN SEXY BODY, click here and put an end to your frustration! Don’t strike out! Become a fitness all-star with these weight loss concepts at diet.com!

• Take two avocados, peeled and pitted into a blender and whip.
• Next coat your hair saturating each strand in the avocado mixture.
• Comb through to evenly distribute the mixture, then clip hair back for 30 minutes.
• Wash out the avocado with a hydrating shampoo, then follow with conditioner. Try Frederic Fekkai Shea Butter Moisturizing Shampoo and Frederic Fekkai Shea Butter Moisturizing Conditioner.
  

Start to finish: 40 min.

Makes: 36 balls

8 tablesppons butter, softened

1/4 cup cream cheese, softened (2 ounces)

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 egg

2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup white whole-wheat flour

1 12-ounce package miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

2-3 teaspoons fat-free milk

Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F.  In a medium bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.  Add sugar and salt.  Mix until combined.  Beat in egg and 2 teaspoons vanilla.  Beat in flours  Stir in chocolate chips.  shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls.  Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 15 minutes, until bottoms are golden.  Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.

Meanwhile, combine confectioners’ sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of milk at a time until icing reaches desired consistency.  Drizzle frosting over cooled cookies.

Nutrition facts per serving: 124 calories, 1 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat (3 g saturated), 1 g fiber

source: fitnessmagazine

Serves 2

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

3-4 tablespoons agave nectar (a natural sweetener found at supermarkets and health-food stores)

2 1/2 cups skim milk

1/2 vanilla bean, split

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions: Mix cocoa powder and agave nectar.  Heat milk in a medium saucepan over very low heat with vanilla bean, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Whisk in cocoa-agave mixture thoroughly, until mixture is warn but not boiling.

Nutrition facts per serving: 215 calories, 12 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate, 1 g fat, 3 g fiber

Source: FitnessMagazine

Here is a list of foods that will help boost your immune system when flu and cold season hit! Check out diet.com for recipes to incorporate these immune boosting foods into your diet!

Yogurt contains probiotics that strengthen the immune system.  Make sure you load up on yogurt during cold season, a cup of day will decrease your change of catching a cold by 25%.

Eggs are filled with amino acids, zine, and B vitamins and this helps build white blood cells and antibodies, which the body needs to fight off illnesses.

Red Bell Peppers are full of vitamin C.  Eating just one pepper you’ll consume 200 mg or more of vitamin C.  (Surprisingly an orange contains 70 mg of vitamin C so skip the oranges and chow down on red bell peppers)

Ginger helps cure colds. By eating fresh ginger your body sweats out toxins and it may fight viruses.

Garlic contains sulfur-based compounds and boosts your immune system so it may keep your body free of infections.

Fact of the day: “Sugar causes your body to secrete large quantities of insulin, which suppresses the release of a hormone that helps regulate the immune system…excessive amounts of sugar also deplete crucial B vitamins needed by the liver to detoxify the body.” -Connie Gutterson, R.D., Ph.D

source: fitnessmagazine