What You’ll Need:

* 1/2 tsp. sugar
* 1 solid, “stick” lip balm (the kind that twists up out of its container, NOT the kind that comes in a little pot). Make sure that this is one that you don’t mind reserving only for this specific treatment
* 1 moisturizing lip balm (any type works fine)
* Tissue

Directions:

1. Start out with your solid, “twist up” lip balm. Remove the cap and dip the end of the lip balm into the sugar. The sugar should easily stick to the balm. Just make sure that the exposed end of the lip balm is well coated.
2. Apply the sugar-coated balm to your lips and gently massage in circles over the entire lip area, taking extra care to concentrate on dry, flaky areas. This step may get a little messy, so you might want to do this over a sink.
3. Once you have gently massaged your lips with your “sugar balm”, gently rub off the excess sugar with a tissue.
4. Apply the other (non-sugared) lip balm to help seal in moisture and prevent future peeling.

Use this trick to transform any eyeshadow into a long-wearing liquid eyeliner. Simply take some saline solution (the kind used to clean contact lenses) and squeeze a drop onto the back of your hand. Dip the end of an eyeliner brush or small angled brush into the saline just enough to moisten the brush — you may need to lightly blot the brush on a tissue if it gets too wet.

Gently smudge the end of the brush into the eyeshadow of your choice and then use it to line your eyes as you normally would. The result is a long-wearing liner in as many (or more!) shades as you have eyeshadows. Just try combining different colors of eyeshadow to discover your own custom shades.

1. Saturate a cotton ball with eye makeup remover.

2. Close your eye and position the cotton ball on the bottom side of your lashes (the side where you’ve applied mascara). Once the cotton ball is underneath your lashes, apply gentle pressure so that the underside of your lashes are pressed against the cotton ball.

3. Continue to hold the cotton ball against your lashes for about 10-20 seconds without moving it. Doing this allows the makeup remover to do its job and start dissolving the mascara.

4. Begin to slowly move the cotton ball up the length of your lashes. Minimize tugging by always “wiping” your lashes in the same direction.

5. Continue to gently wipe the undersides of your lashes with the cotton ball and then check your progress in the mirror. If you still have a lot of mascara left on your lashes, you’ll need to repeat the above steps until your lashes are clean. If you find it difficult to remove the last bits of mascara from the base of your eyelashes, dip a Q-Tip into the makeup remover and use it to gently “scrub” the roots of your lashes.