<p>Castor oil has helped some over-plucked eyebrows come back as well as brought back a few eyelashes where I had a sty years ago. I’m sure it is not nearly as effective as Latisse, but is definitely cheaper!</p>
<p>I use baby oil to take off eye makeup. Horrifies my sister, too. Win, win.</p>
<p>Crush about 5 aspirin and mix with a little water. Use as a mask.
Baking soda with a little cetaphil for a scrub.
Also like the honey.</p>
<p>Makeupalley.com has beauty tips using household ingredients, under Unlisted brands</p>
<p>My last Lattisse purchase was a promotion. Two boxes for 120.00. Prior to that it was two for two hundred dollars. I use it on my lashes and eyebrows. My ps wouldn’t sell it to me for a year because I have blue eyes but he decided the chance of an eye color change was too remote.</p>
<p>When I was younger I bought clothes and jewelry, now my disposable income goes for my hair, skin and nails. Jazzercise which is something I do six days a week is the best beauty secret that I have discovered.</p>
<p>I put many fruits on my face - strawberries , banana and mix in honey . I would never put Vaseline on my face - it’s a petroleum product ! Avocado and tomato is nice also . Just avoid eye area with tomato . Oatmeal and honey is nice too.</p>
<p>This thread is making me hungry.</p>
<p>Index finger is still bandaged but the other burn marks have subsided.
The Lac-hydrin I have smells kinda ewwy. Is it supposed to?</p>
<p>Jym, most beauty products should be tossed 6 month after first use. Eye products should be discarded even sooner. I’d get a new bottle.</p>
<p>(I had oatmeal with honey for breakfast. Yum. Fed my inner beauty, I guess).</p>
<p>Well then, I am not going to confess how old this bottle of lac-hydrin is.</p>
<p>Toss it! You don’t want to use outdated products…that being said, my daughter has always told me my LacHydrin smells icky!! (I don’t think it really smells like anything…it doesn’t have any scent added…)
Another cheap beauty trick…baby oil applied in the shower (after turning off water, but before drying off!)…Makes your skin soo soft…and makes your legs look great if you are going out in a dress with bare legs…(which brings up a question…my teenage D tells me “no one” wears panty hose anymore…really??? I know I’m old…but, really???)</p>
<p>Apparently that is true. When discussing the color of hose for dressing for a wedding, the answer from all of my nieces was NONE. Only the 80 year old grandmothers wear hose. Fine for the summer but not sure about winter…</p>
<p>That’s easy to say for a twenty-something with no visible veins.</p>
<p>Love this thread! So I can see that some use Rogaine (early in the thread) and others latisse…my eyebrows fade away to nothing. A few years ago I started having them dyed but would love to see if they could grow. How would I decide which would be better? My eyelashes are on the thinner side so a bonus would be to see them become more full. How does one decide which one? Also, I believe Rogaine is now over the counter but is latisse Rx only?</p>
<p>The only inexpensive beauty tip I have is that once, in an act of desperation I discoverd that toothpaste (white) dries out a blemish overnight!</p>
<p>Did I miss something? It can’t be safe to use rogaine on your eyelashes! Right?!</p>
<p>Lots and lots of water for hydration, facial skin scrub in shower daily, and preperation H for reducing undereye puffiness. I also like to put a wet washcloth in freezer fo 5 minutes after my shower, then lay it on my face. It seems to close up pores and makeup goes on much smoother.</p>
<p>Not much to add, but this surely is a fun thread. One comment on the fish oil–I remember a post on another thread several months ago. Poster said her doctor had told her to take fish oil for <some actual=“” medical=“” issue=“”>. She said it didn’t help that at all–all it did was give her gorgeous hair and nails. Good enough for me! (Although it’s yet another of those things I tend to forget after a few days. . .)</some></p>
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<p>I first noticed this two or three years ago when I attended a local community theatre (amateur) production of a play – a period piece in which the women wore dresses and high heels. </p>
<p>All of the young women actors exhibited bare legs with their high heels (not sandal type heels, regular standard high heeled pumps). It was very obvious under the stage lights, and actually not in keeping with the time period of the play.</p>
<p>It looked so weird to me. I have sons and had never noticed this trend.</p>
<p>Since then, I have kept an eye out and noticed young women with high heeled pumps and bare legs on a number of occasions.</p>
<p>Surely this does not extend to the more formal world of business, young women lawyers and such…or does it??</p>
<p>Maybe since so many women wear pants and slacks so much of the time these days, it is not so much of an issue. Actually, I am one of those. (I really don’t look too good in skirts anymore. Maybe when I lose 20 or so more pounds, lol.) So I haven’t purchased pantyhose myself in quite a while. Are the companies that make them starting to go broke?</p>
<p>I am not good at taking pills so all my efforts to take fish oil have fizzled. What I do try to remember is to eat one of those small flat cans of wild sockeye salmon at least once per week. Costco and Trader Joe’s both carry them. The canned salmon has all the goodies – bone, skin, meat. And it’s tasty on toast with a little butter. I give a little to my 14-year-old Jack Russell who still looks and acts like a puppy.</p>
<p>Never thought about putting the salmon on my face . . .</p>
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Since then, I have kept an eye out and noticed young women with high heeled pumps and bare legs on a number of occasions.</p>
<p>Surely this does not extend to the more formal world of business, young women lawyers and such…or does it??*</p>
<p>I never see anyone wear pantyhose anymore…too hot and too expensive.</p>
<p>When I got my first “real job” when I was 22, I was super-annoyed that too much of my money had to go to buying pantyhose that seemed to get runs/holes/snags after 1 or 2 wearings. And, boy would I be annoyed to open a new package only to have a finger nail immediately poke a hole in them while putting them on.</p>
<p>It didn’t seem fair…a guy can buy 6 pairs of socks and have them last for a very long time. 6 pairs of pantyhose might last 2 weeks. Ugh.</p>
<p>I buy Wolford tights. They cost more $$$ upfront (I look for sales, TJMaxx etc.), but they last forever. My 6 pairs bought 1-2 years ago are still hole and snag free, and I wear them all the time. Sorry, when it is wet and nasty, bare legs covered in goosebumps just do not look too beautiful, IMO. I go barelegged in the summer, but bare legs with boots trend is just silly.</p>