Looking good is a good business as we use to say, but surprisingly, there are some 7 beauty budgets secrets every girl needs to consider.
It is necessarily okay to appear beautiful every day but most girls end up spending their last penny just to be counted among the beautiful ones not knowing that we do not necessarily need to spend much to look beautiful.
Listed below are some secrets of a cheap beauty budget that will help cut the cost of staying beautiful as you can easily do it yourself.
1. Make Your Hair Look Beautiful
Do you really need to spend all you have ever saved going to expensive salons to make your hair beautiful? No.
There are many DIY tips which are good for natural hairs, silky hair, curly hair, dry hair, oily hair, etc., These tips can help you in a long way to save money but you can give yourself a treat once in a while by going to a professional for touch-ups.
- Know you Kind of Hair
Knowing your type of hair will help you have a little knowledge of what and what you need to make your hair more radiant.
If you have straight hair, you are not meant to use products meant for kinky hair, if you have wavy hair, you may not necessarily need the hair to be curly after treating it, and visa-Versa.
- Wash Your Hair the Right Way
When you know what kind of hair you have, it will be easier to know how you can wash it without tangling or falling off.
Irrespective of what the washing and setting lotion, shampoo or any other products might say, the guide may not necessarily be suitable for your kind of hair.
- Get the Right Hair Products
Many hair products are expensive and contain some chemicals which even kills the hair, so it is not how much you spent on a hair product that matters, but what value it has.
This is why it is recommended to resort to many natural or homemade hair products that will provide the hair with the vital nutrients it needs to grow well.
Many essentials oil like argan oil etc., are good for the hair but may be expensive, so you can resort to other cheaper and even better products you can do yourself such as,
- Mixing egg yolk with water and olive oil, and apply to the scalp, leaving it for about 20 minutes before washing it off.
- Lemon juice can help in stimulating hair growth, as it serves as an antioxidant. Squeeze the juice, apply it on the scalp of the head, massage to make sure it fully absorbed. Leave it for 15 minutes before washing it off with clean water. This helps to promote blood circulation to the hair, thereby promoting hair growth.
- A banana mask is another way you can make your hair care product and is very cheap and easy to get. Smash some bananas depending on the volume of your hair but without the peel. Apply on the hair starting from the scalp and make sure the hair is fully covered with the paste. Then cover your hair with a plastic bag and allow it to sit for 20 – 30 minutes before washing it off.
- If you have coconut oil at home, just buy an avocado. while you massage the coconut oil starting from the scalp towards the tips, then apply the avocado paste at the tip and leave it for 30 minutes before washing.
- There are numerous ways you can make your hair products using natural ingredients which will even provide you with a better result than those expensive ones that might contain some chemicals which are bad for your hair.
If the hair gets oily and greasy, there is a cheap alternative to get rid of the oily hair without spending much.
Apply bronzer or baby dusting powder to the hair, this will help to camouflage the oily hair and produce a better fragrance. But this should be used moderately, don’t apply it much.
2. Water Adds to your Beauty
Water helps to flush out toxins in the system and keeps the skin glowing. Drinking so much water at intervals on daily basis is a natural and cheap beauty secret that you don’t have to buy from the market, drinking plenty of water keeps the body hydrated, makes you look glowing and generally keeps you healthy.
Try out the habit of water therapy especially one of early morning; you will definitely see the result on your skin within a month of consecutive trial.
Some people might be wondering what beauty water can add to one’s skin. Just grab 2 glasses of water on a daily basis and you will testify to the amazing things it will do to your skin.
The beauty benefits of drinking water daily are not just limited to skin beauty but extend to the hair, nails, and overall body.
3. Usefulness of Vaseline
Vaseline has versatile uses and plays surprising awesome tricks on beauty packaging. It is always referred to as petroleum jelly but girls normally think that it is a body lotion for small children or those who cannot avoid expensive creams.
This common Vaseline you know, very cheap but nice, is better than any lip gloss you can buy from the market
Vaseline has been used in the treatment of many health conditions as it moisturizes the skin and prevents scars from forming on the skin, restores cracked heels, keeps the body naturally glowing, soothe the hair, prevents dry skin and many others.
So, you may try in substituting your lip gloss with vaseline as it will make your lips soft for a longer time, and even mix it with your cream, it is not expensive but works wonders.
4. Using Toothpaste to Remove Nail Polish Stain
Nail polish normally leaves stains on the fingers after using it. A very simple and easiest way of removing this stain you have never thought of is by using a whitening toothpaste to scrub the fingers which easily removes the stains.
To make this more effective, soak your fingers in warm water for 2 minutes then squeeze out toothpaste on the brush and wet it, use it to scrub the nails and fingertips thoroughly to brush out the stain.
5. Fabric Softener Dryer Sheets
Fabric softener sheets are used for versatile purposes. All fabric softener dryer sheets are hypoallergenic and can be used for beauty purposes in such a way that it gives better fragrance to sensitive skins.
It contains a waxy residue that helps to clog the pores on the skin and keeps the skin free from irritation.
6. Visine as an Acne Hack
Visine provides cooling effects on pimples: it helps to shrink the red vessel around the blemish and reduces redness drastically.
Just the same way it works perfectly on the eyes. Try out Visine after a prolonged night reading to see how fast it can clear redness in the eyes and provides fast relief from minor eye irritation.
7. Use Lipstick to Add Little Colour to Your Lip
Most times, you may not feel like wearing makeup on the face while going to work or any occasion or maybe your makeup is finished and you have not got the money for new ones.
Simply swipe your lipstick on the brow bone and lips then blend with the finger to add color to your face and still look magnificent on your office or occasion outfit.
People keep looking at trendy cosmetics and products that can help them look radiant and beautiful. But it is not all about expensive products or trend, the simple items around you can add to your daily beauty.
In Conclusion.
With these simple surprising secrets, you will save yourself lots of money and also minimize your daily beauty expenses. But girls should always note that makeup should be removed from the face before going to bed every day.