Simple beauty hacks may be the difference between looking fabulous for the day and missing the bus to work.
A proper beauty regime takes time. Time that you don’t alway have. At the weekends, you’ll have time to spend hours perfecting your skincare routine and makeup, but when you’re rushing out to work in the morning you may sacrifice huge parts of your schedule.
That often means turning up to work with only half a face on, looking like you just got out of bed, which you probably did. But it doesn’t make sense to live like that.
While you might not have time to spend ages on your beauty regime on a busy weekday morning, you can use these clever and simple beauty hacks to get the same results in a fraction of the time.
Clever and Simple Beauty Hacks (They’ll Be Our Little Secret)
Simple Beauty Hacks for Puffy Eyes
Getting to work with big bags around your eyes is one of the biggest giveaways that you’ve rushed there. It’s even worse if you’ve had a few drinks the night before.
Luckily for you, there’s a simple trick you can use to stop yourself from looking tired and get rid of those puffy bits around your eyes.
All you’ve got to do is grab a bag of frozen vegetables that mold to the shape of your face, peas usually work best, and wrap it in a towel.
Hold it over your eyes for five to ten minutes and before you know it, those horrible dark bags will be history. You can also use a damp towel with chamomile tea on it to get the same effect.
Sleeping with two pillows instead of one also helps to reduce the bags under your eyes. The bags are caused by fluid building up under the eyes so if you prop your head up a bit more, gravity will do all of the work and stop the fluid from gathering so easily.
Simple Beauty Hacks for Teeth
Having bad teeth can ruin your look regardless of how long you’ve spent on it. There are all sorts of teeth whitening remedies out there, but they all take time.
Having some veneers put on is a great way to make sure your teeth are always looking sparkling without the effort. They fit over your existing teeth and aren’t noticeable at all, but they won’t be prone to the staining that your normal teeth are.
They’ll also iron out any chips or gaps in the teeth, giving you a perfect smile every day, and you won’t have to do anything special to get it.
Simple Beauty Hacks for Nails
Have you ever been late for work because you were frantically waving your hands about trying to get your nail varnish to dry before you could get in the car and drive to the office? There’s a simple way around that.
All you need to do is get a bowl of iced water ready. Paint your nails and leave them for a minute or so, then plunge them into the cold water.
They’ll harden and dry immediately so you don’t need to mess around. Alternatively, you could try using a hairdryer on a cold setting to harden them up quickly.
Older nail polish tends to take much longer to dry as well, so chuck out and replace any bottles that have been in the drawer for a while.
Once they’re all dry, it’s time to leave. On the way out you chip one, making all that hard work for nothing. Unless you can fix it, of course. Don’t worry, there’s a quick way to patch it up.
Rip a little bit of the paper off a tea bag, put a little nail glue on there and patch the chip or tear. Let it dry, give it a file until it’s flush with the rest of the nail and it’ll be ready to paint again.
Simple Beauty Hacks for a Tan
Fake tan is a great alternative to sunbeds, which can damage your skin if you’re using them all of the time. The only downside to fake tan is that it’s not always even, especially if you’re doing it in a rush.
So, you’ve done your tan the night before, got up to go to work, and all of a sudden you notice that you’ve got huge uneven stripes. It’ll look ridiculous if you just leave it, but there’s no time to do the whole thing again.
Lucky for you, there’s no need to. All you need is a cotton wool ball and some lemon juice. Soak the cotton wool in the juice and rub it gently over the stripy areas.
The lemon juice strips the darker areas and exfoliates the skin so the two areas blend together into one color. Then rinse it off and you’re good to go.
Don’t let the morning rush ruin your beauty regime again. Just use these simple hacks to make sure you look great, even when you’ve only got ten minutes to get out of the house.
