#barbie tips

hiii dolls! i've made a magazine 💋 welcome to the January Issue of the Glam Magazine: Barbie Edition! thought it would be fitting for the first issue to be about barbie 💗 hope you enjoy reading this & if you have any questions or requests for the next magazine, don't hesitate to ask!

i gave a 90s Barbie with cheap crappy hair a good treatment with dish soap, rinsed with cold water, combed and parted, then gently styled her and let her dry overnight. Her hair is much more manageable today.

Every Monday this blog will feature a new tip to apply to your life to help you be a better Barbie Girl! This week’s Be a Barbie Girl Tip is Make Up that lasts forever ever!

If you're in school, work a full time job, always busy or a party barbie you know the pain of make up that doesn't last.

You apply a full face and look like a perfect 10 and then you catch a glimpse of your face half way through the day and see faded lip color, chunky lashes with mascara dots on your lids, creased eye shadow, melted face make up- You catch my drift, you look a hot mess! Here are a few tips I've used to keep my make up in place all day/night long.

Lips -

Line your lips and fill them in with your lip liner before applying lipstick or gloss

When wearing lipstick; apply, blot, dust your lips with baby powder/face powder and apply a second coat of lipstick

Use a lip scrub; make up won't last as long on peeling lips

Use these layers in this order to achieve a long lasting lip; Liner, lipstick, gloss 

Eyes -

Remove all of you eye make up before adding more on, your lashes won't look as long they'll look chunk and gross

Apply mascara to tips, let it dry, then apply at the base wiggling left and right with the wand

Waterproof is your friend; the mascara/liner won't leave dots and smear and smudge like other formulas

Apply a thin layer of cream eye shadow in a like shade/color before apply powder shadow for long lasting color that won't crease

Face

WASH YOUR FACE - Paint looks better on a clean canvas instead of a dirty one. Wash it off every single night before bed

Less is more when it comes to foundation, you only need to wear enough to cover flaws and even skin 

Blend Blend Blend - Blush and bronzers fade because they're layers sitting on top of your other make up, the closer it is to bare skin the better chance it has to last

Translucent Powder - This can be substituted for baby powder or even hair spray, this act like a seal to hold all your make up in place. It's a fine silky powder that goes over make up and keeps it in place without causing any color change.

Every Monday this blog will feature a new tip to apply to your life to help you be a better Barbie Girl! This week’s Be a Barbie Girl Tip is to REMOVE make up!

Some of you might think I'm crazy telling you to remove the make up instead of instructing you on how to put it on, but no it's not opposite day and make up removal is EXTREMELY important. When you sleep with your make up on you're not only ruining your pillows and sheet, but you're also ruining your skin. You collect dirt and dust and germs throughout the day that collect on top of your make up. Sleeping in make up doesn't give your skin a chance to rest and relax which speeds up the aging process, and who wants to look gross and old faster than they need to? Feel free to use these tips to help you remove your make up with ease!

- Don't wait until the last minute to remove your make up; a lot of girls wait until right before bed to break out the make up remover, and they dread it. If it's 7:30 pm and you know you aren't leaving the house, go take off your make up and relax for the night.

- Soak don't Scrub! : When it comes to waterproof mascara don't lose lashes trying to scrub off product. Put a few drops of make up remover on cotton balls and let them rest on closed lids to breakdown the eye make up. After a maximum of 2 minutes the mascara, eyeliner, and eye shadow should slide off with ease.

- Don't shell out big bucks for products if you don't have to: I'll pay $50 for foundation, $30 for mascara, and $20 for lipstick because people see it. But I have no problem using baby oil on cotton balls as eye make up remover and cetaphil for removing the rest of my make up and they last a YEAR and don't cost more than a tube of lipstick.

- Bed-side baby wipes: The LAST thing you want to do after a long night at the club is go to the bathroom to remove clubbing make up, especially if you've got the spins from a few too many cocktails. I get it, I've been there. That's exactly why I keep $1 baby wipes in my nightstand drawer, you don't have to take off ALL the make up but removing the eye shadow and the foundation will be the difference between a big pimple and clear skin.

- Don't forget to moisturize! : If you finish removing you make up and your face feels tight, it's your skin's way of reminding you it needs moisturizer. DO NOT USE BODY LOTION. Sephora offers a product finder on their website to fit any budget and skin type! Click Here to try it out!

Every Monday this blog will feature a new tip to apply to your life to help you be a better Barbie Girl! This week’s Be a Barbie Girl Tip is Get Lovely Luscious Lips! 

Nobody wants to kiss a girl with dry, cracked, peeling lips, not to mention they can make your face go from a 10 to a 2 in about 30 seconds. I personally have always been told I have incredibly soft lips when I choose to put them on anyone and it's really not that hard to maintain a pretty pout. Another perk of taking great care of your lips is how great glosses look on smooth soft lips. So lets get started:

- Once a month I make a brown sugar scrub

Mix 1 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup olive oil, and 2 tbs honey in a jar with a lid. (refrigerate after use)

I scoop out about half a teaspoon and rub it around in little circles on my lips before rinsing off, patting dry, and applying lip balm.

I use it once a week on my lips to keep the skin soft and smooth and at the end of the month use what's left over on my body. 

Its non-toxic so if you swallow it there's nbd, the sugar exfoliates, the olive oil moisturizes, and the honey makes you sweeter. You can use regular sugar but it breaks down and melts faster.

- I always, ALWAYS, always have some sort of lipbalm or tinted lipbalm with spf on me and I constantly apply after eating or drinking anything.

- If the lipstick or gloss I'm using is a little drying I apply lipbalm or chapstick before the make up

- Drink, drink, drink tons of water, it keeps your skin soft and lips soft and healthy. A huge sign you're dehydrated is dry, cracked, or peeling lips.

- Avoid longwearing lipsticks and lipstains with alcohol as a main ingredient because the longer it lasts the more it's drying out your lips!

Every Monday this blog will feature a new tip to apply to your life to help you be a better Barbie Girl! This week's Be a Barbie Girl Tip is to make an effort!

As far as I know being a Barbie or a Girly Girl is something that takes work! I don't wake up every morning with perfect hair, a full face of make up, and a happy, perky attitude - sometimes it hardly happens at all. I do know when I wake up and hop out of bed I make the decision to make an effort. It's not always easy and sometimes it's time consuming but in the end it's worth it!

I know if I look good and like the way I look I also feel good and it reflects in my mood! I smile more, I sit up straight, I have an upbeat attitude, and it rubs off on the people I come into contact with :)

So in the morning instead of crawling out of bed and not getting dressed until noon - put on a playlist of your favorite songs and jump out of bed and get your day started with breakfast, your outfit, and your hair/make up routine!