Beauty Tips
This page is designed for cheerleaders who want to look their best out there on the sidelines.
1. Wash face with Origins Liquid Clay, a foaming face and body wash. A
special ingredient in this product gets out even hard to reach grime and oil.
This is a must have for girls with oily skin! $15, Buy "Liquid Clay" online!
2. Follow up with a once a week mask called Out of Trouble which soaks up
wetness and dries out acne, giving your face a clear look that's worth the
ten minute application by far. $17.50, Buy "Out of Trouble" online!
COMBINATION/NORMAL SKIN
1. This awesome skin bar from Origins, entitled Cream Bar, exfoliates your
face to give you a bright, healthy glow each and every day you use it. This
soap is perfect for combination skin! $9.50, Buy "Cream Bar" online!
2. The Tuning Solution is such a wondeful, unique product! This product can
be sloughed on the entire face, and it's job is to balance out the texture
along your cheeks, forehead, chin, and nose - so you'll be less oily where
you're slick, and more moisture-filled where you were dry! $17.00, Buy "Tuning Solution" online!
DRY SKIN
1. If you have dry skin and are looking for a new cleanser, check out Pure
Cream. This awesome product gets off every last trace of makeup and anything
that might be taking moisture away from your skin. $10.00, Buy "Pure Cream" online!
2. Drink Up is a moisturizing mask that is a must-have if you're suffering
from dry skin! You can feel this mask working while it's on. Wow! $17.50, Buy "Drink Up" online!
There is one problem I'm sure all of you have had to deal with...especially
out on the field, court, or at competition. And that is shine. Yeah, it can
be great when shine applies to lip gloss or hair, but when it comes to your
face, most people prefer to loose the greasy look. It can be even harder to
have a smooth, shine free face when you are sweating and excercising out in
front of a rowdy audience.
There are numerous products out there, to bust shiny faces, ranging from
liquid mattefiers, special shine busting makeup, powders and even blotting
papers. I have road tested a whole bunch, and I am here to let you know what
measures up, and which works best for different people.
The bottom line, try some of these out, and see what works for you. For
next month, I'm doing a little survey. For those of you who have tried out
budgeproof lipstick brands, and like or dislike a particular kind, email me
your opinion. Thanks!
Skirts alone come in the classic pleated style, flyaway (where the pleats
separated like flaps, and aren't sewn together on the sides ), flyaway with
cutouts (at the bottom of each flap, there is a cutout of a shape, such as a
star or diamond ), or A-line, with no pleats or a few in the front, and a
basic straight shape. The flyaway and a-line are relatively new styles, and
are gaining popularity. Flyaway skirts are show more skin than the other
types, but as long as bloomers or hot pants are worn underneath, they are
really not inappropriate. Many schools may have problems with the fact that
they show more skin so when choosing a flyaway type of skirt, make sure your
athletic director or school principal okays the choice.
When picking a top for your school uniforms, keep in mind you want
something cool. When you are out on the gym floor or mat and working it, it
doesn't matter how stylish your uniform is if you are dying of heat. Shells
are a good choice for indoor cheerleading, because they have no sleeves and
are a lot cooler than the sweater tops or long sleeved tops. If you are
soccer or football cheerleading, however, long sleeved tops will be your best
bet. Bodysuits can be worn underneath shells, for competition and a cleaner
look than the shell itself gives. If your top is midriff-baring, then a
cropped bodysuit can be used.
As far as guy's uniforms go, warm up pants or shorts with a uniform tee
or top can be purchased from many catalogs, such as Cheer and Dance
Association, if you have a hard time finding them. There is no reason why the
guys can't have uniforms that look just as professional as the girls, so look
into a catalog or uniform provider that offers a wide selection of guy's
uniform choices, if you are a coed squad and are currently having trouble.
Hair Product Uses
Product:
1. Hair Spray
2. Promade
3. Leave-in-Conditioner
4. Mousse
5. Gel Purposes :
1. Light Hold
2. Texture
3. Extra Moisture
4. Body and Control
5. Definition
How long:
Skin care (such as lotion and, etc.)------2-3 years or check expo. date
Loose Power------Up to 2 years
Shadows, Blush, face powder------six months to one year
Mascara------3-6 months
Lipstick------1 year
To find out the proper shape that you will need to sculpt, try this nifty
way. Remember to mark off the spots with a one centimeter mark of
eyeliner right on the skin. Place a pencil along from the bottom corner
of your nose to the inner corner of your eye. Where the pencil crosses
the eyebrow is where you should pluck until. Next, place the pencil
from the corner of your nose to the outer corner of your eye. Where the
pencil meets your EYEBROW is where you should pluck until on the
outside. Also remember to tweeze any stray hairs underneath the
brow. To tweeze, I reccomend the Sally Hansen La Cross Tini-Tweeze
Precision Control Tweezers. Make sure you pull in the direction the hair
grows. Grab as close to the root of the hair as you can (without grabbing
your skin accidentally - ouch)! Best of luck!
Skin Stuff
OILY SKIN
Summer-Time Must Have's
- John Frieda Highlight Activating Shampoo and Instant
Conditioner ($5.99 each, available at drugstores): These two
products are essential for girls who highlight their hair with
blonde, dye their hair blonde, or just plain have blonde hair
naturally. The shampoo and conditioner brighten the hair and
keep color from fading. It also makes your hair look very silky!
- Parfums de Coeur's Apple Fantasy Moisturizing Shower
Gel and Sheer Lotion Spray (at drugstores): These body
products will clean and soften your skin like nothing you've tried
before. They also have the yummiest apple scent around!
- Clinique Almost Makeup SPF 15 (at department
stores): Clinique's Almost Makeup goes on like a liquid
foundation, but doesn't cake or look fake. It's a very natural
looking product that you can go swimming with and not
worry about it running or doing anything funny.
- Bath and Body Works Cherry Vanilla Lip Balm
SPF 15 (at Bath and Body Works stores): This lip balm
does more things than any other one on the market right
now - it moisturizes your lips and leaves them smooth and
shiny, tastes and smells great, and protects your lips from
those damaging UV rays! What more could you ask for?
- Bain de Soleil Streak Guard Sunless Tanning Cream
(at drug stores): I've found that this product works better
than much more expensive ones, for less of a price! It darkens
your skin about two shades darker than what it naturally is,
and is easy to apply. The gel-ish substance is tinted brown,
so you can see where you apply it. It lasts for about three
to six days without re-application. This is a must-have for summer!
Loose, Translucent Powder- ( Cover Girl, Cornsilk ) available at your local
pharmacy. This powder lacks color, so it blends with most skin tones
naturally. As a plus side, it does absorb shine great, but the effects can
only last for a few hours. Less if you are really shiny. It isn't extremly
portable, because it doesn't come in a slim compact, and it can be messy,
because it is loose. Ideal for application before a game or competition.
Liquid Mattefiers- (Clean and Clear). This product is available at your local
pharmacy as well. It can be applied to your face using fingers or a cotton
ball, and is a smooth lotion that dries to a matte finish. It is best applied
under makeup. While it held up great during a normal school day, this type of
shine-buster needed some help from loose powder during a game. Because it
isn't travel-friendly, you should put this on before leaving your house.
Blotting Papers- These are great for your purse because they are small and
come in a tiny booklet. They absorb shine that is already on your face, but
don't prevent it from coming back. Brands include Cornsilk and Clean and
Clear, but can be found at (surprise) your drugstore. As a bonus, they come
in handy for little emergencies on dates or at school.
Uniforms -
Uniforms are part of the style that is unique to each squad. Nowadays there
are so many choices when it comes to choosing a uniform that fits your
squad's individuality. They key is finding one that is right for your squad.
Healthy Hair -
Tip: If your hair gets frizzy, dry, or dull constantly I suggest you get VO5
Hot Oil and treat your hair every week. It reduces frizzes, dryness, and dull
looking hair.
Don't Let your Makeup Make you Sick!
Eyebrow Plucking -
It's not a good idea to rub ice on the area where you'll be plucking. A
lot
of people do this, but it's simply a mis-conception. If you numb with ice,
all that will happen is it'll be harder to remove the hairs come pluck
time.
So just try to bear with the pain (if there even is any after you learn
the
correct way to pluck!).
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