The R30 product that will boost your Winter beauty routine: Hoelson Sisters Coconut Face Oil 7 ways.

I am super obsessed with Fruit and Veg Food lovers market. I probably fall out there every two weeks, get a Seattle Coffee Company Grande Soy Latte/ Cappuccino (They look out for us lack toast and tolerant basic bit*hes) and do a walk through. That's how I found that they stock Sumac and always contemplating getting Jelly belly jelly beans(Ice cream flavour). But in general everyone knows the drill: Buy the weekly deal (Winter it's a deal with butternut squash, onions and potatoes and summer the tomato, cucumbers and lettuce) Buy some delicious fresh baked good, buy spinach you'll never eat and go to the till. That's where this discovery was made, at the till.

Damn I love this stuff. The last 3 years are the time of the beauty oil. Many people get weird because they think of cooking oil like sunflower. How can your hair and skin improve by using something you fry food in? Others thing of sebum, the stuff that makes for dirty hair and oily face. Not the same.

You can buy a few loose essential oils and blend them but it is so costly. But why tho'? Helen Hoelson did that for you already. This it one of the products I was stocked about picking up at the till. Here is my take on using Hoelson Sisters Oils 7 ways:

Hair mask/ Oil

With the new bottle design that dispenses drops, just use 5-10 drops and apply to hair ends. Especially with dry Gauteng winters it makes my hair more manageable. When I use it as a mask I massage about a quarter of a bottle into my roots and comb it through with a wide tooth comb. Because it is a natural product there are no chemicals that can cause damage. So you can leave it in for 30 minutes or over night.

Enriching any cream.

Instead of buying a winter specific cream I drop a few drops of oil in my face or body cream.

Hand and cuticle treatment.

I filled a roller ball with some oil to keep close to easely apply some oil to my hands and nails. I haven't had hangnails in a while.

Assist in smoother aplication of foundation

Here is the video of Wayne Goss. It also moisturises and so plumps up skin.

Makeup remover

Rub about 10 drops on your face and maybe a bit more on your eyes. I wipe everything off with a tissue, I guess the right way is with cotton pads but meh.

Eyelash conditioner.

I cleaned an old mascara tube and filled it with oil. I apply to my lashes and brows at night.

Make a scub

For the face I add a bit of oil to some Bi-carb and for hands and feet I mix it with sugar or salt.

*Bonus tip: Use it for shaving. For the last year I've been using oil to shave and am yet to get a cut.

I am still to try the lemon/ peppermint and cinnamon/ tea tree ones but so far I finished two of the original Lavender Rosemary. Here is their Facebook page. (They even had a stall a Cosme Tokyo 2016. BOOM. That makes me proud.) Here and Here are more of this company's awesome story.

Have you seen these awesome oil mixes?

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Make up is Easy – Basic as it can get

I took all the photos with my Samsung S3 mini to see how they edit BUT also falls into the easy theme of this blog. Recently I assisted a first time make up user to purchase her first items.

Now a lot of people think they have to buy the whole, Dischem, Clicks, Edgars AND Woolworths' make up, when all I need for basic face make up is this:

Garnier BB Cream

Essence Matt Fixing Powder

Powder Brush

Maybeline Great Lash in Lots of lashes

Lip Balm

First moisturise your face. I bought Clicks’ own brand Rooibos day Cream SPF15. It’s got sunscreen in it but isn’t greasy at all. Remember your neck needs some too.

Then apply your BB Cream. For first time make up users this is just the easiest. No need to test colours on your jaw line. It isn’t heavy. This specific brand blends so easy. I’ve bought a more expensive drug store brand that also changed shades to suit your skin before and it turned orange. What a disappointment.

I simply use the back of my hand to dispense the BB and apply it with my finger tips. Here you can throw your money at sponges, stippling brushes, foundation brushes, beauty blenders or what ever magazines tell you is the new must have foundation applier. I know each has their own merit but I’m just stripping everything back to basics. When I need to get my make up on quick I use my fingers. Natures applicators. 100% organic. Dispense a little at a time. You can always squeeze more out of the tube but you can't put it back.

Next is one of my favourite products. Essence all about matt loose fixing powder. With my Palladio powder brush I press the powder into my T-zone as well as the areas right next to nose on each side. Don’t dust, press it into the foundation. Dust the rest of your face lightly. This helps blending the BB cream as well.

Stop, It’s mascara time. As a teen I was IN deep deep LOVE with BLACK EYELINER. I didn’t have a boyfriend, I had an affair with black Kohl eye liner. Especially inside the waterline. I did not feel made up unless I had eye liner on. My mother always tried to steer me towards brown but how can I cheat on my black eye liner. These days I barely wear the stuff. I brush some mascara on my bottom lashes and that lines my eyes. Also read what the mascara manufacturer on application. With Maybeline I don’t have to wait for it to dry. I know some brands prefer another coat after it's dry. First time mascara buyer? I won't recommend buying waterproof. It's a real pain to remove. I also experienced that it got tacky and all my lashes would clump up together,

É's top tips:

• First time make up user? Buy a BB or CC Cream. It's light and super easy to apply. They aren't just beauty buzzwords. Every company has it's own little things it does but every one is easy to apply and match your skin.
• NEVER BUY A FOUNDATION WITHOUT MATCHING IT TO YOUR SKIN. Just don't. Weird orange glow, too pale, too dark. Please people, we need to stop this.
• Blend the foundation. Especially around your jawline into your neck. Make up is about looking natural with a touch of flawless. It shouldn't look like a mask.
• We all know the Moisturiser, Foundation, Powder routine. Try the moisturiser, Powder THEN the foundation. I know it sounds unnatural but check out Wayne Goss do it.
• Don't brush the powder on. Press it into your face. This is a trick to really set the powder to the foundation.
• Mascara your bottom lashes first then the top. I found it just works better that way around.
• Made a mess on your eyes with mascara? Take a small brush or cotton ear bud and dab a little foundation on it and correct your mistake by dabbing on the spill over.
• Remove your make up every night. Trying to put fresh mascara on yesterday's coat is impossible. It's just not good for your skin. If you enjoy break outs . . . be my guest and say hi to you wrinkles for me.

Higher Grade tips:

• Whip out your eyelash curler. Heat it with your blow dryer and curl away.
• When I have spare time I like to apply my foundation with a stippling brush. I don't have the cash to buy one so I bought a cheap make up brush set and use the blush brush to stipple and blend it.
• I sometimes line my eyes on the waterline with a white eye pencil. Especially when I feel tired. So I can at least look awake.
• Gel your eye brows. Seeing as it's on trend at the moment and I'm lazy. I just shape my eyebrows with Essence eyebrow gel.

What's your 'easy make up' game?

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