A Few Quick Tips

Every so often I hear or read about something that I give a try and it really works. It's nothing groundbreaking, like, your life won't change, but maybe it might make a little better. So for today's post, I'm sharing a few things that I just feel like you need to know (and you might already know, I mean I did just mention above it's nothing ground breaking.)

1. How to PROPERLY apply eye cream. Using your ring finger is important because it's the weakest of all your fingers (just trust me, I don't know how I know these things I just do) and you want to apply very light pressure, if any at all to avoid dragging that very thin, sensitive akin around your eyes. Tap the product into place. The less that skin under your eye gets pulled, the greater chance you have for it to not sag in the future. Same for applying serums and lotions. Do so in a upward sweep and don't pull the skin down when massing serums or lotions in. #AllTheAntiAging

2. Tucking your tee shirt in the back vs the front gives us short waisted (read: no waist at all) girls the illusion of a waist. I discovered this when I felt super fat one day on vacation because I was eating #AllTheCarbs for two weeks straight and I experimented with the back tuck and KIND of felt like a genius because it immediately changed my whole look and shape. The front tuck doesn't really do anything for my body specifically except make me look just as stumpy as before (and one time I read online that some famous model who I shall not name because I'm scared of the internet was like, "Oh yeah I call it the [Insert Model's Last Name] Tuck" I was like, Omfg are you kidding me you did not invent the front tuck 🙄) So I am 100% sure I did not invent the back tuck but I haven't seen anyone talk about it so I figured I'd add it here. And I'm not calling it "La Petite Gigil Tuck" because I'm not an asshole.

3. Using 100% acetone nail polish remover instead of whatever you normally get at the drugstore. This acetone strength is the same kind that your nail salon uses and it takes half the time to remove polish and 1-3 cotton balls for all 10 fingers. 1 cotton ball if you're wearing a light colored polish, swear to G. That other non 100% acetone shit is for the birds, man. It takes forever and I end up using like 10 cotton balls! I no joke used to think that whoever did my nails at the nail salon had a special technique of removing nail polish because whenever I did it myself it was such a pain in the ass and they made it look so easy. Then I actually ASKED and they told me about 100% acetone and said "Yes, of course they sell it in the drugstore!" *giggled and looked at me like I was stupid*

4. Using root powder for fine hair. I have really fine hair, right? So one time I looked at what the back of my head looked like from behind and above using a mirror and my first thought was, Oh cool, I'm balding. Well, thanks to Jen Atkin, I learned about the magic of root touch up powder. I don't use it to touch up my roots like the name suggests because I don't color my hair, but I use it to give the illusion of thicker hair. See below:

I mean, that's pretty nuts, right? And don't get me started on my cowlick in the back of my head. This stuff saves me from looking like I need to start Rogaine. Also, when my hair is pulled back in a tight ponytail, I use this wherever I can see a bit of scalp and it blends right in. (Click the pic below to shop, there are other colors obviously)

There ya go. I'm sure some of you guys are like, Omg that's not a tip I've been doing that for 87 years. But maybe (hopefully?) you learned at least one thing you can take away.

So ok tell me: what have you been doing for 87 years that I should be doing?