My favorite hacks; life made easy

Hello Beautiful,
I'm always doing too many things at the same time lol. So since my last post, I took on several projects. I braided my hair over several weekends and started my home spring cleaning and organization overhaul hence my extended absence.
Anyways, I'm back to regular programming. On this post, I'm sharing some of my favorite hacks that save time, money or just makes life easier.

• Need to shave? You can use conditioner to shave legs when you run out of shaving cream. Trust me it leaves your skin baby soft. A lot of times I even skip the shaving cream and just get the V05 conditioner from Walmart (less than $1).

• Dry cuticles and nails? Two words "coconut oil" Being a mom of young children, I cannot not always escape to go get a manicure and even when I do, I am constantly washing my hands so my cuticles are dry out fast.  The solution has been massaging Coconut oil on cuticles and into my nail every night. Its an easy thing I can do in bed while catching up on my TV shows just before I sleep. It has saved my hands.

• Dry cracked lips? This lip scrub is everything and you probably have it at home. The lip treatments you buy at the store are cool and all but this mix of olive oil and brown sugar will give life to your lips. Easy peazy; just mix a bit of brown sugar in olive oil and I just do equal parts. Put on your lips and rub it in you could use an old toothbrush or your fingers. Then wipe with a warm towel and walla!

• Got a zit? Just dot on some Neosporin or if you are a mummy... Wait for it... Diaper cream. Leave that bad boy and by the morning, healed.

• Breakfast blues? Mix your pancake batter in an empty ketchup bottle. It makes it easy to mix as you can just shake it up and squirt out onto the pan. Plus, if you have kids, you can make cool shapes. In my house, we are using our food to learn shapes so this is helpful.

Bonus
Want to matify your lipstick, just dust a bit of corn starch on your lips. Now you don't have to buy every  matte shade of lipstick. 

I hope I just saved you a dime and made your life easier while being the beauty that you are.

xoxo
BelleUtchay

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My winter skin got healed

As the winter weather intensifies, my skin gets more and more bothersome. Is anyone else in this situation? Anyways, I have been suffering from dry patches around my mouth and my t-zone. Yes o my t-zone looking like a cracked clay pitcher. 

But!!!! I found something that helps and it is this First Aid Beauty ultra repair cream found here and also at Sephora.

I apply this cream at night after washing my face and in the morning around my mouth and in my t-zone under my regular moisturizer. Let me tell you, this worked like magic on my skin after only a week of using it.

I am totally loving my skin now :)

xoxo
BelleUtchay

Hello 2015!

Happy New Year!!!
Yes yes yes another new year and all the excitement is still fresh. If you are one who makes resolutions, you probably already started working on it. So what is it?

I am not a new year resolution type of person but I am 20lbs heavier than I would like so maybe I should resolve to get the excess off. Anyways, the only resolution I am making is to live to the fullest this year. Live each day purposefully and be the best I can be this year. The best Wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, employee, human being and Christian.

This year, I will blog consistently as its my thing. I will blog about everything from life and faith to fashion and beauty to motherhood.

Join me on this ride...

xoxoxo

BelleUtchay