beauty bars are an extremely popular entertainment trend. This involves taking a few different beauty treatments to a certain location. You and your friends will then get to enjoy those beauty treatments amongst other party activities. When the event is over, the salon is packed up. The glasses are clean and put up. You and your friends leave with the feeling of being pampered, relaxed and beautiful.

Beauty bars are a lot of fun, and you also get to enjoy a relaxing beauty treatment in the process. They can also be a great experience because you get to experiment with new health and beauty treatments that you might not otherwise try. However, these types of services don’t come cheap. Moving a spa from one place to another is an extravagant service. However, you and your friends can throw great beauty bar parties at your own homes for a portion of a cost.

Here are a few simple steps to throwing your own beauty bar event:

* 1. You and your friends get together to plan the event - All of these friends need to have some interest in health and beauty in order for this to work.

* 2. Write down the types of treatments that you want to try - At professional beauty bars, the hostess brings in someone to do botox or laser hair removal. This time you will need to go slightly lower key. You can bring in your own homemade treatments or a sample of your favorite beauty bar for everyone to try.

* 3. Divide up the sessions. - You could have a beauty treatment session where you give each other facials first and a glamour session second where you all try new types of looks and makeup. Each person will bring a single product to contribute to each session.

* 4. You should make sure you have the all the right supplies – Before starting make sure you have facial cleaning towelettes, disposable makeup brushes, mirrors, good lighting and a digital camera. You may also want a cloth, velvet or fur drape to dress up the pictures if you choose to do before and after shots.

Now, all you need is to set a time and a location for your event. Your friends will have a really great time learning about new products and sampling new beauty treatments at your own beauty bar.

You will always be able to find makeup tips that deal with changing your look. However, sometimes we really need something far more practical. Do you already love your look, just hate the time it takes to get it? Then you need makeup tips to save you minutes.

There is always time that can be shaved off beauty routines. All you need to do is pinpoint the acceptable shortcuts. There are some steps it does not make sense to give up. Other things though can actually improve the state of your skin if you drop them.

Here are some major minute-saving makeup tips for morning time saving:

• Combine your foundation and your moisturizer
A lot of moisturizers are so creamy that they can be used as foundation. You need a thick moisturizer that will support powder and eye shadow. This saves you time applying foundation and works hydration into your morning routine. Commonly people forego hydration because the lotions take so long to absorb. Thick, non-oily moisturizers absorb quickly and support makeup.

You might feel that you need foundation to help even out your skin tone. You can always use a combination product like Olay’s Definity Color Recapture.

• Work sun safety into existing products
A layer of sunscreen is responsible but very greasy. Use products that have a built in SPF of 15 or greater. Most makeup products have built-in UV protection. Mineral makeup also has a natural SPF of at least 15.

• Lighten up on your eyes.
Eye makeup will almost always use up the most time in a beauty routine. Go a little lighter. You can create a luminous eye look in one easy step. Just smudge on a dark semi-circle into the crease of your eye. Let go of the heavy eyeliners for work and daily wear. Try just eye shadow and mascara.

You might have a little difficulty at first with your streamlined beauty routine. Soon though you will love your more natural look. Implement these minute-saving makeup tips and start getting a little more beauty sleep!

Vitamin creams are an often overlooked facet of an effective health and beauty routine. These creams can dramatically improve the condition of your skin. Of course different vitamins are good for different skin issues.

It is probably that you take a general vitamin each day. Applying vitamin cream is the same concept. Vitamin creams are topical. You put them on your skin not in your mouth to swallow. The results of this application are completely different than if you took the vitamins orally.

There are four major vitamins in the topical vitamin world. Your skin can benefit from nearly every vitamin. However, these four have key roles in major skincare issues.

A vitamin cream generally is intended for direct application to a problem area. Depending on your skin problem, your cream should contain:

• Vitamin A for results of tighter skin. Vitamin A helps skin keep in moisture. It also gives skin a more youthful look. Vitamin A sometimes may be called retinol. It might cause sun sensitivity. Use it with a lot of care.

• Vitamin E for scarring. Vitamin E can help heal scars and tears. It is a great deep wrinkle treatment as a result. Lots of people use vitamin E oil on scars and stretch marks.

• Vitamin K to help with discoloration. If you have problems with rosacea, then vitamin K is a must. You can also treat sun and age spots this way. However, for some people breakouts results from vitamin K creams. Watch your skin closely to get results that you want.

• Vitamin C if you want anti-aging action. Vitamin C has healing capability inside and out. This means that vitamin C can literally heal up wrinkles and tears in your skin. However, it might blister very sensitive skin. Use it sparingly and monitor results closely.

You can definitely get serious results with topically applied vitamins. Paired with oral vitamins, vitamin creams can dramatically improve skin.