When It Comes to Beauty, Anything Goes

From hair to makeup to skin care, women are always searching for ways to look their best. But looking your best doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated, and in the world of beauty, often, anything goes.
We dare you to check out these ten wacky beauty tips–that actually work.
1. Wash Your Face with Honey
For thousands of years honey has been known for its healing properties. Not only does it remove makeup without stripping the moisture from your skin, it is also a soothing anti-inflammatory and creates a healing environment which allows skin cells to regrow.
“Scoop it out with a spoon, and use it to wash your face,”  esthetician and founder of BijaBody health+beauty Melissa Picoli says. “Then remove with a warm wash cloth once you’re finished.”
For a little extra-sweet pampering try this Honey & Cucumber Eye Nourisher.
2. Shave with Conditioner
If you happen to run out of shaving cream or soap, slather some conditioner on those stems. It will soften the hair and make it easier to shave off.
Yes, this goes for your pits and anywhere else you may want to achieve amazingly silky skin.
3. Vaseline Cures More Than Chapped Lips
Cracked heels on those feet? Tough calluses? Before you hop into bed at night, rub some petroleum jelly onto your feet and put on socks. Your heels will feel smoother in the morning and the Vaseline will help dissolve unsightly calluses overnight.
Need another way to draw attention to your eyes without overloading on makeup? Simply comb a little of the jelly through the tips of your lashes for a luscious, subtle sparkle.
4. Long-Lasting Lip Color
Gelatin stains can create a colorful, sticky mess or it can make a great lip stain. Celebrity makeup artist for Physicians Formula, Joanna Schlip, says to get the look you have to “pour the powder mix into a bowl and moisten a Q-Tip with water. Then, being very careful not to use your fingers since the red stains stay put, dip the Q-Tip into the powder and apply it directly to your lips.” 

Considering the majority of long-wearing lipsticks dry out on your lips, this non-drying alternative will give you stained lips all day long.
5. Smooth Out Wrinkles with Preparation H Cream
Preparation H is known to get rid of wrinkles on the face, giving it a smooth, tight complexion. But you may want to avoid the eye area. Don’t forget this cream is meant for your behind!
6. Beer for Your Mane
Is your hair lacking that luxurious volume you so desperately want? Well, if you’re in a jam and don’t have time to do a time-consuming blow dry, pour a little beer into a spray bottle and spritz it onto your locks–from roots to ends.
“The yeast in the beer makes the hair really puffy and thick,” says LA-based celebrity hairstylist Frank Galasso.

7. Avocado Works Wonders for Skin (So Does Vinegar!)
Avocados can reduce the signs of aging, regulate blood sugar and improve eye health, but they are also an excellent natural way to soothe and moisturize your skin. Rich with vitamin A and an amino acid known as glutamine, avocados help clean and protect the skin, as well as remove dead skills cells without any harmful chemicals.

You’d be surprised to find out that vinegar can also help restore your skin’s natural acidity and clear up skin problems such as dryness, itching, age spots and acne.
8. Toothpaste
Toothpaste is good for more than just obtaining pearly whites. Its cleaning abilities can brighten, whiten, deodorize, remove stains and restore and protect enamel. Aside from just being able to reduce the size of a blemish, it works great on fingernails. For nails that are cleaner, stronger and shinier, use toothpaste on the tops and underneath the fingernails.
9. Freeze Your Eyeliner
Storing your eyeliner in the freezer for 15 minutes before applying will help the pencil avoid crumbling and smearing on your lids.
10. Skip the Bleach, Use Chamomile Tea
Chamomile tea is probably best known as a remedy to calm an upset stomach or to aid with sleep. Researchers even claim that this pleasantly aromatic herb could help ward off cancer. But did you know that you can use chamomile tea to lighten your hair?
“It’s made from a flower that carries a mild bleaching effect, which is why it works,” says Megan Franks, esthetician and operations manager at Paradise Skin Products. “Before you hop in the shower, make a cup of tea and bring it in with you. Then slowly rinse through your hair, and allow the tea to sit 10-15 minutes. Repeat up to six times as necessary to enhance the effects.”