Five Low-Cost Beauty & Grooming Tips

If you pay attention to TV commercials or read women's magazines or listen to the radio you can easily get the impression that maintenance and upkeep on being a woman has become more complicated in recent years. It HAS to have, if you believe that women need all the expensive products which have hit the market in the last generation or so, just to get out the door in the morning (unlike woman herself which - unless I'm mistaken - has been around for much longer). Today I'm offering up five humble suggestions as a means to save some money AND as a means of using our common sense AND as a means of getting out the door in the morning without looking like Quasimoto. They're just low cost alternatives if you're without the financial wherewithall to finance yet another high-cost beauty product.

First off, get yourself reacquainted with the virtues of an inexpensive old friend - petroleum jelly. It can be the brand name Vasoline but it doesn't have to be. Run down to your local dollar store and get a jar. Now here's how you can use it:

As a make up remover it's excellent. Use those small soft makeup pads (again, available at your dollar store), and wipe on, wipe off. Remember to be gentle with your skin - no pulling or swiping - you're not polishing a car! For removing eyeliner, daub a light, small amount on a cotton swab and run over the eyeliner. Then simply wash with your usual (hopefully, gentle) soap and water. There. You've just saved a bunch of money NOT buying specialized makeup removal products.