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While choosing the right beauty products is essential if you want clear, flawless skin, other factors like your diet, laundry habits, and cleansing routine can have a huge impact on breakouts and acne. Check out this list of skin care mistakes you didn't even know you were making, and find out how to get clear skin that glows year-round!

5 skin care mistakes you didn’t know you were making

We tend to focus a lot of attention (and money) on skin care products for our faces, and although dry skin on our hands is more prevalent in the winter months, a proper hand cream is a year-round necessity. From an anti-oxidant-rich formula to a hand cream infused with Tasmanian lavender oil, these moisture-rich hand creams belong in your purse year-round.

What’s in my bag: 5 Hand Creams We Can’t Live Without

Whether you're snoozing on a long-haul flight with your significant other, or enduring a red-eye with your boss, these in-flight beauty tips will teach you how to stay moisturized and hydrated so you look and feel your best when you reach your destination!

5 In-flight Beauty Tips Every Girl Needs to Know

If you're looking for homemade face masks for blackheads, for oily skin, for wrinkles, for pores and/or for pimples that are moisturizing without causing breakouts and acne, this collection of DIY face masks for all skin types has you covered. Using ingredients you probably already have lying around your house - cinnamon, coffee, coconut oil, honey, and tumeric to name a few - gorgeous, glowing skin has never been easier!

Homemade face masks for all skin types

Chapped hands? No problem. Dry lips? We know how you feel. Dehydrated, flakey skin? We’ve got you covered! Check out 5 of our favorite moisturizing skin care products to get you (and us!) through the harsh winter weather.

5 Moisturizing Skin Products For Winter

If you're looking for drugstore beauty hauls to keep your skin glowing, hair healthy, nails stylish, and bank account content, this collection of drugstore beauty products for fall is for you!

5 Drugstore Beauty Buys for Fall

We are constantly bombarded with ads that teach us which foundations will best cover up our blemishes, and what topical creams we can use to clear our breakouts, and while some may argue that food has no bearig on the state of our skin, we totally disagree. So ifr you suffer from occasional PMS breakouts or full blow acne, check out our list of 5 fabulous foods for clear skin!

5 Foods for Clear Skin

If you're looking for the secret to brighter, younger-looking skin, you've come to the right place! This collection of tips to make your skin look younger really make a difference!

5 tips to make your skin look younger

Looking for a face mask for blackheads, for pimples, for oily skin, for wrinkles, or for pores you can make using ingredients from your pantry? Want homemade solutions for acne that are also moisturizing and brightening? You've come to the right place. We're rounded up 10 DIY face masks using natural ingredients like tumeric, coffee, coconut oil, and honey for gorgeous skin on a budget.

10 easy (& fun!) DIY face masks for busy moms

If you suffer from dry, cracked heels, this collection of DIY exfoliating foot scrubs and soaks is for you. We've rounded up 10 fabulous homemade recipes that use natural ingredients you probably already have at home - listerine, peppermint, epsom salt, coconut oil, coffee, sugar, etc. - that are not only relaxing, but that will effortlessly slough off dead skin, leaving you with gorgeous feet year-round!

10 DIY foot soaks and scrubs to cure dry, cracked heels

If you're looking for inexpensive DIY exfoliating scrubs to get rid of dry skin and make your body glow from head to toe, this collection is for you! It has lots of different sugar scrub ideas for your face, hands, lips, and legs, as well as one of the best cellulite rememdies you'll find on the internet. Good luck!

10 DIY exfoliating scrubs to make your skin glow

If you're looking for a good blackhead remover that won't cost you an arm and a leg, you've come to the right place! These DIY 2-ingredient pore strips will teach you how to get rid of blackheads and minimize your pores for gorgeous, flawless skin!

2-ingredient DIY pore strips to get rid of blackheads

If you suffer from mild to moderate acne, and want a few pointers to help you get that flawless complexion you've been dreaming about since the teenage years hit, this collection of 6 tips for beautiful skin is a great place to start. Tip 3 shocked me - I thought that would make my skin WORSE!

6 tips for beautiful skin

If you are unfortunate enough to suffer from back acne like I am, and want advice on how to get it under control so you can wear your sexy tank tops and backless dresses with confidence this summer, this tutorial is for you! I've been following these tips and using the recommended products for about a month now, and I've seen NOTICEABLE results with my skin. Good luck!

3 fabulous tips for keeping back acne under control

If you love to look your best, but don't have a lot of time to mess around with multiple serums, creams, and eyeshadow palettes every morning, this collection of tips is just what you need to learn how to get a flawless face in 5 minutes (or less!). Each tip takes next to no time, but makes a world of difference in fooling the world into think you're younger, thinner, and less tired than you really are. And if you don't have time to do ALL of the things each morning, make sure to never (ever) skip number 8. Trust me on this one!

How to get a flawless face in 5 minutes (8 tips that work!)

From listerine to coconut oil, this list of 11 home remedies will help heal your dry, cracked heels in no time!

11 home remedies for curing cracked heels

If you want a natural, smooth-looking tan this summer, but don't want to subject your skin to the sun's harmful UV rays, this collection of sunless tanning tutorials is for you! They are filled with tips on how to apply sunless tanner properly as well as the best products on the market, and tutorial 5 has a great trick for ensuring your sunless tan doesn't turn orange.

5 sunless tanning tutorials for a safe summer tan

Oh, how I wish these DIY clear skin tips existed when I was a teenager! From the best acne treatment products that help eliminate pimples and blackheads to other beauty secrets like food facts and lifestyle changes that will transform your skin, these tips for a clear complexion are perfect for teens and adults alike!

8 tips for a clearer complexion

If you suffer from dry, cracked heels, the 'Get Ready for Summer Giveaway' is for you! Enter today for your chance to win an iPad Mini, a Skoother Skin Smoother to help cure your cracked heels, or a Margarator giant party blender. With 25 prizes to be won, you don't want to miss out!

How to Cure Cracked Heels FAST (and a giveaway!)

If you're looking for new techniques and products to improve your skin care routine after the harsh, cold winter weather, these 5 skin care tips for flawless skin are just what you need for a healthy glow this summer!

5 skin care hacks for flawless skin

If you suffer from dry, swollen, and or/puffy eyes, these tutorials are for you. They will teach you how to treat puffy eyes naturally, how to hide under eye bags, how to cover under eye circles, and how to look fresh and awake. I find these tips to be especially effective during allergy season, but they have also worked wonders during the dry winter months!

5 tutorials to teach you how to treat and hide puffy eyes