Halloween time again! That also means incredible makeup. It’s the ultimate time to go wild with the makeup and have a reason to do so. Tammy Faye ain’t got nothin’ on these looks. We’ll start with the more tame and move on down to the extreme makeup transformations.

Leopard eyes tutorial

This is a really great tutorial that shows you how to apply a very bold leopard effect to your eyes. This would be a great eye makeup look to compliment any sexy leopardess costume. growwwwl.

Zebra makeup tutorial

Another way cool animal print eye makeup idea!
This eye makeup tutorial shows you how to do a very fun zebra stripe on you lids. What makes this one really stand out is the hot pink.

Now for the lips..

Zebra print lip makeup tutorial

Textured lips tutorial

Fishnet and Snake inspired lips
This tutorial shows you how to pattern and texture your lips. The tutorial used fishnets, but you can use lace or any other fabric with small cutouts. Experiment away!

Alice in Wonderland “The Red Queen” Makeup for Halloween

Sexy Scary Halloween Makeup

Wanna do your entire face? ahh, how about this sexy and yet scary skull

Vampire makeup tutorial

Here’s an absolute classic. The Freaky looking vampire / zombie girl

Witch makeup tutorial

You gotta love this one… it’s just so… ugly! Feel like dropping the sexy girl act for a night? Try this insane witch look.

Exorcist Halloween makeup tutorial

Now we really get ugly! Watch this Halloween makeup tutorial. It’s hard to believe it’s the same makeup artist that did the very sexy ones above.

Zombie, bleeding and jacked up zombie makeup tutorial

This one is great and the number one on my list of insane Halloween makeup looks. Watch this very lovely lady transform into a monster! If you are looking for the ultimate scary look without a rubber mask, check this out.

Better nutritional information and a push for healthy eating has caused many Americans to pass on the greasy burger and fries and order a salad instead. Just about every fast food and restaurant chain has expanded their salad and “light & healthy” menus to accommodate those of us who may be watching our weight and trying to eat healthier foods. Unfortunately, just because you find it on the salad menu, does not make it “light” or “healthy”.

We all go to McDonald’s knowing that the burger and fries is packed with fat and calories. Some may feel inclined to hit the gym afterwards to burn some of that off. Either way, we know it’s not the best for our waistline or our arteries. Many American’s who eat lunch out everyday are well aware that too much fat in your diet may eventually kill you and turn to what they believe are healthier alternatives.

Lets take a look…

As a starting point One of the larger burgers at McDonald’s is the Quarter pounder with cheese. It comes in at 510 calories, 230 of those from fat and accounts for 40% of your total recommended fat intake for the day. Add some fries to that. McDonald’s Medium french fries contain 380 calories, 170 from fat and add another 29% to your total recommended fat intake for the day. In total, that drive thru meal contains 890 calories and 69% of the recommended fat intake for the day.

Now, for the salads. The following are off the menu of large restaurant chains in the U.S.

T.G.I.Friday’s Santa Fe Chopped Salad
This salad contains fried tortilla strips and a whopping 1,800 calories. This concoction should be ashamed to even be put it the salad section. The chipotle ranch dressing makes it an artery clogging, diet disaster, disguised as a “salad”. Get the giant extra value meal from any fast food joint and save yourself a few calories.

The Chili’s Mesquite Chicken Salad with Dressing

Sounds healthy… right? Not so much. The Chili’s Mesquite Chicken salad has 1050 calories and 3110 mg’s of sodium. Thats almost 1000 mg’s of sodium over the recommended daily amount of 2400. Maybe you should skip the salad and eat a BigMac instead which has about 540 calories.

Chili’s Chicken Caesar Salad with Dressing

The chicken Caesar has chicken, ciabatta croutons, shaved Parmesan and Caesar dressing. It also has 1010 calories and 1910 mg’s of sodium. Yikes! Walking burns off about 170 calories an hour, so it would take over 5 hours of walking to burn off that salad.

Chili’s Grilled BBQChicken salad
Well they do describe this as grilled… thats good… right? Not so much, again. Grilled BBQ Chicken Salad has 1050 calories and 2160 mg’s of sodium. At least the day you eat this you can still add a bit of salt to dinner, a few % are left. This salad contains around 95% of the recommended daily allowance.

BTW, to make it into Chili’s “Guiltless” menu, the entree must have no more that 750 calories. The above salads do not make it onto the guiltless menu but a Big Mac, Whopper, Cheese Pizza and steak absolutely would!

Friday’s pecan-crusted chicken salad

The salad is served with mandarin oranges, dried cranberries and celery. That doesn’t sound too bad… but this does. It also has 1,360 calories. Skip the salad and have a Whopper instead (670 calories)

Boston Market’s Chicken Caesar Salad

This Caesar salad has 800 calories and a stunning 62 grams of fat (who would have thunk it) . That is almost an entire day’s worth of fat. Just like the others, a better diet choice maybe 2 slices of Pizza Hut pizza which has  250 fewer calories.

Applebee’s Grilled Steak Ceasar Salad no toast

The Applebee’s salad contains 1190 calories. Over 1/2 from fat (679). This one also is loaded with sodium containing 81% of the recommended daily allowance, 1951 mg’s. Also, this one has an artery clogging 114% of the RDA for saturated fat at 22.8 mg’s.
Would you like the toast it comes with? hey, its only another 100 or so calories. Maybe you can get like 3 pieces of that toast to fill up, that way you will not want to eat the salad and save yourself the 3 hours on the treadmill.

California Pizza Kitchen’s Thai Crunch Salad with Fresh Avocado
This fresh sounding salad has 1,399 calories. Maybe it’s the fried wonton strips it’s topped with? Either way it’s almost the same as eating an entire medium pizza by yourself. A slice of pepperoni from Pizza Hut is 200 to 250 calories, depending on crust. Do your diet a favor, skip the Thai Crunch salad and eat 2 slices of pizza instead!

Applebee’s Santa Fe Chicken no dresing

Yep, this one isn’t even dressed yet and already has an astounding 900 calories 900 and 2140 mg’s of sodium. Without any creamy dressing this salad already contains 83% of total fat and 90% of saturated fat for the day. Now the Applebee’s Bacon Cheeseburger has 608 calories.

The Habit Santa Barbara Cobb

Oh, I love this one, really. Whats not to love? bacon, blue cheese, avocado… and about 850 calories, most from fat (610), it’s 103% of the RDA. Yep, it’s a heart attack in a salad bowl. Really, who would think you can get a day + worth of fat from 1 bowl of salad.

The Biggest Offenders: Chef’s salad, Cobb Salad and anything Crunchy

These are the top diet offenders. Crunchy usually means fried. Cobb and Chef’s salads are usually filled with very fatty meats, cheeses, creamy dressings, nuts and buttery croûtons. Many people dieting will skip the bacon on a burger, yet have it on their salad. I guess there is something in the word salad that comforts one into thinking they are cutting calories, therefore assuming that a little bacon, cheese and meat added to a salad is O.K.

A typical chef’s salad, with low fat dressing has 900 calories and over 70 grams of fat. A typical Cobb, with chicken, bacon, blue cheese and avocado can easily run around 1000+ calories, and thats without the dressing.

When choosing a healthy salad, make sure it is made of greens and veggies only, adding a bit of grilled chicken is OK also. Most fast food joints such as McDonald’s actually offer low calorie salads. The McDonald’s Grilled Chicken, Bacon Ranch (yes, it has a touch of bacon)only has 270 calories undressed. Add some low fat dressing for a total of 300 calories for the meal. Obviously, the portions will not be as big as the sit down restaurant counterparts, but you may feel better after eating it.

I’m glad I am seeing the calorie counts on many menus these days… it’s been an eye opener for sure.

Three great facial masks that can be made in any kitchen in minutes.

Yogurt facial mask for oily skin
combine plain yogurt with a teaspoon of throwers used. Mix together forming a thin liquid. Applied the mixture to your skin making sure to thoroughly cover all of the oily areas of your skin. Leave the oily skin mask on your skin for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse the mask off with warm water, following with a hold water rinse to close your pores.

Natural wrinkle mask
bananas can create a natural mask for skin with wrinkles. To create the banana mask get a ripe banana and cut it into quarters. Take one quarter of the banana and mashup up with a fork until it is creamy. Apply the banana mask to your skin and leave on for 15 to 20 minutes. Use Luke warm water to rinse your skin and follow with a cool water rinse to close your pores.

yogurt, honey, and banana facial mask
use a half of a ripe banana, 2 tablespoons of honey, and a cup of natural yogurt. Mix all of the ingredients to get their to form a paste. Apply the yogurt, honey, banana facial mask to your skin and leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse the facial mask off with warm water.

Oily Skin treatments that you can make at home

The oily skin treatments  below are easy to make and the ingredients may be found in almost any kitchen. These facials are great for soaking up excess oil from your skin.

Homemade facial mask for oily skin types

Honey & Strawberry Homemade facial

ingredients:

• half teaspoon lemon juice
• one egg
• teaspoon of honey
• a few strawberries
• and some jojoba oil

in a mixing bowl stir and the honey and allow to melt. Once the honey is melted, may need to microwave for a second, add the half teaspoon of lemon juice and strawberries. Mix the ingredients up with a fork until the strawberries are mashed up. Crack the egg and separate the yolk from the white. Add the egg white to the oily skin facial mask mixture. Whisk all ingredients together until well blended. Add a few drops of the oil and blend. The strawberries will give your oily skin homemade facial mask a great fruity scent.

Apply the homemade oily skin facial mask to your face and throat. Leave on for 15 to 20 minutes and rinse off with Luke warm water. Pat your face dry.

Baking yeast and milk facial

ingredients:

• teaspoon of baking yeast
• milk

warm the milk in a small pot on the stove. Do not allow to boil. In two the warm milk ad a teaspoon of baking yeast. Stir the milk and baking yeast facial mixture in the pan and pour into a small bowl. Apply the mixture to your face and allow to remain on skin for 10 to 15 minutes. Wash off with warm water and pat your face dry.

Flour & Tomato Facial for oily skin

Ingredients:

• flour
• tomato puree

Mix 2 tablespoons of flour with 1 tablespoon of tomato puree. The mixture should form a paste. If the paste is a little too thick add a few drops of water at a time until it is a good consistency to put on your skin. Applied the tomato mask to your skin and wait it out 10 minutes before rinsing it off. Pat your face dry.

Grape and apple facial mask

ingredients:

• one Apple, cored
• grapes

Using a blender mix the apple and grapes together. He mixture should be the consistency of a purée. Apply the apple and grape mixture to face, wash off after a few minutes.

Oatmeal and honey facial mask
For normal skin oatmeal and honey is a good combination for a facial mask. The oatmeal honey mask is very good for moisturizing your skin. Take a pinch of cooked oatmeal and mix it with a teaspoon of honey. Blend until smooth and then apply it to your face. Let it set for about 15 minutes and rinse off warm water.

Oatmeal facial scrub
oatmeal can also be used as a facial scrub. Rather than using soap you can use a little bit of oatmeal to wash your face with. First open up your pores with a warm washcloth. Take a few teaspoons of oatmeal mixed with water to form a substance. Apply the oatmeal mix to your face, scrub your face, to not get any of the mix on your eye area. Rinse off with cool water. You can also allow the oatmeal to try to form an oatmeal mask and rinse the mask off with cool water.

The olive oil and vitamin E. facial mask.
If you have dry skin a really good mask to try contains honey, olive oil, vitamin E., and an egg. Combine the ingredients one ad, a teaspoon of honey, a teaspoon of olive oil, and a future office of vitamin E. in a bowl. Mix the ingredients until they are smooth. Using your hands or a damp washcloth smoothed onto your face. Leave the olive oil in vitamin E. facial mask on for approximately 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water. If your skin still has some dry spots after you have applied and removed this mask a few drops of olive oil should solve a problem.

The egg and oatmeal facial mask.
For normal or combination skin a really good facial mask to try uses an egg some cooked instant oatmeal in a little bit of olive oil. To mix the mask combine, one egg, a half of a cup of cooked instant oatmeal and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Mix the ingredients until they are smooth. Use a washcloth to spread the mask onto your face, leaving the mask on for 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water.

Natural skin treatments.
Milk of Magnesia
who would’ve thought that milk of Magnesia is a valid skin treatment. However milk of Magnesia masks are very good for oily skin. To use the milk of Magnesia facial mask get some plain milk of Magnesia put it directly on your skin and let it dry for minute. Once dry, use some warm water to rinse off the mask. Make sure all traces of the mask are off your face. You should at this point see that your skin is not as oily as it was.

Honey firming facial
take one tablespoon of honey, one egg white, a teaspoon of glycerin and enough flour for the mixture to form a paste. Using a wire whisk, mix everything together. The mixture should have the consistency of a paste. Smooth the honey paste all over your face and neck, leave on for a bout 10 minutes and then rinse off using warm water.