iVillagers share their beauty secrets

All-time favourite beauty tips from iVillagers

kiki-jiji's 10 beauty commandments

For full, sexy lips: colour your lips with a dark kohl lip pencil blended with lip gloss on top.


Quick-fix for a dry scalp: use some water-based leave-in conditioner (especially the stuff for afro braids/dreads) and massage into the area that's dry. This way you don't have to rewash your hair to get rid of it.

For instant neat eyebrows, use a slick of lip balm.

For spots, use a white skin ointment instead of concealer to take the redness right down and heal it in the process.

On greasy/bad hair days keep some little hair clips to hand and clip back little sections of hair at the front over your head (criss-crossing is nice) to cover your scalp and make your hair look pretty.

Tesco's Pro-V shampoo & conditioner is excellent (and so cheap) for dry hair- and it's not tested on animals.

When tweezing, put heavy pressure at the base of the hair and pull hair in direction of growth for pain-free plucking.

Make your legs easier to shave and less likely to cut by mixing oil in with your suds - extra virgin olive oil or vitamin E oil, for example.

Keep a spare pair of black pull-up stockings for when you haven't got time to shave your legs.

People having a bad hair/face day look worse when they're not smiling. Smile, for heaven's sake! It does make all the difference. No-one finds a miserable face attractive.

kiki-jiji

tomato2002's 6 great beauty quick fixes

Vaseline! It makes a fab lip balm, eye make-up remover and eyebrow tamer and if you have dry feet, smother with Vaseline before you go to bed and wear cotton socks. In the morning your feet will be oh-so-soft and ready to buff!

If you get a spot, put a blob of toothpaste on it overnight to reduce the swelling.

Buy a white eyeshadow. I use it in the bottom inner corners of my eyes to open them up, underneath my eyebrows to have the same effect, and on my lids to brighten them up. Works a treat.

Put baby oil in your bath water to soak your skin and leave it feeling soft and silky.

Wear your day face cream under your foundation as a base and put a little foundation and powder on your eyes to make sure your eyeshadow lasts longer.

Eat tomatoes because they're sooo good for you!

tomato2002

diablogem's tried-and-tested tips

Cleanse, tone and moisturise twice daily, this is one of the key steps to getting your skin in the best condition.

Drink two litres of water a day, and eat five fruit and veg.

Honey is great for hair and skin - it has antibacterial properties, so you can use it as a face mask, and you can add sugar for a facial exfoliator, or rock salt for a body exfoliator.

diablogem