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Baking Soda. 5 ways to get more wear out of a too-pale lipstick. Meet Illamasqua Plunge. It's a lovely mauve pink colour in the tube but I just can't wear it on its own without looking like a throwback from the 60s mod era. Or a contestant on "Snog Marry Avoid" (PS: have you discovered that show yet? Hilarious!) It's one of those lipsticks that requires work to actually look good on me.

So if you have a lipstick that you just can't wear because it's too pale, here are 5 ways to get more wear out of it. What lipstick do you own that needs a lot of work in order to look good? The 10 Beauty Mistakes That Add 10 Years. " Pigments and Palettes " || Makeup by Meredith Jessica. 75 Beauty Tricks. From Head To Toe. Amazingly Bright Colored Lip Gloss. Uses For Vaseline. This is one of my favorite products from Vaseline, their Vitalizing Gel Body Oil. I keep it by the tub, and use it on my wet body before I dry off. It leaves you totally smooth and very nice and moisturized without being greasy (after a very few minutes anyway). They are not expensive, and totally worth a try. Here is the ingredient list: Hydrogenated Styrene, Butadiene Copolymer, Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil Nut) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Fragrance I have the classic Vaseline all over my house. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

And just for fun, this one is totally not beauty related, but VERY timely – here is #51: Once you carve your Halloween pumpkin, rub Vaseline on the exposed edges. it keeps it from rotting or going dry. Popularity: unranked [?] Elle and Blair. Baking Soda. Photo: Arm & Hammer It's been around for over 160 years and costs about $1—good ole' baking soda has proven itself to be a bang for your buck, literally.

Yes, we stock boxes in the fridge and rely on it for baking, but this pure and natural substance does a whole lot more than that. Here, four reasons why you should introduce baking soda into your beauty routine. Skin Smoother Mix three parts baking soda with one part H20 and rub in a circular motion to exfoliate and remove dead skin cells. Turn the mixture into a nourishing treatment by adding one part ground oatmeal. Locks to Love Banish product buildup by sprinkling a quarter-size dose of baking soda into your shampoo, mix it in your palm and cleanse as usual. Whiten & Brighten Wet your toothbrush, sprinkle a little baking soda (instead of toothpaste), and brush.

Scent-sational Substitute baking soda for your underarm deodorant. Cat Eye Makeup Tutorial – The Bare Intimates. 10 different Eyeliner Looks You Should Try « Pretty Please Us Blog: Your guide to fashion, beauty, style & everything else in between. Beauty Department. Voluminuos Lip Illusion. Beautylish - Tips, Tutorials, Reviews. Professional Makeup Looks and Videos | Urban Decay. Make Guys Melt. 9 Charmingly Delightful Beauty Techniques from All Over the World

Beauty techniques are highly beneficial, but some of them are incredibly recycled. What I mean is, in my life, I always get the same pieces of advice. My friends and family members always share the same beauty techniques – and yes, they're extremely helpful, but sometimes I'd like to hear something new, wouldn't you? In that spirit, I've gathered some amazing beauty techniques from all over the world! If you've ever wanted to know how women from India keep their hair so lustrous or how Scandinavian women keep their complexions so flawless, I've got you covered! My godfather's ex-wife (convoluted, I know) is a native of Australia. Growing up, she gave me tons of great beauty techniques to try, most of which are highly natural. How To Clean Makeup Brushes: 3 Easy Steps For Cleaner, Healthier Makeup Free Mondays.

Beauty Secrets. 6 secrets I learned at makeup artist school - StumbleUpon. Totalbeauty.com By Sharon Yi, TotalBeauty.com You could say that I have a love/hate relationship with makeup. Some days I enjoy playing with all the different colors and get excited when my smoky eye turns out perfectly. But then there are those days when my liner refuses to go on straight, my bronzer makes me look like an Asian Snookie, or my lashes refuse to curl. That's when I want to toss my makeup bag out my bathroom window.

I had one of those days last week, and after walking into work wearing two very different winged tips on my eyes, my editor assigned me a new story: Go to makeup school and write about it. Want to see the best techniques I picked up without spending the thousands of dollars (and crazy amount of time) it takes to go to makeup school yourself?

Lesson No. 1: Spend some bucks on your tools At Napoleon Perdis' Makeup Academy in Hollywood, Rebecca Prior, NP's National Educator, begins the first lesson by introducing us to our tools. 1. Hair Style Dictionary. Reusing Household Items. 1. Old Buttons Repurpose spare buttons by using them to keep pairs of earrings together: Most buttons have at least two holes in them, so simply place an earring in each opening to neatly store when not wearing. Photo: Jupiter Images 2. Eyebrow Brush Stuck without a lint-remover? Use this handy makeup tool to remove unwanted fuzz from your shirt. Photo: Courtesy of Sephora 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Painted Ladies. Natural Beauty Fixes. Indian Beauty Tips - Beauty Care - Beauty Secrets - Health And Beauty -... - StumbleUpon. Beautylish - Tips, Tutorials, Reviews. Makeup Geek. Essentials For Makeup Kit. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Image by Psoup215 on flickr If you know nothing about makeup and cosmetics, having to step into the shiny cosmetic halls of myers can be daunting and scary. I remember the first time approaching the cosmetic counters and feeling like the stupidest person on earth. I remember how scared and nervous I felt and how sure I was that the sales assistants were going to think I was such a big idiot.

And you know what, if the first counter I had approached was MAC with its amazing reputation of SAs who bite your head off, I’d probably never be sitting here today surrounded by my vast collection of my makeup products and loving it quite like I do now. Everybody has to start from somewhere. If you are looking to build a good basic kit, here are my recommendations on what you should have in your beginner’s kit and also my current fave product for it. 1. A must for folks with oily lids (like me!) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Beauty Tips - Beauty Secrets from Around the World at WomansDay. When it comes to beauty routines, the grass is always greener. Japanese women have it made with their long, glossy hair and Greek women’s olive-toned complexions are always luminous. But how do they do it? Put down your passport—you won’t need to go anywhere to find out. We got insider beauty information from experts on how women across the globe stay gorgeous.

Australia Australian makeup artist Napoleon Perdis says yarrow extract is used by Australian Aboriginal women to prevent stretch marks, thanks to its moisturizing and hydrating properties. Chile Chilean women credit the antioxidant powers of red grapes for their luminous skin. Dominican Republic “If you ever meet a Dominican woman, look at her nails––chances are they’re super-strong,” says Vadhera. Egypt According to Vadhera, Cleopatra’s beauty secret was taking milk baths to soften her skin and remove dead cells.

France Greece Israel Italy How do Italian women maintain their glossy locks? Japan Spain Sweden All photos by Shutterstock. 25 Homemade Beauty Tips. How to Achieve The &Natural Look& We all know less is more, but it can often be hard to pare back your makeup and stick with the essentials. Makeup artist Billy B walks you through achieving that barely there "I just woke up like this" look that we all wish we had. Apply your foundation or tinted moisturizer starting from the T-zone (where you typically need the most coverage) and work your way out, making sure to blend it around your neck and hairline. You don't always have to apply foundation all over your face, just where you need it.

This will help you avoid having a lot of product on your face.Next, use a concealer around your eyes and the creases of your nose. Beautylish recommends: MAC Studio Moisture Tint SPF 15 Once you've applied concealer, add eye shadow. Beautylish recommends: billybBEAUTY Eyelash Curler For a natural inner glow, apply your blush first to the apples of your cheeks—remember to smile when you do this. Beautylish recommends: Inglot AMC Face Blush Beautylish recommends: MAC Lip Pencil. 9 Charmingly Delightful Beauty Techniques from All Over the World … Hollywood Beauty Tricks. …..aka Hollywood glamour for a drugstore price tag! Our favorite celebrities always seem so put together—perfect hair and glowing, flawless complexions. We’d all like to replicate their look but most of us aren’t willing to shell out the big bucks that they do to look that good.

How can you be red-carpet worthy without spending a fortune on spa treatments and blowouts at the salon? We’ve picked out a few celebrity make-up artist tips that won’t break the bank. In fact, these items can all be purchased at your local drugstore. Here are Our Five Inexpensive Hollywood Beauty Tricks: Inexpensive Hollywood Beauty Trick #1: Primer – Okay, some stars really are born with perfect skin. Inexpensive Hollywood Beauty Trick #2: Skin Illuminator - Where do all the stars get their glow? Inexpensive Hollywood Beauty Trick #3: Fast Lash by Tweezerman - Medication to make your eyelashes grow? Inexpensive Hollywood Beauty Trick #5: Shampoo with dimethicone copolyol – Ya, we can’t pronounce it either.

Essentials For Makeup Kit. Makeup Geek. Foundation Matrix - Foundation Color Match, Foundation Makeup. 7 Ways To Prevent That Bloated Feeling. Hollywood Beauty Tricks. 75 Beauty Tricks. Make Guys Melt. 11 Prescription Foods To Cure Your Illnesses | American Anti Aging Mag. 6 secrets I learned at makeup artist school - StumbleUpon. Total-beauty TODAY Style TODAY Jan. 12, 2012 at 9:50 AM ET Totalbeauty.com / By Sharon Yi, TotalBeauty.com You could say that I have a love/hate relationship with makeup. Some days I enjoy playing with all the different colors and get excited when my smoky eye turns out perfectly. But then there are those days when my liner refuses to go on straight, my bronzer makes me look like an Asian Snookie, or my lashes refuse to curl. I had one of those days last week, and after walking into work wearing two very different winged tips on my eyes, my editor assigned me a new story: Go to makeup school and write about it.

Want to see the best techniques I picked up without spending the thousands of dollars (and crazy amount of time) it takes to go to makeup school yourself? Lesson No. 1: Spend some bucks on your tools At Napoleon Perdis' Makeup Academy in Hollywood, Rebecca Prior, NP's National Educator, begins the first lesson by introducing us to our tools. Here are the eight basic brushes you need: 1. 10 Beauty Secrets Every Woman Should Know. Victoria's Best Kept Secrets.

I have been watching the VS Fashion Show since it first aired. in 2001. I love it. It’s like the Olympics of sexiness. Do I think that everyone should go around looking like a Victoria’s Secret Model? No, that’s absurd. I do think that everyone looks a WHOLE lot more like one than they realize, though… and sometimes it feels nice to prove to yourself or anyone else that the gap between us and them.. isn’t quite as big as you might think.

…feel as sexy as ever. I love clip-ins! Clip in Real Human HairExtension 2. Have you guys tried this stuff? Beware: can be EASILY misused though so here’s what I do: I spray about 12 inches from my skin in the area I want spiffy. 3. 4. It REALLY brightens your eyes and looks awake and youthful and totally plumps your pout! 5. Here’s my vid on how to apply these…it’s good info but SOO old, I really need to do a new one! 6. 7. To create a luscious lip! 8. Clip you hair while it’s still warm from the curl. Beauty Tips - Beauty Secrets from Around the World at WomansDay. 8 Make Up Tips to Look Older … Make up is used by many to alter and enhance appearance and so many of us use it to look younger.

You may be thinking the desire to look older is ludicrous, unless you’re talking stage-make up with drawn on wrinkles and colored-in liver spots for a grandma costume. However, for some women having a naturally youthful face can actually be a curse and make up tips to look older are a boost. It may be something as simple as wanting to be able to get into bars or it might affect your work. Finding respect and authority in the workplace may be harder to achieve if you look like you still belong in school. Make up will make you look older generally, but when used in certain ways it can also add maturity. With these 8 Make up Tips to Look Older, helping you gain the sophistication and respect you truly deserve. Possibly the biggest reason why you look younger could be because of a rounder and/or softer face, rosy cheeks, a button nose, or maybe simply because you are of small stature.

Rosie Romantic. We love a pretty pink pop with no fuss! This “Rosie Romantic” tutorial shows you how to get this simple spring-y look, which is gorgeous for both day and night. • Tools: foundation, rosy cream blush, rosy lip balm, brown eye liner pencil, black mascara, foundation brush or sponge, and small flat concealer brush (or you can use your fingers) • Apply an even layer of foundation to your skin. • Apply a rosy cream blush to the apples of your cheeks and blend with your finger tips. • Apply a rosy lip balm to your lips. • Line your lash line with a brown pencil and blend with your finger. • Coat your top and bottom lashes with black mascara. XO Amy Nadine Tags: amy nadine, cheeks, cream blush, eye liner, foundation, how to, lip balm, make up, mascara, model, pink, romantic, rosy, spring, tutorial, video Related posts: Body Oils For Great Skin. Fixing Broken Makeup. We all love Pinterest and probably spend a little more time on it than we'd like to admit.

Every time I'm on Pinterest, I see something else I want to try or make and usually, I do. So we figured, WHY NOT show you all of Pinterest endeavors and pick out the really awesome things from the not-so-amazing things. So from time to time that's exactly what we are going to do! So here we go...first up we have the "alcohol makes your broken makeup troubles fade away" trick. Sounds AMAZING. Casey and I both had a few things that we have been holding on to because... well, it's hard to just throw away your makeup because you dropped it. One time! 1K+ So here is the makeup we wanted to fix. Messed up makeup. Add alcohol. Mash the makeup and alcohol together with your finger. This is what it looked like when it finally mixed completely together. As you can see this gets really messy. All cleaned up.

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Grunge Rock. Wake Up Gorgeous. 3 Multi-Use Beauty Ingredients That Won’t Break the Bank. Porcelain Doll. Speed Up Your Routine. Six Makeup Artist Secrets. The Beauty Department: Your Daily Dose of Pretty. Spring Clean Your Beauty Routine - Fashion + Beauty on Shine. Add Instant Radiance. Beauty Tips, Hairstyles, Makeup Tutorials and Reviews. Midweek Makeup Tutorial. 7 At-Home Treatments for Super Clear Skin. Spring clean your beauty regimen - Fashion + Beauty on Shine. Tips & Tricks - Beauty Secrets. » What is your acne telling you? The Beauty Gypsy. Shine Tries It: Dr. Oz’s Two-Day Cleanse | Healthy Living. 7 Simple Steps to a Slimmer Face. Now Get Thick & Long Eyelashes Easily! How-To: Instant Eye-Makeup - Do Yourself. Uses For Vaseline. Holiday Look. Simple Brown Smoky Eye.

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