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Boot up and go for a stroll in the final days of winter with this selection of super-hot and cheap boots for women. Everyone knows that the best part of winter is the footwear, so we’ve curated a selection designed for those late-winter to early-spring days where the weather is stuck somewhere between snowy gloom and sun-soaked hope. All of our cheap boots blend fashion and function, with couture-inspired elements adorning sensible shoes, leaving you with a stylish and protective suit of armor. Inspired by looks that donned the red carpet at Spring Fashion Week, our selection includes everything from pretty punk combat boots to thigh-high platform boots. If you’re in the market for a pair of versatile, everyday winter boots, lay your eyes on our wide variety of black riding boots or colorful, knee-length boots.

Tape trick-for perfect winged liner Happy Monday to ya….hope y’all had a fabulous weekend!!! A few posts ago, I made reference to something I call “the tape method” and I said that I would do a follow up showing how to do it. Well…it is super easy and I probably just could have easily explained it using my words–but who doesn’t like pictures to go with? Products Used: Tape and Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner in “Blackest Black”. Step 1: Apply a piece of tape underneath the eye so that it is pointed towards the end of the brow. Step 2: Apply your gel liner to the upper lash line from the inner corner to the end of your eye….don’t worry if it is a little messy-we are just getting the base and will even it out later. Step 3: Remove the tape. and this: As I said, if your skin is a little sensitive for tape, use something with a flat edge like a business card to place your wing.

10 of the Best Drug Store Beauty Buys I have an apology to make: I used to be one of those girls behind the makeup counter of a big, fancy department store selling you over-priced beauty products. While I won’t say which brand I worked for, I can tell you that my uniform consisted of all black and way too much makeup. Hey, it was the 90’s, after all. Well, I’m here to make amends. The beauty industry is full of people pushing products that they don’t stand behind 100%. Also, celebrities rarely endorse products because, like the rest of us, they aren’t always picture perfect and no cosmetic company wants to be represented by someone who actually looks like the rest of us common folk. So, to make up for the error in my ways, I am sharing ten of my all-time favorite drug store beauty buys with you. (Part 2 of this series can be seen here: 10 More of the Best Drug Store Beauty Buys) L’Oréal Volumnious Mascara in Carbon Black I have been using this mascara for over 15 years now. Nicole Nail Polish by OPI Wet ‘n’ Wild Eyeliner

The Look - 6 secrets I learned at makeup artist school 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. 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Once you have your tools, you need to know how to hold them.