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. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 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. 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. Damn them clowns for putting that idea into their heads! 9. I hope that was helpful, even by a little tiny bit! Good luck!
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. 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. Lesson No. 3: Love your flaws — then conceal them
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 [?]
Wacky Beauty Tools Written by Juli What do window decorations, wrapping paper and NASA have to do with makeup and beauty? A lot more than I thought! Find out more in today’s great guest post from Juli. Great things have been achieved with the simplest of inventions. Like the wheel. Epistick Facial Hair Remover If I were the manufacturer, I’d have named it The EPICstick! To use the Epistick, grab it at both ends, and bend it into an inverted U-shape. The sensation is similar to threading, a little prickly, but oh-so-worth it. Having a face clear of obvious facial hair not only makes you look fresher and cleaner, it also allows for a smoother canvas for makeup application. Mascara Guard Ever done a fantastic rainbow eyeshadow look only to ruin it by accidentally getting mascara on your lids? But those sad times are a thing of the past ever since I got the Mascara Guard. Hair Fringe Velcro What do you use to pin up your hair when you apply makeup? Me? Double Eyelid Tape Grease Pencil as “Picker-Upper” for Nail Art
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. 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 Using a dry lip brush, pick up pigment from a lip liner that matches your natural lip color and buff it into your bare lip. Beautylish recommends: MAC Lip Pencil
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. 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. There you have it. <a HREF="
Painted Ladies 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. 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.
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
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. …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. I hope you guys find some of these ideas useful, let me know what you think.