Beauty & Style: Page 46

During the summer months you want to be as unfussy with makeup as possible. Because, after all, who has time to worry about spraying on gallons of L'Oreal Elnett and sticking bobby pins here and there when you could be cannon balling into the pool right now?

We believe that makeup is a total facial picker upper and confidence booster, but we also believe that sometimes, when a gal has to choose between getting a few extra ZZZs and putting on smokey eyes, the ZZZs have to come first.

In the UK, it's currently festival season, which means days of outdoor concerts and dance performances. If you're planning to visit Glastonbury for their performing arts festival, prep your skin and do your makeup for the event by watching this video tutorial.

Angelina Jolie could probably style her locks into a day-glo orange fauxhawk on the red carpet and still be the most beautiful and fabulous woman there. In short, she's gorgeous enough that she can keep most of her makeup, hair, and dress choices simple.

Bootylicious chanteuse Beyoncé likes volume in her hair, as well. Though she's sported a number of sleek straight styles, she always seems to return to voluminous, loosely curled locks.

The French braid is a hairstyle staple for middle schooler girls and high schoolers, but it can just as easily be worn by older women without looking too cheer camp.

Golden girl Jennifer Aniston never skips a fashion beat on the red carpet (maybe because she 9 times out of 10 wears black, which we know is never not flattering?), but when she stepped foot onto the red carpet last year at an event, she once again started a "Rachel" hair trend.

If you're planning to do a powerful makeup look tonight, like glittery purple smokey eyes, waterlined inner rims, and a bright red pout, then why not highlight your work - and pretty face - by getting all the hair out of your face?

A half up, half down hairstyle is the perfect mix of practicality and beauty. Not only does pulling back your front hair and bangs get pesky hair out of your face, but curling the rest of your hair loosely, as Angelina Jolie did at the 2008 Oscars, creates an elegant look appropriate for formal events.

If you're running late to a Halloween or fraternity/sorority party and need to know how to tie a toga, check this video out. In it, you'll find out how to tie a toga for both men and women using just a single bed sheet. It's simple to follow and really easy to do. So good luck, enjoy and toga, toga, toga!

Tatoos are literally the stamp of a cool, progressive, youthful mentality. Whether you only have a few tiny stars stamped onto your ankle or suffered hours at the tatoo parlor for a large dragon to graze on your back and shoulderblades, sometimes the occasion arises when you need to cover up a tatoo.

Like the classic pin up look but tired of the fact that it's done the same way, with the same colors but just about everyone? Toss your beige eyeshadows and red lipstick tubes (not into the trash, but back into your makeup bag!) and try out some more modern colors for this look.

It's hard to picture Old Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner without their cherry red lips and thick black liner. Thanks to these timelessly glamorous stars, the retro pin up makeup look has been prized by women for decades.

Letting your hair down is never a bad look, but sometimes the dependable choice turns into the dull one. Polish your hairstyle skills and your hair at the same time by watching this video on how to create a voluminous bun inspired by a look Jessica Alba recently wore to an event.

Big hair has been popular like never before, but we're not talking about the five foot beehive contraptions worn by housewives with a little too much time on their hands in the '60s or the Joan Collins-esque blowouts of the '80s.

Unknown to common man, celebrities are not in fact born with perfect proportions, perfect hair, and don't wake up in the morning looking like they do on red carpet events (after spending four hours in the makeup chair).

The half up, half down hairstyle complete with teased crown has been adopted by many girls about town for both its easiness to do and sexy, face-framing nature.

More likely than not, you're going to be doing smokey eyes off and on for the rest of your life because the makeup look flatters whether you're 21 or 52, going to graduation or just going to work.

In this clip, learn all the basics about bobby pinning. These classic clips are popular with dancers and performers because they are easy to hide and hold a style really well. If you are new to bobby pins or just need a refresher course, watch this clip and start pinning!

In this clip, learn the art to braiding where you can't see. It can be difficult to braid without a mirror, especially complicated plaits like French and waterfall braiding. In this clip, you will get tons of helpful tips and advice for starting out in braiding and looking beautiful every day.

The Urban Decay brand is known for espousing beauty with an edge, devoid of frilly girliness but still alluring and captivating. Watch this makeup tutorial to learn how to do a mystic purple haze makeup look using all Urban Decay products.

The purse. One of the biggest mysteries to man. In it, lies hidden treasures and things that no man can understand how it exactly fits in there. It's so mysterious that it can become maddening. So in this tutorial, you'll find out how to know what women carry in their purse. Good luck and enjoy!

Saturated blues plucked from the sultry night sky, warm jewel-toned aureolins that pick up the hues of the desert, and sparkling fuchsias like the colorful wraps and semiprecious jewelry worn by the exotic women of Morocco.

Dermatologists and aestheticians looking to make a quick buck (or several hundred of them) will tell you that the best facial exoliation and brightening treatments can only be done via the doctor's office with specialty (read: pricey) enzymes, but the truth is that for short term skin bliss, you already have all the tools you need in your kitchen.

The only thing women have requested more than Carrie Bradshaw/Sarah Jessica Parker's wardrobe (and AH-mazing closet) is her lush, plump curls. The barrel-curled hairstyle is a look she's worn since day of of "Sex and the City," and it's lived on as an iconic style almost as popular as her character (and with as great a following).

Goodbye, New York! When filming for "Sex and the City 2," the "Sex and the City" gals said adios to the big apple and left for Morocco for a nice Middle Eastern romp. As a result, the girls added some exotic touches to their makeup to fit in with the heavy and hot desert atmosphere.

In this clip, learn how to add a little flair to your keyring with a cute and functional key fob. This accent is super easy to make and will add a personal touch to your otherwise cold and boring keys. This fob only requires a couple of pieces and easy cheap and easy to put together, so why not get started?

One of the (literally) hottest locales that "Sex and the City 2" explores is Morocco, where the sun is always shining and the warm, dry weather creates naturally bronzy, sunkissed skin.

In this video, learn how to style a classy and adorable updo in the style of Natasha Bedingfield. This chic bun is super easy to do and is great for keeping long hair out of your face in the hot summer sun. A cute flower finishes off the style and you are ready to roll! So, follow along and get the look that will work for day, night and anytime in between!

In this video, learn how to enter mail-in sweepstakes, what supplies you need, tricks and tips for filling out entries, how to organize your entries, and how to not get disqualified. This clip will walk you through the entire process so that you can increase your chances of winning and getting one of those oversized checks delivered to your door. So, follow along and enter those contests the right way to maximize your opportunities to win.

You don't want to look back at your prom photos going, "ugh, I wore that?!" or "oh my god, I look like I have a dead skunk on my head," do you?

Can't decide between styling your locks into a ponytail and just letting it all hang loose? Toe the line between the two options by sculpting your mane into a half up, half down summer hairstyle.

It's a little freaky that ahanhbarbie34, who narrates this hair tutorial, actually looks like Audrina Patridge, but that makes the resulting look even more like a spot-on match.

Get those annoying wisps of hair out of your face in time for your afternoon pilates session while still looking put together by braiding your bangs into a hair headband.

This hairstyle could easily be mistaken for simply missing a spot while you're pinning your hair into an updo during the morning rush, but the lovely rosebud hair accessory ties it all together.

Shirley Temple curls aren't the only way you can curl your hair. Forget those iron-fisted curls of your childhood and make your hair curly and beautiful the adult way by watching this video.

Sexy curls paired with major volume is a combination that few women can pass up, especially for an event where they want to look as foxy as possible. Seen on fashion-forward celebrities like Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Kate Hudson, big curls give your hair extra volume and make you look more youthful.

Dolls may freak the rest of us out, but for a lot of girls in Japan looking like a doll - scarily large, beady eyes, perfect ringlets, and porcelain skin - is its own beauty and style trend.

Coro Costume Jewelry, created by Emanuel Cohen and Gerald Rosenberg in the early 20th century, is prized for its intricate floral motifs and use of rhinestones for extra bling.

Frizzy, thick hair got your nerves frizzed out? Learn how to straighten African American or ethnic hair by watching this helpful video. You'll see which shampoos, conditioners, and hair treatments to use for best manageability and softness.