Hot Beauty & Style How-Tos
How To: Apply MUFE face & body liquid makeup
In this video, we learn how to apply MUFE face & body liquid makeup. First, pour the foundation out onto your hand and then take your foundation brush and dip it into the liquid. After this, start to brush the makeup on your face, starting with the side of the forehead and working your way around. This is a gel based liquid, so it's going to stick onto your face extremely well, you won't have to apply a lot of it. When finished applying, use a damp sponge and press it on your face around wher...
How To: Wear smoky royal blue eyes with glasses
In this video, we learn how to wear smoky royal blue eyes with glasses. First, find the dark circles of your eyes and apply concealer to them to cover it up. Next, apply concealer to the face and define your eyebrows. After this, apply a silver shadow to the eyes, followed by a blue to the crease of the eye and on the inner corner. Apply a gray shadow to the crease of the eye, then take a bright blue shadow and blend it into the eyelid, avoiding the middle of the lid. Next, apply a black shad...
How To: Get a Hilary Duff imspired makeup look for ten dollars
In order to create a Hilary Duff inspired makeup look for $10, you will need the following: Maybelline's natural quad four smoke eye shadow, liquid eyeliner, face powder, terra cotta, fake eyelashes, mascara, and eyeliner.
How To: Create a blowout hairstyle with a straightening product and a blow dryer
The first step to achieving a smooth, straight blowout at home is to make sure you have a good haircut, otherwise you're not going to see the results you want. After washing and conditioning your hair, run a straightening product through it. Watch this Chatelaine video for the rest on a perfectly blow-dried hair.
How To: Style glamorous curls in your hair à la Shakira with a curling iron
Everyone knows what Shakira's wavy hair is capable of, and the one hairstyle that stands out is her glamorous curled look. This video will help you recreate that curly hairstyle with only a curling iron. You don't need an expensive hairstylist to get beautiful hairdos! Only yourself and some time. These curls are also similar to hairstyles sported by Miley Cyrus and Kate on LOST.
How To: Apply and blend cream foundation for beginners
Even, natural-looking foundation that covers up redness and flaws but doesn't look caked on or fake is the desired basis of any makeup look. But it just so happens that the rudimentary skill of applying foundation evenly is one of the hardest for women to master.
How To: Create a soft and wearable daytime smokey eye for beginners
There exists a small set of makeup skills that is essential for your fashionable survival in the lipstick jungle: How to do the perfect red lip, how to shape and drawn in your brows, and how to do the perfect smokey eye. With these skills you'll be able to create a makeup look to suit any occasion, and we guarantee it.
How To: Create a smokey purple eye look with Kandee Johnson
The absolute hottest shade this fall for makeup is a deep eggplant or aubergine. At the Fall 2010 fashion shows, we saw models with purple smokey eyes or neutral lids and a deep berry lip. But however the color was worn, it was used by many makeup artists to add extra sultriness to the makeup look.
How To: Create an intense smokey eye inspired by Jersey Shore's Snooki
Okay, so there are lots of things about Jersey Shore's Snookie we wouldn't want to imitate. The fake bake (sorry, but we'd prefer not to have our face look like a Birkin bag at 40), the crazy bump it hair, and the shorter than short minidresses make us shudder more than watch in awe.
How To: Create a Miley Cyrus "Who Owns My Heart" video look
Teen pop star Miley Cyrus is not one to shy away from taking chances - in life and in fashion/makeup endeavors. Cyrus enjoys flaunting her bright eyes with shimmery shadows of gold, silver, and bronze, which contrast with her eye color in the most flattering way.
How To: Achieve big, voluminous Victoria's Secret waves
What's the secret to Victoria's Secret hair? Not much, really. Sure, Victoria's Secret Angels make everything about them - including their perfect wavy hair - seem way out of our reach in all of their bodily perfection, but their hairstyle is easier than you think to achieve.
How To: Create a nautical inspired nail look with ocean waves and fish
Not that we have anything against painting on an aubergine nail polish for a night out on the town, but why not get a little inventive next time you do your nails by creating unique designs? Become a nail Picasso by checking out this nail tutorial for creating nautical-inspired nails featuring ocean waves, jumping fish, and pretty rhinestone air bubbles.
How To: Create a bright pink and white clubbing eye makeup look
When it comes to clubbing, it's hard to stand out makeup-wise. After all, when girls hit a club with their gal pals it's pretty much a given prerogative that they make their makeup look as sexy as possible and their hemlines as high as possible as there's fierce competition with other girls in the club.
How To: Put together chic and comfortable outfits for back to school
Dressing for school entails two components: Your outfits must be chic and cute, but also comfortable enough that you can wear them from Econ class to after school band practice without ripping a seam or chafing.
How To: Conceal undereye circles/racoon eyes using a peach concealer
Let's face it ladies: All of us come with some baggage. While some of us have emotional baggage, we all have the physical kind: undereye baggage. This sagging and drooping of your undereye area is further aggravated by fine lines, wrinkles, and purple or blue circles. Ah, the loveliness of getting older.
How To: Create a sheer and flirty school picture day makeup look
You only get one picture day per year while you're in school. It only takes a minute or so, but the results of that one shot stay with you for life in the form of your yearbook. So instead of being the one girl who got too lazy to put on makeup and then sneezed in your photo shoot, turn up your game a little this year and be the perfect model for your picture. Makeup done for photograph purposes requires a bit of extra effort.
How To: Create a Kristen Stewart inspired nude smokey eye and pale lip look
Kristen Stewart is a tomboy in the fullest sense of the term, stepping out to run errands in Chucks, a t-shirt, and jeans while other stars waffle around in four inch heels and J Brand skinnies.
How To: Create a Fall 2010 runway inspired golden eye and plum lip look
The runways are not the likeliest of places to look for makeup trends that are immediately wearable (think the recent fashion show in Spain where models went bald and wore thinning gray beards), but this fall the overall makeup trend has been one that's surprisingly translatable off the runway.
How To: Create Nicole Richie's signature braided bohemian updo
It's a dilemma that faces many a fashionable girl: How do you look put together without looking like you actually, well, put yourself together? No girl wants to look too "done up," especially at places like school and work, but at the same time we don't want to look so pale we look like we're dying of a fatal illness.
How To: Reshape blunt, angular cheeks into rounded cheeks
Thanks to the anorexic waifs who predominate the modeling industry, we have been led to believe that blunt, so-sharp-you'll-cut-your-finger-on-them cheeks are the Holy Grail of cheekbone shapes. So many of us spend money purchasing bronzers and dusty rose blushes hoping to fake those cheekbones if we don't have them.
How To: Create a sexy Kim Kardashian smokey cat eye
With cheekbones so sharp they could slice your finger if you ran your hand over it, Kim Kardashian needs not a stitch of makeup to look like a total Grecian goddess. But because she's so skilled with emphasizing her own features with makeup, every time that she does wear makeup she looks fabulous. One of Kardashian's favorite looks is a smokey eye with pale lips.
How To: Get voluminous big Victoria's Secret curls using steam rollers
What girl doesn't want Victoria's Secret hair? You know what we're talking about, ladies: Big, voluminous curls that look undone but not too messy and always goddess-like. It's the type of hair most celebrities wear on the covers of magazines and the most requested hairstyle in salons.
How To: Do singer Park Bom's hairstyle from 2ne1's "Follow Me" video
Here in the U.S., the name Park Bom may not ellicit any knowing responses, But in Korea, Park Bom is one part of pop group 2ne1, more or less the hottest girl group in the country. While Bom's vocal chords got her into the business, it's her trendy yet edgy style that has fans all over copying her look.
How To: Do your hair in long curly waves like Ke$ha
Techno-pop-starlet Ke$ha's hair is one of her greatest assets. It looks great all the time, and is pretty much always this curvy-wavy long style. This video will show you how to do that on yourself with only some simple hair care products.
How To: Create the make-up look from the Kesha music video "Take it Off
Did the world need another Lady Gaga? Apparently so. 2010 has brought us another techno-pop-starlet to love / hate: Kesha. She's become a fashion icon rather quickly, and this video will show you how you can use one of her looks yourself. Specifically, you'll learn how to create an approximation of the make-up look from the music video for "Take it Off".
How To: Do your eye makeup like Kesha from the video Blah Blah Blah
Kesha, love her or hate her, is statistically the most successful music artist of this decade, and she has become a full-fledged icon in a very short time. This video will show you how you can create the makeup look from the bowling alley scene in the music video for "Blah Blah Blah". If you like your eyes to be blue, there is no shortage of that here.
How To: Style an elegant faux bob glam updo hairstyle for medium or long curly hair
This hairstyle is only for curly or wavy hair, so if you have straight hair, you need to find a way to curl or make it wavy first. You'll also need a headband and hairpiece similar to the one in this video. This hairdo is perfect for that fake "faux" bob look and works well on long and medium hair.
How To: Increase your boob size with some simple bra tips and tricks
Are your boobs not cutting it anymore? How do you increase your bust size without plastic surgery? There are some tricks and tips to acquiring more cleavage, so watch and learn. Your rack will thank you. So will the guys.
How To: Conceal ugly dark circles around your eyes with concealers
Fight the blues by getting rid of your bags under your eyes. It's time to stop looking depressed and looking fantastic, but for some, dark circles around the eyes can be genetic, which means it will be impossible to get rid of. And that's where concealer comes in. This video will show you how to battle the blues and cover those bags with orange and golden concealers.
How To: Reduce the frizz in your hair
Bad hair day? Is your naturally curly hair just extra frizzy today? Here's a quick tip to tame your mane - after your spray your hair with hairspray, roll the canister over your hair to smooth out the ends of the frizzies and make them lay flat
How To: Keep your cowboy boots in tip-top shape
Hey there cowboy, those boots are lookin' mighty beat up, and maybe just a little old. You should be keeping those things in good repair! Watch this video to learn how to clean, dry, and maintain your boots for years to come!
How To: Pick the right men's watch for you
Trying to pick out a great watch takes time, and if you don't know what you're looking for it can take even longer. With this great video you'll learn what options are available and what specific options you can pick to fit what you need it for.
How To: Create a bronzy smokey eye a la Kim Kardashian/Victoria's Secret
Did you know that the "Victoria's Secret" makeup look (you know, dark, sultry smokey eyes and nude lips) is the most often requested look at MAC counters and cosmetics counters everywhere? Okay, we're not entirely sure that's true, but every time we hit up MAC we always see girls getting primped with that same exact look.
How To: Create a mod and retro '60s makeup look
The sixties were an era of letting go of the cookie cutter past (gender stereotypes especially) and paving the way for newfound freedom in ideas about politics, beauty, religion, and really everything.
How To: Create a retro and glamorous Bettie Page pompadour
Bettie Page was the ultimate pin up girl. Naturally curvaceous and blessed with batty eyes and full lips, Page was adored by men all over and had women copying her every hairstyle and makeup look. It's no wonder, then, that we still see so many interpretations of her signature pompadour hair look today.
How To: Create a natural and neutral pink lip look
When does a nude lip NOT work? For us, that's never. Whether you're attending a fancy schmancy soiree at the Met or just hitting up your local shopping center for a Saturday of retail therapy, a nude, slightly pink lip looks good with any makeup and any outfit.
How To: Straighten your hair easily with a ceramic flat iron
Straight hair seems like the easiest type of hairstyle to style, right? Wrong. If you happened to be born with curly or frizzy hair, then you know how difficult it is - and how long it takes before school in the morning - to tame those tumbleweed frizzies into pin-straight locks.
How To: Create a unique green smokey eye look with Petrilude
Since when did everyone think that smokey eyes HAVE to be brown/black/silvery? While we love the way a murky brown smokey eye looks, there are so many more options out there if you want to do a smokey eye look but are bored of the usual colors.
How To: Create Alice Cullen's look from the "Twilight" Saga
There's no denying that Alice Cullen, played by hottie extraordinaire Ashley Greene, is uniquely gorgeous. Like her fellow family members, she possesses marble white skin and glistening, hypnotic gold eyes, but her petite fairy-like nose and fun experimentation with her hairstyle and clothes makes her one of a kind.
How To: Use fashion belts to enhance your outfit and your curves
Not all belts are created equal, ladies. In fact, a skinny leather belt will make your waist look entirely different than if you wore a wide pink patent leather one. While the skinny one enhances your waistline delicately, the wider one tucks you in more like a corset, even making your waist look heavy.