Hot Beauty & Style How-Tos
How To: Create a big, tightly curled hairstyle with bangs
Korean bands are known as much for their melodic voices as for their crazy hairstyles. Copy Jessica from Girls Generation's hairstyle in the video "Oh!" by watching this hair tutorial.
How To: Get elegant and romantic curls for prom or a wedding
Romantic hair never fails to make you look your most gorgeous, whether you're grabbing a hot dog at Pink's or attending your sister's wedding.
How To: Create big, voluminous Victoria's Secret hair
Flip open any major women's glossy - or just look at the covers - and you'll see that Victoria's Secret hair (i.e. full, voluminous waves that land somewhere between full-on curls and pin-straight hair) is the most common hairstyle used.
How To: Get Angelina Jolie's makeup look from "Wanted"
Angelina Jolie is super hot, and she always looks incredible. If you would like to get the sexy, smokey eye that Angelina has in "Wanted", check out this video. In it, you will learn how to do a hot style that stays put even while you are kicking butt.
How To: Create a quick makeup look inspired by Carrie Bradshaw
Before you rush out of the house to see "Sex and the City 2" this weekend, why not really get into the part? In this video, learn how to duplicate one of Carrie's Middle Eastern inspired makeup looks from the film and look fabulous in the theatre. This flick is a great time to have an old fashioned girls night out, so why not do your makeup, have a cosmo and get the full SATC experience?
How To: Get Alicia Keys' AMA fauxhawk hairstyle
Alicia Keys is gorgeous so she'd look good bald and wearing a trash bag. Knowing this, she revels in taking risks on the red carpet and tends to really push the envelope with her fashion, makeup, and hair.
How To: Create beachy, wavy summer hair
Curling irons are indispensible tools for creating curls, whether you prefer tight finger curls or loose, luxurious waves. Watch this video to see beauty YouTube guru Ashey Victoria's take on the 1 1/2 Inch Hot Tools curling Iron, which doesn't work to give tight curls on thin, fine hair but does produce pretty waves.
How To: Wear cute eye makeup with your glasses
When you wear glasses it is important to make your eyes stand out. Your eyes will be hard to see behind your frames, so make sure to choose brighter colors and deeper lines that will help them pop. You don't want to put too much makeup on, however, because you don't want to look clownish. So, check out this video for great makeup tips that will help you look great, even with poor vision.
How To: Get Carrie Bradshaw's makeup from Sex and the City 2
In this video, learn how to get Carrie Bradshaw's makeup look from the new movie "Sex and the City 2". This look is worn by Carrie throughout the film, especially while she is in the Middle East. This smokey, lined eye is perfect for making yourself stand out no matter where in the world you may be.
How To: Change your eye color using Photofiltre
Why waste money on color contacts when you can change your eye color on a software program called Photofiltre? Photofiltre is free and you can manipulate your eye color to whatever shade you'd like in a few easy steps.
How To: Create a starry blue sky nail look
If you've ever woken up at 5 AM and hopped out to the beach to watch the sunrise, you know that the sky is the ultimate artist, blending an infinite palette of colors that has been the subject of many paintings, including Van Gogh's "Starry Night."
How To: Create a sexy electric blue and black city makeup look
Inspired by the glittery, flickering lights she saw as she drove through the city at night, Michelle Phan came up with a luminous and sexy makeup look, which she presents here in this tutorial.
How To: Create a sparkly glam rock look for Halloween
Taylor Momsen, eat your heart out. Become the hottest glam rocker in town by watching this tutorial on how to fashion a faded rock star makeup look. With dramatic inky black liner, sooty shadow, and even black rhinestones, you'll create a look that you definitely won't see on anyone else.
How To: Create sexy split bangs like the Kardashians
The Kardashian sisters know what looks flattering on their curvaceous bodies, from butt-skimming dresses to false lashes.
How To: Make decorated spring hats for girls
In this tutorial, learn how to ring in the new season with a classic, girly bonnet. These hats can be made at home with common arts and crafts supplies. You can wear these floppy hats for Easter, Valentines Day, or any other time you need a little shade from the sun and a little style.
How To: Do lustful lavender smokey eyes
They may not come in sparkly, 24K packages like department store brands, but drugstore beauty goodies can often perform just as beautifully for a fraction of the price. You just have to know which particular drugstore products work.
How To: Get Sarah Jessica Parker's "Sex and the City 2" hair
If you're a fashionista, then Sarah Jessica Parker is God, and that's no overstatement. With impeccable taste and a dancer's body, Parker can pull off the most scandalous outfits (remember that lingerie piece she wore on the runway in season 5?) and most daring couture.
How To: Do hair buns and ponytails for dance
Dancers keep their hair back most of the time. Especially in performances like ballet, it is important to keep your hair out of your face. Not only does your hair stay out of the way, but it also helps performers look uniform with each other.
How To: Make your lips kissable and soft
Kissable lips are quite the oxymoron, because though kissble lips look bright, glossy, and plump, thereby attracting suitors to their whims, all the products used to make them look kissible actually prevent anyone from actually wanting to kiss them (unless they're willing to risk the lip gloss slobber and pink mouth staining).
How To: Exagerate your makeup for stage performances
In this tutorial, learn hwo to apply makeup for stage performances such as dance recitals, play performances, cheerleading competitions, figure skating and anything else where all eyes will be on you.
How To: Do natural makeup with glittery lashes
Natural makeup looks good during the day, at your business meeting (so you look gorgeous rather than tacky), at the gym (if you're one of those gals who refuse to leave the house without makeup), and at the club (if you switch up your nude lipcolor for a more vibrant one, like coral or blue red).
How To: Do eye makeup for dance and stage performances
It's important to remember that when you are on stage, you will need to exaggerate your makeup. This will help make your eyes pop and ensure that the audience can see your face. Follow along with this tutorial and get great tips on how to decorate your face for any star making performance!
How To: Airbrush eyeshadow onto your eyes
Who needs Photoshop when you can airbrush your flaws away right at the makeup chair? Watch this video by xsparkage to learn how to airbrush on eyeshadow.
How To: Create a dazzling mermaid Halloween makeup look
Unless you're an actual mermaid or a member of the Na'vi, this insane mermaid look probably won't get you any propositions on the street.
How To: Get Miley's blue makeup look from "Can't Be Tamed"
Not since Lady Gaga's "Telephone" Coke Cans and Madge brow'n'lips has a music video makeup look been so universally dissected and copied by YouTube makeup savant.
How To: Create volumnized, piecy curls with a curling iron
Ditch those wimpy flat strands in favor of touchable volume this summer by watching this hair tutorial by MakeupByTiffanyD. After all, there is a reason that "Victoria's Secret hair" is the most requested hairstyle year-round by beauty-saavy gals all over.
How To: Use foundation and highlighter to enhance features
Applying foundation is the absolute most important step in obtaining a flawless makeup look. After all, makeup artists agree that good makeup starts with good skin (even if that good skin is faked).
How To: Contour your face with powders and concealors
Celebrities look amazing in photos, on the red carpet, and really just in general, but they can attribute their awesome beauty to more than just their heavenly descent to earth.
How To: Apply lipstick for dance and stage performances
Applying lipstick for the stage is different than applying lipstick for everyday. On stage you are going to want to make sure your lipstick matches anyone else in your performance so that you look uniform, and also choose a "loud" color so your audience can see your lips. In this tutorial, you will learn how to apply lip liner, lipstick and fix any mistakes you might make. This look is perfect for a performance because you want people to be able to see your facial features from far away.
How To: Draw on even eyebrows easily
The two sides of your face are more like sisters than twins, and the same thing goes with eyebrows. Though it's not possible to achieve a perfect double of one brow on the other side (sometimes the angle will be off, or one will be thicker than the other), there are steps you can take to even them out.
How To: Apply false eyelashes for dance competitions or stage
Many stage productions will require exaggerated eyelashes. The fake lashes make your eyes stand out, even from far away. You can use these lashes for anything from dance competitions to acting performances to Halloween to a night out!
How To: Integrate your wig part seamlessly with your skin
Anyone who's worn a wig for Halloween or a theater performance knows that no only do they look pretty fake coming out of the bag, but the edges of the wig and the scalp portion contrast awkwardly with your own skin.
How To: Create a golden, beachy summertime makeup look
Celebrate the end of the school year by kicking back on the beach with a sweet gin and tonic (only if you're over 21, of course) and minimal but glowing makeup.
How To: Create cleavage for drag queens
You can't be a successful and certified cross dresser/drag queen without a nice rack. A realistic looking pair of titular fun bags finishes off an outfit as much as a six-inch pair of stilettos, so it's very important to know how to put them on.
How To: Cut and style short dark hair for women
Everyone's hair is different and there are styles for all hair types. In this tutorial, learn how to cut short, dark hair so that it has some shape and body. This cut will really make your beautiful face stand out and get your hair ready for any dying or styling you plan on doing in the future. Have fun with you hair with this video from professional hairstylist, Michael.
How To: Do an on-the-go easy makeup look
Spending five minutes on applying makeup every morning is a lot better than going through the day looking like a sleepy mole person, or, even worse, looking so pale people thinky you're dying of a fatal disease.
How To: Score Evangeline Lily's "Lost" tousled beach hair
ABC's hit TV series "Lost" may have come to an end, but Evangeline Lily's windtossed, sunkissed hair will live on on the manes of fans and celebophiles everywhere.
How To: Do Captain Jack Sparrow's makeup from "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Don't adjust ye goggles - that is indeed Kandee the makeup artist garbed as the marauding swain Jack Sparrow from Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean."
How To: Get Kim Kardashian's glowing skin and shimmery eyes
More than her bootylicious derriere, Kim Kardashian is famous for her luminous, bronzy skin that smiles for the cameras and is the perfect accessory for any outfit.
How To: Do your makeup like style icon Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker is most well known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and the City". Sarah, thanks to her stylist Patricia Field, is one of Hollywood's biggest trendsetters. Ms. Parker never leaves the house without an incredibly innovative and beautiful look.