Fashion & Beauty

How to Curl Your Hair with a Straightener (flat iron)

December 24, 2009

Today I’m going to show you how to use a CHI Straightener to curl your hair a la the Christina Aguilera style you see there on the left. This particular technique will not only give you a look that you can’t get with a curling iron but it will also last a lot longer than the curls [...]

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How to Apply Eyelashes Yourself (Ford model shows you how)

December 18, 2009

Putting on false eyelashes is a very simple and safe procedure that should only take you about 30 seconds once you’ve learned how to do it properly and have done it a few times. I’ve got an awesome video here for you where a makeup artist for Ford Models demonstrates how to apply eyelashes by [...]

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How to Apply Eyeshadow: Asian Eyes

December 17, 2009

Before beginning you need to, of course, apply a base–use one that de-puffs and reduces lines. The nice thing about being Asian is that you can get away with nearly any color you like since you have light skin and dark hair. However, I would say that if you have more of a pink undertone [...]

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How to Cut Your Own Hair (men and women — layered, short, and long)

December 12, 2009

Cutting your own hair isn’t as complicated as you might think and most people are far too frightened of it–even if you do screw up, you can always have it fixed up by a proper stylist later, no big deal. Today I’m going to show you how to cut your own hair first, if you’re [...]

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How to Get Rid of Stretch Marks Naturally (home remedies)

December 11, 2009

If your skin has been stretched due to fast growth from weight gain/loss or pregnancy it can’t just bounce back on its own. It actually suffers from a type of scarring known as stretch marks, or striae. Stretch marks will usually begin as purple or red lines and then become a sort of glossy skin [...]

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How to Make Soap (homemade lye soap, all natural)

December 9, 2009

Making your own natural soap at home is a very easy and inexpensive process that you can learn how to do in about 10 minutes and then once you’ve got the necessary materials it’ll take about as long to actually make the soap itself (although the soap will need to set for a while longer [...]

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French Braid How-To: French Braid Your Own Hair in 10 Minutes

December 5, 2009

I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily french braid your own hair in just a few minutes–I’ve got an excellent video and a few tips and extra resources for you to help you learn how to not only do this style but also how to spice it up a bit. Often, this [...]

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How to Do Smokey Eye Makeup in 5 Minutes at Home

September 10, 2009

How to make smokey eye look in 5 minutes The smokey eye effect is one of the most popular makeup styles today and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, so if you haven’t got the proper technique down pat then you’re behind the curve, and it’s something that’s not difficult at all to learn or [...]

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How to Do Makeup for Brown Eyes – Purple, Gold, Burnt Orange, Oh My!

August 7, 2009

Brown eyes are anything but bland, in fact they’ve got something that blues and greens usually don’t: there are so many variations of brown that if you look closely you can usually find flecks and sparkles of other colors intermixed, making them not ‘just’ brown, but a veritable rainbow of browns, golds, ambers, and even [...]

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How to Makeup Eyes

August 7, 2009

Your eyes are the windows to your soul, they are the first thing people see when they look at you, and they’re what people will spend the majority of their time looking at while they’re talking to you. In my opinion, they are the most important part of your face to pay attention to when [...]

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