Hot Makeup How-Tos
How To: Wear makeup with your glasses
This video is truly a god send for the ladies and gents who wear glasses, and want to look good wearing them. The lady in this video explains and teaches about the various types of makeup that is good to use, especially if you wear spectacles. The lady in the video tell people who, wear glasses about the makeup they can use to look better wearing glasses, alternative makeup for different types of spectacles is the agenda, methods about how to make your eyes look smaller behind those big focal...
How To: Apply a Helena Bonham Carter-inspired makeup look
In this makeup tutorial, learn how to apply the makeup look of movie character "Marla Singer", the badass chick from Fight Club, played by Helena Bonham Carter. To achieve the misty, dirty smudge look applied in this video, the following products were used:
How To: Create a deadbolt tortured Halloween makeup look
This fantastic Halloween special effect makeup tutorial teaches you how to create a bloody bolt look using mostly MAC products. The artists teaches you how to create texture and create a distressed look with the base and color makeup. He applies the adhesive and attached the scar effects and adds the "bolt props" with the adhesive. He uses a purple and yellow pigments to distress the skin further. He then takes fire red to create the blood. He also shows you how to make realistic blood with s...
How To: Apply eyeliner with your eye closed
This video is about applying eyeliner with your eye closed. Take the pencil, Revlon color-stay in black, and take the hand that is not dominate and pull back the lid to the side giving a smooth canvas. Slowly take the eyeliner and start from the inside corner of the eye and start slowly going all the way across. Slowly start following the natural lash line. Add a wing to it by taking it past the natural lash line. Bring it up just a little bit. To make it last all day, put liquid liner over t...
How To: Create a Kim Kardashian makeup look for brown eyes
This video tutorial teaches you how to create a sexy eye makeup look like seen on celebrity Kim Kardashian. This video is specifically to enhance brown eyes, but it can be used on other color eyes as well.
How To: Apply beautiful eyeliner
This video will show you some good techniques in order to apply eyeliner properly so you will be able to add a highlight and draw attention to your eyes. Some tips to consider while applying eyeliner is to stay close to your lash line. For the top edge of your eyelid, you should pull up your eyelid to stretch it out and tilt your head up while looking down and for the bottom edge, you should pull downwards while looking upwards. Following this technique will be sure to make your eyes look ful...
How To: Apply eyeshadow for hooded eyes
This unknown video blogger provides a nice explanation on how to apply eyeshadow on eyes with a longer hood. She starts off by packing on a lighter purple all over the lid, and then using a darker color on the actual hood. After the purple, she uses a dark brown eyeshadow on the outside of the crease. She uses circle motions to smoke out the brown color. Then, she applies a lighter cream color to blend out the brown color. She finishes the look with eyeliner and mascara. This is a great tutor...
How To: Apply a Marlene Dietrich 1930s inspired makeup look
Fashion Face shows us how to create a 30's all over face look inspired by Marlene Dietrich. To create this look you will need full coverage foundation, concealer, a range of matte eyeshadow from taupe to brown, eyeshadow brushes, brow highlighter, mascara, liquid eyeliner, false eyelashes, pressed powder, beige contouring powder, powder and contouring brushes, highlighting powder, red lip liner and red lip cream or gloss. Specific brands are used and suggested, but you could create this look ...
How To: Apply easy smokey eye makeup
This video shows you how to create the basic smoky eye makeup. You should start off by applying a primer on your lid and up to your brow. On your eyelid up to the crease apply a light color - almost white or gray. Pat silver on top of that. Smoke out your eyes with the charcoal eye color. Add depth with the black eyeshadow. Next, highlight with a neutral color. Dab white eyeshadow to your tear ducts. Add black eyeshadow to your lower lid as eyeliner.
How To: Apply emo makeup for a concert or night out
In this video from alyssaxabscission we learn how to apply emo makeup for a concert or a night out. Start with a primer on your eyelids. She uses orange-gold but any color can be used. Apply it to the inner corner up the upper lid. Use black and put it on the outer corner and crease of the eye. Make sharp wings on the outer corner like a cat. Next use a darker black to make it more defined. Now put black eyeliner on the upper and lower water line. Next line the top of the eyes very thin. Now ...
How To: Create a sexy vampire look
This video shows the user how to give a woman a 'sexy vampire' look. The video shows this in distinct steps. Step 1: Apply a light but natural foundation to the face and neck, and to the shoulders if a strapless top will be worn. Step 2: Apply large false eyelashes. Step 3: Dark lip pencil with the line outside of the lip. Step 4: Add deep red lipstick. Step 5: Layer on dark, ‘almost black’ lip gloss. Step 6: Highlight cheek bones with blush applied with an angular brush. Step 7: Shape eyebro...
How To: Give yourself the Cleopatra eye makeup look
Interested in learning how to get that Cleopatra eye look? This step by step video will show you how to get that ancient Egyptian look here in the twenty first century. Our host narrates while applying the makeup on her own eye and shows how to apply the make up and which brushes to use. The video shows a close-up of her eye along with step by step instruction on how to apply the various makeup techniques. The end result is a dark smoky eye with a strong liner.
How To: Make dark skin glow
The key to this technique is to find the right bronzer for the skin that you are applying the makeup to. Most bronzer's disappear on dark skin. So you want to find a cream based bronzer with a lot of pigments. You want a bronzer that is intense enough that you are able to see a subtle spot of color on the skin when you rub it on. To make your skin naturally warmer mix your foundation and your bronzer together. Start by mixing up a mixture that is three parts foundation and one part bronzer. A...
How To: Apply dramatic eyeshadow for beginners
This tutorial is perfect for beginners to learn how to apply dramatic eyeshadow correctly. This technique will require several layers of eyeshadow to be applied and if done correctly, will highlight and bring attention to your eyes. First apply lighter shades of eyeshadow to your eyelids, stopping at the crease. You can then layer and blend colors on top of this, with increasingly dark colors towards the outside of your eyelid crease. A matte color should be used which matches your eye color ...
How To: Apply butterfly makeup eyes
Here is an instructive video that shows how to creatively design your eyes with butterflies. From the very first touch of the pencil to the face, the instructions on how to create the butterfly are explained step by step including a description on what size to make the butterfly according to your own face. The colors are covered and the technique on how to apply the colors is also included. There are also unique add-ons offered if you decide you want to go a little further with it.
How To: Create the Khloe Kardashian neutral makeup look
Beechbum06 shows how you can create a Khloe Kardashian makeup look. Use the colors you have and achieve this look inspired by Khloe's photo shoot. A Coastal Cents palette is used. Build your colors in neutral tones. Blend some browns in the creases. Apply some dark shades to your outer corners for some depth. Add some blush, mascara, and lipstick to complete the look. You too can be photo-ready in minutes. Remember to blend so you look flawless.
How To: Apply a middle eastern makeup look
Oftentimes female style and tradition in the Middle East leaves little room for self-expression. This is where makeup comes in. Women covering their heads and bodies can personalize their look by applying dramatic makeup to their faces. Check out this tutorial and learn how to create a beautiful, exotic makeup look. This look is dramatic and inspired by the beauty of the Middle East. It is not difficult to accomplish if you follow along with the step by step. Start enhancing that lovely face ...
How To: Apply vampire makeup for your hands
The video shows the user how to make their hands resemble those of a vampire. This is done by applying a thin layer of white makeup to the backs of the hand with a cylindrical sponge. The reason for only applying the makeup to the backs of the hands is to avoid coating surfaces you touch with the white makeup. It's suggested that you leave a gap between the makeup and the sleeves of your jacket as it does not spoil the effect and helps eliminate the likelihood that you'll get makeup over your...
How To: Get perfect red holiday lips
For full, red holiday lips, follow these simple steps as presented in this video. First, you should make sure that your lips are moisturized with chap stick or moisturizer. The shade of red that you should use depends on your skin tone and you should check various shades in order to find the one what works best on you. Take off some of the chap stick and then carefully apply the lip liner along your lips. Finish by putting the lip stick on and applying lip gloss for added shine. Using this te...
How To: Apply glittery eye makeup for New Year's
This makeup tip is perfect for a glittery eyeshadow for New Year's as inspired by the cover of Sephora's magazine. First, apply a semi-dark gray eyeshadow along your eyelid and on the outside corners of your eyes. Using a fluffier brush, apply a lighter white-silver eyeshadow and then use dark black eyeliner along the line of your eye. Use silver glitter along your eyelids in a few layers and black layer on the outside of your eyelids for that perfect festive New Year's look.
How To: Get the strong brows & red lips classic makeup look
In this video you are shown how to wear a strong brow and red lip combo, which is very classy and beautiful! She guides you through each step, starting with a clean fresh moisturized face. You first apply a light foundation to cover any imperfections. Then she guides you on how to develop a strong brow even if you do not naturally have dark brows. She goes light on the eye also just so the brows are the main focus. Then on to the lips, a lip liner and bold red lip color is used. The overall l...
How To: Mend a broken eyeshadow
For any hard eyeshadow that has broken in its well, this technique displays how to fix and make your eyeshadow good as new and easy to use again. Move all the eyeshadow powder out of the eye shadow dish and into a new container and break it all up into a fine powder. Using any type of alcohol (she uses vodka) and mix the eye shadow until it forms a paste. You then would put the alcohol mixture back in the original dish and then press down on the dish with a coin covered in a cloth soaked in a...
How To: Create Cheshire Cat inpsired makeup
The release of Alice in Wonderland is only months away. Do you want to go to the premier in makeup inspired by this movie? Well, this video is designed to help you do this. After a long introduction, the instructor used a series of photos along with text to help you see how she applied her makeup. The results are quite stunning. As with most tutorials, you may have to watch the video a few times to catch what shades of makeup she uses or what brushes she uses to apply it.
How To: Apply eyeliner to your waterlines
This video shows you a quick and easy way to apply eyeliner to your waterlines as well as some makeup basics, complete with recommendations on which products to use. The upper waterline is right under your upper eyelashes; just tug up on your eyelid and run it through the area. The lower waterline right above the lower eyelashes; just tug down and run it through. You can then complete your makeup routine with some foundation, blush, highlight and mascara. Lastly don't forget to curl your eyel...
How To: Apply fairy style makeup
This is a great tutorial about how to apply fairy style makeup. The green color used is called Sea Dragon and the white is NYX white pencil Milk. First apply the white pencil on the side next to your eye making swirls and designs with it and also lining the bottom and top lash lines. Now using Frost Pigment by MAC apply it all over the swirls you just created. Then take Sea Dragon and apply it all above the white that you added. Fill in the spaces in between the swirls with the Sea Dragon. Al...
How To: Apply Marie Antoinette style makeup
This video is a guide on how to apply the Marie Antoinette style of makeup. First you apply a Clinique moisturizer. Then apply a base coat of foundation using a brush. Repeat for a second coat. Using a white eye pencil apply to the eye lids and smooth out with an eye brush over entire lid and up to the brow. Make sure you get the inner and outer corners of the eye and under it as well. Using the lightest shade of eye shadow apply to the eyelid. Each step of different colors is blended onto th...
How To: Look fresh & awake with makeup
For those of us who aren't morning people and need some help looking fresh and awake, this video provides some tips to help us achieve a better look throughout the day. You can dot concealer along your eyes to get rid of dark shadows and use white eyeliner along the insides of your eyes in order to get rid of the tired, red appearance of your eyes. Applying yellow or gold eyeshadow to your eyelids will give you a brighter look. Using these as well as more tips and tricks, viewers will be able...
How To: Create a "tropical bird" eye makeup look
This video is about how to create a "tropical bird" eye makeup look. Add your powder foundation and concealer. For a base use Two Faced Shadow Insurance. Pat on a yellow color to the entire lid. Now take MACs mixing medium and primary yellow pigment and mix them using a small angle brush start from a point near the tear duct create a shape over the eye going up at an angle at the outside of the eye. Take orange color paint the same shape as the yellow right above it. Above the orange do the s...
How To: Create a Kate Moss inspired makeup look
This tutorial is about how to create a Kate Moss inspired makeup look. Start with an eye shadow base that is slightly paler than your own skin tone. Use a black cream eyeliner with a small brush along the entire lash line. Smudge the line down using a cotton swab. Next cover the entire lid with black shadow. Using a smudging tool take the black shadow under the eye as well. Curl the lashes and finish with a coat of black mascara.
How To: Apply rasta girl colored eyeshadow
This tutorial is about how to apply rasta girl colored eyeshadow. First apply a primer to the lid and lower lash line. Now apply a highlight with MACs Rice Paper with a crease brush underneath the eyebrow. Now take NYXs Jumbo Pencil Milk and apply it all over the lid and you don't have to go past your crease. Now take a light green color and apply it to the tear duct and along the lower lash line only a little. Next use a dark green to apply a little more than third of the inner eye lid. Use ...
How To: Apply false eyelashes with a MAC expert
For those of you who have ever had difficulty applying false eyelashes, this MAC expert will give you a tutorial on the proper way to apply false eyelashes. Neil Young first applies the glue onto the false lashes, allowing the glue to dry somewhat, changing from a white to an off-white color, when the glue is tackiest. Starting from the outside of the eye, carefully put the lashes down. With these simple techniques and additional make up application tips, Neil gives women advice on the proper...
How To: Create a purple smokey eye makeup look
This tutorial is an in-depth look into how to make a purple smoky eye makeup look. Using various layers of eye shadow and fine-tuning, you will be able to add a blended purple eyeshadow look. Following the crease line of your eyelid and emphasizing them will be the highlight of your application, make sure to focus on this line when applying your makeup. Adding blackish-purple eyeshadow more heavily on the outside edges of your eye will make this purple smoky look more prominent, an interestin...
How To: Cover dark eye circle with makeup
To cover up those dark eye circles invest in a good concealer that is lightweight and of premium texture. You will want to look for a shade that is peachy or pink in tone. Take some of the concealer and dot it onto the dark line only and then blend it in with your finger. Most people also have a red patch at the outer corner of the eye. Covering this with concealer will give the eyes an immediate lift. Applying some concealer is much better than applying a lot of makeup.
How To: Apply smokey smoldering eye makeup
MJ shows how to do a "sexy smoky sultry eye" through steps and techniques on how to apply different layers of makeup. This video is helpful for anyone looking for new and fresh ways to apply makeup in a creative manner. The steps in this video are thorough and clearly demonstrated. Besides advice on the makeup techniques, MJ also gives tips on color choice and other things. If you pay attention and follow MJ's steps you will have "sexy smoky smoldering" eyes and maybe even a new video channel...
How To: Take off 10 years with makeup
Using the improper types and colors of makeup may in fact add years to your appearance rather than take them off. This video shows some simple tips to reduce signs of aging in less than ten minutes. For example, rather than using shimmery eyeshadow, which can in fact enhance wrinkles and fine lines, use a matte colored eyeshadow in order to blend the lines in your face. Using light, non-heavy lip liner and moisturizing lip gloss will make your lips look fuller, giving you a more youthful appe...
How To: Apply smokey blue eye makeup with a dash of glitter
This video shows you how to get a New Year’s Eve look that is very fun, flirty, but simple using glitter. For a base use two face eye shadow insurance all over. Take a blue and put it onto the lid up and away. For the bottom use a dark blue and with a small brush smudge it across the bottom of the eye. Use Aqua Black and with an angle brush apply it as a liner. Use MAC glitter liner and put it on the inner corner of the eye. With a clean q-tip take a silver glitter and dotting it into the gli...
How To: Apply liquid eyeliner
Liquid eyeliner, which can add a darker emphasis to your eyes, can be very successful and more defining if done properly. In this tutorial, we are shown how to properly apply liquid eyeliner. Pulling down on your eyelids, you should apply a line to the edge of your eyelid, making sure that the line is straight. If you cannot seem to make the line straight in one continuous motion, simply make a bunch of dashed lines and then connect them together. Use mascara to cover up any inconsistencies i...
How To: Get a elegant natural smoky eye look
This tutorial is a great one to watch if you are looking for an elegant but still natural smoky eye look. Start off by taking the eye shadow Grey Stone and applying it all over the lid. Then take the MAC eye shadow called Omega right over the crease, rounding it off at the end. Use the MAC Charcoal Brown eye shadow right on the outer corner of the eye. Then put the NYX dark brown eye shadow on the outer corner, as well brushing it into the outer bottom of the eye. The next step is to take a s...
How To: Apply geisha style makeup
The step-by-step process to create the geisha look using makeup brought to you by MJ. Using a variety of makeup brushes including blending brushes and makeup including a white base this makeup style is blended together to create an exotic look. Definitely something you would be able to complete yourself with the help of the makeup tutorial that illustrates each step and makeup needed to complete this look. The final look can be complemented with clothing, hairstyle, and accessories.
How To: Use hot chocolate as a bronzer
In this interesting video, Michelle shows chocolate lovers how to use hot chocolate as a bronzer. Using a normal package of hot chocolate and a good makeup brush that is not too dense, gently apply the chocolate to your face, making sure to layer the chocolate. You should smile while applying the chocolate with the brush. This will give you good, kissable cheeks and your boyfriend will no longer complain about your makeup smelling like chemicals. This is a simple, effective, and cheap alterna...