Hot Makeup How-Tos
How To: Create a dazzling emerald green eye look for Christmas
During the holiday season, we're surrounded by naturally vibrant, jewel-toned colors. From your robust evergreen Christmas tree to the sparkling purple and red ornaments on it, bright and bold make the holidays beautiful.
How To: Create a glamorous pin up holiday makeup look
When it comes to dressing up your face for the holidays, your LBD of makeup looks is without a doubt the classic neutral eye and red lip combo. Beautiful since the days of Marilyn Monroe, this look is timelessly feminine and sultry.
How To: Create a bohemian Avatar inspired makeup look with Josie Maran
We know there are probably like 100,000 "Avatar" makeup tutorials on YouTube, but how often are you really going to wear a striped blue face out of the house unless it's Halloween? Skip the literal interpretation and don an "Avatar" look you can actually wear on the everyday by checking out this makeup tutorial.
How To: Create a silver winter makeup look inspired by Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams is a rock chic with a soft side, as evidenced by the constant contrast between her disarming red hair and her romantic, soft makeup. While the girl amps things up when she's on the red carpet, for the most part she prefers light, shimmery colors to emphasize her pale porcelain skin.
How To: Create a dramatic purple Victoria's Secret Alessandra Ambrosio makeup look
Today on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway you'll definitely see more smoky eyes than you can count. But don't expect to see your run-of-the-mill black and brown smoky eyes. Rather, this year it's all about amazing, dazzling color.
How To: Create a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show bombshell makeup look
The yearly Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is a fashion show unlike any other. Rather than stick thin waifs floating down the runway with "I'm hungry" plastered all over their gaunt faces, Victoria's Secret showcases models with healthy, toned bodies who command the stage with their cheeky and flirty antics.
How To: Create a sculpted Victoria's Secret angel Adriana Lima makeup look
New mommy Adriana Lima is gorgeous in a way only Victoria's Secret models can be. Tall, statuesque, and with beautiful light blue eyes that contrast with her dark brown hair, she's really quite a picture of perfection.
How To: Create a flirty "California Gurls" Victoria's Secret fashion show look
At this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the inspiration behind one of the segments is Katy Perry's summer anthem "California Gurls." So expect fun, flirty lingerie (one model blows bubbles while wearing a panty and bra with attached bubbles) and bronzy, glittery makeup.
How To: Create an ethereal Victoria's Secret spring makeup look
Want to look like a Victoria's Secret Angel? Then honey, you've arrived at the right place. Take a gander at this makeup tutorial to learn how to create an ethereal Victoria's Secret spring makeup look with gauzy, iridescent eyes and rosy pink lips.
How To: Create a sexy Victoria's Secret fashion show Adriana Lima makeup look
Okay, we're pretty sure that Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima could go bare-faced and wear a potato sack and still put the rest of us to shame. But she looks like a veritable glowing bombshell when she wears bronzy, shimmery makeup for the lingerie and beauty brand.
How To: Create a Victoria's Secret Adriana Lima bronze smoky eye under $20
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs tonight, and we're pretty damn sure that by the end of the sparkling, lingerie-filled affair you'll be in ripe mood for some sexy bombshell hair and makeup looks.
How To: Create a sparkly Victoria's Secret makeup look for cheap
While it's true that all of the Victoria's Secret Angels were born genetically blessed (and somehow big-bossomed and skinny all at once), at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show even they require a football team of makeup artists and hairstylists.
How To: Create a Victoria's Secret Alessandra Ambrosio bombshell makeup look
Victoria's Secret is a company that prizes a woman's right to feel sexy and beautiful at any stage of life. And one of its veteran ambassadors, supermodel and mom Alessandra Ambrosio, is one of the prime examples of their drop-dead gorgeous philosophy.
How To: Create a Victoria's Secret Marisa Miller nude makeup look
If you haven't already seen her face plastered in front of every Victoria's Secret store and catalog cover, then you certainly will tonight, when the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show airs. Marisa Miller is one of Victoria's Secret's veteran supermodels. The lady has killer curves, bombshell hair we can only dream of having, and beautiful, sunkissed skin.
How To: Select the best 5 concealers and use them to cover up blemishes
We all wish that we had perfect skin, but even the most flawless, cherub-skinned girl gets a pimple or has undereye bags from studying too late every now and then. For those times when your skin looks less than stellar, concealer comes to the rescue.
How To: Accentuate your cheekbones with the top 10 blushes
We've all heard about lipstick ladies who would rather die than leave the house without their warrior red lips painted on. Red lips, they know, instantly pull your look together and make even the dullest complexions look bright and glowy.
How To: Create a dramatic Isle of the Tropics makeup look
Have "Copacabana" written all over your face by creating this dramatic and oh so tropical makeup look. While most tropical makeup looks focus on super bright pops of color in neon green, yellow, and orange, this look veers more on the "evening out" tropical zone.
How To: Create a glittery "Harry Potter" Hufflepuff eye makeup look
The Hufflepuff house in the "Harry Potter" series values loyalty, dedication, and hard work. If this was your favorite house in the franchise, show some lovin' for Hufflepuff by creating a Hufflepuff inspired makeup look!
How To: Create a glamorous Nicki Minaj pin up makeup look
Like a mixture of Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj is a woman of very confident and sometimes brash style. Whether it's her multicolored wigs, colored contact lenses, or pin up girl makeup with a neon streak, she knows what looks she loves and rocks them.
How To: Create a Pamela Anderson inspired smoky eye look
Remember Pamela Anderson's "Baywatch" days? Yeah, Pamela Anderson is a little washed up now, but back in the day there was no one hotter in a one-piece swimsuit. And whether she was rescuing a very thankful (and probably turned on) teenage boy from the water or simply hitting up the grocery store, she always wore her signature smoky eye with buxomlips.
How To: Achieve better makeup application with the top 10 eye makeup brushes
Take it from us: Quality makeup brushes make all the difference between an uneven, lightly pigmented makeup look and a beautiful, expertly applied one. Great brushes allow you to use less product (saving you $) and to apply makeup with more precision.
How To: Create a sexy gold eye makeup look
You should always base your eyeshadow color choices on the color of your eyes, but there are in fact some colors that look amazing on everybody. One of these universally flattering hues is gold. Whether you have brown eyes or green, gold brings out the tiny golden flecks in your iris.
How To: Create a "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Slytherin makeup look
Witches and wizards who belong to the Slytherin house are infamously known for being tricksters: they're cunning and sometimes overly ambitious (think Malfoy). They also tend to veer on the take-over-the-world, evil side. But we digress.
How To: Create a "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Ravenclaw makeup look
With the first installment of the last "Harry Potter" movie coming out this week, now's a better time than ever to show off your "Harry Potter" fan pride. While smearing your face football-fan style with paint is one way to go, if you want to be a little more subtle - and elegant - with your face paint choices, why not create a makeup look instead?
How To: Create Natalie Portman's scary beautiful "Black Swan" makeup look
In the "Black Swan," Natalie Portman plays a veteran ballet dancer driven mad by the new young starlet in her company who threatens to usurp her place. Pretty soon, her dark and dreary mental state begins to affect her physical appearance as well.
How To: Create a "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Hufflepuff look
With the first installment of the last "Harry Potter" movie coming out in just a few days, now is the time to break out your "Harry Potter" paraphernalia and paint your face with the colors of your favorite house.
How To: Do flawless, streak-free makeup for photos
Even if you're a pro at doing makeup for school and for special events, doing makeup for photos is a whole other ballpark. Whether you're taking photographs with flash or with soft studio lighting, how the camera lens sees your face is very different from how the naked eye sees your face.
How To: Create an edgy, sparkly acid-green eye makeup look
We know that "acid green" is not exactly a delightful color when it comes to most things. If your two month-old orange is acid green, it's probably pure mold, and if a bottle is full of acid green liquid, it's most likely poison (or, okay, soda). But you get our point.
How To: Wear blue mascara to open your eyes and make them brighter
Don't worry, you won't look like a smurfette if you wear blue mascara instead of black. Blue mascara sounds kind of like something only teenage punks in art class wear, but in fact it's a great alternative for black for any girl.
How To: Create a punky Emilie Autumn inspired makeup look
Emilie Autumn is a fun, unique singer who dresses up like the hybrid of a doll and pin up girl. Slightly kooky yet adorable at the same time, the singer is truly one who doesn't care what others think of her personal style.
How To: Create a light and natural pin up makeup look
Just because you want to look like a pin up doesn't mean you have to go the full blown route of Dita von Teese. In fact, the pin up look presented in this video is one you can wear on a daily basis.
How To: Create an edgy turquoise, brown, and yellow eye makeup look
With Disney's futuristic video game movie "Tron" arriving in theaters this December, the call for an edgy, avant garde makeup look is now stronger than ever. Take inspiration from Olivia Wilde's warrior woman look and create your own graphic eye.
How To: Create a "Harry Potter 7" Gryffindor house inspired makeup look
The end is near - at least for Harry Potter fans. Spanning ten years and half the actors' lives, the "Harry Potter" movie series is finally concluding with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," part 1 of which comes out in just a few days.
How To: Look like Megan Fox in Transformers 2
In this video, we learn how to look like Megan Fox in Transformers 2. First, apply a think layer or eyeliner to the top of the eye on the waterline. After this, take a black shadow and brush it over the eyeliner to set it. Then, apply bronzer to your cheeks and on the jaw line as well. Then, apply a matte honey color lipstick to the lips along with a red lip shine on top of that. From here, outline the eyebrows and define them with an edged brush. When finished, you will have the Megan Fox lo...
How To: Apply bold eye makeup during chemotherapy
In this video, we learn how to apply bold eye makeup during chemotherapy. First, take a light silver shadow and brush it all over your eyes, including below the brow bone. From here, take a dark brown and brush it into the crease of the eye and blend to the outer corner with a fluffy blending brush. After this, apply black eyeliner on the top and the bottom of the eye. Then, apply mascara to the top and bottom eyelashes and curl if you would like as well. When finished, you will have a bold m...
How To: Apply a "Moroccan truffle" makeup look
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply a "Moroccan truffle" makeup look. First, apply a light neutral shade all over your eye with a fluffy brush. After this, take a burnt orange and brown color and brush it into the inner crease of the eye where the outer 'v' is. Then, brush a bright orange on top of it and blend everything together. Only blend this until you reach half way to the inner corner of the eye. Then, brush the darker brown shade from the 'v' to underneath the eye. After this, app...
How To: Apply pretty makeup
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply pretty makeup. First, use a foundation brush to apply foundation in your skin tone all over your face. From here, apply concealer to the red spots or breakout areas and then apply a powder foundation over that. Then, you will focus on the eyes by applying a light and neutral color to the lids and applying a light shimmer color under the brows. Curl the lashes and apply mascara to them after that to give them the most volume. You can finish this off with...
How To: Cure bad breath using an Orabrush
In this tutorial, we learn how to cure bad breath using an Orabrush. You can scrape your tongue with the back of a spoon and smell it to see if your breath smells bad. Breath mints will just mask your breath smelling bad. You will need to drink a lot of water to get rid of the bad smell in your mouth and keep it hydrated. An Orabrush has small bristles on it and will rub against your tongue and get rid of the bacteria on it that smells bad. Was it off when you're finished and then you can use...
How To: Look like Megan Fox for under $10
In this tutorial, we learn how to look like Megan Fox for under $10. First, you will apply a white eyeshadow on your eyelid and underneath the eyebrow. After this, you will brush it into the inner crease of the eye as well. Next, brush a brown shadow on the outer edge of the eye and blend it into the crease as well. From here, you will apply black eyeliner on the top and bottom of the eye and then smudge it on the bottom. After this, define your eyebrows and then apply mascara to the top and ...
How To: Apply Jennifer Lopez inspired smoky eyes
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply Jennifer Lopez inspired smoky eyes. First, apply a light beige glitter all over the eye. From here, apply a white ice color all over the eyelid and into the crease of the eye. Get the color a little wet to make it stick and show more on the eyelid. Next, take a black eyeliner and draw inside the bottom of the eye and on top of the eye as well. After this, apply mascara or false lashes and you will have a beautiful Jennifer Lopez makeup look! Just top it...