Makeup How-Tos

How To: Apply a silver glitter French manicure for parties

This video shows the viewer how to apply a silver glitter French manicure, a great party look. The creator suggests doing this by first covering the top third of the nails with clear nail varnish. She then dips the still wet nail into a tub of cheap glitter, standard glitter purchase from a local craft store. The using a fan brush she removes the excess glitter. To finish the look she applies a layer of transparent topcoat. This step is essential as it stops the glitter from falling off and g...

How To: Apply porcelin theatre clown makeup

This tutorial is great if you want to apply porcelain theatre clown makeup. First white out your face and then with colored eye liner, trace out where you want the color to go. Apply a blue colored base on the lid and blend it just above the crease. The video uses a red Mufe flash color and applied it over the blue bringing the color onto the side of the nose. Using Nyx jumbo eye pencil in Black Sheep being filling in the remaining space on the brow. Using shimmery blue, a matte red, and a ma...

How To: Create fuller lips in 60 seconds or less

With the proper techniques you can have fuller-looking lips. Start by using a flesh-tone pencil to outline your lip line. This adds volume to thin lips. Then fill in your lips with the same flesh colored pencil. This helps your lipstick stay put all day long. Apply two coats of your favorite moisturizing lip stick. Dot your lower lip with clear lip gloss and press your lips together to blot the gloss. Gloss lips look plumper than lips with just lipstick applied.

How To: Create a Nancy Grace makeup look

Whether you love Nancy Ann Grace or hate her, you can't deny that her eye makeup is always amazing. Watch Princess Pinkcat in this tutorial video about creating her Nancy Grace makeup look. She didn't curl her hair for this video, just tucked it under to make it look more like Grace's hair length.

How To: Apply makeup for hooded eyes

Learn how to apply makeup for hooded eyes. First apply a light base to the eyes. Use a light shimmery color to the lid using a flat brush. Add a medium to darker color on the crease. Use the darkest color above the crease and blend in well. Small circle motions work best in blending the colors. Use a color close to your skin tone to blend in the area from the tear duct to the eyebrow. line the upper lash line with a silver liner to bring attention. Using a pencil brush, smudge darker color on...

HowTo: Get Lady Gaga's Anime Eyes

WonderHowTo's favorite Michelle Phan has posted another Lady Gaga makeup tutorial (see Poker Face). This time Michelle artfully demonstrates how to achieve the anime eye makeup look Lady Gaga donned in Bad Romance.

How To: Get a smoky burgundy look with your eye makeup

To do a different kind of smoky burgundy eyes look using Mac (or whatever you may have) start with a eyeliner base. It would be recommended to use a secondary base. To blend use a 217 brush up to the crease going back and forth. To get intensity on lash line get close to the lashes. It doesn't need to be neat because it will later be smudged. Using a 219 brush work it into the lashes and blend it out. Whip the brush off to fade the liner out. Using a 239 then take your burgundy and work it up...

How To: Get a jeweltone rhinestone look with your makeup

This video shows you how to get a jeweltone rhinestone look with your makeup. First, you take "Kryolan aqua color" and mix it with water, and apply the mixture to your eyelid. Next, you use "Jewel Blue" to cover your eyelid. It should look turquoise now, because of the base you applied. Next use the UV pink from the Kryolan UV Palette and apply that to your crease. Now blend the edges. Now you use fuchsia pigment and set it on the base of your crease. Next use a jewel tone purple eye shadow a...

How To: Transform into Barbie for Halloween

To get the Barbie look. First apply an acne serum and under eye cream. Next, apply foundation with a stippling brush. Now put on concealer and set with loose powder using a powder puff. Next, contour your nose with a light beige shadow to make it look small and blend with a fan brush. After that, put on a wig cap and tuck in loose strays. For the eyes, use your finger and put on little blue eye shadow with your finger and add white to the corners of your eyes. Next apply a pink shadow to the ...

How To: Create an Avatar Na'vi makeup look

Big fan of James Cameron's history making film, Avatar? In this makeup tutorial learn how to create a human-like Navi appearance with the use of makeup. This "blue people" look took the makeup artist close to an hour & a half, and the following products were used: