Makeup How-Tos
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...
How To: Apply hot liquid eyeliner
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply hot liquid eyeliner. First, line the eye with a slanted eyeliner brush that has been dipped into the liquid eyeliner. Line from the inside corner to the eye out to the outside of the eye. Pull the lid up gently so you can really push the eyeliner into the lashes to make them look darker and fuller. After this, line the outside corner of the eye and make a light flare if you would like a more dramatic look. This will finish the eyeliner look, have fun wi...
How To: Look like Megan Fox
In this video, we learn how to look like Megan Fox. After you apply your foundation, apply bronzer all over your face and on your neck, then blend. From here, apply a smoky black on the lids and make sure you don't go past the crease. Blend this color all over the lid with a fluffy brush, then apply eyeliner on the waterline of the lids. Apply a white color under the brows after this for a highlight. Then, apply a nude color under the eyebrow and blend with the other colors. From here, add on...
How To: Apply a Mardi Gras devious mask with makeup
In this video, we learn how to apply a Mardi Gras devious mask with makeup. First, use a sharp black eyeliner pen to draw the mask around your eyes. It should be above your eyebrows and on your cheeks around your nose. After this, color it in with different shades of blue, leaving the center clear. After this, you will apply black eyeliner to the top and bottom of the eyes. Draw out the line on the outer edge to create a cat eye effect. From here, apply false eyelashes on the top of the eye a...
How To: Apply subtle makeup and a wig during chemotherapy
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply subtle makeup and a wig during chemotherapy. First, create eyebrows with a pencil that matches your skin tone. After this, apply a white shadow to your eye and underneath your eyebrow. After you brush this on, you will then apply a smoky color to the creases of the eye and blend it in with the white color. From here, apply black eyeliner on the top and the bottom of the eye. After this, you can put your wig onto your head and then brush it and style it ...
How To: Apply glitter eye makeup
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply glitter eye makeup. First, apply foundation and concealer to the eyelid and underneath the bottom of the eye until it's pressed on. Then, apply foundation to the rest of the eye. From here, apply a glitter shadow to the eye using a fluffy brush. Then, use a small angled brush to apply the glitter color on the bottom lash line of the eye. From here, you will apply black eyeliner to the waterline and then finish the look off with mascara on the top and bo...
How To: Do gothic glamour makeup
In this video, we learn how to do gothic glamour makeup. First apply your makeup as you normally would, except make your foundation a little lighter than usual. From here, apply a matte black eyeshadow to your eyelid and up into your eye crease. Press this on so it's thick and the black color really shows through. Then, apply black eyeliner on the bottom of the eye on the waterline. Smudge this on the bottom and then apply mascara to the top and the bottom lashes on the eye. To finish this of...
How To: Match and apply foundation for dark skin
In this video, we learn how to match and apply foundation for dark skin. When you apply your foundation, you want to make sure you apply oil free on your skin to prevent break outs. Use cocoa butter on your skin as well before you apply foundation to make it go on easier. Find your shade by matching the foundation to the color on the palm of your hand. The shade on the bottle might not be right, you need to open it up and test it out on your skin first. When you find one that works for you, y...
How To: Apply basic makeup while undergoing chemotherapy
In this video, we learn how to apply basic makeup while undergoing chemotherapy. First, use a sponge to apply your foundation all over your face. Use concealer to touch up any parts that show through the foundation and are red or discolored. Next, use a brush to apply a brown color on your brows, which may look too dark at first. After this, apply dark brown shadow or black shadow to a small brush and apply on the waterline of your eye. From here, apply a powder to your face and apply mascara...
How To: Get the Megan Fox retro pinup look
In this video, we learn how to get the Megan Fox retro pinup look. First, apply a white shadow all over the lid and underneath the eyebrows. From here, brush a tan color over the top and then take a color that matches your hair color and brush it into your brows to match the color. After this, apply a gray eyeliner to the waterline on the top of the eye. Next, brush a darker gray color over this and flare the edges out on the sides. Brush this on the bottom lash line and then apply mascara on...
How To: Properly apply blush
In this tutorial, we learn how to properly apply blush. You will need a medium angled brush to help apply your blush before you begin. Then, make a fish face and apply a darker blush along the side to make your cheekbones show more. Use blushes that work for your skin, play around with different colors. Find a plum color or pink colors and mix them together as well. You only want to go a couple shades darker than your skin tone. Your cheekbones may have a flesh color, so bring the contour col...
How To: Create a black and white cyber Goth makeup look
Most gals put on makeup to fit into the norm: You know, to look professional and "put together" for work or to look desirable on a date or when clubbing with the girls.
How To: Create a Link from "Zelda" cosplay makeup look
Ever wanted to look like your favorite video game or computer game character? Then venture into the fun and strange world of cosplay by checking out this makeup tutorial.
How To: Create an orange pink makeup look for gray eyes
We don't know how many girls we know of who have gray eyes, but if you happen to be one who does (or who wears gray contacts), then this makeup look will make them pop beautifully.
How To: Create a rusty red and sienna makeup look for fall
During the fall, warm and comforting colors like brown, red, and sienna abound. Embrace the natural richness and beauty of fall by incorporating these colors into your next makeup look.
How To: Create a neutral everyday makeup look with lush lashes
As a general rule of thumb, when you wear makeup it's not supposed to look like you're really wearing makeup, but simply like you're a more awake and youthful version of yourself. Makeup is there to flatter, not to hide.
How To: Create a gorgeous exotic Arabian princess makeup look
Usually we think that Halloween means dressing up in your spookiest, creepiest attire and scaring the living daylights out of friends and family. But you can be pretty too! Check out this makeup tutorial to learn how to create an exotic Arabian princess makeup look.
How To: Create a bold turquoise and black eye makeup look
Sometimes it's liberating to ditch the neutrals for a day and truly dress to impress - or, in this case, shock. Create an eye-opening look by checking out this makeup tutorial.
How To: Prevent eyeliner from smudging with tips
Makeup always looks good when it's freshly applied. The problem, however, is that most of us apply that makeup in the morning and don't get back until 7 at night, meaning it's been on for about 12 hours. And if you happen to have a date or need to go out that night, your makeup is probably looking more Courtney Love than Camilla Belle.
How To: Create a simple and glamorous daytime makeup look
Daytime makeup doesn't have to be blah. In fact, isn't the point of wearing makeup so you can show off your gorgeous features? Yeah, we thought so too.
How To: Create Angelina Jolie's signature cat eyes and perfect skin
If you think about it, beauty of all beauties Angelina Jolie doesn't actually wear that many beauty products. Even when she's rubbing elbows with George Clooney at the Cannes Film Festival she's usually going with nothing more than clean, flawless skin, cat eyeliner, and pale lips.
How To: Use organic Afterglow Cosmetics for a makeup look inspired by Jessica Alba
If you're looking for the newest Jessica Alba look, then Dulce Candy can give you some help. Afterglow Cosmetics gave her a bunch of new organic cosmetics to test out, and she made this makeup tutorial on a great "saga eyes" look inspired by Alba. Check it out… try it out!
How To: Create a shocking purple and blue winged eyeliner look
Winged eyeliner is a makeup look that girls either love or don't attempt to try because it seems to hard. As habitual winged eyeliner wearers Lauren Conrad and Blake Lively prove, winged eyeliner is extremely sexy and also elongates and brightens your eyes.
How To: Create Kim Kardashian's soft winged smoky eyes
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian definitely knows she's got sex appeal in her deck of cards. Which is why, if you've ever paid attention to her on the red carpet, she's almost always wearing a smoky eye and nude lip combo. We're talking 9 times out of 10.
How To: Create a Megan Fox inspired sultry makeup look
We can't promise you'll get mistaken for Megan Fox after you complete this makeup look, but we can guarantee you'll get more than a few swoony stares when you're walking down the street.
How To: Fake full, luscious Angelina Jolie lips with makeup
Let's face it, gals: Not all of us were born with those covetable beestung Angelina Jolie lips. In fact, most of us have average sized lips or even thin lips.
How To: Create Lauren Conrad's signature winged eyeliner look
Lauren Conrad may be labeled by the rest of the world as the cute as a button girl next door, but in some ways she takes her makeup to a more pin up realm than keeping it minimal and modern.
How To: Create a tropical makeup look with lime and green eyes and pink lips
It may be only 20 degrees and snowing outside, but that doesn't mean your face has to look similarly gloomy and dull. Bring some sun from the tropics back home by wearing it on your face.
How To: Create electric smoky blue eyes and glitter "tears"
Need an outrageous and beautiful look for Halloween or attending one of Ke$ha's concerts soon? Then you'll definitely need to amp up your makeup game with lots of color and a Claire's store worth of glitter.
How To: Create a Guy Fawkes / V for Vendetta mask with makeup
Guy Fawkes Day is one of the biggest holidays in the UK, functioning as sort of a combination of the 4th of July and Halloween. One of it's distinctive elements is traditional masks like the one Guy Fawkes supposedly wore (also worn by V in V For Vendetta). If you want to get into the spirit of the holiday for Halloween or actual Guy Fawkes Day (Nov. 5), watch this video to learn how to apply a sexy Guy Fawkes mask makeup look.
How To: Create the makeup look Pink rocks in her music video for "Raise your Glass"
Not everyone has the aplomb to stage name themselves after a color and keep their hair that color forever, but Pink has done just that. If you want to imitate her remarkable good looks without the dye job, watch this video to learn how to do your makeup like hers in the music video for her song "Raise Your Glass".
How To: Create a purple and silver eye look for light brown and hazel eyes
Just as a cute A-line skirt looks good on your friend but somehow not so fetching on you, or a blaze looks like it was made to fit your shoulders whereas it looks baggy and untailored on your friend, eyeshadow colors look different on every girl depending on her eye color.
How To: Create simple and quick brown smoky eyes
Every girl needs a "go-to" recipe, as it were, for looking good. For every girl this "go-to" is different: One gal may fall back to a red lip and neutral eyes when she wants to look hot with minimal effort, while another may work some magic with her smudge brush to create the perfect smoky eye.
How To: Make a latex facial prosthetic for Halloween
If you want to create the type of makeup look where the makeup IS the costume for Halloween, then look no further than this video. You'll be guided step by step through creating a facial prosthetic from latex. This prosthetic can be shaped any way you want to form rotting flesh for a zombie costume, scars and wounds, even bullet holes.
How To: Create a scary dripping hot wax Halloween monster makeup look
Want to scare your friends so good on Halloween that they'll have nightmares about you for ages to come? Then you have stumbled upon the right makeup tutorial. Take a gander at this makeup video to learn how to use wax - yes, wax - to create a dripping effect that'll make you look like a gross, scaly monster.
How To: Create a sultry and vampy 1920's flapper Halloween makeup look
When it came to makeup, flappers tried to look like men. No, we're not talking about faking beards and thick eyebrows, but they did prefer an androgynous look, anything that was NOT the Victorian ladylike norm of the decades previous.
How To: Create Lady Gaga's neutral makeup and spiked headpiece from the 2010 VMAs
Lady Gaga is not one to shy away from, well, anything, so it goes without saying that we were expecting the unexpected when she arrived on the red carpet at the MTV VMAs. While her getups at the awards show were offensive to say the least (she wore, quite memorably, a dress with matching shoe covers and headpiece made entirely out of meat), her makeup was surprisingly toned down.
How To: Create an easy and stunning mermaid Halloween makeup look
Halloween is all about getting wild and crazy with your makeup kit, but that doesn't mean you can't still look pretty while doing it! If you want to get dressed to the nines this Halloween while still staying in character, check out this makeup tutorial.
How To: Create a hot pink and red Callowlily inspired makeup look
Callowlily is an urban artist who creates drawings of women who are society types with a dark edge. So you'll typically see her depict beauty queens with vampire fangs and blood splattered all over her dress. While these girls are more messed up than straightlaced beautiful, they do make great artistic inspirations.