Tips & Tricks
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How to Look Good in Photos, Even For Your Passport and License
These makeup artist–approved tips will ensure that you look your best...even in the most heinous of photography situations.
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DIY Perfumed Body Powder
Think powder is for babies and old ladies? Wrong! Our writer makes a time-tested DIY perfume body powder recipe she learned from a local old lady.
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Which Products Do You Love So Much You Finish? We Ask the Experts!
We polled a variety of beauty experts and makeup artists to find out which products they use to the very last drop and then buy ’em again and again!
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Three Common Hair Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Seasoned pros taught us these little hair routine tweaks, which can go a long way toward better-looking locks.
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Are You Applying Makeup in the Right Order?
What comes first—eyes, lips, or cheeks? Foundation or concealer? Cristina Bartolucci of NYX and DuWop gives us the rundown of how to put on makeup, layer by layer.
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How to Prevent (or Conceal) That Little Red Sunglasses Mark
Nothing ruins a perfect summer look like that little red patch you get from your sunglasses. Here’s how to avoid it, or fix it fast!
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How To Donate Hair and Hair Donation Organizations
Want to lop off those locks and donate them to a good cause? Good for you! Read on for our guide to growing your hair, chopping it off, and finding a great organization to donate to.
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Juice Your Way to … Glowing, Clear Skin!
Raw juice can help heal your skin from the inside out. Here’s a recipe sure to help clear things up!
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5 Makeup Brushes That Make Application Easier
We get the scoop on five must-haves, each designed for a specific application technique, from Linda Tawil, co-owner of Morphé Makeup Brushes.
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Fridge or Vanity? Does it Matter Where You Store Your Beauty Products?
As temperatures soar, we talk to an expert about that old idea of storing beauty products in the fridge. Turns out that in some cases, it is a good idea. Read on to learn more.
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Two-Ingredient DIY Coconut Hair Treatment
This one is inexpensive, super moisturizing, and even adaptable to suit different hair types.
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Fitness DIY! Ombré Laces for Your Workout Shoes
Sometimes fun workout gear is just the thing you need to inspire a workout. Here, Kit shares a fun way to perk up gym sneakers—DIY ombré shoelaces.
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The Easiest Messy Bun in the World!
This pretty bun may be the easiest updo ever. Here's how to do it in three minutes flat!
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Contouring and Highlighting for Dark Skin
Does contouring make you nervous? It isn’t as hard as you think. Here are some basic techniques for dark skin tones, plus product picks!
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Juice Your Way… to Longer, Stronger Nails!
In this new series, we’re sharing delicious DIY juice recipes, each concocted with specific beauty benefits in mind. This one’s is meant to give you stronger, healthier nails. Cheers!
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Three DIY Epsom Salt Scrubs for Brighter Summer Skin
Here are three easy ways to use the classic muscle-ache reliever in your DIY skin routine.
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The Only Beauty Products (and Tips!) You Need for a Camping Trip
An essential packing list, plus hair and makeup tips, to keep you looking (reasonably) glam, even when you’re sleeping on the ground. Camping, or glamping?!
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Easy DIY After-Sun Lotion
Treat sunburns with this soothing recipe, which has just four ingredients. Oh, and it smells good, too!
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Four Strange Skin Care Substitutes You Have To See To Believe
Crisco as a face cream? Anti-chafing gel as primer? To test out some bizarre beauty claims from around the web, we put weird things on our faces so you don’t have to!
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Wedding Day Beauty Don'ts!
There are a lot of beauty considerations for the big day. Here are four things you should avoid doing in the days leading up to, or the day of, your wedding or any major event!