Black Short Dress with Leather Moto and Ankle Booties

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Fresh Floral Lace Motif Nails Art Design

Floral Lace Motif Mani with Chelsea King

The inspiration: Chelsea picked three polishes that felt fresh (teal, lime-green, and white) to lay down the ultimate summery mani inspired by two of the season’s biggest trends—floral and lace.

1: Start with clean nails and a base coat.

2: Then, paint your base layer: the nail on your index finger in lime green, and all other nails in teal. Do two coats, then let your nails dry for at least 5 minutes.

3: Brush some white polish onto a piece of foil. “It’s helpful to have a small palette that you can work on and foil is more durable than paper, which absorbs polish quickly,” says Chelsea. Dip your fine brush into the white and paint 2 to 3 small circles randomly on each nail. (These will form the center of the flowers.) Here, we did 3 circles on the index finger and thumb, and 2 circles on the remaining nails.

4: Next, using your fine brush, paint 4 to 5 “petals” per circle to create flowers, as pictured. Chelsea recommends first painting a fine “V,” and then rounding the tops to create each petal.

5: Outline each flower in white, as pictured. 

6: Paint diagonal stripes along each nail, making sure not to strike through any of the flowers. Go back and add another layer of diagonal stripes, in the opposite direction, to create a weblike pattern that resembles lace, as pictured.

7: Finish with top coat, and you’re done!

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How to Contour : Basic | Makeup /

Knowing how to contour is an important skill as all makeup applications involve contouring on some level. But to many, the thought of doing it at home seems inaccessible and a little too tricky. But it's easier than you think! “Basically, all makeup is contouring,” says Los Angeles-based makeup artist Brande Bytheway. “When you contour, all you’re doing is accentuating your natural features.” To get the technique down, we had Brande walk us through the how-to's and tools to create a basic look using contouring. 

This approach will look different on every person, depending on the shape of the features. Brande’s one piece of advice: practice, practice, practice. Try it, play around, and discover what works on your face. “It’s not as complicated as it seems,” Brande swears. “Some people do it every day!”

When you learn how to contour there are two main techniques: lowlighting and highlighting. Lowlighting refers to using a darker color wherever there’s an area of the face or feature you want to recede or de-emphasize. Brande recommends a hue about three shades darker than your own skin—and making sure your product is matte, never frosted or shimmery. The opposite of lowlighting is highlighting—this you do on areas you want to emphasize or bring forward. For highlight, you can use either matte or frosted/shimmery color, whichever you prefer.

Here’s how to do a basic contour on the cheeks, nose, eyes, and jaw. For this tutorial, we used powder eye shadows from Inglot. Make Up For Ever’s sculpting kits also get Brande’s thumbs-up; check out this quick guide to contour kits at every price for more ideas, too.

Cheekbones

According to Brande, the first thing most people want to contour are the cheekbones. To start, try receding the hollow of the cheek. You can find the hollow of cheek right underneath the cheekbone—there, apply your darker lowlight shadow using an angled medium or large brush. We used taupe-y brown here.

Every area you lowlight, you want to balance with a highlight. After receding the hollow of the cheek, counter that by making cheekbones stand out. To do that, brush on a frosted gloss or light shadow along the cheekbones, and blend out toward the temple.

Nose

This is a basic strategy to slim down the nose just a bit (which remember, may not work on every face). For the nose, use the same lowlight shade you used for cheeks. Start at inner corner of brow and apply down either side of the nose.

Next, apply your highlight down the bridge of the nose. For the nose, always use matte product, even for highlighting. “Generally speaking, people don’t want the nose or T-zone to look shiny, so in those areas, I’d stay away from frost or shimmer,” Brande explains. Finally, blend the two together using a brush.

Eyes

To make the eyes pop in two simple steps, start with your lowlight. Apply into the crease of the lid and blend well.

Then, counter that with a highlight, brushed right along the browbone.

Jaw

To lowlight, apply your darker shadow below the jaw along the jawline, right where the jaw meets the neck. Then blend down into the neck using a clean brush, so you don’t have a line.

Then, highlight right on top of the jawline, and blend together. Be careful not to go all the way around to the chin here. You want to highlight on the sides, along the mandible. “If you go all the way forward to the chin, it can make the chin look bigger, like it’s jutting forward,” says Brande.

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Pop and Famous Smokey Eyes and Beauty Makeup

Have you ever wished for more control and precision when putting on makeup? (Think: shadow fallout smearing your perfect concealer application into a smoky mess.) Thanks to the resourcefulness and ingenuity of makeup artists we work with, we’ve learned a few tricks using everyday office items, some of which you probably already have on hand!

TOOL #1: TAPE

You can use regular scotch tape to draw a super-perfect cat eye. After applying your eye primer (try Too Faced Shadow Insurance), grab a 2-inch strip tape and press it into your hand to make it a little less sticky. Then apply the tape at an angle from your lower eyelid. You can adjust the angle according to how dramatic you want the winged line to be. Using liquid liner (we love Stila’s pen version), draw a line from the inner corner of the lid to the outer corner along the edge of the tape. Peel off the tape and repeat on the other eye. You can also do this with dark shadow for a softer look with a dramatic edge, as we did here.

Masking and scotch tapes are also great for cleaning up fallout from glitter products! We love glitters (like the dramatic silver used here, Marilin Monroe from Lit)—but know the sparkles can sometimes land where you don’t want them to. Here, after applying, we lightly pressed a fresh piece of tape onto the skin to pick up errant flakes without disturbing our undereye concealer.

TOOL #2: BUSINESS CARD

Do you ever get those telltale mascara streaks along your brow bone? It happens if you’ve got super long lashes OR if you blink too hard or look up too quickly before the mascara is dry. Then you’ve gotta go back over it with a Q-tip dipped in eye makeup remover, and risk screwing up your beautiful eyeshadow job. Our tip: skip the remover step, and use a business card for no-smudge perfection.

Before you put on your mascara, hold an business card between your eyelid and your lash root. This creates a barrier so you can get at lashes with your mascara wand to your heart’s content. Keep the card there, and apply as many coats as you like—keep it in place and blink your lashes help them dry.

You can also use the straight edge of the card to catch dark shadow fallout, like we did.

TOOL #3: ENVELOPE

We got this dramatic RuPaul-esque look with the help of an envelope. To try it, hold an envelope just under your cheekbone. Swipe a blush brush into the cheek color of your choice (make sure there’s a lot of pigment on the bristles) and follow the line of the envelope. Concentrate the majority of the hue along the edge where your cheek meets the envelope, and blend upward. (Tip: a cut cheek looks great with acut crease!)

For a more subtle take, use the above technique for bronzer to contour, and then be sure to blend the harsh edge at the bottom with a sponge to get natural-looking cheekbones to die for!

Who knew our cubicle stockpile was hiding so many beauty tricks? We’re still wondering if there’s a makeup-related way to repurpose staples. Do you have any office-supply tricks up your sleeve? Please share with us in the comments!

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How to : DIY Caviar Manicure Nails Tutorials

YOU'LL NEED:

• Base coat
• Opaque nail polish (no shimmer)
• Clear micro beads (available at most craft stores—we snagged our jar for three dollars!)
• Top coat

STEP 1

THE BASICS

First, apply a clear base coat on completely bare nails. Next, apply one coat of no-shimmer white polish (a thinner formula is best) onto your nails and let them dry. We chose white, but you can use any color with the clear beads.

STEP 2

COAT AND CAVIAR

Apply a generous second coat of color to one hand, and let the polish get tacky for 10 seconds. Then, over a sheet of paper, a cup, or a plastic tray, pour the microbeads over your nail bed, ensuring you coat the entire surface of your nail bed like glitter over glue.

STEP 3

IM-PRESSED

When each nail is entirely covered, use the pad of your finger to press and secure the caviar beads. Repeat this on your other hand.

STEP 4

THE LEFTOVERS

Pour the excess beads back into the jar to save for later, then apply a tiny drop of top coat along your nail tip to seal the caviar. The look should last two or three days before the beads start to fall. Black-tie nails at a bargain price—you can’t beat it!

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How to : Punker Eyeliner | Makeup Tutorials

From the darkly rimmed eyes that characterize the fierce punk rockers and the CBGB’s scene, to the glam rock and coal rimmed eyes of the Max’s Kansas City crowd, to the bold, black lines of the new wave and early rap scenes, black eye liner was a part of creating the perfect eye for some of downtown NYC’s most legendary scenes.

Now it’s back, and one of my new must-have products is Punker Eye Liner from Ardency Inn. It is the perfect tool for the liquid liner look that is returning to the runways, red carpets and clubs across the world. The artistic liquid eye liner look is a leading trend this season and is something every makeup artist will have to master. Ardency Inn has a new thick eyeliner pen that will make it easy.

Inspired by the diversity of NYC’s legendary downtown music scene and its leading ladies (like Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, and Grace Jones), this liner makes it easy to accomplish their iconic looks or reimagine them for your own use. Designed as a short and thick pen, Punker is easier to handle than traditional eyeliners. The liquid formula is delivered through an oversized felt tip applicator which allows for everything from precise lines to bold strokes, depending on the pressure applied. Punker Eyeliner makes it easy to sketch bold, black strokes in thin natural lines or thick dramatic shapes with one easy swipe.

Recommended for all eye shapes, Punker is ideal for defining, shaping or lining the eye area, or anywhere you wish to draw designs. Water-resistant and easy-to-use, it goes on smoothly without skipping and lasts all day long. Here are three techniques:

Using your free hand, pull the eyelid taut. Holding Punker like a pen, line the eye from the inside of the lashes outward in one big sweep, keeping it steady and applying even pressure.

Start applying the liner at the inner corner and draw the line thicker as you get to the outer corner of the eye. This will create the appearance of larger, more defined eyes. Another liquid eyeliner trick that will make eyes appear wider is to dot the Punker liner into the spaces between the lashes of the upper lash line, wiggling the liner into the lashes. The result will look as if the lashes themselves are thicker at the root.

Gently drag Punker along the lash line and past the top outer corner of your eye. Follow the upward curve of your eye with Punker. For a dramatic winged look, draw farther out and angle the liner following the direction of your lower lash line. The effect of the liner should be thin to thick from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner. Finish by placing Punker at the outer corner of the line and work back toward your eye using light, sketchy strokes.

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Great Way To Wear Glitter Makeup Tutorials

NEON HIGHLIGHT ON A NEUTRAL EYE

First, touch up on your eyebrows and give them a nice shape. We used Anastasia's Beauty Express for Brows & Eyes.

Then using Too Faced Perfect Eye Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Moss, define the bottom of your eyes going from corner to corner and up around the crease on the lid.

Using the smudge tool of the eyeliner blend the liner to create a softer edge.

Using a brush, dip the brush lightly in Lit Clearly Liquid Glitter Base and apply it gently and carefully around the bottom line of your eyes, underneath your bottom lashes.

Dip the brush into the glitter and apply it on top of the glitter base.

Now you can use any bright color as an accent!

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Leaded Shade and Blue Makeup Tutorials

Step by Step :

1. Start applying the make beige pencil below the eyebrow.

2. Flush the root of the lower lashes black pencil step taking him out. This feature is very important because it defines how far does our shadow from now on. Oh, do not let the strong stroke does not! Make it light, for that is just slightly press the pencil against his eyes.

3. Now apply primer on the mobile eyelid (I used the Mary Kay) and then depositing the glossy will lead shade. It is important not to rub, so the tone is pretty intense. The trick is to press the brush against the lid as if you were "sticking" the shadow over the primer.

4. With beveled brush caught an opaque black shade and in March the outer corner, not exceeding that limit done with pencil in the second step of this make. Also March entire outline with black lead (essentially concave!).

5. Above the black apply a chocolate brown shade.

6. Now with CLEAN esfume brush brown he was going up to the top (forgot to take pictures, sorry!). At caught sequence opaque black shadow and esfumó it on the concave and outer corner.

7. Close to the lower lashes apply an opaque blue-green shade. Following the trace is to

8. In the internal corner apply a beige illuminating shade.

9. Now apply a shimmering blue pencil on the waterline and well close the root of the lower lashes.

10. I conclude with black eyeliner.

Used Products :

I used the pencil eyebrow kit from Sigma
  Pencil Black Touch of Nature
Shadow Silver Rain Collection
Brush E5 of The Beauty Box
Brush the ES13 Pink Gloss
Brush the ES12 Pink Gloss
Brush the ES07 Pink Gloss
Brush E20 OF Sigma
Pencil Abbey Road of NARS
Eyeliner Fludline Blacktrack MAC

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Wonderful Red and Gold with Black Eyeliner Makeup Tutorials

Step by Step :

1. Start applying the make beige shadow across the eyelid and below the eyebrow.
2. Following caught an opaque red shade and mark the concave and outer corner with her. Also outline the entire region close to the lower lashes.
3. With a fluffy brush caught redder shade and esfume it on the concave up a bit. Also esfumó at the outer corner!
4. With a pointed brush marking the concave and outer corner with an opaque wine shade. The wine has to be "in" the red, you know? Already apply giving a light esfumadinha.
5. In the mobile eyelid apply a metallic golden shade.
6. In the bright inner corner with beige shade!
7. I conclude with Egyptian outlined.
Used Products :
Brush the ES07 Pink GlossMoon Shadow paletteBrush the ES12 Pink Gloss382 Shadow of InglotShadow Thunder of paletteBrush the ES10 Pink GlossSea Border Shadow CollectionBrush 012 Maria MargaridaBrush the ES13 Pink GlossEyeliner Fludline Blacktrack MAC


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Fabulous Powerful Metallic Makeup Tutorials

Step by Step :

1. Then with beveled brush caught the Lovesick shade and well apply in the corner close to the lower lashes. Following this line doing a puxadinho the outer corner and paint all black to the concave (depression below the eyebrow bone, my concave is above my dobrinha eye because my eyelid is chubby, if your hollow is deeper it will be in the same place of dobrinha, then just fill you in black to dobrinha. Simple as that, ok? !

2. With the same shade make a smooth cut crease in the contour of the concave. To power I gave a basic molhadinha the brush after taking the shade.

3. Now esfume this black with Smokeout.

4. Esfume with a plumper brush and brown opaque taupe Rewind over the Smokeout, and up the smoky slightly up and out.

5. Fill the mobile eyelid with silver Shellshock. I did not use primer because it has a very good pigmentation, but I regretted it because she messed muitooooo my shining face. The primer prevents it as "sticks" better to shade the skin. Ie USEM because the shadows of UD (some, like this) tend to crumble as well.

6. After I spent the silver "hid" the black concave. So come back to it now with a blending brush and small black again in March. In this step the black mixes with the silver and the concave is also metallic. Effect I think beautiful as this is idea of makeup.

7. Between black and silver apply the lilac Betrayal.

8. Close to the eyelashes lower step.

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