Brown eyes can wear almost any eyeshadow, which is why most advice about them stays vague. The useful part is…
Concealer alone rarely hides a bruise. It adds opacity, but it does nothing about the blue or purple underneath, so…
Two magazines ten years apart both promise a five-minute face, and they still can't agree on how many products it…
Brown is the makeup color nearly everyone gets told will suit them. The family does suit nearly every complexion. Individual…
To use Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm, massage it over dry skin with dry fingertips, then rinse well…
Most glitter eyeshadow problems start with the adhesive layer. Press the glitter on while it's still wet and the particles…
Most eye makeup requests come down to a short list: natural or soft glam, smokey eye, colorful or glitter eyes,…
Natural-looking makeup mostly comes down to keeping every layer thin. A light base goes only where tone needs evening, and…
Most makeup advice ignores your undertone completely. Deep winter makeup looks fix that by working with your natural coloring instead…
Most day makeup looks fail for the same reason: too many products, too much coverage, not enough skin showing through.…
A birthday face has to get through hours of eating and dancing, plus a camera flash pointed straight at it.…
Burgundy, berry, plum, brick red, terracotta, brown and dusty rose are the best fall lipstick colors, but which ones suit…
Clean skin first, then 1 to 2 pumps of the retinoid serum, then moisturizer, then eye cream. That's the order…
Shine is the whole point of disco makeup. Metallic, frosted and glitter finishes go on the lids, lips and cheeks…
Most people don't need 20 products and 45 minutes to look put-together. They need three to five good items and…
Apply Rare Beauty Positive Light Under Eye Brightener by dotting 2 to 4 dots along the undereye area with the…
Cat eye makeup mostly comes down to the angle of one wing. It is a tapered flick drawn from the…
Nothing gets skipped in a full glam look. The base is layered, the face is sculpted, the eyes are defined,…
Tightlining comes down to placement, not product. It's an eyeliner technique that puts pigment into the tiny gaps between the…
Ask anyone to picture an 80s face and the answer is roughly the same. Electric blue or teal shadow, pink…
Most base makeup either covers too much or slides off by noon. The Rare Beauty Positive Light Tinted Moisturizer SPF…
Start with a clean, dry lash line or waterline. Draw short strokes from the outer corner toward the inner corner,…
Most "nude" lipsticks look wrong on you because they were not made for muted, cool-leaning skin. If you have been…
Black on the eyes, the lips, or both counts as a black makeup look. Some are barely there, like a…
Curl first. Then set the wand at the roots, wiggle it side to side, and sweep up to the tips.…
To sharpen a NARS lip pencil, wipe the blade of the NARS Pencil Sharpener with alcohol and push the jumbo…
Most brides start with a folder of saved photos, and most of those photos show someone with different skin, different…
Blending is the whole trick. Everything else, the shade you pick, the brush you use, is secondary to getting pigment…
Strip lashes go on in a fixed order. Trim the band to fit, spread a thin line of glue along…
Wet clumps are the easy case. A clean spoolie or a dry, clean wand run through the lashes before the…