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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…
How you apply Rare Beauty highlighter depends on which formula is in your hand, since the brand sells a liquid…
NARS lip crayons don't twist up, so the only way to get at fresh color is to sharpen the pencil.…
Polished but not overdone. That is the whole point of natural glam makeup looks. This style sits in the space…
A red look puts one red focal point on the face, usually the lips and sometimes the eyes, and keeps…
Finding a shade that fits is the first hurdle with makeup for dark skin. Researchers at the University of the…
Covering more is the usual instinct, and it usually backfires. Heavy coverage and matte formulas cling to fine lines and…
Netflix said in December 2022 that more than 84 million fans had searched TikTok for Wednesday's viral makeup look, then…
Apply Rare Beauty blush the same way across every format and something will go sideways. The brand doesn't use one…
To curl eyelashes without a curler, hold them upward against a warm metal spoon, a spoolie, a mascara wand, a…
Most people don't want a full face of makeup on a random Wednesday. They want to look awake, put together,…
Most people use "Asian makeup looks" to mean some blend of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese beauty traditions. All three start…
People tend to talk about NARS concealer as if it were a single product, but NARS sells two and writes…
Eyelid skin gets a lot thicker as it moves toward the brow. A 2013 study in Anatomy and Cell Biology…
Grunge makeup started in Seattle in the early 1990s and has come back in waves ever since. What stays constant…
Most people have never cleaned their makeup. Only 6.4% of the 467 used products in an Aston University study had…
A winged eyeliner look starts as a thin line along the upper lashes that keeps going past the outer corner…
NARS's own advice for its liquid foundations is short. Warm a little in your hand, put it on with your…
Most date makeup advice is written for a photo. A date is a few hours across a table from someone…
Dark makeup is about depth. The deep shades in play are black, charcoal, burgundy, and plum, and they take the…
Eyeliner is mostly short strokes. Draw thin dashes right at the lash roots, make the line a little thicker toward…
The way you apply NARS liquid blush depends on which formula you own. Afterglow comes in a tube, and the…
A quart bag isn't actually the hard part of packing makeup for a flight. Most of the damage happens afterward,…
The easiest green look needs one shade and one blending pass. Nothing more. It also isn't reserved for green eyes…
Formal event makeup gets judged in photographs, and most of those get taken late in the evening, after the base…