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Makeup habits your boyfriend hates
Cake face If you are applying your foundation with a masonry trowel, we need to talk. Layers upon layers of foundation make you look pasty and fake. Foundation is meant to even out your natural skin tone, not cover it up. Guys dislike this because you are ruining all their white shirts with all that…
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Foundation face-off: Understanding face foundation options
Learn more about the different foundation options and find the right formula for you. Tinted moisturizer If you don’t need much coverage but just want to even out your skin tone, tinted foundation may be the answer for you. Tinted moisturizer is just that — moisturizer that is tinted to match your skin tone. It’s…
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Beauty Beat: Jessica Simpson’s Fashion Star makeup tutorial
SheKnows Beauty Beat The makeup artist behind the Fashion Star faces of Elle Macpherson, Nicole Richie and Jessica Simpson sat down with SheKnows to share her secrets and show off her skills in three eye makeup tutorials. J. Simp’s dramatic eye Fashion Star is over until next season, but the looks live on. Dwell on…
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Ghoulishly gorgeous Halloween makeup: Sonia Kashuk shares her tips
Scary beauty! Halloween is one of those amazing days where fashionistas everywhere are free to dress as crazy as they want. It’s also a day when we can have a lot of fun with our makeup, without risking looking like a drag queen. To help get tips for rocking the perfect Halloween makeup look, I…
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Pro tips: Perfect makeup application
Choose the right foundation When applying makeup, start with a clean, moisturized face. Exfoliate your skin regularly to keep it as smooth as possible. When it comes to foundation, you have a variety of formulas to choose from — BB cream, cream-to-powder foundation, liquid foundation, tinted moisturizer and more. What’s BB cream?If you aren’t familiar…
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The secret to getting illuminated skin
Simple & beautiful skin Sparkles, shimmer, glitter: the usual makeup suspects for a night out on the town. They can certainly add a lot of glamour to an evening look; however, these showy cosmetics are no shortcut to healthy and naturally illuminated skin. When makeup can be seen (and makes your skin reflect like a…
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A movie star makeover inspired by Jessica Chastain
Get Jessica Chastain’sZero Dark Thirty look While acting out their roles, the 2013 Oscar-nominated actresses found themselves in war zones, homeless, nearly drowned and fighting desperately for their lives. Their looks are raw and real. And lately, we aren’t seeing flawless skin, delicately placed blush or long, lush eyelashes. Yet, we still can’t take our…
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Beauty Beat: The secret to Elle Macpherson’s Fashion Star makeup
SheKnows Beauty Beat Of course we tuned in for the fun fashion shows on NBC’s Fashion Star and looked forward to shopping the looks at H&M. But it’s impossible to overlook the fact that the show features three beautiful ladies, and we had to know how to get their looks, too. Eye makeup tutorial Julianne…
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Go pink for National Cotton Candy Day
National Cotton Candy Day Look as sweet as cotton candy Happy National Cotton Candy Day! Yeah, we didn’t know the holiday existed either. Still, we love us some cotton candy. It’s not state fair season, though — so instead we’ll sample some cotton candy-esque makeup to sweeten our look. We’ve gathered up a few of…