Beachy Curls

Supplies

• 1/2 inch or smaller curling iron
• heat protection
• clips/hair ties 
• hair spray

Section a layer from ear to ear to start. Using one inch sections curl your hair *away from your face.

After each curl, hold it in your palm until it is mostly cooled.

Keep sectioning your hair until you are finished. After all the hair is curled, there are 3 ways to finish off. 

The first way is just lightly hair spraying it and stopping there.

The next way is to run your fingers through the curls until they loosen. 

The last way is to comb the curls so they become loose beachy waves. 

 Tips

• Curling your hair away from your face means the curls spiral away rather than spiraling into your face. You can do this by putting the iron behind each section before you curl. 
• Only lightly spray the curls with spray, otherwise they will just be weighed down and fall out.
• The hotter the curling iron, the longer the curls will last. 

Bling Accent Nail

Supplies

• rhinestones
• nail glue

Paint the nails your desired color. Let dry completely. Coat the nail(s) with nail glue. Place the rhinestones so they cover the entire nail.
Note: If the rhinestones are too big or small to evenly cover nail, add small even spaces between each so they look uniform.

Tip: Using bigger rhinestones last longer since they do not get caught in your hair if you run your fingers through it.

Gradient Glitter Nail Polish

What You Will Need

Nail Polish

• Glitter polish- any color
• Top Coat (clear nail polish)

Using a french tip nail will make things easier by having a guide. Paint the polish almost half way down the nail. Slowly work your way up the nail building the glitter so it is more dense towards the tip of the nail than the middle where you started. Paint on a top coat and you are finished.

Valentine's Day Makeup

What You Will Need

Eye Shadow

• pink
• brown
• white

Eyeliner

• liquid
• pencil

Mascara

  First use any eyelid primer to coat your lid. Take the pink eye shadow and pat it all over your eyelid, excluding the inner corner.

Now take the brown and apply it to your crease. Blend out the colors to avoid harsh lines. Reapply the pink in the middle of the eye. Highlight under the brow bone and in the inner corner.

  Use the liquid liner to line closely to the lash line winging it out slightly. Make sure to take the pencil liner and line your upper lash line. Do not worry about being too neat, you can clean it up by simply taking black shadow and going over the liner. On the left was before this process, on the right is after.

Line your water line and add mascara and you're done. 

Keeping Skin Moisturized During Winter

One of the biggest problems people face is dry skin as the days get colder. To avoid the flakes, make sure you have a well trusted moisturizer. Try to avoid anything with scents because they could break out your skin. Apply your moisturizer after you get out of the shower since some soaps dry out skin. Anytime you know that you will be out in the cold, this would be a great time to reapply. Places where you will need moisture the most is on your face and arms. These two areas typically are the most exposed places on your body. This means they lose moisture quickly. Make sure you leave time before going outside to let everything to soak in. Doing these steps will keep your skin soft like it is not even cold outside.

Substitutes for Eyeliner

Running out of eyeliner in the middle of the week can be a real bummer. Luckily there are some alternatives. All you need is some simple items you probably already have. 

If it is your waterline you want to cover with eyeliner, then all you will need is some mascara, black eye shadow, and some sort of slim brush or applicator. What you will want to do first is take the brush and dab a little mascara onto the end. Use the brush to swipe the mascara on your waterline like you would normally. Without blinking too much in between, use the brush to dab on the black shadow over the mascara to seal it in. If you need white eyeliner, you can use clear mascara or just skip right to the shadow part.

If you want to line your upper lash line then you only need the black eye shadow. Load up your brush with the shadow. Then lightly spritz everything on the brush with water. Reload your brush and then apply onto your eye like you normally would.

Using this technique is useful if you want multiple colors without buy lots if different liners. It saves money since you can use things you already have. Also, if you find an eye shadow you love, but wish it was a liner, problem solved.

How to Properly Use Bobby Pins

   There is always that one person that over floods their hair with unnecessary bobby pins. In reality, for most hair chunks, braids, etc. you only need to two pins total. All you have to do is cross each pin of the other. In other words, place a bobby pin where you want your hair to be held, (make sure the open end on the pin is facing upwards to ensure no fall out). Now with the second bobby pin, place it over the first bobby pin so they are perpendicular or form a "X". For the second pin have the open end facing downwards so no hair can try to escape out the top. For a finishing touch you may take hair from the side of the bobby pins that is loose (if the rest of hair is down) and let it hang over the pins to conceal them.