YOu wanna know why our hair is so big? Because it’s full of secrets. Beauty secrets, that is.
We love good beauty tips, so we’ve rounded up our best get-gorgeous tricks in one spot. Whether you want to learn how to create the perfect wavy hair or brush up on your smoky eye technique, we’ve got beauty tips galore.
How to Get Long Hair ASAP
Pixie cuts, bobs and shoulder length hair can perfectly frame a face, but when it
comes time to grow out strands for a new style, the wait can be a long one. Forget marking days off the calendar for a Rapunzel-inspired mane. Read on for how to get long hair, sans extensions.
How to Grow Out Your Bangs—Gracefully
Growing your hair out is a heck of a lot harder than cutting it. Skip the awkward stages completely with this amazing
guide to growing out your bangs without wanting to throw yourself out of a window.
An Owner’s Guide to Naturally Wavy Hair
If you have naturally wavy hair, then you know that sometimes your texture feels like a curse. Wavy hair isn’t as wash-and-go as straight strands, and lacks the bounce that curls have. But even though getting there may take a little extra work, waves can look shiny and gorgeous … as long as you know how to style them.
Your Ultimate Guide to Home Hair Color
101 Ways to Make Your Eyes Pop
How to Wash Your Hair—the Right Way
You may do it practically every day, but do you really know
how to wash your hair the right way? Using the correct techniques can make a world of difference in your hair’s health, bounce, and shine—but if you’re making some common mistakes, you could be damaging your strands without even knowing it.
The Right Bangs for Your Face Shape
We’ve all seen our favorite celebrities rocking some serious bangs on the red carpet and on magazine covers. But becoming a fringe convert means finding the
right style of bangs for your face shape—and for your lifestyle
101 Beauty Mistakes You Might Be Making
The 5 Rules of Luscious Lashes
Long, luscious lashes — those are a year-round necessity.
Follow these five rules to get perfect eyelashes without having to revert to time-consuming falsies or expensive extensions.
Follow These Three Steps for a Perfect Ponytail Every Time
101 Beauty Tips You Need Now
In the world of beauty, there are endless tips and rules to keep you looking fabulous.
We break down all those tips to make the industry less scary—from makeup artists, hairstylists, skincare gurus and of course, our beauty staff.
5 Ways to Make Hair Look Gorgeous (Not Greasy) Between Shampoos
The Secret to Getting a Great Top Knot
Top knots are our favorite go-to hairstyle on days when we don’t have time to go the heated styling route. The style is also helpful when you want to hide the fact that you haven’t washed your hair in, oh, a week.
Here’s the trick to getting it right.
DIY Recipes for Hair Masks
Sometimes the best hair treatments aren’t in the beauty aisle, but in the pantry. Here are some of t
he best DIY recipes for hair masks that you can mix up in your kitchen.
10 Things to Know Before You Dye Your Hair Dark
Curly Hair Tips to Help You Love Your Texture
If you have wavy or curly hair, you know that achieving your best texture isn’t wash-and-go. Ringlets require careful styling that straight-haired people just don’t understand. To make the most of your curly hair, try
these tips we’ve picked up from top stylists.
The Best Lightweight Conditioners for Fine Hair
What Really Works for Crows Feet, Dark Circles, and More
We all covet bright, wide-awake eyes, but genes and life’s late nights don’t always cooperate. Not sure if your eye cream is working?
Find out here.
Hair Mistakes That Make You Look Older
How to Supersize Your Hair
If you have the type of fine hair that falls flat after a few hours and won’t hold a curl, humid weather can leave your style looking deflated (cue the sad trombone).
Try these tricks for every styling stage for volume that lasts through anything—even sauna-like heat and humidity.
How Often Should You Really Wash Your Hair? We Asked the Experts
Experts Spill on How to Braid Your Hair Even Better
Even after watching tons of video tutorials, we admit we still aren’t really braiding ninjas. So we turned to the experts to answer some of our most pressing questions about creating amazing braids. Read on for their
genius tips to make braiding way easier.
Fix Chipped Nail Polish (Like a Lazy Beauty Editor)
Shorten Heat Styling Time for Your Hair
Sometimes, you just don’t feel like drying or flat-ironing your hair, but no-heat hairstyles just won’t cut it. Celebrity hairstylist Josue Perez walked us through some
easy tips to shorten our heat-styling time.
How to Get Rid of Blackheads
7 Ways to Get Beach Waves
Tricks to Disguise Thinning Hair
The issue of women’s thinning hair is finally getting the attention it deserves. Whether your hair thins as you age or you experience thinning your 20s, there are simple cuts, coloring techniques and styling tricks
that can disguise sparse strands.
How to Curl Your Hair Without Heat
The 5 Rules of Heat Styling Your Hair
Hair stylist Anna Jackson, who works at the Maxine Salon in Chicago, says there can be a compromise when it comes to having hair that’s both healthy and styled,
as long as you follow these rules.
How to Care for Wavy and Curly Hair
4 Tricks to Prevent Split Ends
The Best Drugstore Highlighter Ever
Apply Mascara First, and More Backwards Makeup Tricks That Actually Work
One major makeup artist swears by switching up the order of almost
every product that goes on your face, and
when we first heard his tips, they kind of blew our minds.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Highlights for Hair
Thinking of going lighter with your locks? Highlights can bring out your bone structure and make hair shimmer in the sun, but go the wrong route and the look can turn stripy or brassy, quick. We asked colorist Kyle White of Oscar Blandi Salon in New York to spell out
the do’s and don’ts of highlights for hair.
How to Make Your Hair Dry Faster
How to Prevent Frizzy Hair
Humidity doesn’t have to be a death sentence for your blowout. To find out
the secret to frizz-free, silky smooth hair, we caught up with two stylists who provided expert advice, from long-lasting treatments to styling tricks and must-have products.
101 Hair Ideas to Try When You’re Bored With Your Look
How to Care for Your Red Hair
We have two reservations about taking the plunge for red hair: the commitment
and maintenance that comes with it. Here are some
tricks to make the transition easier from a celebrity stylist.
3 Tips to Make Your Hair Look Good in Pictures
A recent poll by hair care line Joico found that 69 percent of women report having a “hair fail” that has ruined a photo. To make sure you’re not one of them, learn
how to make your hair look good in pictures with these tips from a celebrity hairstylist.
10 Things Everyone Needs in Their Makeup Wardrobe
Style gurus who preach the gospel of closet staples are right: The perfect trench, a well-fitting pair of jeans and a little black dress pull together a wardrobe like magic. Naturally, the
same principle works for your makeup bag.
This 10-Second Makeup Trick Lifts Your Face
Recently, we asked Amanda Bell, a makeup artist for Pixi Beauty, to show us some of her best tricks for creating subtle contours on the face—and
she dropped this gem on us.
6 Tricks for Flawless Foundation
At an event for editors, celebrity makeup artist Troy Jensen dropped so much foundation knowledge that even we (who have written about 5,000 articles on the topic over the course of a lifetime)
learned a few surprising tricks.
Everything You Need to Know About Blurring Products
Palettes You’ll Actually Use
Don’t you hate it when you buy a palette and only end up using a few colors? Never have that happen again with these 10 fantastic,
actually useable palettes.
8 Makeup Tricks to Slim Your Face
The Easiest Smokey Eye Tutorial Ever
Five minutes. Two products. The perfect smokey eye. Oh yeah, it’s possible—and here’s how.
The Best Eyebrow Shapes to Flatter Your Face
10 Fashion Week Beauty Tricks That Will Blow You Away
The Best Makeup for Blue Eyes
Blue eyes are a beautiful feature, but if you’re not wearing the right makeup shades, you risk having those baby blues go completely unnoticed. Samantha Chapman of
Pixiwoo told us
which colors look best on blue eyes, and here’s a hint: avoid blue shades.
3 Smart Tips for Wearing Glitter Eye Shadow
5 Timeless Makeup Tricks Every Woman Should Master
Fads come and go, but there are some bankable beauty secrets every woman should master. Take your beauty regimen to a whole new level of refinement and precision
with my timeless beauty checklist.
How to Apply Bronzer the Right Way
When applying bronzer,
you need the perfect touch—too little and you don’t get the desired sun-kissed glow. Brush on too much and you can end up looking orange.
How to Master Winged Eyeliner
Pull Off Dark Lipstick Like a Pro
Dark lipstick becomes so omnipresent every fall that it’s hard to call it a trend;
it’s more of a seasonal staple, like a leather jacket or a new pair of jeans.
The 5 Best Red Lipsticks of All Time
Make Thin Lips Look Fuller
Makeup Tips for People With Glasses
How to Find the Best Blush for Your Skin Tone
The Best Eye Makeup for Your Eye Shape
Makeup can completely change the shape of your eyes, but it’s a two-way street.
If you know the right techniques, you can make your eyes look bigger and more lifted, but a makeup misstep can close off your eyes in an unflattering way.
Get Fuller Brows With These Tips
For most of us, big, bold brows are but a dream. Whether it’s genetics or too much tweezing in the past, our wimpy little arches could use a boost. Thankfully, in this day and age we have tons of
options for getting fuller-looking eyebrows.
Get an Instant Face Lift With These Makeup Tips
How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes
Because makeup, bacteria, oil and dirt get stuck in the bristles of your makeup brushes, it’s essential to give them a little TLC so you don’t end up with clogged pores and—yikes—even breakouts. Here’s a little
cheat sheet to makeup brush maintenance.
How to Choose the Right Eyeliner For You
The 5 Rules of Covering Dark Circles
Sometimes you can do everything right (drink enough water, get enough sleep), but when you look in the mirror, dark circles still stare back at you. Here are the
best ways to camouflage them.
7 New Makeup Techniques to Try
After years and years of applying my own makeup, I still wouldn’t call myself an artist. Most of the time I’m not even confident that I’m doing it correctly, so I’m more than happy to
try out a new technique when it’s recommended to me.
20 Genius Beauty Tips for Brides
To help you look your most beautiful on the big day, we’ve compiled these
20 essential beauty tips from top hair and makeup pros.
101 1-Minute Makeovers
A new look doesn’t always have to mean making a drastic change or spending the day in a colorist’s chair.
These easy little tweaks will help you look brighter and renewed in 60 seconds flat.
The 5 Rules of Natural-Looking Foundation
Makeup Tricks to Make You Look Less Tired
How to Use Concealer to Cover Up a Zit and More
Makeup Mistakes That Make You Look Older
You Asked: “What Makeup Brushes Do I REALLY Need?”
Bad Hair Day Fixes for Your Worst Beauty Emergencies
When a bad hair day rears its ugly head, it tends to permeate everything: suddenly, you’re in a foul mood and nothing seems to go your way.
Try these tips to resurrect your style—and if all else fails, tie on a headscarf and call it a day (a good one, hopefully!).
The 8 Brushes You Need in Your Makeup Bag
How to Prevent Dry Skin Before the Cold Kicks In
28 Tips for Clear Skin in Less Than a Month
After trying our fair share of products that promise to transform our skin overnight, we know the disappointment that inevitably follows. Instead of looking for a miracle product, try making these small changes each day to
get glowing skin in less than a month.
How to Get Rid of Acne Overnight
Ways to Exfoliate for Smoother, Softer Skin
Anti-Aging in your 30s: Your Complete Skincare Guide
The 5 Rules of Clear Skin
A flawless face is something we all search for, whether it’s at the bottom of a face cream jar or in the the DIY acne masks we see on Pinterest. I wanted to hear what dermatologist Dendy Engelman, MD considered
the most important steps to clear skin.
How to Apply Eye Cream, the Right Way
Eye cream is an important step in any skin care routine. Creams can help reduce puffiness, lighten dark circles and make the face look generally more awake and youthful. But
if you’re applying eye cream incorrectly, then you might be doing more harm than good.
