Smokey eyes

How to do the simple smokey eye.

Step one: Find a color that makes your eyes pop. I will be using a sparkly white, a cream light brown color, and a sparkly black. The sparkles will make your eyes stand out. You can use basic solid colors if you'd like. It won't change the outcome much.

Step two: Using the right brushes. I have sensitive skin so I choose to use soft brushes.


Step three: Cover the lid of your eye with the middle color you have choosen (cream light brown.)

Step four: Color the corner of your eye with black (or a dark color) and blend it with your brush.

Step five: Color your brow line with the lightest color (white). Also put a little bit of the white on the inside corner of your eye.

Step six: Use the black lightly under eye right below lashes.

Step seven: Blend it all together so that it looks smooth over the eye. (Add more color anywhere needed.)

Step eight: Add desired mascara and you're done!

Using foundation, bronzer, and blush

When using foundation, bronzer, and blush, try them out first before wearing it into public. Make sure you get the right shades and tones that best match your skin color.

Step one: Find the right colors. Ask for help in the store, look it up online, anything you have to do to get the right colors.


Step two: Cover your whole face in the foundation. Make sure it's even. There's no need to cake it on.

Step three: Add bronzer to your cheek bones, on the ridge of your nose, and outline your face. Once again don't add to much other wise it will make you look fake or orange. Be sure to blend.

Step four: Put blush on cheek bones and up next to each eye. This will make your face look smaller.

Finished product!

Crimping/Waving your hair

Step one: Get a waver. I like to use the bigger waver. It makes the waves in your hair bigger and it look more like beach waves.

Step two: Brush your hair and make sure you don't have any knots.

Step three: Section your hair into layers. Use how ever many you think you need to make sure you get every piece of hair waved.

Step four: Grab a bundle of hair and put it between the waver. Hold on the top part for a few seconds. You don't want to wave the top as much as the bottom because the top will look to poofy. Hold on the bottom parts for about 15 seconds.

Step five: Repeat step four until hair is done. Mist on a light layer of hair spray and do not comb through. Style and finished.

Secrets to straight hair

Step one: Use a good straightener. Many people make the mistake by thinking that every straightener will work and it will work good. NO! If you bought a $5 straightener it will not straighten your hair or stay straight.

Step two: Take your time and section your hair off. Start at the bottom of your head and keep down a small layer of hair. Pin the rest up and out of the way.

Step three: Straighten layer of hair as well as you can. If the bottom layers are not as straight as they should be the rest of your hair will look poofy.

Step four: Follow steps two and three until hair is all straightened.

Step five: Use hairspray to keep flyaways down.
Step six: Style hair and restraighten anything that isn't all the way straight.

Using tape to make cool design on your nails

Step one: Color nails a solid color.

Step two: Cut pieces of tape into any design desired.

Step three: Place tape in desired area and paint with another color.

Step four: Repeat steps two and three with other nails.

Newspaper nails

Step one: Get a solid light color to color the whole nail.

Step two: Cut small strips of newspaper out.

Step three: Pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol into a bowl.

Step four: When nails are dry dip the strips of newspaper into the rubbing alcohol and let sit for 15 seconds.

 

Step five: Take strand out and press onto nails.

Step six: Follow steps until all nails have print on them and then cover with a clear coat.

Beach waves with curling iron

Step one: Get a curling iron and use hair spray on each strand of hair before curling if you have hard to curl hair.

Step two: Section hair into easy to manage sections.

Step three: Grab a section of hair and wrap it around the outside of the barrel of the curling iron. Hold on curling iron for desired amout of time.

Step four: If hair is not as curl as you'd like than rewrap it and hold on for longer.

Step five: Repeat steps three and four until hair is finished.

 

Beach waves

There are several different ways to get beach waves. A few of them are; using a simple headband, using bobbypins, and using your straightener.

Headband

Step one: Take a shower and wash your hair.

Step two: Dry hair but keep it damp.

Step three: Put headband around the top of your head so that its around your forehead.

 

 

Step four: Take a group of hair and wrap it around the headband.

 

Step five: Keep wraping groups of hair around the headband until all of the hair is up in the head band.

Step six: Add hairspray and sleep overnight with your up and take it out slowly in the morning and style.

Bobbypins

Step one: Use damp hair.

Step two: Twist hair up until it reaches your head.

Step three: Take a bobbypin and pin it.

Step four: Follow steps two and three until hair is all pinned up.

Step five: Keep in over night and take out in the morning.

Using a straightener

Step one: Take a big group of hair and twist it. Keep it held out straight.

Step two: Take straightener and run it over the twisted hair until it curls.

Step three: Follow step two and three until hair is all curled.

I am starting a blog for my Creative Writing class. I will be posting pictures and videos along with instructions and step-by-step directions on new and different creative ways to do hair and make-up. I will take any suggestions and try my best to answer any questions anyone might have. I will post as frequently as possible. Thank you.

     -Taylor