Ever forgotten your lash curler or just really didn’t want to use it because they’re such a pain in the butt? I hear you! With this spoon trick, maybe we’ll never have to use our eyelash curlers ever again!
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So…who’s been using bobby pins the wrong way for years? *Raises hand* Apparently me! I’ve been trying out the “right” way to use them lately and I have to admit, it seems to grab onto your hair a bit more gently. So, if you’re like me and have been using bobby pins the wrong way for years, try this way out and tell me how it works for you!
An easy way to keep that lipstick on for the long haul!
Have you ever tried on a blouse or a shade of lipstick that makes your skin, eyes, and face come alive, only to try another one that’s almost exactly the same shade but makes you look tired, washed-out, and just generally off? The first one probably matched your skin’s surface tone and undertone perfectly, while the second shade may have a totally wrong undertone.
What’s that? You kinda understand, but don’t really know the difference between surface tone and undertone? Join the club. When it comes to fashion and beauty, there are few buzzwords as prevalent as “cool undertones” and “warm undertones” In fact, we’re always hearing that identifying which category we fall into is integral to our overall attractiveness, but finding out where we fall is still shrouded in confusion.
The first step in grasping the concept? Understanding that our skin’s surface tone is the color you’d describe yourself as having (ivory, light, medium, tan, dark, etc.) Your skin’s undertone is the color underneath the surface. You can have the same skin color as someone, but a different undertone, which are broken down like this:
Cool (pink, red or bluish undertones)
Warm (yellow, peachy, golden undertones)
Neutral (a mix of warm and cool undertones)
One big misconcpeton: That pale girls can’t be warm-toned. In fact, many fair-skinned women have warm undertones (Nicole Kidman is one of them!) and dark-skinned women have cool tones (supermodel Alek Wek is a cool tone.)
So, how can you determine which category you fall into? Read on!
1. Check Your Veins
Push your sleeves up right now and look at the veins on the inside of your wrist. Are they blue or green? If they look more blue, you likely have cool undertones. If the veins look greenish, you’re warm. It’s worth noting, warm girls, that you’re veins aren’t actually green—they look it because you’re seeing them through yellow-toned skin (yellow + blue = green.)
2. The Good Old Jewelry Trick.
Think about whether you look better in silver or gold jewelry (Not which you like more, but which actually makes you look more radiant, glowing, and awake.) Typically, girls with cool undertones look better in silver and platinum metals, and warm-toned women look better in gold.
3. The Neutral Test.
Think about what neutral shades flatter you best. Does your skin, eyes, and face look better in bright white and black hues, or ivory, off-whites, and brown/tan shades? The former means you’re probably cool-toned, and the latter, warm.
4. Eye and Hair Color.
Your natural eye and hair colors can help figure out your coloring. Customarily, cool people have eyes that are blue, gray, or green and have blond, brown, or black hair with blue, silver, violet and ash undertones. Conversely, warm-toned women usually have brown, amber, or hazel eyes with strawberry blond, red, brown, or black hair. Their hair tends to have gold, red, orange, or yellow undertones.
5. The Sun’s Effects.
When you’re out in the sun, does your skin turn a golden-brown, or does it burn and turn pink first? If you fit into the former category, you’re warm-toned, while cool tones tend to burn (fair-skinned cool girls will simply burn, while medium-skinned cool-toned girls will burn then tan.)
6. Identify with a Celeb.
A few celebs who have cool undertones: January Jones, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Cara Delevingne.
A celebs who have warm undertones: Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, Rachel Bilson, Jennifer Aniston, Beyoncé.
7. Find Which Colors Look Best on You
There’s no denying that certain colors will make you look better regardless of your skin’s undertone. Warm-toned girls should lean toward yellows, oranges, browns, yellow-greens, ivory’s, and warm reds, while cool-toned girls should wear blues, greens, pinks, purples, blue-greens, magentas, and true “blue-based” reds.
A Blowout Minus the Blowout!
Easy way to go from simple straight hair to a fabulous blowout in 5 minutes!
Steam shower! These seemed to get very ugly and the smell faded very quick between showers. So instead of putting these in your shower, hang them on hooks right next to the shower, both the herb and the smell seem to stick around longer. Plus the herbs look so pretty hanging in the bathroom!
This hairstyle is so adorably regal! Perfect for a Christmas party or just a casual night out!
Pretty Pastel Nails
Adorable nails, so easy to replicate! Simply paint your nails an opaque white color and let it dry. Then set 6 little strips of tape on each nails to create three lines. Fill in the lines on the left and right side in with a pastel colored nail polish and the center one with a sparkle polish. Wait to dry, rip off the tape and apply topcoat, so easy!
Try out this easy way to get big, plump lips without any painful injections!
Wondering why your products just aren’t working as well anymore? Maybe, just maybe they’re already past their prime! Take a look at the makeup expiry chart and determine which products of yours are headed for the trash bin.
Colors and Fashion 