DIY Beauty Hacks All Girls Should Know

1. Use a light-colored frost eye shadow to create luscious 3D lips. Or use a different eyeshadow color for more depth and an ombre effect.

2. Use Elmer's Glue to remove blackheads just like the Pore Strips only much cheaper. Use it only on your nose or on your entire face (avoid your eyes, nostrils and mouth). Apply gauze before the glue is dry for easier removal of the glue, otherwise just peel or rub it off.

http://midwestmodernmomma.com/no-more-expensive-pore-strips-for-me/

3. Use Elmer's Glue as a nail polish base for easy to remove glitter manicures. All you have to do is peel from the side! This manicure can last up to 2 weeks.

4. Apply one coat of Elmer's Glue on your cuticles and around your nail and let it dry, then apply your nail polish. Remove the glue by peeling it off and it will give you the perfect manicure.

5. Twist your hair into two pieces and then twist them around each other. Hold the ends down and run a flat iron over them slowly up and down in the direction of the swirls. The end result will be soft waves.

6. Basics of eyeshadow application: 1 and 2 should be your lightest color. 4 should be your next lightest tone applied to the eyelid, 3 should be a darker mid-tone shade which goes into the crease. 5 should be the darkest color, applied in an outer v-shape to define the shape of your eye.

7. Use a light shade of shimmer eyeshadow in the inner corner of your eyes for a refreshed and bright appearance.

8. Use a rubber band to fix your french manicure.

http://paperraindrops.blogspot.com/2012/02/french-manicure-cheat.html

9. Know where to apply perfume so it lasts all day:

10.  Make your own perfect, custom BB cream.

http://beautyvancouver.com/2013/07/02/d-i-y-bb-cream/

11.  The perfect eyeshadow colors for your eye color.

12. Turn any eyeliner into a gel eyeliner. This also works for turning lip pencils into lip gloss.

13. Use white eyeliner or base all over your eyelids to make any eyeshadow color pop with brightness. Use black eyeliner or base all over to make colors more intense and smokey.

14. To cover up dark circles, apply concealer in a triangle under your eyes. Orange shades of concealer will combat blue undertones of dark circles.

15. Apply concealer, paint pots, eyeshadow base, or Maybelline's Color Tattoo cream eyeshadows as a base under your powder eyeshadow to achieve a more professional look and more staying power.

16. Want plumper lips? Add Peppermint essential oil to your favorite lip gloss to get those bee-stung lips without having to pay a high price!

17.  To make your lipstick last all day, remember to "set" it by blotting off excess product with a napkin and then dusting translucent powder over your lips with a large fluffy brush.

18. Make your eyelashes longer and more full with baby powder. Use a clean mascara spoolie to grab some baby powder, shake off the excess and then comb it through your lashes. Apply your mascara and your lashes will appear thicker and longer!

19. Do you need to tame your eyebrows? Use a clean mascara spoolie (can be from an old mascara you used up) and dab it into petroleum jelly or aloe vera gel. Then run it through your eyebrows for a clean, tamed look that will last all day.

20. To make your red lipstick last all day and to avoid bleeding, line your lips with a matching color of lip liner. To achieve the most natural look, rub the lip liner all over your lips rather than just around the edges.

21. To get the perfect ballerina bun, use a bun filler from any store or make one of our a sock that you cut the toes off of. Roll the sock around itself to create a donut.

22. To get rid of split ends twist your hair around itself and cut off the pieces that are sticking out.

http://www.diyncrafts.com/3312/fashion/40-diy-beauty-hacks-borderline-genius/12

23. Out of dry shampoo? No problem, make your own with this simple recipe.

http://bridebird.com/how-to-create-your-own-dry-shampoo/

24. Turn Kool-Aid into a lipstain.

25. Contour your face to add dimension and thin out your features by using this simple guide.

http://blog.spaboutique.ca/tag/jane-iredale/

26. Creating the perfect cat-eye with eye liner.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/116178865360397704/

27. Make your own lip scrub/exfoliator.

http://theberry.com/2012/10/11/just-a-few-beauty-tips-6-photos/beaty-tips-1/

28. How to do an easy flawless french manicure with paper hole protectors.

http://www.popcosmo.com/2012/05/04/how-to-do-a-french-manicure-effortlessly/

29. Achieve a polka dot manicure using a band aid.

http://thebeautythesis.com/2012/11/13/polka-dot-nails-using-a-band-aid-why-didnt-i-think-of-this/

30. Check your makeup in the sunlight. The daylight will expose any mistakes you may have made in an unnaturally lit room.

31. When applying eyeshadow use at least 3 brushes to keep your look from becoming one-tone and muddy.

http://blush-berry.blogspot.com/2008/09/basic-makeup-set.html

32. Use visine to tone down the redness of pimples.

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Luvocracy: Pinterest + Shopping in One

You may have heard the name fluttering about the past few months, but what is it? Luvocracy is essentially the same thing as Pinterest but far better in the sense that it lets you purchase what you want directly through clicking on a photo of the item "luv'ed". I'll admit it took me a little while to get on the bandwagon, but it's such a useful tool! I think it would be great for holiday shopping and really has the added functionally (but not yet the population) lacking in Pinterest.

Now an interesting thing that I noticed is when I was looking through the website but did not have an account it was only showing me beauty posts from on poster (Ingrid Nielson aka MissGlamorazzi on YouTube) but then once I signed up for an account, it showed me plenty of other users, so I suppose they're just not sharing other user's login names unless you are also a user, which makes sense for privacy reasons. 

My only qualm with this is that at first, the site seems barren so some people might be reluctant to sign up since they do not see a variety of posts from multiple users. However, let me reassure you that once you sign up, other posts become available! I was so relieved to see that the website is indeed populated with like-minded individuals that I can share my love of makeup, fashion and home decor with!

On Luvocracy, it's retailers and users who benefit from the shopping setup. It's simple, rewards come in the form of money off pending purchases or royalty checks. You can earn rewards when you refer friends or when they make purchases, you earn 2% of all referral purchases but this only lasts for your 1st year of membership. However, if someone buys something you recommended by pinning it yourself, you earn 2% of those purchases and this is permanent. But for every degree removed you are from the person who generates the sale, your royalty is halved. So if I refer something and someone else refers it after me and then it is purchased from that person, I will make 1% rather than 2%.

So these added perks are something to consider because you can essentially be pinning items while you're at work, on-the-go, or as a full-time job. Luvocracy really takes out the middle man which most affiliate programs make you deal with and increases the transparency of how you make money and what amount of money it will be.

The best part is you can even download a simple button for your browser and as you're looking through things you may like, just click it at add it to our collections! You even start out with a $10.00 shopping credit!

You can find my profile here: http://www.luvocracy.com/lethalglam

Lace Nail Manicures for Sale!

Since I have been noticing a lot of interest in my posts about lace nail manicures, I've decided to devise a way to get them out to people who want to achieve this look but are incapable of doing it themselves. I found that the easiest way is to create the lace nails on "Nailene So Natural Nails, Real French, 24 ct."   and letting everyone choose their base nail color (although I prefer them on french nails) and lace color. After taking custom orders, it will take about a week to manufacture them (since the fabric and nails have to be bought each time and then they have to be manually crafted with the lace appliques). They do look fabulous and I encourage you to try it by yourself if you feel like you can do it!

This is the posting:
http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Lace-Embellished-Artificial-Nails-Custom-Made-to-Order/63927311

Here are photos of some I did for a quick test-run:

You can find other items for sale at:
http://www.bonanza.com/booths/lethalglam/