Make-up Basics

Make-up Basics

On prom night, you will want to create a glamorous, out-of-the ordinary look with your make-up. Still, it is important to have a good normal base of makeup to work with so you don’t end up looking too made up or not at all like yourself. The key to prom beauty is to look like yourself with a little added glamour. When doing your makeup before the prom (which we suggest doing yourself ­ you will end up with a more natural look and a little more money in your purse), apply a base of makeup following the suggestions below:

Preparation: Be sure your face is clean and properly moisturized. Makeup blends best into moisturized skin. Also, if possible, put your dress on before doing your makeup to prevent any stains or smudges that might get on the dress while slipping it over your head.

Step 1: Use your index finger to gently cover any dark circles under your eyes with a concealer that is one shade lighter than the rest of your skin.

Step 2: If you have any unfortunate prom-night zits or blemishes (they happen to the best of us), cover them with a foundation that is the exact color of your skin. Step back from the mirror and see if your skin has any blotches or redness. If so, blend these patches with a little more foundation. If you cannot find a foundation the exact color of your skin, choose a slightly darker shade. A light foundation will appear to sit on your face and will not blend as well.

Step 3: Set your makeup by lightly covering your face with a small amount of powder. If you do not use powder, your concealer will disappear before the night is over.

Step 4: Groom your brows by combing them up and across with a brow brush or toothbrush (used only for this purpose!). If you have thin brows, softly apply eye shadow to fill the brows in and give them a fuller appearance. Do not tweeze or pluck your brows on the night of the prom. This will cause noticeable redness and irritation.

Step 5: Use your finger or a brush to apply shimmery shadow to your eyelids. A silvery lavender shade is flattering for almost everyone, but you can experiment with the shade based upon your natural complexion and the color of your dress.

Step 6: Apply some cream blush to give your cheeks a touch of color. Start at the apple of the cheek and blend the blush up and then down with a full brush. Turn to the side to be sure the blush is fully blended. The perfect color of blush for you is the same as the color of your cheeks after a few minutes of exercise.

Step 7: Apply some mascara to both your top and bottom eyelashes, creating a thicker covering on the outer lashes. To create an appearance of fuller, longer lashes, wait for the first coat to dry and then apply a second coat.

Step 8: Fill in your entire lip with a creamy lip pencil for longer lasting color. Then, use your finger or a brush to apply gloss on top. The gloss will give you a sexy, wet-lip look. Choose your lip color based upon your complexion, the color of your dress, and how much you want your lips to stand out.

Step 9: Choose a couple of ideas from the list of Glamour Beauty Tips to add a dash of extra glamour to your appearance.

Prom Makeup Lips

Prom Makeup Lips

Keep your lips kissable by piling on plenty of lip balm prior to the big event. On the night itself, make sure your lipstick lasts by bringing your foundation down over your lips first, outlining with lip liner and then coloring in the lips themselves with the same liner. Now add your lipstick to your prom makeup sceme, blot once and powder, then apply and blot again. Your lipstick should last all night, but carry a little extra in a small makeup bag for those necessary touch ups.

Choosing the Right Look for Your Prom Makeup

Choosing the Right Look for Your Prom Makeup

Many girls make the mistake of choosing prom makeup which is dramatically different from the makeup they normally wear. While tempting to go all out with an amazing new look, or to pile on the products for a flawless appearance, try to resist going overboard. Prom is not the time to try something new: instead, your aim should be to look like a more glamorous version of yourself: choosing makeup you'll be comfortable in, but which will still make you look your absolute best.

To achieve this look, stick to what you know, but add a few extra little touches for that all important wow-factor. That could simply mean using a sparkly eye shadow rather than your usual mat, or adding a sexy shimmer to your lips. However you choose to do it, you'll want to make sure that your friends (and your date!) still recognize you when making your grand entrance!

Curly Hairstyles

Curly Hairstyles

We all know how important hair is. It's our most noticeable feminine feature. If a woman's hair looks great, she feels great. Beautiful curly hairstyles will surely make you feel great and may help you find more joy in your life.

So the perfect curly hairstyles is to not just be more beautiful but more confident and comfortable with who you are.

Most straight-haired girls would love to have a head full of curls. At these times women are changing from their flat-irons and opting for a hair diffuser and making the most of beautiful natural curly hair.

Curly hairstyles can be worn by anyone and everyone. If you've got curly hair and it tends to frizz use a heavy-weight gel or a relaxing balm and let your curly hair dry naturally. If your hair doesn't frizz, using a smoothing serum, scrunch your hair using a diffuser.

Curly hair

Curly hairCurly hair styles can be your best accessory - healthy, versatile, great-looking and easy to manage.

Yes! Very easy to manage!

There are just two ingredients you need to ensure at the very outset - the right hair cut, and the type of care that your curly hair really, really needs to retain its style.

Curly hair is completely different from straight hair. Its structure is different and its needs are different.

Curly hair demands a different approach.

It begs for understanding.

And curly hair is very forgiving. Maybe you've abused it all these years, trying to mould it into styles it was never meant to resemble.

But the moment you decide to meet your curly hair half way, it rewards you with head-turning, breath-taking, beautiful hair styles.

Curly hair styles that look wonderful are the natural result of combining those two essential ingredients - the curly hair cut, and the curly hair care.

One ingredient is out of your hands, quite literally, and that's the cutting.

You can't cut your own curly hair.

It's not recommended, anyway.

But you can certainly choose who does cut your hair, and the choice you make is the key to your future success with curly hair styling.

A stylist who understands and respects your curls, and who also knows how to cut your hair in ways that flatter your face, is like gold.

Find a stylist who can handle curly hair and you're half way home.

That's the first ingredient.

The second ingredient for beautiful curly hairstyles is well within your control, and that's the way you look after your curly hair.

That doesn't mean you have to adopt some onerous routine, either, like brushing your hair a hundred times every night. Don't brush! It's fatal for curly hair! And don't comb it either. Throw all that stuff away!

Taking care of your curly hair is more a matter of lifestyle and understanding.

It's no harder to maintain curly hair than it is to manage other hair types. In fact, once you get your curly hair right it can actually be much, much easier.

And the styles you can achieve will blow your mind.

It's worth the effort and understanding. The proof is in the pictures.

If it's pictures of curly hair styles you're looking for you've certainly come to the right place.

We've even got a page of silly hair styles. But that's just for fun.

The links on our menu bar will take you straight to our free pictures of short, long, medium and natural curly hair styles.

And wavy hair styles, which are really just curly styles in disguise.

With all these curly hair pictures to choose from, chances are good that you'll find some ideas for styles that will not only suit you, but have heads turning as you pass.