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How to Trim Your Own Hair | If you're looking for step-by-step instructions to help you learn how to cut hair at home, this post has 14 tips and tutorials to help! Whether you're trying to get rid of split ends at home, cut a pixie cut, bob, or lob, trim long hair with layers, or cut your own bangs, we've curated the best hair cutting tools, products, and techniques to help. Learn how to keep your hair even, how to cut the back of your own hair, and how to cut curly hair like a pro!

How to Trim Your Own Hair: 14 Tips and Tutorials to Help

How to Look Better on Zoom and FaceTime | If you're looking for tips and tricks to make you look camera ready on video calls on even your most disheveled days, we've got you covered! From makeup tips and hairstyles to make your face look slimmer, to clothes that compliment your best features and outfits that flatter, to figuring out what colors make your best features pop instead of washing you out, to knowing the best poses and camera angles, these ideas work!

How to Look Better on Zoom and FaceTime: 17 Tips

How to Grow Out a Pixie Haircut | If you're looking for tips to help you grow out a pixie haircut fast, as well as stylish in-between hairstyles to combat that dreaded awkward hair length stage, we're sharing our favorite hair growth hacks, styling products, and hairstyle tutorials to help! Learn how to get through the process of growing out your hair with style so you can look and feel your best every single day!

How to Grow Out a Pixie Haircut: 10 Tips and Hairstyles to Stay Stylish

How to Wax Your Own Eyebrows at Home | If you're looking for the best at home products and at home tutorials to help you learn how to shape your eyebrows and wax unwanted hairs yourself, we've curated all the tips you need! Whether you want to wax your brows with strips or with an at home natural DIY sugar wax, we're sharing brow shaping tips, videos, and tutorials to ensure your brows are always on fleek - even when you can't get to the salon!

How to Wax Your Own Eyebrows at Home: 11 Tips and Tricks

5 DIY Manicure Tutorials | If you're looking for tips and tricks and the best step by step tutorials to teach you how to get a professional looking manicure at home, this post is for you! Whether you're looking for an easy manicure for short nails, want to know how to do a French manicure on your own nails, how to give yourself the perfect gel nail polish job, or you're looking for some nail art inspiration, these manicure hacks and videos are full of ideas for a beautiful manicure that lasts!

How to Give Yourself a Manicure at Home: 5 DIY Manicure Tutorials

How to Cut Men's Hair at Home | If you're looking for step by step tutorials to teach you how to cut your son's, boyfriend's, or husband's hair, this post has everything you need to know. We're sharing the best tips from barbers plus video tutorials with step by step instructions, including the scissor over comb technique, how to fade hair with clippers, how to blend hair on the sides, and how to cut long hair on top with scissors.

How to Cut Men’s Hair at Home: 10 Tips and Step-by-Step Tutorials

21 Retro Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | The 60s, 70s, 80s, and even the 90s each had their own iconic hairstyles that are all coming back into style. Whether you need a gorgeous retro glam wave for a wedding, or want to rock vintage-inspired hairstyles on the day to day, we've included options for short, medium, and for long hair. From soft retro waves, to retro pin-up girl hairstyles, to retro Hollywood waves, wear these with a bandana and accessories for extra style!

Throwback Thursday! 21 Retro Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

8 Glowing Skin Tips | If you want to know how to get glowing skin naturally at home, we're sharing our best tips and products! We all know that removing makeup at night is key for clear skin, but these beauty secrets and skincare tips go above and beyond. We're sharing common skincare mistakes to avoid, along with daily skincare routines for a clear complexion that glows from the inside out!

Beauty Secrets We Swear By: 8 Glowing Skin Tips Every Girl Needs

22 Wet Hair Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | If you're looking for quick, easy, and stylish updos for mornings you're running late and have no time for long showers, a blowout, and time with your flat iron or curling wand, we're sharing our favorite step by step hair tutorials to help you transform your wet hair into cute and classy looks to fool the world into thinking you woke up on time. With options for short, medium, long, straight, wavy, and curly hair, there's a style for everyone!

Running Late? 22 Wet Hair Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

7 Feathered Eyebrows Tips and Tutorials | If you want to know how to get feathered eyebrows, you're in luck! While microblading and microfeathering can yield beautiful results, you don't need to tattoo your brows to make them look fluffy and full. We're sharing 7 eyebrow hacks for a natural look you'll love. From the best eyebrow and makeup products, to easy application techniques, to step-by-step tutorials, learn how to adopt this trend as your own and keep your eyebrows on fleek!

Eyebrows on Fleek: 7 Feathered Eyebrows Tips and Tutorials

28 Hairstyles for Chubby Faces | If you're looking for slimming hairstyles for round faces, we've got 28 ideas to inspire you! Whether you have short, medium length, or long hair, there's a 'do here for you. Designed to elongate your face and take the attention away from your double chin, these styles work for straight, wavy, and curly hair. Wear these updos to prom or a wedding, or sport them on the daily to elevate your look!

Hairstyles for Chubby Faces: 28 Slimming Haircuts and Tutorials

8 Dry Skin Remedies | If you suffer from itchy, dry skin, we're sharing our favorite DIY natural remedies for fast relief, along with the best store bought products for severe, extremely dry skin that needs a little extra TLC. Perfect for face, for hands, for feet, for legs, and for arms, we've also included 5 tips to help prevent dry skin from occurring in the first place, for happier, healthier skin that glows!

Dry and Itchy: 8 Dry Skin Remedies that Actually Work

How to Get Rid of Eye Bags | If you want to know how to get rid of puffiness and dark circles under your eyes naturally (and instantly!), we're sharing 10 tips and tricks for fast, overnight relief! From skin care tips, to DIY remedies, to 3 makeup tutorials to teach you how to hide under eye bags with makeup, you don't want to miss this! While we can't promise to banish your dark under eye circles permanently, these beauty hacks definitely help!

How to Get Rid of Eye Bags: 10 Tips and Tricks that Work!

How to Get Rid of Clogged Pores | If you have blackheads or whiteheads on your nose, chin, forehead, and/or cheeks, and you're looking for the best remedies and products to get rid of them FAST without popping and squeezing them, this post is for you! Learn what causes clogged pores and how to prevent them, along with safe extracting tips and DIY treatment options for beautiful, clear skin!

How to Get Rid of Clogged Pores: 11 Remedies & Products We Swear By

How to Style a Lob: 6 Easy Hairstyles | Sister to the bob hairstyle, there are tons of simple yet chic ways you can style shoulder length hair. Whether you prefer straight hair, messy waves, or lots of volume with layers, these step-by-step tutorials will teach you all the tips and tricks you need to get the look you love. Learn how to get waves with a flat iron, the best half up looks for short hair, how to get beautiful curls with a wand, and more! #lobhairstyle #lobhairstyles #howtostylealob

How to Style a Lob: 6 Step-by-Step Hair Tutorials We Love

6 Step by Step Colourful Eyeshadow Looks | If you're looking for step-by-step tutorials to teach you how to apply bright eyeshadow, we've got you covered! Perfect for brown eyes, blue eyes, and green eyes, these easy tips and ideas will teach you how to create a subtle daytime pop of color, and how to achieve a bold nighttime look. Grab your Jaclyn Hill Morphe palette and learn the tricks of the trade! #colorfuleyeshadow #brighteyeshadow #howtoapplyeyeshadow

Bold and Beautiful: 6 Step by Step Colorful Eyeshadow Looks

How to Remove Gel Polish at Home | Gel and shellac polish dries fast, doesn't chip, and lasts for 2-3 weeks, but finding the time to go to a salon for a removal can be challenging. If you want to know how to remove gel polish from fingers and from toes on your own, we're sharing our favorite DIY solutions that work! If you want to remove gel polish without acetone, without foil, and via other more natural options, this post is for you! #gelpolish #removegelpolish #gelnails #gelnailremoval

How to Remove Gel Polish at Home: 5 Methods That Work

5 Step by Step Natural Eye Shadow Looks | If you're looking for a simple makeup look you can wear on the daily and prefer something a little more subtle and natural, these 'no makeup makeup' tips, products, videos, and tutorials are for you! Learn the best eyeshadow palettes and shades, how to apply eyeshadow to make it look more natural, and more! Perfect for blue, green, and brown eyes, blondes and brunettes, dark and light skin! #naturaleyeshadowlooks #naturaleyeshadow #daytimemakeup

5 Step by Step Natural Eye Shadow Looks for All Eye Colours

How to Look Expensive on a Budget | If you're looking for fashion tips and hair and makeup hacks to make you look rich and classy for cheap, this post is for you! We're sharing 18 simple ideas to help you choose the right clothes and fool the world into thinking you spend thousands of dollars on your outfits. We're also sharing our best beauty hacks to make your hair and makeup look chic using affordable drugstore products that don't break the bank! #lookexpensive #howtolookexpensive

How to Look Expensive on a Budget: 18 Tips Every Girl Needs

How to Make Hair Look Thicker | If you have fine hair and want to know how to make it look thicker and fuller on a budget, these tips and tricks for thin hair are for you! From choosing the right haircuts and hairstyles, to adding depth and dimension with color and hair extensions, to the best store bought hair thickening products and styling hacks, these ideas and remedies will teach you how to make your hair look fuller instantly! #finehair #thinhair #hairtrend #hairhacks

How to Make Hair Look Thicker: 15 Tips and Products That Work

How to Get Rid of Dark Circles Under Your Eyes | If you’re looking for the perfect remedy to banish under eye circles, this post is for you! We’re sharing common causes of dark under eye circles, along with the best DIY remedies, treatments, and store bought products and creams to help remove darkness and prevent puffiness! #undereyecircles #undereyebags

How to Get Rid of Dark Circles Under Your Eyes: 8 Tips That Work