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How to Dye Your Own Hair | Trying to save money? Can't make it to the salon? Terrified of dyeing your own hair? Don't worry! This post has everything you need, from products and supplies, to hair dyeing tips and hacks, to step-by-step tutorials from hair pros! Whether you're bleaching your hair, touching up your blonde roots, going bold and brown, or getting creative with an ombre hair color, figuring out the best way to get the look you want is key. We're sharing all of this - and more!

How to Dye Your Own Hair: 10 Tips and Tutorials That Help

How to Cut Your Own Bangs | If you're looking for step-by-step instructions to help you learn how to cut bangs at home, this post has XX tips and tutorials to help! Whether you want to trim your own bangs in between haircuts, or you're cutting bangs for the first time, this post has everything you need to know. From layered bangs, to blunt bangs, to side swept bangs, to face-framing bangs, to layered bangs, we've curated the best hair cutting tools, products, and techniques to help!

How to Cut Your Own Bangs: 10 Tips and Tutorials

How To Look Older Than You Are | While most of us want to know how to look younger, there are tons of great makeup application techniques, hairstyle looks, and fashion tips for tweens and gals in their early 20s who want to look older than they really are. If you have a baby face and want to know how to look older naturally with makeup, with hair, and with clothes, this post has all the beauty secrets and lifestyle hacks you need to know!

How to Look Older: 15 Beauty Tips and Tricks That Work

45 Stylish Bandana Hairstyles | If you love retro hair ideas, bandanas, headscarves, and head wraps are a great way to dress up your look, with the added bonus of hiding greasy, second-day hair! If you want to skip the shampoo but still look cute and put together, we've curated the best step-by-step bandana hairstyle tutorials for short, medium length, and long hair. Whether you like to wear your down, in a ponytail, in braids, in an updo, have bangs...there's a style here for you!

Skip the Shampoo! 45 Stylish Bandana Hairstyles We Love

9 Flattering Haircuts and Hairstyles for Diamond Shaped Faces | If you're looking for diamond shaped face hairstyles for women, this post is for you! Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, this post has everything you need to know. Should you get a pixie cut? A bob? A lob? Will bangs look good? Should you part your hair on the side or in the middle? Which updos will look best? We're sharing all of this along with step by step hair tutorials to help accentuate your best features!

9 Most Flattering Haircuts and Hairstyles for Diamond Shaped Faces

How to Grow Out Your Bangs | If you're looking for tips and hairstyles to make the process of growing out bangs less painful (and fast!), this post is for you! Whether you have short hair, shoulder length to medium hair, or long hair, there are tons of hair hacks and styles to ensure you look stylish in the in-between stages of growing out your bangs. Learn if you should opt for a side or middle part, which updos you should try, and other hair tips to make the process more manageable.

How to Grow Out Your Bangs & Still Look Stylish: 11 Tips and Hairstyles

9 Best Haircuts and Hairstyles for Heart Shaped Faces | If you want to know what the best heart shaped face hairstyles are, this post is for you! Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, we've got all the tips and hacks you need to ensure your hairdo accentuates your best features. Should you get a bob or lob? Do blunt bangs work? Should you add layers to your hair? Does straight hair look best, or is wavy or curly better? Click to find out!

Simple and Stylish: 9 Best Haircuts and Hairstyles for Heart Shaped Faces

8 Braided Ponytail Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | Perfect for a casual day with friends, for work, for prom, for a wedding, and even for sports, this collection of braided hairstyles is easy and stylish! With simple step by step braid tutorials for short, medium, and long hair, these looks are easy and stylish - even for kids! Click to learn how to upgrade your ponytail in minutes!

Stylish & Practical: 8 Braided Ponytail Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

10 Flattering Haircuts and Hairstyles for Oval Face Shapes | If you have an oval face shape and want to know the best cuts and styles to help accentuate your best features, this post has everything you need to know! Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, we're sharing all our tips and secrets. Should you get blunt bangs or side swept bangs? Long layers or a pixie cut? A bob or a lob? We're sharing all this plus step by step hair tutorials to teach you how to add style to your locks!

10 Flattering Haircuts and Hairstyles for Oval Face Shapes

10 Hairstyles for Plus Sized Women | If you're looking for the best flattering hairstyles for round faces that will hide a double chin and highlight your best features, we've got you covered! Whether you're in your 20s, 30, 40s, or over 50, we're sharing the best haircuts and hairstyles for plus size women, with options for short, medium, and long hair. Find out if you should sport a pixie cut, bob, lob (long bob), if layers are in, and how to style your curly hair to flatter your face!

Hairstyles for Plus Sized Women: 10 Cuts and Styles for a Slimmer Face

9 Best Hairstyles for Big Noses for Women | If you have a large nose and want to know which haircuts and hairstyles can help draw attention to your other features, this post is for you! Whether you have short, medium length, or long hair, we're sharing our best tips along with cute, easy, flattering, and stylish hairstyles for school, work, prom, and even for the bride to be that you can re-create in minutes at home. Should you get a bob, lob, or cut bangs? Read the post to find out!

Stylish & Sexy: 9 Best Women’s Hairstyles for Big Noses

51 Hairstyles for Straight Hair | Contrary to popular belief, straight hair doesn't have to be boring. Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, we've curated tons of ideas to get you through all the seasons - summer, fall, winter, and spring! These ideas are simple, cute, and easy to re-create at home. From casual half up half down looks for school, to braided hairstyles for work, to formal updos for prom, weddings, and more, we've included step by step hair tutorials for each look!

Hairstyles for Straight Hair: 51 Tutorials for Every Hair Length

12 Hairstyles for Big Foreheads | Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, hiding a big forehead is surprisingly simple and easy. From side swept bangs with a deep side part, to wispy bangs and voluminous layers, to bumper bangs and victory rolls, to a loose ponytail with a side part, we're sharing tons of hair hacks and trendy styles for all face shapes that will take the emphasis off your forehead, making you feel confident and ready to take on the world!

Fashionable and Stylish: 12 Hairstyles for Big Foreheads to Try

6 Hollywood Waves Tutorials for All Hair Lengths | If you want to know how to do classic vintage waves on your own hair, these tips and tutorials are for you! Whether you have short, medium, or long hair, retro waves are the perfect way to add a little glamour to your look. If you're looking for wedding hairstyles for the bride (or bridal party), need an easy 'do for a formal event, or just want to add a little style for a date night, these step-by-step tutorials are for you!

Classy & Chic: 6 Hollywood Waves Tutorials for All Hair Lengths

11 Pin Up Hairstyles For All Hair Lengths | If you love 1940s vintage hairstyles, these step by step pin up hair tutorials will not disappoint! From pin curls for short hair, to 1940s headscarf hairstyles, to vintage waves for medium length hair, to pin up hairstyles with a bandana, to victory rolls for long hair, you'll learn how to do pin up hairstyles like a boss! Some of these styles are simple and quick, while others take some some time, but all of them are retro and gorgeous!

1940s Hairstyles: 11 Pin Up Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

10 Hairstyles That Make You Look Younger | While anti aging products can help with wrinkles and fine lines, did you know that the cut and color of your hair can knock 10 years (or more) off your look? Perfect for gals over 50 - and even older women - these hairstyles will make you look and feel younger! Should you go with bangs? Long layers? Curly hair? A bob? A lob? We've got all the secrets, along with the best hair colors to hide wrinkles and make your skin glow!

Middle Age & Fabulous: 10 Hairstyles That Make You Look Younger

35 Lazy Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | If you're looking for quick hairstyles that are cute and easy to re-create on days you're running late, these styles will inspire you! Perfect for school, for work, and everything in between, learn how to upgrade a basic ponytail and messy bun with these simple and chic updos. Whether you have straight or curly hair, we have styles for short hair, for medium hair, and for long hair we're sure you'll love!

Messy Hair, Don’t Care! 35 Lazy Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

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 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