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15 Wedding Makeup Tutorials for All Eye Colors | Whether you want a soft, natural, romantic makeup look for your big day, or want something more dramatic, we’ve curated 5 step-by-step tutorials each for brown eyes, blue eyes, and green eyes! Perfect for blondes, for brunettes, for fair skin, and for darker complexions, these classic makeup looks are perfect for summer, fall, winter, and spring. #weddingmakeup #bridalmakeup #makeuptutorials

15 Classic Wedding Makeup Tutorials for Every Eye Colour

How to Clean Makeup Brushes the Right Way | Want to know how to clean your makeup brushes and sponges at home fast? We’ve got 14 easy tips and ideas to help you up your makeup game! We’re sharing why you should clean your makeup brushes (and how often), our favorite store bought makeup brush cleaners, and 4 DIY ideas to try to clean your brushes naturally with dish soap, with baby shampoo, with coconut oil, with apple cider vinegar, and more! #makeupbrushcleaner #makeuptips #makeupbrushes

How to Clean Makeup Brushes The Right Way: 14 Tips and Tricks

How to Cover a Tattoo with Makeup | While we’re all for sharing your tat (or tats) with pride, there will be times when it’s not appropriate. Whether you need to cover your tattoo for a job interview, for work, for a wedding, or you want to cover a poor decision (LOL), this collection of awesome waterproof makeup products and step-by-step tutorials will teach you how to make your tattoos disappear when you need them to! #tattoo #tattoomakeup #tattootips

How to Cover a Tattoo with Makeup: 7 Products and Techniques That Work

Best Kajal Eyeliner Looks and Products | If you want to know how to apply kajal eyeliner, and the best budget-friendly kajal eyeliner products and brands to invest in, this post is for you! We’re sharing 3 step-by-step tutorials with everyday application techniques, how to create a bold kajal smokey eye, our fave kajal cat eyes look, and 5 must-have kajal products for beginners. #eyelinertips #smokeyeye #eyelinertutorial

8 Best Kajal Eyeliner Application Techniques and Products for Beginners

The Best Makeup for Oily Skin | If you’re looking for the best drugstore foundation, matte powder, concealer, toner, primer and moisturizer for oily skin, as well as tips on how to apply makeup properly to reduce oily and shine, we’re sharing 18 beauty hacks and must-have drugstore products for a flawless look! #oilyskin #oilyskincaretips #makeupforoilyskin

The Best Makeup for Oily Skin: 7 Drugstore Picks for a Flawless Look

How to Get Rid of a Double Chin Fast! | While it’s impossible to banish neck flab overnight, in a day, or even in a week, there are certain neck workouts you can do to tighten and tone the muscles in your neck and jaw line (have you heard of face yoga?!). We’re sharing the most effective double chin exercises as well as our favorite tips to hide a double chin with makeup to help banish the appearance of face fat! #doublechin #doublechinexercises #faceexercises

How to Get Rid of Neck Fat: 7 Double Chin Exercises & Makeup Tutorials

Kylie Jenner Makeup | Whether she’s splashed on the cover of Vogue, sporting red lips or her pink glam look, or wearing something smokey, subtle, and natural, there’s no question Kylie Jenner knows how to apply makeup! Check out this collection of Kylie Jenner makeup tutorials, beauty secrets, products, and our favorites from the Kylie Collection, including eyeshadow palettes, lipsticks, concealers and highlighter (Kylighter). #kylejenner #kyliejennermakeup #kyliejenner #kyliejennerbeauty

14 Kylie Jenner Makeup Tutorials & Secrets Every Girl Needs to Know

Makeup Kit for Beginners | A breakdown of the 17 essential budget friendly drugstore beauty products every girl should have in their make up bag!!! From the basics (foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss) to the essential add-ons that help give you a professional look (primer, brush sets, bronzer, highlighter, and our fave eyebrow set) we’ll teach you everything you need to know – and where to get it for less! #makeupessentials #makeuptips #makeuphowto #beautytips #makeuphacks

Build Your Own Makeup Kit for Beginners: 17 Must Have Makeup Products

How to Contour Your Nose | If you’re looking for makeup hacks and tutorials to teach you how to make your nose look thinner and smaller - or how to change the shape of your nose entirely – with powder, contour, bronzer, and highlighter, these beauty tips and products recommended by our favorite makeup artists are for you! And don’t worry! They don’t require you to learn the complex Kim Kardashian contouring routine! #contouring #contour #contourmakeup #howtocontour #nosecontour

How to Contour Your Nose: 10 Tips and Products for Every Nose Shape

How to Apply Blush Correctly | Want to know how to get high cheekbones? We’re sharing our best makeup tips and step-by-step application techniques to teach you how to apply blush for your face shape. Whether you have a round face, square face, heart-shaped face, oval face, or diamond-shaped face, we’ll teach you how to use (and how to apply) cream and powder blush using our favorite makeup brushes. #howtoapplyblush #blushapplication #applymakeup #makeuptips

How to Properly Apply Blush: 9 Tips for Every Face Shape

Cut Crease Eyeshadow | If you’re looking for step by step tutorials to teach you how to master the dramatic cut crease makeup trend, we’re got you covered. Whether you have hooded or non-hooded eyes, blue, brown, or green eyes, dark skin or fair skin, we’re sharing our best cut crease application tips, hacks, and products to teach you how to do cut crease makeup effortlessly. #cutcrease #cutcreasestepbystep #cutcreasemakeup

Cut Crease Eyeshadow: 12 Hacks and Tutorials for Beginners

How to Get Fuller Lips Naturally | If you want to know how to make your lips look bigger than they really are (think: Kylie Jenner without the lip filler), we’re sharing 13 beauty tips and hacks, makeup products, and our favorite lipsticks to teach you how to get plumper lips at home. #biggerlips #beautyhacks #makeuphacks #beautytips #makeuptips #lipfiller #lipstickstepbystep

How to Get Fuller Lips Naturally: 13 Tips and Products That Work!

4 Kim Kardashian Makeup Tutorials Every Girl Needs to Watch | Looking for step-by-step KKW makeup tutorials to learn how to apply contour, foundation, and eyeshadow like Kim Kardashian West? We’re sharing 4 must-watch videos, including our favorite smokey eye look, as well as 5 KKW products and 7 Kim Kardashian beauty secrets we swear by! #KKW #KKWBeauty #kimkardashian #kimkardashianbeauty #kimkardashianmakeup

16 Kim Kardashian Makeup Tutorials, Products, and Beauty Secrets

Makeup Baking for Beginners | What is makeup baking anyway? Whether you’re new to this makeup technique, or just want to take your makeup routine to the next level, we’ve got everything you need – our favorite makeup baking application tips, the best makeup baking products (drugstore and high end!), and 5 step-by-step tutorials to show you exactly how to get flawless makeup that lasts! #makeupbaking #makeupbaking101 #makeup #makeuptips #makeuphowto #makeuphacks #beautyhacks #learnmakeup

Makeup Baking 101: 15 Tips and Products to Make Your Look Last All Day

Makeup with Glasses | Want to know how to wear makeup for glasses? Whether you’re looking for a simple everyday look, natural bridal ideas for your wedding, something dramatic for prom, or a glam date night style, we’re sharing 9 makeup application tips and 5 step-by-step makeup tutorials to teach you how to make your eyes POP! #makeup #makeuplooks #makeupotutorial #makeuptips #makeupforglasses #makeupwithglasses #eyemakeup #eyemakeuptutorials #eyemakeupforglasses

Makeup with Glasses: 14 Application Tips to Make Your Eyes Pop!

Best Makeup for Women Over 40 | Look younger INSTANTLY with these makeup tips, products, and tutorials for middle age women. From everyday tips for a natural and minimalist look, to bolder evening makeup tips, we’re sharing our favorite foundation, mascara, eyeliner, lipsticks and lipglosses, and eyeshadows, as well as makeup mistakes that will make you look older. #beauty #beautytips #beautyhacks #nomakeup #makeuphacks #makeuptips #naturalbeauty #beautyroutine #skinroutine #morningroutine

How to Look Younger with Makeup: Best Makeup for Women Over 40

How to Grow Eyebrows Fast | 8 natural tips and 20 products to teach you how to grow your brows (and eyelashes) back faster, thicker, and fuller. While these natural DIY hair growth remedies and serums won’t work overnight (or in a day), you’ll probably start seeing results in a week! #eyebrows #brows #hairgrowth #makeup #makeuptips #makeuphacks

How to Grow Eyebrows Fast: 8 Brow Hacks That Actually Work

How to Apply Glitter Eyeshadow like a Pro | Glitter Glam 101! If you want to know how to use glitter eyeshadow to add SPARKLE to your look and make your eyes pop, we’re sharing 5 of our best makeup tips and 6 step by step tutorials to teach you how. We’ve included our favorite glitter products (eyeshadows, eyeliners, and eyebrows, oh my!) as well as natural and dramatic looks you’ll love.

Glitter Glam 101! 11 Tips to Teach You How to Apply Glitter Eyeshadow like a Pro

Makeup Kit for Beginners | A breakdown of the 20 essential budget friendly drugstore beauty products every girl should have in their make up bag!!! From the basics (foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss) to the essential add-ons that help give you a professional look (primer, brush sets, bronzer, highlighter, and our fave eyebrow set) we’ll teach you everything you need to know – and where to get it all for less!

Makeup Kit for Beginners: 20 Cheap Must-Have Products and How to Use Them

How to Apply Eye Makeup for Hooded Eyes | Learn how to apply eyeshadow (and how to apply eyeliner) to droopy eyelids with 6 tutorials that are packed with step-by-step tips to get the perfect cut crease, dome shape, soft smokey socket, and winged eyeliner. Perfect for Asian eyelids and Jennifer Lawrence lookalikes, you can make these everyday looks as natural or dramatic as you wish!

Hooded Eyes 101: How to Apply Makeup to Droopy Eyelids

7 Jaclyn Hill Makeup Tutorials for Beginners | If you’re looking for step-by-step Jaclyn Hill palette looks and makeup tutorials, we’ve rounded up 7 of our favorite beginner makeup tutorials. From natural pinks to bold reds, glitter and glam to a gorgeous purple smokey eye, we’re sharing Jaclyn’s favorite makeup products (hello, Morphe!) and beauty tips.

For the Love of Makeup! 7 Jaclyn Hill Makeup Tutorials for Beginners

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‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, T ‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, THE STORM WILL PASS.’ —Unknown . My daughter went back to school virtually today, and while the Type A in me is excited we’re back in some kind of routine, I had forgotten just how chaotic and impractical distance learning is. A province-wide internet outage took down her teacher within 2 hours, shattering any hopes I had of grabbing a little time to myself to get caught up on all of the work stuff I’ve been putting off for the last 3 weeks. I’ve dried tears, prepared snacks, provided new Zoom logins, helped with grade 4 math, and I even made paper plates out of construction paper for a last minute craft. . Wash, rinse, repeat. . All is good in our world again, and soon we’ll dive back into those math problems and whatever else is on tap for homework before I retreat to my office to print off tomorrow’s agenda and worksheets. We’ll all play Roblox before dinner to help us unwind after a crazy day, and I’ll stay up later than I want to tonight trying to get caught up because I know tomorrow will bring more unforeseen challenges, and I hate starting my day feeling behind schedule. . Parenting in a pandemic is extra messy, and if this sh*t storm has taught me anything, it’s that we need to give ourselves a hell of a lot of grace right now. There will be days where we’re super productive and get through everything on our never-ending ‘to do’ lists, but there will be many more days where we feel like we’ve accomplished absolute nothing. . It’s on these difficult days that we need to remind ourselves that our most important job right now is making sure our kids are healthy and happy, and that they feel safe and loved. When they look back on this time, they won’t remember if the house was clean and the laundry was folded, how often we ordered takeout, or if we gained weight. All they will remember is how we showed up for them - even on the days we were struggling to show up for ourselves. . If the return to reality has you feeling overwhelmed today, stop trying to calm the storm. Take a deep breath, get present in this moment, remind yourself what’s important, and focus on that instead. . We’ve got this. 💙
BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at it? . While we’ve certainly been busy organizing, packing, and getting our new home ready and didn’t really relax as much as we’d hoped to over the holidays, I’ve enjoyed operating at a slower pace the last couple of weeks. We’ve stayed up late, slept in a little bit each morning, had too much to eat and drink, and enjoyed a break from routines and schedules. . Toronto is currently under lockdown, so my daughter is going back to school virtually tomorrow while my husband and I continue to work from home. It’s not ideal, but we’ll make it work and I’m excited to get back into a routine. The time away from my computer helped me reset and recharge, and I feel like I’m starting 2021 with more realistic expectations of myself. And that feels good. . 2020 was definitely not my favorite year, but when I look back at the last 12 months, a lot of really great things came from it. It gave me more time with my husband and daughter and brought us much closer than our busy, pre-2020 lives would’ve ever allowed. It helped me reconnect with friends I had lost contact with due to the craziness that is being a working mom. And it helped me form amazing new friendships that I will cherish forever. . I know 2021 is likely going to be just as challenging - if not more so - as 2020 was, but for the first time since becoming a mom, I finally feel like I have a tribe of people around me. I feel less lonely than I’ve ever felt in my life, which is hilarious since we have been holed up in our house for ~10 months, but it feels pretty amazing. . I’m not sure where I was going with this post, but suffice it to say I’m ready to caffeine and conquer! ☕️
‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT ‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT IT IS YOU WHO WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, NO ONE ELSE.’ —Les Brown . I think we can all agree that 2020 was the absolute shits, and I know we’re all looking forward to a chance to start fresh in hopes that the universe will be a little kinder to us in 2021. . Of course, our lives aren’t going to magically go back to the way they were at 12:01 am. It’s not easy to be positive right now, but instead of getting stuck in the suck, remember that the only thing you have control over is your attitude. You can continue to feel sorry for yourself and mourn all the ways your life has changed, or you can straighten your crown and focus on all of the good things happening in your life. . If you dig deep enough, you’ll see that there is so much to be grateful right now. . And if you can’t think of anything that you feel proud of or that brings you joy, then it’s up to you to create it. Accept responsibility for your life. Stop making excuses and be the change you want to see. . Instead of thinking of 2021 as another year of lockdowns and restrictions while we wait for vaccinations to take place and herd immunity to take hold, look at it as an open book. . 12 new chapters. 365 new chances. 🥂
‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . ‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . What do you do when you have downtime? . I haven’t had time off since last Christmas. We hit the ground running in January as we were planning a 2-week family vacay in March and wanted to do ALL THE THINGS beforehand so we could unplug and enjoy the trip. Our vacation obviously got cancelled, and we’ve been on autopilot ever since. I feel like the pandemic has either made people really busy, or extremely bored. There’s no in-between! . My team and I have been busy working ahead over the past couple of months as I really wanted to unplug and unwind for a few weeks over the holidays and now that the craziness of Christmas is over, I don’t know what to do with myself! . I’m caught up on This Is Us, we finally watched The Undoing, I’m almost done Open Book, I’ve done a lot of drawing on my iPad, I’ve had a lot of wine, I’ve eaten a ton of chocolate, we’ve played games, I’ve done my nails…and I’m bored, lol. But unless I find something else to do, I have to face packing up this house (we’re moving, ya’ll!) and I can’t face that just yet. . 👇🏻how do you unwind?
‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAS ‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.’ —Agnes M. Pahro . The holidays are going to be extra hard for many this year. Whether you’re living under a lockdown with travel restrictions, voluntarily cancelling plans to keep yourself and the ones you loved safe, or dealing with heart-breaking loss, please know that you are not alone. . While we are all navigating the same storm right now, remember that we’re not all in the same boat. If you are lucky enough to be surrounded by excitement and chaos, enjoy the insanity of it all. Embrace the mess and be grateful for all your blessings, and don’t forget to check in with those who are less fortunate than you are. . And if there’s an empty chair at your table due to distance, sickness, or loss, remember that it’s okay to not be okay right now. The holidays can be hard at the best of times, and this year is unlike any we’ve ever experienced. Feel the feels, reach out to others, and be kind to yourself. . Merry Christmas my beautiful friends! 🥂
‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DO ‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DON’T WANT.’ —Denis Morton . This is your Monday morning reminder that no amount of anxiety can change the future, and no amount of regret can change the past. Worrying about something you have no control over does nothing but interfere with your ability to be fully present in this moment. So, inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit (also a Denis Morton quote), and have faith in your ability to handle whatever life throws at you. ☺️
Is this thing on? . It’s been a MINUTE since I p Is this thing on? . It’s been a MINUTE since I posted here, and I’m not even sure I’m the same person anymore, lol, so I figured I’d re-introduce myself. . My name is Gwen and I’m the founder and managing editor of Meraki Lane - a website dedicated to sharing all of the latest tips and trends to help you be the best version of yourself in the least amount of time. . I’m 43, married to the man of my dreams, and the proud mama of a feisty 9-year-old who has an infectious personality and love for life. I grew up in Singapore, live in Toronto, and have an unhealthy obsession for clothes, shoes, peanut butter, makeup, and my Peloton bike. . I’m also anxious AF. I’ve struggled with high functioning anxiety since I was 9, but you probably wouldn’t even know if you met in IRL. I grew up at a time when mental health challenges were something to be deeply ashamed of and it took a global pandemic for me to finally realize that it’s okay not to be okay. . I’ve been thinking a lot about this little account of mine and how I want it to evolve. I’m never going to be a beauty influencer, I suck at taking photos of my food, and no one on the internet wants to see videos of me working out. While I love seeing other people do these things, they fall way outside of my skill set and comfort zone. . What I can offer is a candid look at my life with anxiety - the things that help me cope, the quotes that make me think, the mantras that keep me grounded, the products I love, and the memes that make me laugh and remind me not to take life too seriously. . My experience with anxiety probably won’t look like yours, but even though I may not be able to relate to your struggles, my hope is that I make you feel a little less alone. 💙
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