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Beauty How To: Cut Your Own Bangs — If You Dare

Bangs can be pesky. They grow out quickly. Without experience, taking matters into your own hands isn’t the best idea. (Case in point: My dad once decided to cut my bangs when I was 7. I was left with a straight-edged tuft of hair three inches above my eyebrows. I still haven’t recovered). Yet, with a bit of training, doing a trim yourself isn’t too hard. After the jump, some tips from Annamarie Tendler, a Vidal Sassoon-trained hairstylist and makeup artist. Keep reading »

Beauty How To: Voluminous Vixen Hair

Stiff, lifeless hair is so yesterday. This season, bigger hair is better hair, not to mention much, much sexier hair. How to get it, after the jump… Keep reading »

Beauty How To: The 10 Hottest Trends For Fall

Fall is finally here and our girls at Glam.com think it’s time to try out those sizzling looks we saw on the catwalk in February. From bare-faced skin and soft blush to cat eyes and red lips–which one works for you?

1. Bare, Dewy Skin: On the Burberry Prorsum and Alexander McQueen catwalks, fresh-faced models strutted their stuff, proving that less is more when it comes to fashion. Their au naturel look gave them a soft touch when paired against bold apparel.
DIY: Mix a bit of illuminator with your daily moisturizer and apply with your fingertips. Dab on a little bit of concealer where needed, plus a touch of lip.
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Beauty How To: 8 Steps To Picture Perfect Tresses

Here’s my hair routine: Wash (um, every other day), leave up in towel until five minutes before I leave, apply whatever hair product is handy to still wet hair, brush out with side part, put in bun and allowed to try to kinky, wavy, whateverness. This routine doesn’t change, no matter the occasion. Mainly, I just don’t understand how to deal with my tresses, but I would like to. So, one of Glam’s beauty gurus hooked The Frisky up with some DIY hair styling tips — I’m not saying I’m going to do this every day, but it sure will come in handy the next time I want to look presentable. — Editor

Hair trends can change as often as girls change their earrings. One day wavy, dirty-blond tresses are all the rage, and the next, dramatic platinum-blond bobs dominate the scene. Regardless of color or cut, one thing remains the same: Shiny, healthy hair is always in style. No matter if you’re a dye-job junkie or a heat-styling queen, follow these eight simple steps to rediscover your picture-perfect hair. Keep reading »

Beauty How To: Vampy Red Lips & Nails

I remember watching “Dynasty” in the ’80s and thinking that Krystle and Alexis Carrington were so fantastically glam. Their glitzy, sequined dresses, shellacked hair, long, red talons and crimson lips were just IT, you know? If I saw those cats on TV today, however, I’d probably mistake them for two campy transvestites and wonder why they weren’t on Bravo. I admit, though, that I’d likely still find their red lips and nails awesome; there’s just something about a red pucker and red digits that screams “Respect me, bitch!” Whenever I try to wear both at the same time, however, I feel that I look like a trashy whore and not a powerful diva, so I asked Ashunta Sheriff, makeup artist for Christian Dior, on how to wear red well. Her beauty breakdown, after the jump… Keep reading »

Beauty How To: Brigitte Bardot’s Bedroom Hair

Achieving that Brigette Bardot-esque “bedroom hair” look is damn tricky. I tried it once, and instead of getting sexy, sultry, I-just-rolled-out-of-bed sexpot locks, I wound up with messy, unkempt, Amy Winehouse-in-her- darkest-days hair. Not pretty, to say the least. To make sure I get it right the next time, I consulted Liam Carrey, stylist from New York’s Ted Gibson salon, for his top tips on how to get glam — not grunge — bedroom hair.

1. Consider what your hair naturally does in the morning, and use that as your inspiration.
“Bedroom hair” is soft, not particularly well-manicured hair with lots of texture and loose, tousled messiness — essentially, what you get when you just wake up, but prettier, Carrey says. After you drag your butt out of bed in the morning, look at your hair in the mirror, paying careful attention to the volume you get at the crown and the natural waves and bends it has taken on. “Creating your ‘bedroom hair’ look should be a cleaned-up, prettier version of your reflection,” he explains.

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