A Little Slice Of: Not Your Average Bun

A Lesson in Smudging

Beautiful eyes are very important for the whole face look. For that reason women were inventing numerous eye makeup techniques, which will high light their eyes , for centuries.

Today, there is a great array of possibilities and thanks to the makeup industry we can easily try them on. The smudged eye technique is widely used for deeper and more attractive look . It is pretty easy to do and it is suitable for every day, as it is not too dramatic.

1. Cover your eye lid and crease with a nude shadow.

2. Line your lid with a pencil

3. Use a smudge brush. Start from the inner corner and sweep incrementally in brief strokes.

4. Use the smudge brush once again, however start from the outer corner

5. Line the lower lash line with a pencil

6. Repeat steps 3 and 4.

It is important to line the whole lash line to achieve the desired effect. Now you are done, enjoy your deeper and more sensual look.

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Ladder Braid Side Ponytail | Cute Hairstyles

Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 3 small hair elastics, hairspray and accessory {if desired}.

Time Requirement: 3-5 minutes

Skill Level: Hard

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Begin by brushing all the hair over to one side, like you are gathering a side ponytail…
2. Pick up a small section of hair on the underneath side of the head next to the nape of the neck, and secure the rest of the hair out of the way with a large hairband…
3. Grabbing the small section, begin making a simple braid…
4. As you go to cross over the outside-left strand of hair, pull out a tiny sliver-strand of hair and leave it out of the braid…
5. Repeat the same with the next stitch of the braid. As you go to cross over the outside-left strand again, pull out a sliver-strand of hair and leave it out of the braid…
6. Repeat until you have 2-3 inches left in the braid, and secure with an elastic.  This braid is what you call a Feather Braid.
7. Now, release the rest of the hair from the large hairband and pick up another similar-sized small section of hair {this time near the front}…
8. Braid approximately 4-5 stitches into this braid and then add the first sliver of hair from the Feather Braid into the middle strand…
9. Complete one more stitch of the braid, and again, add in the 2nd sliver of hair from the Feather Braid into the middle strand…
10. Continue until you run out of slivers to use, and then finish off with a normal braid and secure with an elastic. You should have a ladder looking braid sitting on top of the remaining hair.
11. Now, reach your fingers through the bottom two “rungs” of the Ladder Braid and pull the remaining hair though the rungs…
12. Remove both small elastics from the side braids, gather all of the ends together and secure with one hair elastic.

Enjoy!

Midnight Blue

Ladder Braid Combo

Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, 2 hair elastics.

Time Requirement: 5-8 minutes.

Skill Level: Medium

1. Take the first five feathers, or so,  and flip them up and over the head to keep them out of the way while you begin your second braid…
2. Pick up another small section of hair, 1-2 inches below the other braid,  and begin a regular braid with one stitch…
3. Now, add in hair from the top…which essentially creates another Lace Braid. {The difference is that you will only be adding in the “feather” strands from the first braid.}
4. Continue braiding, adding in a feather strand into each top strand of the Lace Braid, as you go. This is creating a Ladder Braid, with the feather strands now becoming “rungs” on the ladder…
5. As you braid, try to keep the braids about 1-2 inches apart to allow the ladder effect to remain…
6. Continue ladder braiding as you work your way around the head.
7. When you get near the opposite ear, stop adding in hair and finish off the strand into a normal braid…
8. Secure with an elastic.

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Fluffy Fishtail Braid | Hairstyles for Long Hair

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Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 1 smoothing brush, 1 hair band, 1 small hair elastic, hairspray/pomade and accessory {if desired}.

Time Requirement: 5-7 minutes

Skill Level: Easy

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Begin by styling hair into a high ponytail {you can do a pompadour in front, or even a single Frenchback, to add some extra flair to the hairstyle}…
2. Take a small section of hair and wrap the strand around the elastic, to hide it, and secure with a bobby pin…
3. Next, take a rat-tail comb and back comb the top half of the hair in the ponytail.  You do this by lifting layer by layer, and back combing
   
   the hair down to the roots.  Do this for the top half of the ponytail only {leave the underside of the ponytail as is}…
4. Now, using a smoothing brush, gently brush the surface hair, and any rough spots from the teasing, so that they top layer of the ponytail is smooth and straight…
5. For the braid, go about 6-8 inches  down the ponytail and begin a regular fishtail braid….
6. Continue the fishtail braid until you are within a few inches of the ends of your hair, and secure with a small elastic.
7. Go back and gently loosen the braid for a more full look, and especially tug up the surface hair on the top section of the ponytail {this will further add to the volume you created with the back combing in Step #4}…
8. Add any hairspray or accessories desired.

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“Simply mix together the ingredients listed in the graphic above, stirring rigorously for about 3-4 minutes. Then, shake directly onto roots, or place in hands and rub into the root area. Brush to blend, distributing it evenly before styling as usual.”

You’ll have great-smelling hair and fabulous volume! It’s a great foundation for some of those amazing vintage, teased styles you’ve been coveting.“

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