Hi my name is Carley and my hair is so boring. I have brown hair that is wavy but I straighten it because it looks terrible wavy. I need some hair ideas that don’t invovle a lot of time and products. Like a hairstyle that takes like five minutess to do and you can do yourself.

I was also wondering what color eyeshadow I should wear. I have dark brown eyes and fair skin, what is a good color combination for me?

Thank you,

Carley, 14

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Dear Carley,

Sometimes the same hairstyle on several different girls looks totally different. It really depends on the shape and features of your face. A good hairstyle of one girl with brown hair may look bad on another girl with brown hair. So it is really about accentuating your best features and finding your own unique look.

A good way to find ideas for fresh new hair styles is to look at a famous actress, or model or singer who has similar colorings and facial features as you and see what they are doing with their hair to best flatter their face.

You say you have brown hair, and fair skin which is similar to actresses such as Penelope Cruz and Natalie Portman…take a look at pictures of them and what they are doing with their hair that makes them look their best. I think this will help give you great new ideas for hair styles.

And about your eyeshadow, I would say since you have light skin and dark features that you can pull off wearing dark color eyeshadow and light colors too since your skin is fair. It really depends on the event, if you are going out at night with friends or to movies darker colors will help make your eyes stand out. But for day to day eyeshadow for school and stuff, lighter taupes, browns, and coral colors will look great with your colorings.

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“I have shoulder length & relatively thick hair. It’s naturally straight but it looks best curly. I have curlers but when I curl my hair it never stays curled for the entire day so that by 5th period my hair is just a mess.

What can I do to keep my hair curled?”

Pauline, 15

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Dear Pauline,

To keep your hair curled you can do a couple of tricks. First spray your hair with hairspray before you curl it. Then use a really hot curling iron (either 1′ or 1.5′) and wrap your hair around it starting from one end of the iron and wrapping in a spiral pattern down the iron so that the entire strand of hair you are curling touches the iron.

When done curling spray all hair once again with hairspray to give them a longer lasting hold (I like the aerosol kind of hairspray).

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“Hi..this is my first time on here and i have been reading all the question but I’m not sure this one has been covered, well if it has I’m sorry! anyway, I need help I have two problems: How do shape your eyebrows??? I can’t do it!
Also thanks for the help of periods, i have realised that i will start soon, but you shouldn’t be in a hurry!! I’m getting there and some of my mates have started and i know i will I’m just smaller then them so i will be later!!
Lora, 13

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Dear Lora,

One of the best tips for shaping eyebrows is LESS IS MORE! I remember trying to pluck mine when I was about your age and I didn’t ask anyone how…I just kinda winged it! And I ended up plucking way more than I should have…which is VERY easy to do!

So be conservative in how much you pluck. It also depends on your natural eyebrows…do you have bushy ones or small ones? A good thing to do would be to go to a professional salon and have them shape them the first time for you (most hair salons or nail salons do this). Then after that you can just maintain them by plucking the stray hairs that grow back. I really wish I had done this before trying it on my own!

BUT if you would rather do it on your own…here are some basic guidelines of what you want to do. But please be very cautious because it is very easy to mess them up! Since eyebrows “frame” our eyes, they are an important feature of your face that enhance your eyes and can make them more bright and open.

Beginning of Eyebrow: Hold a pencil parallel to your nose,straight up-and-down and this will show you where the brow should begin. (most of the time your brow naturally begins here and there is no adjustment needed!

Arch: This is the highest point of the eyebrow and by holding a pencil from the edge of your nostril past the outer edge of your iris (the colored part of the eye) and up to the eyebrow you can pin point where the arch should be.

End of Eyebrow: The brow should end at the outer corner of your eye.

Katie

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Hi Katie,

I was just wondering how you and other girls feel about themselves without wearing any make-up. I feel like since I started wearing it a couple years ago, now I dont like myself without it.

I think Ive gotten so used to seeing myself with it on, that now I dont like myself without it.

What do you think about this topic?

Anna

Hi Anna,

This is a great topic, thanks for bringing it up! I wear makeup everyday but I put it on very naturally…so it looks as if I am wearing very little.

Recently I just got comfortable enough for my boyfriend to see me without makeup and he thinks I look naturally beautiful without it. I think I look better with makeup but I think I look good without it too.

I think this happens to most girls who are so used to seeing themselves with makeup on, and then once they wash it off it doesn’t seem like the same them. Maybe try to apply your makeup very natural and minimal so that when you do wash it off it wont be a drastic difference.

So I guess it is just a matter of being comfortable with yourself and accepting your natural beauty…makeup should enhance your beauty not disguise it, that way when you are not wearing any it won’t look so different.

Katie