1. The first thing you want to do is untangle your hair.
2. Once this is done, part your hair, and pin the rest of your hair up. I recommend starting from the first layer closest to your neck and going up from there.
3. Using your straightening iron can be difficult if you don’t know how to hold it.
4. Curling your iron inwards will curl the ends of your hair to frame your face.
5. Using it in an outer direction will flip the ends of your hair away from your face.
6. If you want a perfectly straight look, use the iron from your root until your ends without going in any direction but straight.
7. It’s super important to part your hair when you’re trying to get it to be perfectly straight.
8. You want to make sure that each layer of hair is straight so that the outcome of all your hair together will look properly put together.
9. Using the technique mentioned above, begin to straighten each layer of hair, each time letting a little bit more hair down.
10. Once your done each part, go over your hair one more time all together to ensure that there are no strands left curly.
11. You may want to add a shining product or even hairspray depending on what kind of look you’re looking for. Personally, I use a touch of “Biosilk” before straightening my hair. I like that it adds a little shine to my hair! Be careful when you get close to your roots, you don’t want to burn your scalp. Enjoy!

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It’s been a hot summer so far, and what better way to spread the heat than to fire up your nails?

1. You’ll need a clear base coat, yellow, orange and red nail polishes, as well as a clear top coat.
2. The first thing you want to do is apply the clear base coat to protect your natural nails.
3. Once this is done, paint your nails yellow.
4. Now comes the tricky part, you want to make upside down triangles at the tips of your nails with the red nail polish. The trick is to try and make each nail have the same size triangle – or close to the same size, but this can be adjusted with the next step.
5. You now want to use your orange nail polish and border the triangle with it. You can use a thin border or a thick border depending on how you like your nails. What’s good about using this orange border is that it can also hide any of the places where you may have messed up the triangle. After this, apply a clear top coat to your new manicure and keep things hot!

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Reverse candy pink: If you love the color pink as much as I do, then you will definitely love the all-pink French manicure. Like the classic French, it still uses a base coat of a soft pink. The first step would be to apply two coats of your light pink base to all your nails. Then, instead of adding a white tip to the nail like the classic French, the tip would be a darker shade of pink. I love to use “Watermelon” by Essie for this look!

Neon tipped: If you’re a trendy girl, then you already know that this summer, neon will be everywhere. This is another great way to spice up the French manicure. You can use a base coat of white (or even soft pink if you prefer) and then add neon colored tip. A gorgeous color to use on your tips is “Funky Limelight” by Essie or the Instadry Sally Hansen “Lightening”.

Mint green stripe: Another super cute look is by picking a color scheme. The first thing to do is to pick a base coat and a tip color, and then apply it. Once you’ve got that done, you can pick any little kind of design/detail to add to your ring finger! I especially like something simple like diagonal stripes across the nail!

Metallic ocean tipped: Instead of putting your lighter color as your base coat, you use it as your tip and the darker color as your base coat. The contrast looks just as good reversed. This especially looks good if you use colors within the same tones.

Polka dot pink: I love the classic French manicure with tiny red polka dots, it’s a blast of color but still an elegant nail. Have fun with colors, but be sure to keep it neat. (Try using a toothpick dipped in your polish color of choice when applying the polka dots.)

Reverse blue moon: But of course, one more super cool way to spice up your classic French manicure is to do it upside down. This is a little tricky but looks so, so good! After applying a base coat, all you have left to do is add your tips. Instead of making your French tip at the end/tip of your nail, make a thick line at the start of your nail, closer to your skin. This usually looks super good when the tip is a lighter color!

Remember that nails are always to be dressed to impress, just as your outfits are! These are only 6 great ways to spice up your classic French manicure, just keep in mind to always add a little touch of you to your nails.

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Orange is everywhere this season, however, not every shade of orange is for everyone. Once you have found your perfect shade of orange, there are only so many ways you can learn to master it. The first thing you want to do is make sure that the rest of your makeup is kept as simple as possible. For an orange gloss, I recommend using a light and matte bronzer so that your skin doesn’t reflect the same orange hue as your lips. Keep your eyes simple: opt for the cat-eye look by extending the lining on your upper lash line out a little bit. Add a touch of mascara to complete the look. Of course, keeping it simple is not for everyone, you can always play around by only wearing mascara and adding a peach colored blush to your cheekbones.

Great warm-toned orange lip-glosses/lipsticks are Wild Ginger and True Coral by Tom Ford, Morange by Mac, and 24K Orange by Revlon. These are only a few of the super rich orange-y colors that will add a tangier look to a your beauty routine. Embrace the orange, tangerine and clementine kisses this summer.

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