Beauty
Topping Out As America’s Next Top Model
After following each cycle religiously, I too lost track of the model potential who endured months of Tyra Banks’ unbearable ego, demanding photo shoots (some positively disgusting), deliberately dangerous runway challenges, demeaning commentary from her and her cohorts and the personality clashes that make the show kind of a drag. Where are they now?
Need a reminder of the best and brightest on America’s Next Top Model? Remember these great shots?
BEST OF THE WEB: Best Blow Job
Jarmaine has had to learn the hard way about how to give a good blow job . . . on her own hair. The comical beauty buff takes us on a laughable tour of her hair history before showing a simple demonstration of how to use a series of vented round brushes and quality ionic blow dryer (which she has STRONG feelings about!) with a volumizing heat styling product to create full, swingy layers. It’s worthwhile noting that while watching her voluminous locks and expertly applied makeup, it’s her personality that makes her truly endearing and memorable. The concept of “dynamic beauty”, as studied by psychologists, takes into account both positive actions and appearance and found that the combination both is most likely to be perceived as “attractive” by strangers. This supports the theory that you not only need to look pretty but do pretty too.
BEST OF THE WEB: Say “Cheese”!
When you think about your smile as the gateway to prospective new love, a better job, even new friendships, there’s an awful lot riding on your mouth. To feel confident making that big impression your pearly whites need to be, well, white. In-office dental whitening can cost upwards of $500! Luckily there are lots of over-the-counter products that promise similar results. Here Candie The Makeup Artist offers her brand of in-home, in-office quality whitening using a sport’s mouthguard and over-the-counter dental whitening cream. If you haven’t been satisfied by the latest brush-on potion or Whitestrip and are looking for a more economical solution to regular whitening (because you love coffee and cigarettes and that is that) consider her advice. Just be careful you don’t get a cavity from Candie herself though!
Research has shown that smiling improves your mood, so if whiter teeth give you the confidence to smile more often, bring on the bleach!
BEST OF THE WEB: Who Are You Calling Four Eyes?
My mother wore spectacles before she needed corrective lenses. She just liked the way they looked. (It was the 60′s???) You might wear glasses because men have told you the truth about how sexy you look, people seem to take you more seriously or you just like rocking the Indie Girl look. There’s no one kind of Glasses Girl and she’s definitely not just a nerd! This is one functional fashion that will never go out of style . . . especially since contact lenses eat at your sanity.
While you keep your glasses clean, coordinated and carried at all times, you may also consider applying your makeup differently to sync your frames and face. Michele Phan dispenses some useful tips and puts together a full look for the whole face made to fit your rims and lifestyle. Maybe girls who wear glasses are smarter.
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