Happy Birthday Makeup University!

Hi ya Gorgeous!

May birthday month continues with today being a celebration of the Makeup University blog being 10 years old today.

Yes.
Ten years old.
Some blogs don't even make it ten days, ten months, let alone ten years. Though here we are.

As excited as I am to celebrate 10 years writing in Makeup University, there is a change coming to the blog.

My summer schedule has me traveling more and on different projects which won't give me daily blogging capacity.
But!
Makeup University is not going anywhere! Just shifting from daily posts to weekly posts, and a weekly video and guest blogger posts and my favorite, more live events where we can be together for a day to learn beauty, teach makeup, and a few other fun topics too.

Thank you so much for your support over the past decade. It means so much to me!



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New video: What's New In My Caboodle-December Edition

Best Drugstore Conditioners

Find out which hair hydrators readers say are the 14 best (and cheapest!)

This is a TotalBeauty.com Hair care article Don't waste any more time in the drugstore aisle agonizing over which conditioner is better than the next. We did the dirty work for you, so go check out this list of reader-approved conditioners. Get products

No. 14: L'Oreal Paris EverPure Volume Conditioner, $5.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.6

"This one gives great, natural volume without making my hair look like an oil slick."

No. 13: Aveeno Nourish + Moisture Conditioner, $6.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.6

This "is the first product ever that has seemed to cure [my dry scalp] completely. It's a miracle! And a CHEAP miracle!"

No. 12: Suave Professionals Humectant Moisture Conditioner, $3.29

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.9

"This is a great product at a very bargain price. It leaves my hair hydrated, soft and silky."

Want to see what other products made the list? Click here!

Oh it's just so much fun getting new videos done for you to help show the fun and innovative products that come to the blog.

Now, I do apologize for the hot lighting that is blowing out some of the product images. Can't see something? Just ask!

This is a list of the products in the video:
www.fakebake.com
www.theoofm.com
www.touchbackgrey.com
www.santeamerica.com
www.popcornindiana.com
www.bambolabeauty.com

and more! Enjoy!

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How to cover a tattoo using Dermablend primer

Hair Inspiration

Check out 5 celeb-inspired 'dos

This is a TotalBeauty.com celebrity hairstyles article See five of the best hairdos from four different celebs. Then, find out how to get your fave look with these simple steps. See hairstyles

If you need to cover a tattoo for your destination wedding, for some beach weddings or just for a work opportunity ( Do you know how many celebrities have tattoos? Lots!) try a primer before you apply a concealing product.
What a primer does is prepare the skin to hold onto the concealing product better.

• A waterproof version such as the Dermablend stick you see me holding is good for sweaty weather like Arizona or humid weather like Texas!

What you do is apply the primer to dry skin

• I like to use a yellow color corrector over blue/dark inks to even out the cover up
• Then use the concealing product of your choice, and Dermablend is a good choice!
  Next use a foundation brush or sponge to blend and stipple over the coverage area.
• I find that stippling, which is the process of pressing up and down on the skin with the sponge or brush -it presses the product into the skin.
• You can go back over the area and feather blend the corners to make smooth.
• I rarely cover my tattoos but if I have to, I have some good products to use.
• Be sure and set the concealed area with translucent powder.

If you are really going to be sweating or around light fabrics I would set the powder with hair spray ( Aqua Net anyone?) or a professional product fixer you can get at any costume/theatre shop.

-Oh my goodness, on a side note-can you believe the offical last season of Oprah premiered? I love that she had her good friend John Travolta on to launch it. Next up Wynnona, betrayal, a return to West Virginaia and something that hasn't been announced yet. Wow, times are a changin'!
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