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Budget beautistas, gather round! It's understood that even when you're trying to be frugal with your funds, looking good is not to be sacrificed. So we've scoured our makeup bags, bathrooms, and even our kitchens to find you the most innovative beauty tricks so you can keep your money in your pocket.

1. Highlight at Home

For pretty, subtle highlights, use a highlighting cap, which comfortably self-seals around the base of the scalp and comes with a rounded steel tool to pull strands to be lightened through the pinholes. This gives you control over how many (or few) hairs you highlight.

2. Buy Time for Your New Hue

A lot of women spend major cash getting their roots touched up once a month, but the Clairol Root Touch-Up Kit can achieve the needed in-between visit results in the (inexpensive) comfort of your own home. In just seconds you can mix the formula, apply, wait 10 minutes, rinse, dry, and reschedule your salon appointment for three weeks later than usual.

Whether you're looking for a quick beauty fix or must-try workouts, we've rounded up the best how-to's for gorgeous gams.

1. Do a Serious Scrub

Sloughing off dead skin cells is vital to snagging a glowing complexion below the belt (plus, alligator legs are pretty unsightly). Just be careful not to scrub too often or too hard. Stick to two to three times for oily skin and no more than once a week for sensitive skin.

2. Make Your Shower Do Double Duty

Tub-time is the perfect place to squeeze in a few calf raises while you suds up. Switch the stream to cool water and your body will work overtime to maintain your normal temp.

3. Fight Off Cellulite

While there's no magic cure to get rid of cellulite, you can reduce its appearance. Deal with the dimples on the cheap with a daily dose of firming cream, which usually contains skin-tightening ingredients, like caffeine and seaweed. Bonus Tip: Amp up circulation to these spots by smoothing over pesky bumps with a

With bathing suit season right around the corner, we've got the expert scoop on how to drop that pesky extra weight as quickly as possible.

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With a little help from Johnny Stuntz for LUXEHAIR, we procured five easy tips to getting this effortless look:

1. Start off with a mid-rise ponytail and secure it tightly with an elastic.

2. Pin a LUXHAIR WOW Pony Fall Extension to the rest of your hair, blending the piece to seamlessly intertwine with the natural hair.

3. Next, wrap the ponytail into a tightly coiled bun and secure any extra strands with bobby pins.

4. After securing the bun, backcomb the hair on the sides of your head to add texture and create the appearance of loose strands.

5. To complete the look, follow up with a strong-hold hairspray to keep things in place.

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I am so tired of the frigid weather (I mean it's March and it's snowing as I'm writing this!), and ready to embrace the blooming spring. While the transition season is always awkward-dreaming of the best spring outfits but still having to wear heavy winter coats-it doesn't mean we can't start putting on some warm-weather-ready makeup to brighten up our mood! Carina Menzies, founder of Everyday Minerals, dished out how to create a sun-kissed skin tone without actually going to the beach!


Step 1: Choose the right shade to match your skin tone. Everyday Mineral has Soft Bronzer for fair to light skin, Everyday Bronzer is a medium tan shade, and Happiness Bronzer is the boldest shade of bronze.

Step 2: Wait approximately 10 minutes after applying your morning moisturizer before you start the bronzing process. When your skin is still dewy or damp, the bronzer will go on in uneven patches-a major faux pas! So remember, dry skin equals even, beautiful coverage.

Step 3: The size of

We all know how frustrating it can be when your freshly manicured nails begin to chip a mere day or two after you've painted them. No one has time to remove the polish and re-paint every other day, and I know I don't have the means to visit a salon every Saturday. So I came up with 6 DIY tips and tricks to increase the staying power of your favorite polish.

1. Begin with clean nail beds. It is annoying to have to scrub every speck of polish off our nails, and if we're opting for a darker hue, that's even more of a reason not to bother. However, leftover nail color can totally sabotage your new mani. The fresh nail paint will chip much quicker laying on top of old polish than it would directly on clean nails.

2. Push back cuticles. If you take the extra two minutes, it will enable you to easily access the inner corners of your nails. Otherwise, the parts you missed will end up looking chipped.

3. Always use a base coat. None of us would forget to finish off with a

Impress everyone at your next event or night out with a sexy and stunning updo. The best part? You won't have to run to the bathroom every hour to make sure it's still in place. Try on a new hairstyle for free today!
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