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    The Best-Kept Beauty Secrets From The People Who Know Best

    By | Work + Money – Wed, Aug 24, 2011 4:07 PM EDT

    1. Layer your liner: "If you're not a professional makeup artist, it can be difficult to line those eyes, but then again liquid liner tends to stay on longer and smudge-free. So what I do is, I line my eyes first with a pencil liner because it's easier to make that straight line with it. Then I go back on the line with the liquid liner. It's kind of like coloring! The result? Your eye liner will stay on, smudge-free, and well-lined."
    -Ysolt Usigan, beauty and style contributor at Huffington Post

    2. Make mascara count: "Make a $5 tube of mascara look as good as the results from a $25 tube by holding a business card up along the inside edge of your lashes and sweeping the brush against it with your other hand. This way your lashes can't bend out of the way of the brush and you end up coating every lash all the way to the tip. The results will leave you wide-eyed in more ways than one."
    -Wendy Toth, senior lifestyle editor for Digital Works @NBCU

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    3. Warm your lash curler:     "Run your eyelash curler under warm water (or blast it with your blow drier for a second) before using it for a considerably curlier result that lasts!"
    -Alexis Wolfer, editor-in-chief of TheBeautyBean.com

    4. Mix with lotion: "Mix your favorite body lotion with body oil (even a tiny bit of olive oil will work!) for an all over soft sheen. Mix a body bronzer with your favorite body lotion; it's an easy, goof-proof way for a quick boost of color, especially when you are pressed for time!"
    -Michelle McKean, Beauty Mama blogger at ParentSociety.com

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    5. Maintain your sexy blow out: "To preserve a blow out, I sleep with my hair in a top knot secured with hair pins to keep the texture and shape. When I wake up, I just let it fall and spruce it up a bit with dry shampoo on my roots and if I need to, I'll refresh it with a blow dryer."
    -Jeannine Morris, editor-in-chief at BeautySweetSpot.com

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