How do I look like a Victoria's Secret Angel?
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barbie.doll
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Very good points made here. I've agreed with many of the posts.
Starr1
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I look like that everyday. . .
No, but seriously. . . You can do your hair a few ways- either wet set it on jumbo rollers and a setting setting lotion and sit under a dryer. Or curl it with a large barrel curling iron and then let it set on rollers. Or a good set of hot rollers would work as well. Once your hair is completely cool, gently seperate the curls with your fingers, DO NOT comb or brush, because this will wreck the curls and cause frizz. Spritz with a light hold hair spray and go.
As for the makeup, the goal is to still look like yourself, only a better, prettier, more sexed up version. Conceal and follow with a light foundation application- dewy and natural looking, stay away from any overly matte makeup like studio fix or mufe matte velvet. Apply bronzer and blush with a light hand. Mascara, eyeliner smudged out, and a nude/pink lipgloss that not overly shiny. For eyeshadow apply a brown or taupe over the lid, a slighty darker shade in the crease, and a highlight below the browbone and in the inner corner. You can put on glitter or shimmer if you like, but try not to look like you got smacked in the face with it.
Other than that, your golden.
No, but seriously. . . You can do your hair a few ways- either wet set it on jumbo rollers and a setting setting lotion and sit under a dryer. Or curl it with a large barrel curling iron and then let it set on rollers. Or a good set of hot rollers would work as well. Once your hair is completely cool, gently seperate the curls with your fingers, DO NOT comb or brush, because this will wreck the curls and cause frizz. Spritz with a light hold hair spray and go.
As for the makeup, the goal is to still look like yourself, only a better, prettier, more sexed up version. Conceal and follow with a light foundation application- dewy and natural looking, stay away from any overly matte makeup like studio fix or mufe matte velvet. Apply bronzer and blush with a light hand. Mascara, eyeliner smudged out, and a nude/pink lipgloss that not overly shiny. For eyeshadow apply a brown or taupe over the lid, a slighty darker shade in the crease, and a highlight below the browbone and in the inner corner. You can put on glitter or shimmer if you like, but try not to look like you got smacked in the face with it.
Other than that, your golden.
nunu
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Calhoune
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Makeup:
I know makeup has already been explained here but what I notice first from looking at the pictures is:
1. OODLES OF LASHES. You just have to have fake ones
2. Alot of shimmer in the inner corner of the eye, they all have it
3. Bronzer, and quite a bit of contouring
4. Nude, or slightly pink glossy lips
och and neutrals on the eye
Aslong as you follow those steps I don't think it matters that much if you use VS's make up, MAC or some Cover Girl. I personally wouldn't had a shimmery foundation on top of that, atleast not for everyday.
Hair:
Girl I feel your pain. My mom blessed me with stick straight asian hair that does NOT want to do anything I want it to do. I suck at doing my hair so I put most of my time into my makeup.
But a thing I do that's really quick is that once I've washed my hair I twist it and put it in a bun right at the top of my head, right in the middle and every night I put it up like that too and then when I wake up in the morning all I have to do is "mold" it. I get LOTS of volume and nice, "carefree" waves.
I don't use that much product, just a curl balm type of thing. So in the morning you now have some waves, if you want to define them even more you can just put some extra hair stuff in.
This is a movie of a girl who slept with her hair in a bun, and this is the day after video
YouTube - results of easy wave LAST PART
I know makeup has already been explained here but what I notice first from looking at the pictures is:
1. OODLES OF LASHES. You just have to have fake ones
2. Alot of shimmer in the inner corner of the eye, they all have it
3. Bronzer, and quite a bit of contouring
4. Nude, or slightly pink glossy lips
och and neutrals on the eye
Hair:
Girl I feel your pain. My mom blessed me with stick straight asian hair that does NOT want to do anything I want it to do. I suck at doing my hair so I put most of my time into my makeup.
But a thing I do that's really quick is that once I've washed my hair I twist it and put it in a bun right at the top of my head, right in the middle and every night I put it up like that too and then when I wake up in the morning all I have to do is "mold" it. I get LOTS of volume and nice, "carefree" waves.
I don't use that much product, just a curl balm type of thing. So in the morning you now have some waves, if you want to define them even more you can just put some extra hair stuff in.
This is a movie of a girl who slept with her hair in a bun, and this is the day after video
YouTube - results of easy wave LAST PART
luvsic
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Oh my god this thread freakin' exploded and I just never came back!! O___O I need to reply to everyone, lol, I have so much to say..
xxManBeaterxx, girl I have tried individual lashes, they look miserable on me and would be a pain in the ass to apply daily, since they take forever, and I have tried making them last for weeks but the trouble is too much. Recently I've invested in a good pair of ardell 109 strip lashes, they just need a bit of cleaning but they are pretty good and SO much easier to apply. They look pretty natural except up close, you can tell that it's a strip from the glossiness of the fake lashes kind of... I don't want to risk it but I kind of want to chop off half of them to make them into half lashes, cause they give me eyes a really nice boost but they look fake near the inner corners up close. Anyway, I have heard half lashes are good too and much more natural, have you heard anything about those?
choclatgoddess, LOLLLL nooo of course that's not me! I was just using her as a reference for hair I liked. That's a Chinese model who is very popular in hong kong...
AvantGardeDoll, thank for the advice! yes, i have tried so many things on my hair but a lot of styles just don't work for me, I am so sick of seeing pictures of hair I like but it never turning out the way I want. On the contrary I don't have typical asian hair, it's kind of coarse in fact, and gets frizzy/poufy when i let it air dry w/o putting product in it. However, it still doesn't hold very well when I curl it...I think I just need to know what products to use. And I am DEF thinking of investing in hot rollers...a good curling iron to me is just too much money at the moment and I have found a way to get naturally beautiful waves by pulling my hair back thanks to a youtube tutorial online. But yeah I just have to practice...
Le-Saboteur, I am thinking of investing in some hot rollers now!! haha
Starr1, thanks for the advice! Do you recommend any products? I am about a NC25-30 skintone (I'm kind of guessing here
) naturally and a NC35-40 skintone when I put on bronzer...and of course different colors compliment different skintones...I feel like this is more of a winter look though, so I'd love to experiment with this during the winter time.
MissMochaXOXO, I own velcro rollers! However I am having difficulting really working them...I put them in my hair like in the picture yet the volume falls out after only 30 minutes...so I'm guessing I need to spray some product in it to make it stay. Any recs?
Calhoune, OMG you know the bun trick too??! I'm in love with it now, it's so easy and it acutally gives me waves that I want...however i have layers so I can't put the bun too high and make the waves near the top of my head
but I agree on the falsies thing, although I use strips cause individuals just look really bad on me.
And thanks to everyone else who replied!!
Oh, I have one more question...since they all look like they're glowing sort of, I'm guessing they're all using bronzer, but not one to necessarily make you tan (like the VS one I own called Illuminating face tint, although that is discontinued at the moment) do you guys recommend any? The only thing I can think of is Too Faced "Snow bunny" to really give me that shimmer that I desire...but it is pretty pricy and I can't really afford it right now
on top of that, a kabuki brush...so does anyone know a good liquid one that would give me a bit of shimmer but not necessarily make me too tan?
xxManBeaterxx, girl I have tried individual lashes, they look miserable on me and would be a pain in the ass to apply daily, since they take forever, and I have tried making them last for weeks but the trouble is too much. Recently I've invested in a good pair of ardell 109 strip lashes, they just need a bit of cleaning but they are pretty good and SO much easier to apply. They look pretty natural except up close, you can tell that it's a strip from the glossiness of the fake lashes kind of... I don't want to risk it but I kind of want to chop off half of them to make them into half lashes, cause they give me eyes a really nice boost but they look fake near the inner corners up close. Anyway, I have heard half lashes are good too and much more natural, have you heard anything about those?
choclatgoddess, LOLLLL nooo of course that's not me! I was just using her as a reference for hair I liked. That's a Chinese model who is very popular in hong kong...
AvantGardeDoll, thank for the advice! yes, i have tried so many things on my hair but a lot of styles just don't work for me, I am so sick of seeing pictures of hair I like but it never turning out the way I want. On the contrary I don't have typical asian hair, it's kind of coarse in fact, and gets frizzy/poufy when i let it air dry w/o putting product in it. However, it still doesn't hold very well when I curl it...I think I just need to know what products to use. And I am DEF thinking of investing in hot rollers...a good curling iron to me is just too much money at the moment and I have found a way to get naturally beautiful waves by pulling my hair back thanks to a youtube tutorial online. But yeah I just have to practice...
Le-Saboteur, I am thinking of investing in some hot rollers now!! haha
Starr1, thanks for the advice! Do you recommend any products? I am about a NC25-30 skintone (I'm kind of guessing here
) naturally and a NC35-40 skintone when I put on bronzer...and of course different colors compliment different skintones...I feel like this is more of a winter look though, so I'd love to experiment with this during the winter time. MissMochaXOXO, I own velcro rollers! However I am having difficulting really working them...I put them in my hair like in the picture yet the volume falls out after only 30 minutes...so I'm guessing I need to spray some product in it to make it stay. Any recs?
Calhoune, OMG you know the bun trick too??! I'm in love with it now, it's so easy and it acutally gives me waves that I want...however i have layers so I can't put the bun too high and make the waves near the top of my head
And thanks to everyone else who replied!!
Oh, I have one more question...since they all look like they're glowing sort of, I'm guessing they're all using bronzer, but not one to necessarily make you tan (like the VS one I own called Illuminating face tint, although that is discontinued at the moment) do you guys recommend any? The only thing I can think of is Too Faced "Snow bunny" to really give me that shimmer that I desire...but it is pretty pricy and I can't really afford it right now
MissMochaXOXO
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physcians formula makes good cheaper bronzers! they have a really pretty golden butterscotch-y tan one that gives u that glow without looking obviously bronzed tan!
about the velcro rollers, after u let them set and cool off, unroll them gently and finger comb ur hair into place, tease the roots in sections lightly and then hairspray! i just use cheapo pantene volume hairspray in strong and it holds for me! u can also flip ur head upside down after the rollers come out and shake ur hair, then hairspray it for crazy volume! u kinda just have to play around with ur hair until u find what works! but velcro rollers are a must!
about the velcro rollers, after u let them set and cool off, unroll them gently and finger comb ur hair into place, tease the roots in sections lightly and then hairspray! i just use cheapo pantene volume hairspray in strong and it holds for me! u can also flip ur head upside down after the rollers come out and shake ur hair, then hairspray it for crazy volume! u kinda just have to play around with ur hair until u find what works! but velcro rollers are a must!
MissMochaXOXO
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(random picture post lol!)but i have to admit i really love this look-makeup and hair! if u look at her roots she doesn't have that much volume and she looks so pretty!her ends just have that soft wave to it.
luvsic
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that sounds easy enough. Can I do this when my hair is dry, however? I shower at night and I know you should probably do this damp for it to work but that is just my beauty routine...should I dampen my hair and then put the rollers in? ty for the advice
honey10 I am not sure on where to find the blush, I'm sorry, but some girls on this thread might give good recs.
And moonlit I think that could very well be true, especially b/c VS models contour their faces a lot with bronzer and highlight they could very well be doing that to their bodies too...but I am no expert in that.
Originally Posted by MissMochaXOXO
physcians formula makes good cheaper bronzers! they have a really pretty golden butterscotch-y tan one that gives u that glow without looking obviously bronzed tan! about the velcro rollers, after u let them set and cool off, unroll them gently and finger comb ur hair into place, tease the roots in sections lightly and then hairspray! i just use cheapo pantene volume hairspray in strong and it holds for me! u can also flip ur head upside down after the rollers come out and shake ur hair, then hairspray it for crazy volume! u kinda just have to play around with ur hair until u find what works! but velcro rollers are a must! |
that sounds easy enough. Can I do this when my hair is dry, however? I shower at night and I know you should probably do this damp for it to work but that is just my beauty routine...should I dampen my hair and then put the rollers in? ty for the advice
honey10 I am not sure on where to find the blush, I'm sorry, but some girls on this thread might give good recs.
And moonlit I think that could very well be true, especially b/c VS models contour their faces a lot with bronzer and highlight they could very well be doing that to their bodies too...but I am no expert in that.
rachybloom
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you should actually only use velcro rollers on dry hair.. your hair can break easily and get tangled up in them if they're damp. I just spray an extra bit of a volumizing mousse (Big Sexy Hair has one that has a spray nozzle that I like) and massage it into the chunk of hair. Then, roll it up into the roller and secure with clip. Blast with hot hair for a minute then take down ten minutes later!
| Originally Posted by luvsic
that sounds easy enough. Can I do this when my hair is dry, however? I shower at night and I know you should probably do this damp for it to work but that is just my beauty routine...should I dampen my hair and then put the rollers in? ty for the advice
honey10 I am not sure on where to find the blush, I'm sorry, but some girls on this thread might give good recs. And moonlit I think that could very well be true, especially b/c VS models contour their faces a lot with bronzer and highlight they could very well be doing that to their bodies too...but I am no expert in that. |
you should actually only use velcro rollers on dry hair.. your hair can break easily and get tangled up in them if they're damp. I just spray an extra bit of a volumizing mousse (Big Sexy Hair has one that has a spray nozzle that I like) and massage it into the chunk of hair. Then, roll it up into the roller and secure with clip. Blast with hot hair for a minute then take down ten minutes later!
MissMochaXOXO
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yea u do it dry! i meant after u roll ur dry hair, u blast it with heat, and then let it cool off! this is the most important step with velcro rollers!.
