From Fuller Lips to No-Heat Waves, the Best Beauty Tutorials of 2014

by Deven Hopp

This year has taught us everything from how to get messy, textured hair (sans heat) to apply powder (the right way). Keep scrolling for the best beauty tutorials of 2014!

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How to Make Your Eyes Look Bigger
Photo: Chris Patey

Gone are the days that you struggle with misplaced eyeliner that closes up your pretty eyes. Click here for an easy step-by-step on how to make your eyes bigger.

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The No-Heat Beach Wave Tutorial That Works
Photo: The Cut

This year was all about the undone, je ne sais quoi look and nothing epitomizes that better than textured, beachy waves. Try this to wake up with gorgeous (and effortless!) wavy hair.

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The Right Way to Apply Powder for Oily Skin
Photo: The Cut

If you’re oily, powder can be a godsend—or it can go terribly wrong. Check out this definitive guide for oily-skinned girls.

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Flawless Skin for When Your Skin Isn’t Flawless
Photo: Keiko Lynn

Bookmark this tutorial. You’ll want it whenever you’re having a bad skin day.

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How to Create a Romantic Uneven Braid
Photo: Justin Coit

Braids had quite a year in 2014. This one is the perfect date night braid and remarkably, just as easy as your basic braid.

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Back-to-Basics Eye Shadow
Photo: Maskcara

It’s a beauty basic we all need to know how to do: define our crease. Click here for the step-by-step.

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4 Steps to Fuller Lips That You Can Actually Do
Photo: Justin Coit

Here’s how to pump up what you have if you weren’t blessed with an Angelina Jolie pout.


What were your favorite tutorials from this year? Let us know in the comments below!