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Ask a Makeup Artist

Makeup lovers, you've come to the right place. Here you'll find the hottest makeup trends from the runways (and Instagram), breakdowns of red carpet looks begging to be your Friday night makeup inspo, plus makeup tips and tricks from the world's biggest makeup artists.
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12 Unknown Eyeliner Secrets Every Lazy Person Should Know

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10 Minutes to Perfect Makeup in Just 10 Steps

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The 15 Foundations Celebrity Makeup Artists Use on All Their Clients

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Doing Your Own Wedding-Day Makeup? You Need to Read This

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#BeautyHack: How to Keep Your Eyeliner in Place All Day Long

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10 Tips to Look Your Best on FaceTime or Zoom
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Never Store Your Makeup Brushes Like This

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10 Best Makeup Tips For Almond-Shaped Eyes

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What NOT to Do When Getting Your Makeup Done

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Sir John on the Best Eye Makeup Tips for Monolids and Double Eyelids

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10 TikTok Makeup Products That Are Actually Worth It

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Your Step-by-Step Guide to an Everyday Neutral Makeup Look

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Here's Exactly How to Make Your Makeup Sweatproof

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Silicone Makeup Sponges Are Trending—Here's How to Use Them

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Sam Visser on Beginner-Friendly Makeup Tricks and Spring Beauty Trends

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How to Remove Lipstick Stains from Fabric and Carpeting

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Manny Gutierrez on the State of Diversity in Beauty and How Drag Culture Shaped His Line

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How to Sanitize Your Makeup: The Complete Guide

These Are the Best NYX Professional Makeup Products Money Can Buy

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The Best Bathroom Lighting for Makeup Application

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How to Nail the No-Makeup Makeup Look

The Drugstore Products Real Celeb Makeup Artists Use on Their Clients

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Consider This Your Ultimate Guide to Applying Liquid Foundation

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The Insider's Guide to Getting Free Stuff From Sephora

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15 Holy-Grail Products Celebrity Makeup Artists Use on Themselves

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We Found the Best Eyeliners to Make Every Eye Color Pop

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Kendall Jenner's Makeup Artist Shares the Secret to Her Flawless Complexion

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13 Cult Products Makeup Artists Can't Live Without

We Asked Sephora's 3 New Beauty Directors What They'd Buy for $200

Makeup Artists Say This Is the Order You Should Be Applying Your Makeup

7 Fascinating Secrets We Learned From a Television Makeup Artist

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Remembering Iconic Actress Farrah Fawcett in Pictures

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Can You Donate Barely-Used Beauty Products?

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Ask a Makeup Artist: How Do I Fix Broken Makeup?

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Which Cosmetology Program Should I Go To?

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Here's How to Use Green Concealer to Cover up Chronic Redness

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Want to Become a Makeup Artist? 4 Industry Leaders Spill Their Secrets

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The Most Influential Beauty Trends, Decade by Decade

I Took a Master Class With Kim K.'s Makeup Artist—Here's Everything I Learned

The Real Girl's Guide to Picking a Makeup Artist for Your Wedding

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The 22 Most Influential Celebrity Makeup Artists on Instagram

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10 Things Everyone Does Wrong When Applying Makeup, According to a MUA

7 Things I Learned in 35 Minutes With François Nars

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10 Secret Makeup Rules Charlotte Tilbury Wants You to Follow

This Makeup Artist Trick Will Make You Want to Wear Powder Foundation

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How to Make Foundation Look Natural Every Time, According to Top Makeup Artists

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Inside the Crazy Life of a Celebrity Makeup Artist

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5 Awesome Makeup Tips From Jessica Alba's Makeup Artist

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How to Cover Your Under-Eye Circles, According to a Legendary Makeup Artist

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Celebrity Makeup Artists Share Makeup Tips for Dark Skin Tones

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MUAs Reveal the Secret to Perfecting Your Liquid Eyeliner Technique

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A Celebrity Makeup Artist Told Me to Stop Using This Beauty Product

Just Five Things: Olivia Culpo's Makeup Artist Shares Her Must-Have Products

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The 12 Eyelash Glues That Actually Keep Falsies in Place

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Inside Lifestyle Blogger Lisa Cahue's Everyday Makeup Routine

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How to Conceal, Correct, and Contour Using This One Product
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MUA Tobi Henney Just Told Us What Really Goes Into Met Gala Beauty Prep

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Trade Secrets Revealed: How Celebrity MUA Achieves Ever-Elusive Skin-Like Glow

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Makeup Artist Confessions: 4 Steps to Luminous Skin

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10 Beauty Tips From a Makeup Artist Who Works With Women Over 40