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How to Find a Makeup Artist For Your Wedding:

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Of all the days to skimp on makeup, your wedding is not one of them. After all the planning, the  pinning  and the picking, the last thing you want is to hate how you look in every wedding photo for years to come. A good makeup artist is key, but the actual process of finding the makeup artist that’s right for you can be a bit daunting (especially considering your wedding is likely the first time you’ve ever had to think about looking for a makeup artist). To get the expert insight on how to find the best makeup artist for your wedding, we went to celebrity makeup artist  Jo-anna Lynn  of Sally Hershberger Salon. Besides just telling us the price range, traits to look for in a good artist and red flags to avoid, she also gave us her tips for  how to look your best on your wedding day . Below are Jo-anna’s words of wisdom. How to search for a great makeup artist:  Jo-anna says that if you see a bride whose makeup you love, find out who she had do her makeup and take down the p

Is Baking Soda The Cure For Your Undereye Circles?

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We've been fed a lot of tips and tricks when it comes to remedying our  undereye circles . There's the classic fix (cucumber slices), the impractical one (cold spoons), and the good-in-theory hack (covering them up with red lipstick). We've jumped through many-a-hoops to appear wide-awake. Well, YouTube vlogger  Darshika Patel  is adding yet another DIY treatment to our list: baking soda. In the above video, Patel proceeds to mix one to two teaspoons of "everyday" baking soda with a few drops of water to make a "sugar syrup"-like paste. Using the back of a spoon, she applies the concoction to her undereye area. One point of warning, she notes, is to smear — not rub — the mixture onto the skin. "Your dark circles will get worse if you irritate the delicate skin under your eyes," she says. Wait five to 10 minutes for the mix to dry. Wipe it off with a wet wipe of some kind, again, making sure not to upset that fragile undereye zone. Thoug