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Learn how to use airbrush makeup from Dinair Airbrush Makeup instructor Julie Tobias in these Howcast makeup tutorials.
Let John Barrett Salon hair artist Dhiran Mistry teach you how to get that just-left-the-salon look in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Learn how to dress, accessorize, and adjust your makeup according to the season in these Howcast videos.
Looking gorgeous has never been faster or easier with the beauty tips and tricks in this Howcast video series.
The trick to always looking good is, well, knowing a few tricks! Check out the ingenious beauty tricks in these Howcast videos.
Get Jen Aniston or Selena Gomez’s look — or go goth, scene, chola, emo, or pinup — courtesy of makeup whiz Patricia Longo and these Howcast videos.
Get a peek inside the inner workings of Hollywood with these Howcast videos.
Learn how to create the latest nail designs at home, in these Howcast nail art tutorials.
Become as fluent in fashion designers and fashion brands as Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw with these Howcast videos.
Learn how to wear wellies stylishly, pick the right sunglasses for your face shape, and tie a scarf in three ways with these fashion videos.
Have the hair you’ve always wanted with the hair care and conditioning tips in this Howcast video series.
Want to try a new hair color? Learn how to color your hair at home with this Howcast video series.
Learn about hair removal techniques from Completely Bare owner (and former Real Housewife of New York) Cindy Barshop in these Howcast videos.
Get the look of a professional haircut or hairstyle without the salon prices by watching the videos in this hair styling series from Howcast.
Learn how to apply makeup professionally with the tips and tricks in these makeup tutorials from Howcast.
Pamper yourself with a relaxing bath or refreshing shower. Howcast shows you how to do it right in this video series.
Learn how to do braid hairstyles with the demonstrations in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Love shoes? Then take good care of them with the footwear tips in these Howcast videos.
Learn how to color your hair and give yourself highlights from top Pierre Michel Salon colorist AJ Lordet in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Learn how to cut hair — including tips on how to trim bangs and create volume — from stylist Janet Waddell in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Learn how to apply makeup from celebrity makeup artist Raychel Wade in these Howcast makeup tutorials for Asian women.
Learn about weaves, extensions, and half wigs from celebrity hairstylist Ellin LaVar in these black hair tutorials from Howcast.
Learn how to braid hair into different cute hairstyles with these braiding tutorials from Howcast.
Celebrity hairstylist Jacqueline Bush shows you how to create cute hairstyles in these hair tutorials from Howcast.
Learn about Mehndi — the ancient art of applying henna dye to hands and feet as decoration — from expert Lisa Butterworth in these Howcast videos.
Put your fiercest face forward with the makeup tips for black women in these Howcast makeup tutorials.
Learn how to do all kinds of nail designs from nail artist extraordinaire Megan Toth in these Howcast nail tutorials.
No matter your hair length or type, you’ll find the best style for your big day with stylist Joy La Rosa’s help in these Howcast hair tutorials.
You don’t have to have the perfect body to look amazing; just find the clothing styles that work best with your body type, with the help of these videos.
Learn the, er, in’s and out’s of any kind of piercing you’re considering from professional body piercer Dana Dunn in these Howcast videos.
Before getting inked, learn everything you need to know about tatts from the professional tattoo artists of Area51 Tattoo in these Howcast videos.
Learn how to start dreads and how to take care of dreadlocks with these Howcast hair videos.
Learn how to make all-natural skin care masks and facials and pick up great skin care tips from salon facialist Joanna Vargas in these Howcast videos.
Makeup artist Michelle Dittrich shows you how to apply makeup like a pro in these step-by-step makeup tutorials from Howcast.
Top dermatologist Dr. Elissa Lunder shares the secrets to beautiful skin in these Howcast videos.
Prevent cavities, bad breath, stained teeth, bleeding gums, and other mouth woes with the advice in these Howcast videos.
Have pretty fingernails and toes with the mani-pedi tips in these Howcast videos.
Learn how to look hot at the beach with these Howcast videos.
Learn all kinds of makeup tricks — like how to make your nose look smaller — from makeup artist Brittney Rose in these Howcast makeup tutorials.
Learn which bathing suit styles best flatter your figure with the help of swimwear expert Candace Draper in these Howcast videos.
A well-shaped eyebrow is almost as good as an eye lift! Learn eyebrow shaping tips and techniques in these Howcast eyebrow tutorials.
Learn how to shave — your face, chest, beard, sideburns, mustache, or even your whole head — with these shaving tutorials.
Whether you have naturally curly hair or you just like curly hairstyles, stylist Joy La Rosa can teach you new tricks in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Learn how to make your hair look like you just stepped out of the salon with these hair tutorials from Howcast.
Learn how to style long hair from Pierre Michel Salon style director Jerome Lordet in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Got short hair or thinking about it? Get all kinds of short hairstyle tips from hairstylist Joy La Rosa in these Howcast hair tutorials.
Shane Methal, DDS, gives advice on everything from the correct way to floss to the latest in cosmetic dentistry in these Howcast videos.
Thinning hair? Receding hairline? Hair transplant surgeon Craig Ziering tells you how to fight baldness in these Howcast hair videos.
Don’t stumble over your stilettos while you’re strutting your stuff! Learn how to walk gracefully — and comfortably — with these Howcast videos.
Look amazing in any style dress with the fashion tips in these Howcast videos.
Learn how to solve common watch and jewelry dilemmas with these Howcast videos.
Body piercer Owen Beane tells you everything you ever wanted to know about piercings (but were too squeamish to ask) in these Howcast videos.
Everything worth mentioning about your unmentionables is in these lingerie and underwear videos from Howcast.
Why do you need the fashion advice in these Howcast videos? Because every woman likes a well-dressed man.
Learn how to dress with style with the help of Parisian menswear specialist Charles Brunold, founder of the Louis Purple boutiques, in these Howcast videos.
Learn how to cut and style men’s hair, trim facial hair, deal with thinning hair and more from stylist April Barton in these Howcast videos.
From the hair on your head to the hair on your face, these Howcast videos will keep you looking your best.
Learn how to do cool nail designs with these Howcast nail tutorials
What’s the best skin care routine if you want to use natural products? Organic beauty expert Spirit Demerson tells you in these Howcast beauty videos.
Learn how to dress like a stylish New Yorker from fashionista Verena von Pfetten in these Howcast fashion videos.
Get over your personal hygiene hangups with a little how-to help.
Go from Plain Jane to Sexy Siren with these Howcast makeup tutorials.
Get a flawless face in a flash! Professional makeup artist Patricia Longo shows you how to apply makeup correctly in these Howcast makeup tutorials.
Learn how to give yourself a professional manicure at home from Spa Taxi owner Danielle Corbin Jaime in these Howcast nail tutorials.
The key to looking chic? The right accessories. Learn how to put the final touches on your outfits with these Howcast videos.
Everything you ever wanted to know about how to achieve a flawless face is in this video series.
Learn how to take care of your skin with these Howcast videos featuring licensed esthetician Joanna Vargas.
Ready for a little body art? Learn about tattoos, piercings, and henna in these Howcast videos.
Pluck, wax, or shave your way to smooth skin with the help of these Howcast videos.
Transcript Hi, my name Dhiran Mistry and I work at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman. I’m an English stylist from London. I’ve been in New York for three years. My passion is in cutting and styling hair. I’ve been doing hair for 10 years. I believe that in order to be good at …
Transcript Dhiran Mistry: Hi everyone, my name is Dhiran Mistry, and I work at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman. And today, I’m here with Sarah, and I’m going to show you how to blow dry your hair, like we do in the salon. So, first off, you could see that Sarah’s hair’s damp. …
Transcript [Music] Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry and I work at the John Barrett Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. Today I’m with Cassie and we are going to show you how to rock big, beautiful, curly hair. As you see Cassie’s all ready got amazing curls, so what I’m going to do, just to …
Transcript Dhiran Mistry: Hi everybody, my name’s Dhiran Mistry, and I work at the John Barrett Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. And today, I’m here with Casey, and as you can see, she’s got curly hair. And I am going to show you how to blow dry curly hair. So, first things first, when the hair …
Transcript [Music] Hi Everybody. My name’s Dhiran Mistry. and I work at the John Barret Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. Today, I’m here with Kassie and we’re going do a everyday look for curly hair. What you want to do is pull the hair back off your face, keep it nice and simple, you’re going to …
Transcript [Music] Hi everybody. My name’s Dhiran Mistry and I work for John Barrett Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. Today I’m with Cassie and we’re going to talk about the dos and don’t s with curly hair. As you can see Cassie has a great, great head of curly hair, but in order to keep them …
Transcript [Music] Hi everyone. My names Dhiran Mistry and I work at the John Barrett Salon Bergdorf Goodman. I’m here today with Cassie to show you some curly hair up-dos. At the moment, Cassie’s hair is already curly. She has great curly hair, which makes this a lot easier to work with. What I’m going …
Transcript Hi everyone. My name is Dhiran Mistry. I work at the John Barrett Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. And I’m here today with Andrea. And we’re going to show you how to do a front poof. So what you want to do is section the hair. The rest of the hair is going to stay …
Transcript Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry. I work at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman. And I’m here today with Andrea. And I’m going to show Andrea today how to achieve the beachy wave look. Okay, with this look, you’re going to want to take the hair in sections and today we’re …
Transcript Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry and I work at the John Barrett Salon. And today I’m here with Andrea. We’re going to show you how to turn a ponytail into a messy updo. So as you can see, we’ve already done the ponytail, just a simple pony. And we just wrapped the …
Transcript Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry and I worked at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman and I’m here today with Andrea and we’re going to show you how you’re going to a simple ponytail into a top knot. So as you can see, Andrea already has a ponytail, and what I’m …
Transcript Dhiran Mistry: Hi everybody my names Dhiran Mistry and I work at the John Barrett Salon and today we are here with Andrea. So, I am going to start off with a more structured look. So, as you can see we have got just a nice clean ponytail and a great, great head of …
Transcript Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry and I worked at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman and today I’m here with Andrea and we’re going to show you how to do a wraparound French side ponytail. So as you can see, Andrea’s got great hair to work with and we have a …
Transcript [Music] Hi everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry. I work for the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman and I am here with Andrea today. We are going to show you how to turn a braid in to an up-do. As you can, Andrea already has a braid in her hair which we did …
Transcript Hi, everybody. I am Dhiran Mistry, and I work at the John Barrett Salon. Today we’re going to do a lovely how-to-get-Kate-Middleton-bouncy-blow-dry with Andrea – a gorgeous model. What I’m going to do first is . . . obviously she hasn’t just washed her hair but this is our in-studio version. We’re going to …
Transcript Dhiran: Hey everybody, my name is Dhiran Mistry. I work at the John Barrett Salon in Bergdorf Goodman. And I’m here today with Andrea. We’re going to show you how to style your hair for a job interview. So depending on the type of interview you’re going for, obviously the you know, you going …
Transcript Hey, everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry. I work at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman. I’m with the beautiful Andrea today. We’re going to show you how to style your hair before bed. If your hair is already lovely and bouncy and wavy and curly, and you want to keep that, the …
Transcript [Music] Hi Everybody. My name’s Dhiran Mistry. and I work at the John Barrett Salon in Bergdorg Goodman. I’m here today with Andrea, and we’re going to show you how to do a volumized ponytail. What I’m going to do first is tease the hair, depending on the type of hair you have and …
Transcript Julie: Hi I’m Julie and I’m a makeup artist and I’m in directive training and development at Dinair Airbrush makeup and this is Dina. Dina: And I’m Dina of Dinair and Dinair was just a gift to me to share with you and I’m still sharing. And I still work and I still love …
Transcript Speaker 1: I’m going to show you how to do 3-D make-up using airbrush make-up. And to use our airbrush, I have Fantasy Blue from the Dinair Line. And just to show you, we need to make sure that what ever we do we block out with the Fantasy Blue first because that’s going …
Transcript I’m gonna show you how to add to Hombre highlights using your airbrush. So we’ll use the Colair line. This is the Aztec gold. Just shake it up so you hear the mixing balls. And this is a very high pigmented color. Then you go ahead and turn the airbrush on, the compressor, and …
Transcript Speaker 1: So it looks like Leah just got engaged and I’m going to give you some bridal tips, and a how-to with the air brush makeup. The first tip I’d like to share is, make sure that there’s no oils or anything on the face that’s going to make you appear shiny, that …
Transcript Speaker 1: I’m gonna show you how to moisturize your skin using an airbrush, I have Daenerys moist and doowee and this can be used three different ways. You can spray it before the makeup, after the make up or you can mixed it into the makeup, so depending on your level of dryness, …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to airbrush your eyeliner. We take our airbrush, and this is the Jet Black. This happens to be the Dinair Glamour line. I love this makeup. And we’re just going to use a couple drops. Turn on our compressor. Spray into a tissue so that you know it’s …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to apply the easiest eye-shadow with airbrush makeup. We’re using Dinair’s and Glamor line, and we’re going to do a bridal eye look today. So with bridal eyes, it’s best to keep it very natural and stick with pinks and purples, something that’s very natural that’s going to …
Transcript I am gonna show you how to bronze using diner air brush make up. Just take our air brush, turn on the compressor, and choose the bronzer of your choice. We have: Bronze, sub bronze, there is a doctor shade of your foundation range and that can also be used as a bronzer. To …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to airbrush your foundation the fastest and easiest way at home. So the first thing we want to do is mix our color. We’re going to go ahead and turn on the compressor. And I’ve mixed two colors in the cup. We have olive beige and dark golden …
Transcript Speaker 1: We’ve already taken off Leah’s moisturizers and oils, and now we’re going to mix foundation. We’re going to find her perfect shade. So a rule of thumb is to always pick three shades within your shade range, one lighter, one that you think is right on, and then one darker. You know …
Transcript Speaker 1: We’re gonna make Kate’s eyebrows a little bit fuller, so I’m gonna show you how to airbrush with eyebrow stencils and Dinair airbrush makeup. This is our airbrush, and we’re gonna go and turn on the compressor. And we have our eyebrow stencils. And what’s really cool about this is there’s actually …
Transcript Speaker 1: To cover acne, we’re gonna use Dinair’s line Colair which I absolutely love. This is the perfect line of make-up for bad skin or acne prone skin, and you do not have bad skin, by the way. So, this is our Olive Beige, C1110 in the Colair line. It’s also water based …
Transcript You may be wondering if air brush makeup is good for bad skin? Air brush makeup is perfect for bad skin, especially Dinair because its water-based there’s no parabens, no oils, no silicons, it’s completely fragrance free, so it’s basically organic makeup. It’s great because it goes on in little pixels, little tiny dots …
Transcript Speaker 1: I am going to show how to air brush sunless tanning by Dinair with our air tan airbrush tanner. So all were going to have to do is take our longer hose, this our eight foot hose and attach to the body airbrush. Now this air brush actually has a cup that …
Transcript I’m gonna show you how to do a double cat eye on Ava. We’ve already done a cat eye with her, with the airbrush and the stencils, and so now we’re just gonna add another cat eye to get even double the “rawr” factor. So what I’m gonna do is go ahead and pick up my airbrush, …
Transcript Julie: I’m going to I show you how to do a cat eye using only your air brush, a stencil and one color. So we’re going to use jet black and this is my color of choice for cat eye because it’s super rich in pigment and it’s going to give you that nice, …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to get glossy lips with the airbrush. It only takes one to two drops of the and we are going to airbrush that on. So we are going to flip the cap. Just one to two drops is all you need and this is like liquid gold. So we …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to do lip liner with an airbrush. It’s so fast and so easy, so we’re just going to take a shade that is natural, because she’s got such a dramatic eye already. We just want to accentuate those lips, and this is very long lasting. So this is …
Transcript I’m gonna show you how to airbrush lips. We have multiple stencils that you can use and we’re just gonna use the edges, this will actually help to define the lips especially if you have any scars or if you don’t want that lipstick to bleed it helps keep the airbrushed lips in place, so …
Transcript Speaker 1: I’m gonna show you how to do a classic smoky eye and this is something that everybody loves so I’m really excited to do this on Emma because she has amazing eyes. So start with picking up the airbrush and what I chose in here in the hair line is the light …
Transcript [music] I’m going to show you how to airbrush blush with Ava. Blush is one of my favorite things, and I just love that, just that glow that it gives, so we’re going to do airbrush blush. We’re going to take our airbrush, and I have the color peach/pink already in the cup. And …
Transcript Speaker 1: I’m going to show you how to contour with the airbrush. Now, there’s not a lot of contouring involved when you’re airbrushing because again you’re using dinair which is allowing that natural skin to show through and therefore you already have your natural highlights and contouring. So, we only want to shade …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to contour and highlight with the airbrush. We already have light golden beige, that’s Ava’s color. And what we’re going to do is add a little drop of a lighter shade, which is vanilla, to it. So we’re just going to go ahead and shake it up so …
Transcript Speaker: I’m here with Ava and we’re going to show you how to blow over your existing make-up, moisturizer, beauty cream. Ava’s wearing her powder. Her traditional white bond powder. So, we’re going to airbrush over it so that you can see the difference. We’re going to show you how to hold it. Go …
Transcript Hey, I’m Charles, we are at Louis Purple in New York, our made to measure concept store. Let me tell you a little bit more about my story and my background. I’ve been in New York since 2011 where we opened our first flagship store, Louis Purple. The most important for me, I think …
Transcript Hey, I’m Charles, we are at Louis Purple in New York and today we’re gonna talk about how to pair a pair of sneakers with a suit. So, it’s actually pretty simple and there’s a few guidelines to respect. First of all let’s talk about the style of the suit you’re gonna pair it …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We are at Louis Purple, and I’m here to tell you about tuxedos. So here I’m wearing a pretty formal, sophisticated version of tuxedo. There’s a lot of ways you can rock a tuxedo. So first let’s talk about the lapel. There are two ways a tuxedo lapel should be. You …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We’re at New York and we’re going to be talking about business casual outfits. So, when it’s casual Friday at the office, a nice way to put an outfit together is to wear a gingham pattern shirt with a navy blazer. A nice pocket square will always is the outfit together …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We’re in New York and we’re gonna talk about the most important pieces you should have in your wardrobe. So, the number one item anybody should have is a solid navy suit. Probably a year-round fabric that’s gonna enable you to go to any type of occasion, whether it’s for a …
Transcript Hey I’m Charles and we’re still at Louis Purple in New York and we’re gonna talk about how to rock a pocket square. A Pocket square is a great way to complete your outfit. The most important with the pocket square is that it doesn’t drag too much attention on itself. And that it’s …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We’re in Louis Purple in New York, and we’re going to talk about blazers. So what you should know about blazers is that nowadays we really want to go with a unstructured type of a shoulder line, like the one I’m wearing now. So it’s a style that comes from Italy, …
Transcript I’m Charles I’m from Reperform and I’m gonna give you some tips in order to dress up properly if you have a larger build. For gentlemen on the bigger side, you wanna avoid having a suit that looks too bulky with lots of extra fabric. So it’s really important that your arm hole fits …
Transcript Hello I’m Charles and we are at Louis Purple in New York. I am here to give you some tips if you are a gentleman on the taller side, and how to look, how to wear suits in the proper way. Keep the amount of cuff you are showing to a minimum amount. Otherwise, …
Transcript Hi, I am Charles. I am in New York. I’m going to tell you how to rock both both colors. This is one of my favorite suits. It is purple as you can see and it is not even that obnoxious or anything. As long as you keep it down a you don’t… You …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We’re at Louis Purple, and we’re in New York. We’re going to talk about how to pick the right belt today. So let’s talk about canvas belts first of all. Canvas belts are belts that can be paired either with chinos or jeans. But you want to avoid wearing it with …
Transcript Hello, I’m Charles. We’re in Louis Purple in New York, and we’re here to talk about the common mistakes that men do when wearing suits. So let’s talk a little bit about the fit first of all. The first way to not wear a suit properly is to not have your jacket length or …
Transcript How to buy a suit. That’s a good one, and nowadays there are a lot of ways to buy a suit. You can either go online or just off the rack to your favorite department store. You can go to your favorite brand, or you can go made-to-measure or bespoke. So here we’re going …
Transcript Hello I’m Charles, we are at Louis Purple in New York and I’m here to tell you a few tips in order to know if a suit fits right. So, the first thing you want to look at when judging a suit is how it fits on your shoulder. So it should be really …
Transcript Hello. I’m Charles from Louis Purple, and today I’m going to give you some tips in order to nail your job interview. The most important in a job interview is that you want to project really the right image. So there is a list of things you really want to respect in order to …
Transcript Hey, I’m Charles from Louis Purple, and I’m going to teach you how to tie a bow tie today. So you can wear bow ties with most typically with wing collars. That works well with tuxedos, but we don’t see too many people wearing it nowadays. People wear bow ties with small spread collars, …
Transcript Hey, I’m Charles from Louis Purple. We’re in New York. And I’m going to teach you how to tie the Merovingian knot. It’s also called Ediety knot. So the way you want to start for this knot, it’s a knot that goes around the narrow side quite a few times, so you want to …
Transcript Hello. I’m Charles from Louis Purple. We’re in New York, and today we’re going to learn how to tie the Prince Albert knot. Unfortunately, Prince Albert couldn’t be with us today to explain to us why he named a tie knot. But it’s pretty cool. Maybe one day I’ll have my own tie knot …
Transcript Hey, I’m Charles from Louis Purple, we’re in New York and today I’m gonna teach you how we tie a Nicky knot. So it’s a pretty simple knot to tie and it works almost with any type of tie or collar. And you want to start with the tie upside down, with the wide …
Transcript Hello. This is Charles from Louis Purple. We’re in New York, and today I’m going to teach you how to tie the small knot. The small knot has many names, but it’s actually pretty simple to do. It’s also called the Kent knot or the Oriental knot. We’ll just call it the small knot. …
Transcript Hello. I’m Charles from Louis Purple, and I’m going to teach you how to do the Christensen knot, a.k.a. the cross knot. This knot was made popular by Amanda Christensen who used to be a tie maker and who really made this knot popular. So it’s still pretty rare, and I would say fairly …
Transcript Hello. I’m Charles Brunold from New York. I’m going to teach you how to do a Pratt Knot today. The Pratt Knot is also called a Shelby Knot. I have the particularity to start upside down. So, you start with the tie the wide end about 12″ below the left of the narrow end. …
