If you’re looking for New Years Eve inspiration, you have come to the right place! Here is a roundup of my current favourite hair and makeup tutorials – whatever your inclination, I have a resource to suit 🙂

Makeup Tutorials

For the brown smokey eye addict…

God I love Sharon Farrell, but you knew that already. In a sea of smokey brown eye tutorials, hers is a unique and unexpected take on the classic. Perfect execution.

For the pink lip lover…

Unearthing one of Lisa Eldridge’s older tutorials – a pink lip that is more edgy and less barbie, one of my favourite pink lip combos. I’d be curious to know, what is your favourite Lisa Eldridge tutorial? Leave me a comment!

For the vamp vixen…

If you’re craving sultry impact, Makeup by Gio has a dark lip, dark eye combo that is undeniably sexy.

If glitter is your poison…

Watch Nikkie create a neutral eye with a gilded bronze eyeliner. A grown-up way to incorporate glitter and NO DAMN FALLOUT <3

For a pop of colour…

Desi integrates an unexpected pop of aqua into a basic smokey eye. The result is a high impact eye that is primarily matte – ideal if you can’t be assed with glitter OR high shine shadows tend to exacerbate any creepiness on the eyelids.

For a downright pretty look…

If you’re jaded by the masses of bold not-so-wearable looks that flood youtube at this time of year, Chloe’s neutral glam tutorial is universally flattering and quintessentially beautiful. With a face like that, it’s not a tough feat!

Hair Tutorials

If you love curls but CBF…

Dood, are you subscribed to Kayley Melissa? I adore her channel – truckloads of hair tutorials that are totally achievable (I’ve recreated many and I’m a hair idiot). This tutorial outlines three quick techniques to achieve fabulous curls, my favourite is #3 (fast forward to 4 minutes, 14 seconds). I always manage to curl the same piece 200 times and omit large chunks of hair, this method resolves sectioning issues.

For Old Hollywood hair…

Who.is.this.woman?! She is painfully beautiful *heavy breathing*

This video was one of the 318 sources that I used to create the hairstyle in my Old Hollywood Makeup Tutorial… except I seared my arm and tangled myself in cords.

For the easiest undo evar…

Confession: Essie and Aslan are my guilty pleasure. I can’t even. This tutorial is a heat-free undo that requires nothing more than a headband, it’s essentially the same hairstyle that I wore in my Holiday Makeup Tutorial for Foodies. If you have a ridiculously long mane, like myself, you’ll need to tuck pieces in sections. Regardless, it’s a 3 minute updo that looks far more complex than it actually is.

5 minute Beehive…

Okayyyyy shameless plug! I watched countless beehive hair tutorials and condensed the knowledge into this stupid easy alternative. If you can muster a french twist in place of the bun, it’ll look even more authentic (kudos and teach me, plz and ty).

Link me your favourite hair and makeup tutorials below! I’m always on the lookout 🙂

xxkarima