Kylie Jenner Got Her Makeup Done by an AI Program and It’s Really Freaky

Lili

What kind of makeup would you end up with if a computer did it based off the artificial intelligence it gained looking through 17,000 of the most popular beauty and hair images on social media? Apparently something like Kylie Jenner’s in her Dazed Beauty editorial. AI program Beauty_GAN digitally applied hair and makeup to photographs of Jenner taken by Daniel Sannwald. Beauty_GAN is “first algorithm of its kind, trained to create its own beauty imagery based on what it sees on Instagram,” according to Dazed Beauty. DANIEL SANNWALD X BEAUTY_GAN In Dazed Beauty‘s article detailing…

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Pritt Stick As Brow Gel? 9 Beauty Hacks From Beyoncé’s Makeup Artist

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Sir John is perhaps most famous for being in charge of none other than Beyoncé’s makeup, but it wasn’t always that glamorous for him. Years ago, he worked on New York MAC counters by day and did the makeup in strip clubs by night, before catching his break assisting beauty legends like Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury backstage at some of the biggest fashion weekshows. In other words, he knows a thing or two about nailing great makeup. From using Pritt Stick as brow gel (really) to the best concealer blending technique,…

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Korean Brand Launches Kit Kat Makeup Line That Actually Looks Delicious

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Korean makeup brand Etude House has launched their new eye shadow palette collaboration with Kit Kat. Food has always been a common theme for K-beauty products and this isn’t the first time Etude House has carried on this theme. Last year, the company released an adorable soft drink lip tint collection that captured the attention of many Korean beauty fanatics. Etude House’s most recent candy-inspired collaboration comes in two different “flavors” — Original, which comes in the classic red packaging, and Strawberry Tiramisu, which comes in a pink case. According to a…

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Skin Deep: This makeup look only takes five minutes to do

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Welcome to Skin Deep with Louise McSharry, my opportunity to put years of obsessing over beauty products and techniques to good use. I won’t tell you something is good if it’s not. I won’t recommend products I haven’t actually tried. As the magical sitar in Moulin Rouge said, I only speak the truth.  As Oprah says in the opening words of her Super Soul Sunday podcast, ‘the greatest gift we can give ourselves is time’. For most of us it’s a valuable commodity, one we simply don’t have enough of…

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AVON appoints celebrity makeup expert Shraddha Bachani as India beauty expert

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Bangalore : AVON, the global women’s beauty brand with beauty as a purpose, has got on board celebrity makeup expert Shraddha Bachani as its India makeup expert. “I am delighted to be a part of this wonderful association.  AVON is the perfect example of the amalgamation of women’s beauty and empowerment. I am looking forward to sharing and learning evolving makeup trends and encouraging these women to stand up strong as financially independent women,” said Shraddha Bachani. Shraddha is a renowned makeup expert with a diverse repertoire of clients including Bollywood actors…

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How to Save GIFs From Twitter to Your Phone or Computer

Lili

If you’re asking yourself, what is a GIF? It is an image file type that stands for Graphics Interchange Format. These images can be animated or static. In recent years, they have become commonplace on social media and in digital communication as they can convey short video clips in image form. Here’s an example: I’m constantly saving GIFs to my phone or laptop in order to send as reactions or to express something that words just can’t quite capture. Most of the time, I save GIFs from Twitter; however, you may have noticed already the…

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The best makeup brush cleaner you can buy

Lili

I love just about everything that comes with wearing makeup – apply it, removing it, shopping for it. But cleaning my makeup brushes? I could do without that part. And in fact, I often do. I definitely don’t wash them as often as I should. My signal that it’s finally time comes when the bristles on my go-to eyeshadow brushes are so gross all my looks turn a singular muddy shade of sorta glittery brown. Having a good cleansing method does take a lot of the stress and guesswork out of…

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New 2019 Maruti Suzuki Wagon R review, test drive

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What is it? The new Maruti Suzuki Wagon R you see on these pages exists nowhere else in the world. There are other Wagon Rs, like the one sold in Japan, but for India, Maruti has engineered and built a car that is all but bespoke, tailored specifically for our regulations, conditions and customer needs. Like most of its sister cars like the Swift, Baleno, Ignis and Ciaz, the new Wagon R is also based on the company’s Heartect platform. Benefits of the new platform include improved performance during crash…

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