16 Hair and Makeup Shortcuts

Top hair and makeup pros backstage at New York Fashion Week spill their timesaving tricks -- steal them and you might actually make it to work on time

by Kristen Oldham Giordani, Molly Roemer

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Try a messy knot when you don't have time for a trim "Go with a messy knot if your hair isn't in great shape. Just put a bit of product in it, like a thickening lotion (try Redken Thickening Lotion 06, $17), then dry it quick and twist it up," says Guido Paulo while backstage at the Alexander Wang show where he was creating a much more avant garde look (it required clay and white pigment) than the one pictured here, which was taken at the Tadashi Shoji show. To add a little glamour to a simple updo, try some hair accessories, or to pull things out of the way, throw on a headband, he adds.

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Some helpful hints here, but nothing dramatic (in this last tip, why not use blush instead of pinching your cheeks? Better yet, why not use "Pinch Your Cheeks" for long-lasting color?)

by GigiSD Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 05:26PM Report as inappropriate