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Watch the Miss USA Contestants Cover 'Call Me Maybe'

Mithun Divakaran — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:53:14 +0000

Here we go again. Just when you thought you had seen enough, another one comes along. And how can we ignore this one? It’s a cover video of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” by the beautiful 2012 Miss USA Contestants! Uploaded to their official channel, the girls representing their respective states strut their stuff, [...]

Guess What the Newest Celeb Beauty Craze Is – Fotoshop by Adobé [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:30:16 +0000

The newest beauty miracle doesn’t come in a spray bottle, an aerosol can or a jar of some mysterious substance that costs a house payment and a half. It comes in a software box and it’s called Fotoshop, ladies (not Photoshop). A new viral video reveals the ultimate secret that all of Hollywood’s biggest stars [...]

Is This the Most Beautiful Woman in the World? [IMAGES]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:44:48 +0000

Take a good look at this woman. Does she seem familiar? She should — she has the parts of eight famous faces, all cobbled together to create the so-called “ultimate celebrity.” British beauty site FeelUnique recently did a poll in which thousands of people voted for the most beautiful body parts of the celebrities they [...]

Surgery to Make Straight Teeth Crooked Now a Trend in Japan [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:37:51 +0000

Decades of advances in orthodontics have conditioned us to think it’s healthy and more attractive to straighten our teeth out with braces or dental surgery. However, a new procedure popular amongst young Japanese women that actually makes teeth crooked is countering that notion. The resulting looks vary from natural-looking snaggleteeth to exagerrated, elongated canines that resemble [...]

TSA Searches Woman's Afro at Atlanta Airport [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:48:05 +0000

Headed down an escalator at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Dallas-based hairdresser Isis Brantley (who counts neo-soul singer Erykah Badu as a client) was stopped by TSA agents who insisted on checking her ample Afro hairstyle for explosives. Brantley, who is a noted advocate of natural hair and has been wearing hers this way for 20 years, says [...]

See Centuries of Hair Styles in Four Minutes [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:29 +0000

Next time you’re having a bad hair day, just remember everything these tresses have been through. No, we don’t mean dye and flat-irons (damaging as they are), we mean what it’s endured historically. In this four-minute video, stylists and make-up artists recreate centuries of the feminine visage, starting with the unibrowed cavewoman look all the [...]

Can You Recognize the Most Famous Haircuts in Hollywood History?

Dylan Schenker — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:46:11 +0000

There are some fictional characters whose hair is so iconic that if someone were to take the razor to their cranium they’d lose their whole identity. What would Mr. T be without his beard and mohawk? How about Leia without the buns? Pop Chart Lab recently released a poster compiling some of the most iconic [...]

Manicured Alpaca Meets a Kitten [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:56:14 +0000

You only have one chance to make a good first impression. If anyone knows this, it's Lacey the alpaca. Sure she could just rely on her silky-smooth coat and soothing, dulcet hum, but when it came time to meet a new kitten, Lacey was far from content to just rest on her laurels. No, Lacey needed a pink manicure and a fancy bikini clip.

Nude Jennifer Lawrence Get Painted Blue in Behind-the-Scenes Clip From 'X-Men: First Class' [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:27:17 +0000

With her upcoming star turn as everygirl heroine Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games,' Jennifer Lawrence is about to completely blow up. It's a sharp rise to fame for the Oscar nominee and a departure from her last role as blue-skinned mutant Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class.'

As explained in the video below, turning Lawrence blue wasn't CGI trick, but rather a painstaking seven-hour process involving many artists. Or, as Lawrence describes it, 'a sleepover except I'm naked and being painted."

Man Gets a Reverse Haircut in Clever Short [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:53:40 +0000

A drastic haircut can be a traumatizing experience. But what if you could get your old look back in a snap?

Tom Offer Westort and his friend Peter Simon got inspired by Tom's decision to shear off all his head and facial hair and created this clever stop-motion video in which his extreme haircut is shown in reverse. Watch Tom go from totally bald and clean-shaven to his old shaggy-haired self in 30 seconds.

Who Needs Paper? Animated Ad Drawn on 900 Fake Fingernails [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:28:00 +0000

To help market the new Picanto, the smallest car in its fleet, auto manufacturer Kia put together a stop-motion animation film -- on fingernails.

The project took 1,200 bottles of nail polish and 900 artificial nails. Artists spent two hours painting each one, working around the clock for 25 days straight to create the world’s first nail art animation.

Watch Artists Pile One Year's Worth of Makeup on a Model's Face

Shauna Wright — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:02:52 +0000

In a process that took nine hours, Dutch artists Lenert Engelberts and Sander Plug put a year's worth of makeup on a model's face at once. The mess included seven bottles of foundation, three lipsticks, and two bottles each of eye shadow and cream blush, bringing the grand total to 7.7 fl. oz of drippy "perfection."

Anti-Tanning PSA Shows Women Burning Themselves With Waffle Irons and Toasters [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:26:28 +0000

"Indoor tanning is out," says the Canadian Dermatology Association, who've placed tanning beds squarely in their crosshairs with a new web PSA that shows young women singing their skin with a clothes iron, toaster and waffle iron. Ouch. The CDA hopes these exaggerated examples of frying one's skin hammers home the dangers of tanning. According to their website: