Beauty Secrets
We publish only the very best beauty secrets that have been tried and tested by the Makeup Moxie staff. While some of our makeup tips and tricks are unique and unusual, others may just be good old common sense. The bottomline is that these beauty secrets simply work.
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New! Our Best Mascara Secret
Simply one of the best techniques to keep mascara from running and help eyelashes look long, full, and curly...
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Lashes
Maximize Your Mascara
For fuller, thicker-looking upper lashes, try applying mascara to both the top and bottom sides of your lashes...
How to get clump-free lashes
A good eyelash comb is absolutely essential to getting clump-free lashes...
Eyes
A Better Way to Sharpen Your Automatic Eyeliner Pencil
Stop messing with those flimsy built-in sharpeners. Here's a better, cleaner, less wasteful way to sharpen your automatic eyeliner pencil to a perfect point...
The Most Natural Way to Apply Eyeliner
Forget old notions of drawing, penciling, and smudging on eyeliner. To get bigger-looking eyes and thicker-looking lashes, it's all about the dots...
Quite possibly the world's most perfect eyeshadow
Believe it or not, this is a universally flattering, age-appropriate, ethnic-appropriate eye shadow trick...
How to turn any eyeshadow into a longwearing eyeliner
Use this trick to transform any eyeshadow into a long-wearing liquid eyeliner....
Face
Make Your Own Tinted Moisturizer
If you still haven't found your perfect tinted moisturizer, you can try this beauty secret for making your own tinted moisturizer that's perfectly customized to fit your skin's needs....
Emergency blotting paper for oily skin
Even though there are a lot of great oil blotting powders, papers, and tissues out there, one of the most effective is extremely common...
Lips
The Perfect Nude Lip Color
Love the look of nude lips, but have problems finding the perfect nude lip color? Lucky for you, it may already be hiding in your makeup bag...
How to make your own exfoliating lip scrub
This tip was inspired by a reader who wrote in asking us whether we had any advice for an effective yet simple and inexpensive treatment for dry, flaky lips...
Skin Care
Use heated lotion to treat extra dry skin
Warm lotion is an extra luxurious and effective treatment for dry skin...
Get rid of dry cuticles for good!
This tip is indispensable for developing and maintaining healthy cuticles and smooth, moisturized hands....
Nails — Hair
How to Get Sexy Summer HairOpt for a simple wash-and-go hairstyle that will give you volume, great tousled texture and natural looking waves...