16 Brilliant Hair and Makeup Hacks You Haven't Heard of Before

At Mara Hoffman's Fall 2016 show, Ilde Goncalves, the lead makeup artist for Sephora, taught us an easy trick for adding more dimension and depth to our lips, sans fillers. For the show, Goncalves used two different shades of lipstick from Bite Beauty, a deeper shade on the outer corners and a lighter shade on the center.

To copy this technique, he noted to always pick two colors that are three shades apart and to make sure to blend them well. This is not your ombré lip since your two colors should be extremely will blended — it just plays with the eye to add depth.

Typically, we all rely on our gorgeous metallic cream liners for just one thing — a graphic cat eye. Well, makeup artist Val Garland (for Jay Manuel Beauty) used them at BCBG as eye shadows. She "softened" (or blended) them out until they became more like a light, shimmery eye shadow. Garland suggests using a large, fluffy brush to sheer out the color (applying it right onto your lids as you do so) and simply continue to blend until it's the texture you want. Another tip is to add a clear gloss on top to help the product really "melt."

Ilde Goncalves, Sephora's key makeup artist at Mara Hoffman's Fall 2016 show, has a great tip for pulling off a bold-colored smoky eye.

Her recommendation: focus the saturated color closer to the lashes. Then blend the hue out on your lid, so it becomes sheerer near the brows and the outer corner. Or take baby steps by just using a brightly colored eye liner. You can gradually intensify the look!

To get a fabulous cat eye every single time, Katie Jane Hughes, butter London's creative director, suggests looking straight into the mirror and keeping your face as relaxed as possible. Then create your "V" shape first (with eyeliner pencil!) and fill it in after. Finally, go over everything with a gel or liquid liner to set it.

Pastels have never been an easy shade range to conquer when it comes to makeup, but Romy Soleimani made them absolutely lust worthy at Milly's Fall — yes, Fall! — show.

If you want to finally figure out how to pull them off, she recommends combining the hues with something darker, like a brown or charcoal, to "ground" the shade color. Once you've covered your lid in pastel, tap a hint of charcoal into the center as a highlight color to make them more wearable for every day.

At Rachel Zoe's Fall 2016 show, the models rocked "off-duty," effortlessly cool fishtail braids that we immediately wanted to DIY. Luckily, TRESemmé stylist Jeanie Syfu was there to give us the trick to mastering the look: add texture and never, never attempt a braid with clean hair.

If you're struggling to get your braid to stay, it's simply because your hair doesn't have enough hold, so add a mattifying product like TRESemmé Perfectly (un)Done Wave Creation Sea Foam before you begin.

For Rebecca Minkoff's Spring 2016 show, makeup artist Viviana Martin taught us the most genius lip-liner hack we've ever heard of. The fresh pink pouts were traced with a light-pink pencil, and then the models were asked to press their lips together really well in order to get rid of that severe line.

Martin noted that this is the best way to do a bold red pucker as well, because it helps make less of a mess. This is especially helpful if you're afraid of smears around the mouth, since the liner will simply transfer to the lip above it.

Davines hairstylist Joseph DiMaggio understands the annoyance that frizzy hair can bring. At the Creatures of Comfort Fall 2016 show, he explained that, if you want to fight fuzz, you need to always seal your cuticle first.

According to the pro, most of us may making the mistake of opening the cuticle by rushing in the morning. Often, when we're in a hurry, we rough dry with a blow dryer and then use a flat iron to flatten the frizz, but that actually ends up dehydrating the hair and frying it. Instead, properly dry your hair to seal the cuticle (brush it out while you're drying to create tension, and follow the brush with the nozzle aiming downward). Use your flat iron next to add shine and set the style.

For an absolutely natural, healthy flush, you only need one product. At the Tanya Taylor Fall 2016 show, NARS makeup artist Uzo suggested using a lipstick shade (the same one!) on both your lips and cheeks. Apply it with your fingers for the most natural, blended look. This is the best way to use a creamy product, like a lipstick, in multiple ways.

To get lived-in texture in your hair, create soft bends in your mane vertically instead of horizontally with a flat iron, leaving out the ends. The best way to do this is to hold your flat iron up against your head (vertically!) and make a crease your hair with the iron.

To get a super easy rope braid, Garnier lead stylist Tommy Buckett at Rebecca Minkoff advised to add texture to your hair first with a beach spray (like Garnier's De-Constructed Beach Chic Texturizing Spray) to help the hair hold. Then simply take two sections, and twist them in the same direction, and they'll end up in crisscross weave. Secure with an elastic, and let some pieces fall around your face.

Update your ponytail in the most luxe way ever with velvet! Odile Gilbert, the lead artist for Kérastase, created this look at Suno's Fall 2016 show. A sleek, low ponytail was dressed up with velvet ribbon that was crisscrossed down the pony to instantly elevate the style.

At Rachel Zoe's Fall 2016 Fashion Week show, Lyne Desonyers for MAC told us that the best way to balance out a bold lip is with a monochromatic cheek and eye. It creates a soft, romantic feel and helps keep the rest of your look on the "natural" side.

For the Rachel Zoe Fall 2016 catwalk, Desonyers used a blending of MAC Mineralized Blush ($27) in Love Thing and Warm Soul on both the eyes and cheeks.

Backstage at Alice + Olivia's Fall 2016 presentation, hairstylist Marshall Lin for Fekkai created a loose, dry texture for the models with an interesting technique — and something he said is definitely easy to do at home. Instead of setting the curls in rollers, which would produce an "overdone" wave, Lin opted to use tissue (yes, actual tissues) to wrap each curl in to set it, since it would then curl in a looser wave. He simply twisted the tissue horizontally, and then he wrapped a small section of hair around it, securing the tissue into a loose knot and letting it hang. You have to let these curls cool for a good amount of time (even better if you sleep on it, Lin suggested), but the result is the perfect, loose wave.

At Carolina Herrera's Fall 2016 show, Orlando Pita for TRESemmé created a modern, sleek blowout for the uptown girls. But, he also shared with us a genius trick for flat-ironing your hair without sucking all of the volume out of it — Pita said that he doesn't close his iron all the way! This is especially helpful for women who color their hair, since it can be difficult to make bleached or processed strands look silky. An iron helps to smooth out the cuticle in these cases, but you don't want it to be stick straight (which happens when you clamp down on your hair). Instead, leave the hot tool a little open, to get shine without zapping the volume.

James Kaliardos created a gorgeous bold lip look at Rodarte (it's Nars's Train Bleu, in case you're interested). And for the girl who often wears a dark lip and struggles to get it just right, he had some savvy advice. Instead of overdrawing your lip, just use your natural lip line. Then, fill it in really well (more so if it's a dark shade), and use a tiny bit of lip balm in the middle if you find that your color in the center disappears quickly. This will help that middle part from fading away!

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