Get the look of a pricey kitchen renovation—without the cost. All it takes is a few smart upgrades. Check out this Howcast video tutorial on how to remodel your kitchen without spending a fortune.
Mike demonstrates this basic trap: Figure 4 Deadfall. The Figure 4 deadfall is similar to a Paiute Deadfall. Whether you are venturing on a rugged camping trip, or simply want to brush on your outdoor survival skills, this video will come in handy. Learn how to make a figure 4 deadfall trap when out in the wild.
Paiute Deadfall is a useful trap that employs sticks, string, and a rock. Whether you are venturing on a rugged camping trip, or simply want to brush on your outdoor survival skills, this video will come in handy. Learn how to create a paiute deadfall when out in the wild.
Whether you are venturing on a rugged camping trip, or simply want to brush on your outdoor survival skills, this video will come in handy. Learn how to make a snare for trapping animals when out in the wild. While this trap is illegal in some states, the skill can be useful to know in any desperate survival situation.
Who better to demonstrate bar tricks than a cute girl bartender? Sexy Francesca shows how to amaze a dumb friend with a dice trick. Brush up on your bar tricks so you can impress the ladies (or con your fellow barflies out of a dollar or two). Break presents bar tricks by Francesca. Learn how to pull the psychic dice bar trick.
Get the most out of your look, turn yourself into the beauty you are with just a little makeup. Watch this video tutorial on how to create a Barbie-inspired green, pink and purple makeup look. Yep, that's right... learn how to turn yourself into Barbie with this green, pink and purple face. Wow everyone with this new look.
Washing your hands in a dirty sink won't make them any cleaner. Watch this video to learn how to clean your bathroom sink.
Save hand-washing house guests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
It's pretty obvious when you need to clean your toilet bowl, but it's easy to neglect your tank. Don't - that's gross!
You probably take a shower almost every day. You might as well do it right. You will need a natural-bristle body brush, a loofah, soap or body wash, a bath towel, and moisturizer. This how-to video is the end all be all guide to showers. You've been doing them all along (let's hope), but here's how to do it right.
This how-to video demonstrates the right skills for stamping with a watercolor technique. You will need non-running inks to stamp the initial image, a specialty brush pen, and watercolor paper. This watercolor effect is pretty, and can add some different texture to your stamped images. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make a watercolor look with stamps.
So many makeup how-to videos will just tell you to blend the shadows, but what does that even mean? Fortunately, there is finally an explanation to this somewhat ambiguous makeup technique. You'll need some brushes and a bit of practice. Follow along with the instructions in this video makeup tutorial and learn how to blend eyeshadow. It'll get you one step closer to creating those really elaborate looks.
This how-to video from makeup master Judy demonstrates a pretty bridal look inspired by Carried Underwood. She used mostly MAC cosmetics, specifically URBAN DECAY primer potion, MAC "girl friendly" paint pot, MAC "shore leave" E/S, MAC "cork" E/S, MAC "handwritten" E/S, MAC "rice paper" E/S, LOREAL intense liner, REVLON "frilly white" colorstay pencil eyeliner, RIMMEL waterproof mascara, FACEFRONT COSMETICS survival paint primer, MAC "handwritten" E/S, BEAUTIQUE "natural" lip liner, MAC "2N" ...
Here's a way to make your drywall project perfect. Mix up some thin joint compound, using more water than normally required for spackling holes in the wall. You can roll the putty onto the wall with a think rolling brush. After the joint compound dries, it only requires a light sanding. Watch this instructional video to create perfectly smooth drywall surfaces with liquid spackle.
Check out this instructional Hungarian language video to learn how to speak Hungarian! In this lesson, learn how to pronounce common greetings in Hungarian. This video provides conversations in Hungarian with English subtitles and German subtitles. This instructional language video is good for beginners and advanced Hungarian speakers who need to brush up on their language skills. Master the common greetings in Hungarian with this instructional video.
Making your own baby food is easier than it sounds—and it’ll save you money, too. You will need fresh fruits and vegetables, lean beef, lamb, poultry, or pork, a vegetable brush, a vegetable peeler or paring knife, a chef's knife, a cutting board and a food mill, processor or a blender. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make baby food.
New to the Ruby programming language or simply looking to brush up on your skills? In this installation from his Rubyology series of Ruby tutorials, YouTube user cmatthieu demonstrates some of the cool time functions supported by the Ruby programming language. Make time for and with this how-to.
Check out this instructional English language video that explores several definitions of British English slang words and phrases. This video vibrantly translates a wide variety of British words for other English speakers in the world. Brush up your knowledge of these obscure British English slang with this instructional language video.
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply pink, purple, and blue eye shadow over a MAC cream color base. Use soft brushes to blend the color transitions. This creates a three color eye shadow fade with a dramatic shape.
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply eye shadow for a shadowy lady look. Use Bourjois eye shadows and M.A.C eye shadows. Blend the eye shadows with a M.A.C 217 brush.
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply the M.A.C Cult of Cherry Tempting Quad eye shadow. Use Benefits Lemonade as a primer eye shadow. Blend the four colors with a M.A.C 239 brush.
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply M.A.C and Bourgeois Makeup for a pink and black smokey eye. Use M.A.C brushes to achieve a delicate blending effect. Use bold pinks and dark colors for this eye shadowing job.
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply M.A.C's Studio Fix fluid foundation. You can use a sponge, a 109 or a 187 brush. Prepare a clean smooth surface to prep products. Choose a moisturizer that works for your skin.
Unfortunately, no one seems to have, or willing to share, the science of making a real teleportation chamber. That doesn't mean you can't make a prop one though. Parker put together this video to show us how. You will need foam core poster board, a hot glue gun, duct tape, a pane of glass or plastic, silver spray paint, black paint, and cardboard. Watch this video prop-making tutorial and learn how to build a teleportation chamber.
If you've ever tried to plant in the shady part of your garden, you've probably run across ferns. There are literally hundreds of them to choose from with a wide range of plant form, size and always with a beautiful delicate texture. One of my all time favorites is the Japanese Painted Fern. If you'll take a little closer look, you can see how this plant got its name. This plant looks as though it has been meticulously hand painted. This subtle variegation helps the Japanese fern to stand out...
Jordan explains how to make a nice abstract image using only filters and no brushing in Photoshop. Let your artistic side come out (even if you aren't the best painter) just by playing with Photoshop filters and making cool abstract images.
All you need for a quick new look is a handful of run-of-the-mill bobby pins. You will however need medium to long hair, a brush or comb, styling gel or mousse, a ponytail holder, as well as those bobby pins. This video hair-styling tutorial shows how to create three simple updo hairstyles.
Craftsperson Ceal Pedersen, from Heirloom Puzzles, shows you how to make wooden jigsaw puzzles with her own creative touches, geared towards kids.
This tutorial video will show you how to modify an electric toothbrush so that it will play the radio through your skull while you brush your teeth. This handy device is similar to the store bought models but you could hook it up to any audio source (For example: ipod, mp3 player, radio).
If you've come home from a long day of work, you might just want to sculpt in Pixologic's Zbrush 3.1 3D sculpting software. So sculpt out of clay to practice the Zbrush 3D modeling program, don't work on Zspheres or an entire model, practice on sculpting. If you plan on being a good 3D digital animator, then practice, practice, practice. This video will show you how to work in the interface, use brushes, and sculpt a squirkle, yes a squirkle.
Can't afford a real electric toothbrush? Have one too many vibrating dildos lying around the house? Well, just tape your toothbrush to one of those suckers and start brushing!
This tutorial shows you how to create holes in a terrain surface in Unreal Tournament 3. This is helpful for creating caves, pits and bunkers etc. You will be using the visibility brush.
This tutorial teaches you how to change the eye/hair color of someone using the quick mask feature of photoshop.
Watch to learn how to say the names of beauty devices, such as a hair dryer, a straightener, and an electric toothbrush, in French.
This tutorial shows you two examples of how to improve a dark or low-light photo. This video covers the auto Enhance feature, retouch brush tool, Effects menu (Edge Blur) and the Adjust menu (Reduce Noise).
In this tutorial, learn how to quickly and easily reduce red eye from your photographs, using iPhoto '08. You'll learn to use the Red-Eye Removal brush, and adjust it to just the size you need.
A bathroom is only as clean as its toilet. Keep yours disinfected and smelling fresh by following these easy tips. You will need a pair of rubber gloves, cleaning sponge, toilet bowl brush, powder or liquid toilet cleaner and a disinfectant spray. Be sure you have good ventilation when working with household cleaners.
A good stain and varnish can add shine and luster to any piece of wood furniture. Check out these simple steps for staining wood. You will need a painter drop cloth, 2 or 3 1 inch foam brushes, fine grit sandpaper, tack cloth, couple of towels or rags, oil base wood stain and oil base satin varnish.
Illustrator/Character designer Joe Bluhm talks about his process and philosophy as he paints a caricature of Bill Murray (as Steve Zissou from the Wes Anderson film "The Life Aquatic...") as part of an illustration for a Canadian Pop Culture Magazine called the Naked Eye (available in USA, as well). Using Adobe Photoshop, Joe renders the face in very little time to demonstrate his approach to an entirely digital painting, with a cartoony and loose feel to the art.
This video gives detailed instructions for removing a hotspot or flash reflection in a photo by using layers and masks. Start by adding a new blank layer and naming it something like Flash Suppress. You will use a special blending mode for this layer called darken. With your paintbrush you will loosely paint out the hotspot, having selected the color tone that you need with the eyedropper tool. Later on you can use layer masks to clean this up. Adjust the opacity of the layer until you have t...
