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How To: Dye your hair with henna

We all know that henna ink can dye your skin, but did you know that you can use it for your hair as well? Henna is an inexpensive and unique way to darken your locks. If you are thinking of going brown, and want to use Henna to do so, follow along with this tutorial. This video will show you step by step how to go about this dye job and look beautiful.

How To: Prepare and eat a dragonfruit

Jaqueesha demonstrates how to prepare and eat a dragonfruit. To prepare the dragonfruit you will need a knife, plate and paper towel. Preparing a dragonfruit involves simply peeling it and cutting it into pieces. First, cut off the stem which is not edible. Then, peel off the outer purple part off of the fruit can stain the skin so be sure to wash your hands after you work with the fruit. Dragonfruit has the texture of a mango. Slice the dragonfruit in half lengthwise. Then, cut each dragonfr...

How To: Eliminate facial imperfections using Photoshop

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to eliminate facial imperfections using Adobe Photoshop. Begin by opening the image in the program. Then select the patch tool. Now draw a circle around the imperfection and then move it to an area of the skin that has no blemished. Continue doing this for all the imperfections. This process can be done to eliminate pimples, moles, blemishes, scars and wrinkles. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy editing images to enhance them and would l...

How To: Contour and highlight your face for everyday wear

This video shows how to contour and highlight your face. First, sculpt your face using the MAC 184 brush, which is a dual fiber brush, and Sculpt Sculpting Powder. Brush the powder from the forehead down the side of the face and under the cheekbone, then underneath the jaw. For a more contoured look, use the 168 brush, which is a fluffy angled brush, concentrating on the hollow of the cheek, and using more powder.

How To: Make a winking animated GIF in Adobe Photoshop

In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to make a winking animated GIF in Adobe Photoshop. Select a photograph of two eyes and duplicate the layer. Now copy the top eyelashes and paste them on top of the bottom eyelashes. Go to the eye drop tool and select a dark color. Then go to paint brush, choose a brush with size 1 and select darken in the ‘mode’ dropdown menu. Reduce opacity to 50%. Now darken the lower eyelashes as shown in the video. Then go to healing brush tool and se...

How To: Define and build your chest quickly

This video describes how to exercise in such way to maintain or promote defined chest muscles. It is explained that the chest muscles should be worked hard enough to actually gain muscle mass. Next, it is explained that muscle mass is lost as you age and the skin loses elasticity. The video explains how to counteract the effects by building muscle to maintain a defined appearance. The video describes that chest exercises should be done in sets of 5-8 reps. The video next explains that when pe...

How To: Apply digital tattoos using Photoshop

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to apply a digital tattoo using Adobe Photoshop. Begin by adding the image and tattoo image into the program. Then drag the tattoo image over the image. Now in the layer menu, change Normal to Modify. Now re-size the tattoo image to a preferred size (PC: Control and T, Mac: Command and T). Now right-click the tattoo image and select warp. Form the image so that it is perpendicular to the skin and decrease the Opacity. This video will benefit those vie...

How To: Draw a Homer Simpson rendering

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Homer from the television show, The Simpsons. You will need a piece of paper and something to draw with, such as a pen or pencil. First, draw two circles for his eyes. Next, move on to his nose and mouth. From here, you can draw the outline of his head. Add the lines for his hair. Move on to his ears and neck. You can also fill in the pupils. Next, draw Homer's collar. You can shade in the color of Homer's skin if you want. This video shows you...

How To: Use Macromedia Flash 8

This how to video shows you how to use the program Macromedia Flash 8. First, open the program and click Flash Document. Next, select show frame in the drop down menu. Next, right click and select insert layer. Select the pen tool and choose a size. Next, select a color and then draw a picture. Click the other layer and zoom in. Click the onion skin. Continue to draw and then press F7. Keep on doing this for each new animation. Click control and test the movie. Go to file and save the file. Y...

How To: Trance dance

A few steps are given before the dance moves are shown. These steps are: Go easy on yourself. Practice with an easy song first before attempting a fast hard one. Wear comfortable clothes. Clothes that fit your body and that won't be slipping off as you dance. make sure the fabric is breathable for your skin. Practice. The more you practice the more stamina you will have to last longer and dance harder.

How To: Make traditional turnip greens

This video is showing how to make a great southern dish. In a large saucepan fry some bacon. After the bacon has had some time to cook add some salt and three cups of water. Chop the roots off three turnips and save the leaves on top. Peel the outer skin off each one of the turnips. Dice the roots and put them into the pot. Set on simmer with a medium heat. Tear apart the leaves and remove the thick core on each leaf with your hands and rinse the field dirt off. Chop the greens and steam them...

How To: Apply Frontline flea prevention to your dog

In this video tutorial, viewers learn hoe to apply Frontline for dogs. Be sure that you get the appropriate amount of dosage for your dog. Frontline is a topical flea intake preventive for dogs. Do not let your dog go into water 72 hours before and 72 hours after apply the product. Begin by apply the product in between the shoulder blades. Do this by parting the fur and apply the product onto the skin. Also apply the product at the base of the tail. This process needs to be done once a month....

How To: Paint your nails with gold leopard print

The narrator describes how to paint your nails with gold leopard print. Using two coats you can now have gorgeous, glossy nails within a short amount of time. First by making an x shape (like a French tip) then with a second coat going over with gold. Finally by "striping" and "spotting" your nails (like a leopards skin) it finishes off the look. This is a simple process that anyone can follow through with. The end results are fantastic nails resembling leopard pattern. What you need: Gold Sh...

How To: Draw Ned Flanders from The Simpsons

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. First, start off with the basic outline of the body. Use simple shapes for this. Next, fill in the eyes, hair, nose, mustache, ears, and mouth of the figure. From there, you can move on to the details of the clothing such as the collar and cuffs of the sweater. Finish with the shoes and the fingers on the hand. The basic outline is finished. Now, go in and erase the simple shapes from the drawing and fill in more...

How To: Make a baby girl or baby boy polymer clay bead

This video shows how to make a bay girl and boy head made of clay. The first thing you need to do is get a small round ball of clay that is a skin color color. Then you get the small black beads and place it firmly on the ball they will act as the eyes. Then make the eye creases on the side of both eyes. After that you add the other physical features like nose, mouth, ears, and eyebrows. The last thing you do is fold two square pieces of clay into the shape of a bow then place it on the top o...

How To: Apply cream blush

It is a demonstration of a cream blush with a # 130. We will be using a steela convertible collar and a color called camellia which is #1 and is used mostly as a blush which nice and bronzy. You firstly stamp the brush onto the blush and then lightly tap the brush onto your hand first so as to ensure you won't have too much of blush on your face.

How To: Perfectly roast a chicken

The chef shows how to prepare and cook a perfect roast chicken. Begin by rubbing sliced garlic over the skin of the chicken. Then place the garlic into the cavity, along with some thyme and sliced lemon. Rub the chicken with olive oil and sprinkle with pepper and rock salt.

How To: Easily peel a garlic

Holly Chegg shows the best way to peel and chop fresh garlic in a quick way! She first shows us how to peel off the skin in a perfect manner using a simple technique that everybody should be able to do. It is practically fool proof. She then shows us some easy ways to chop up our garlic into the perfect size, depending on your preference. Don't have time to buy and chop up your own fresh garlic for every one of your family's cherished recipes? Holly Chegg leaves you with advice on using the g...

How To: Make easy applesauce

Apple sauce that is made at home is easy and good for you. It only takes about twenty minutes to whip up a batch. Golden Delicious, Fuji, or Rome apples will work great with this recipe. First off slice the apple into eighths. Don't peel them or remove the seeds. Heat the apples together with a half cup of apple cider or apple juice. Put one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice into your pot. Bring the mixture to a boil with high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for fifteen minutes. Pres...

How To: Get an Italian barber shave

This video describes the process of getting a perfect Italian barber shave. The presenter suggests that shaving cream be applied with a shaving brush to loosen the facial hair and moisturize the skin. Shaving in the shower or directly after the shower is best, because the beard will have had a chance to loosen up while in the shower. The presenter then lathers up his face and shaves for a first pass. Next he will re-lather his face for a second pass. When finished shaving the second pass, the...

How To: Turn your fresh tomatoes into crushed

Ian Knauer, food editor from Gourmet Magazine, is going to show you how to turn fresh tomatoes into crushed tomatoes in no time. First, you must take a fresh tomato and just slice it in half, now grab a 4 sided grater and start grating the tomato using the large holes. You should do this over a bowl because that's where all your crushed tomato is going to end up. You must grate the tomato (the skin should begin to peel) until your left with just the peel of the tomato left in your hand, which...

How To: Cook 10 minute chicken teriyaki

This video demonstrates how to cook chicken teriyaki. The video starts with the presenter showing the list of ingredients. Starting with the chicken breasts cut in to small pieces about 1 inch wide. Next, you preheat a skillet with olive oil in it. The presenter states that when cooking chicken, the skin should be placed down in the skillet. The chicken pieces are then placed in the skillet to cook. Add the marmalade to the skillet along with more soy sauce and continue cooking. The video fin...

How To: Wrap your wrist for boxing the right way

Wrapping your wrists for boxing is very important to provide protection and support when you are throwing your punches. This video shows you the right way to wrap your wrists to prevent injury. You'll be putting the seam side of the wrap against your skin, and start by putting the loop at the end over your thumb. You will start by wrapping the wrist a few times, depending on how long your wrap is. Watch to see the correct way to cover the knuckles and secure the wrap against your hand before ...

How To: Draw a cartoon mom on a computer

DrawingNow teaches you how to draw a cartoon mom on a computer in Microsoft Paint or any other drawing program. You start with a basic oval, but tilted to one side. Then, add the contour of the long hair. Next, you can start adding details to the face. Draw a nose and two equally spaced ovals with circles inside each one. These will be the eyes. Draw eyebrows and full lips. Now that you are done with the sketch, you need to color it in. Use yellow for the hair, blue for the eyes, a pink flesh...

How To: Make delicious mango chutney

This is a very useful instructional video on how to make mango chutney. It is a very delicious dish which any body can make at home very easily. The ingredients required for this wonderful dish are ginger, sugar, herb leaves and mangoes. First you have to take the herb leaves and ginger in a pan. Now you have to add two cups of sugar to the mixture. Now you have to chop the mangoes into small pieces. You can remove the skin of the mango and use the rest. After chopping the mangoes into small ...

How To: Cook fresh pumpkin flowers

To cook pumpkin flowers you need some pumpkin flowers and some of the smaller more tender leaves from the pumpkin patch. First thing is to take off the little spiny things from the base of the flower. Then you want to pop the top of the flower off at base of the stem. Remember to save the stems, open up the flower gently and pluck out the thing in the middle. You want to pick off the spinets on the back of leaves, wash them rubbing them to soften the leaves up. Then you would take the stem an...

How To: Pan fry the perfect fish

In this video from The 10-Minute Foodie, Bridget Davis demonstrates how to cook fish. The fish she uses is ocean trout, which is similar to salmon, but any fish can be used in this recipe. The oven is preheated to 200 degrees. Heat a fry pan while seasoning the fish with sea salt and ground pepper. Add canola oil to the hot pan and carefully lay the fish in the pan skin side up to sear it. Turn it over to sear the other side. Put the pan into the oven for five minutes for the fish to finish c...

How To: Prepare squash for cooking

We start out in a large greenhouse, there are two gentlemen discussing pumpkin pies. There is an obvious expert and he states that there are pumpkins especially made for pies, but pumpkins tend to have a lot of water and he has gotten a lot of complaints that peoples pies are to runny. He has an answer with certain squashes that your family will still think it's pumpkin. Sweet meat squash still has the orange color on the inside but it has a much lower water content, cut it in half right arou...

How To: Draw Robin from the cartoon series Batman & Robin

In this video tutorial from Drawing Now, learn how to draw the character Robin from Batman & Robin. You will need to first draw a circular shape for Robin's head. Then draw ears as well as a series of lines that looks like hair. These lines will actually serve as the raw form of your character, but will actually be erased once the real lines are drawn. Using a series of lines as shown in the video, you will add facial expressions, shoulders, and arms to your character. Darker lines will add R...

How To: Easily peel and cut a pineapple

This instructional video will show you how to peel and cut a pineapple. Follow these steps to peel and cut a pineapple: Cut off the top and bottom. Start cutting the skin off the pineapple, by sliding your knife in behind the seeds, and cutting down. Repeat this step until the pineapple is peeled. Now you need to get rid of the core. Make four cuts directly against the core. Slice the remaining pineapple chinks as preferred.

How To: Make a Coca-Cola ham

In this video Chava Thomas of the Argonaut's College Cook shows you how to make a Coca-Cola ham. Follow this easy recipe for a tasty Coca-Cola ham: Sprinkle salt all over the meat and rub it in. Use a paring knife to make some diagonal incisions into the fatty area and cover with whole cloves. Put the ham in a large baking pan and pour a whole bottle of Coca-Cola over it. Add a large halved onion to the pan and cover with a lid. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour and a half until the internal te...

How To: Bake restaurant quality salmon

Chef Steve Feiven shows you to bake the perfect salmon. To bake the perfect salmon, do the following: Season the salmon with salt and pepper on both sides. Place it skin side down in a sizzling pan and surround the fish with some wine and water. Add some crumbs to the top of the fish, and season a little bit. Bake at 425 degrees (convection oven), regular oven 375 degrees. Bake for about 15 minutes. Check to make sure the internal temperature is 145 degrees. Transfer to a warm plate and serve...

How To: Make seared scallops on a Teppanyaki flattop

This video is a cooking video from Anne Burrell on the Food Network. She demonstrates how to make Teppanyaki Seared Scallops with Butternut Squash, Zucchini, and scallions. She goes through each step. She juliennes the zucchini, skins ginger, chops up edamame, and slices some onion. She describes how to take off the scallops hard muscle section prior to cooking. She uses soy sauce and oil to heat up a very hot grill, and shows a bunch of students how you would best go about cooking the scallo...