Virtual Hair Styles at Makeover Solutions

Welcome to another virtual hair styles guided tour by Curly Hair Styles Magazine.


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Makeover Solutions Login
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Curly Hair Styles Magazine presents a virtual hair styling tour of Makeover Solutions, with step-by-step screen shots, comments, instructions and examples.

Makeover Solutions is much more than a virtual hair salon. It's a site that offers total makeovers online - hairstyles, cosmetics and accessories.

Our focus is on hair styles and hair styling.

We've used a lot of images to show what Makeover Solutions can offer you as a virtual hair designer. You might want to grab a coffee while the page loads.

We'll be ready when you come back.

The Virtual Makeover Tour Begins!

Go to the Makeover Solutions home page and log in.

When you log in for the first time as a member, you have the choice in starting your makeover:

You can choose a model

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Models


or upload your own photo.

Makeover Solutions Upload Your Photo




We're going straight to uploading your photo, because that's the question we want to answer: What can Makeover Solutions do for you? It's the same approach we've taken with the other virtual hair styles sites we've looked at before this.



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Uploading Your Photo


Click on the "Upload a new photo" button:

Makeover Solutions Upload Your Photo Button

You're taken to a page called "Step 1: Uploading & Positioning".


Makeover Solutions Uploading and Positioning

Click the "Open" button.

Makeover Solutions Open Upload Instructions



You come to a brief instruction page with examples of four types of photograph you shouldn't upload, and one you should:



Makeover Solutions Photo Examples



The instructions don't specify a particular background for your photo, because Makeover Solutions removes an area around the face where your virtual hair styles will be applied.



When you're ready, click the "Browse" button.


Makeover Solutions Browse Button


Navigate to the photograph on your computer and double click the file name.

Then click "Upload".



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Preparing Your Photo


This is a very good site for virtual hair styling, but Makeover Solutions doesn't just do virtual hair styles.

This extraordinary website offers complete virtual makeovers. As well as virtual hair styles, virtual hair colors and virtual highlights, you can try on:

    virtual lipstick, lip liner and lip gloss

    virtual eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara

    virtual blush

    virtual nail polish

    virtual teeth whitening

    virtual accessories like hats hair clips, flowers, glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses.

It's wonderful.

It's complicated.

And compared with sites that only offer virtual hair styles, it takes longer to set up your photo.

Makeover Solutions requires much more specific information about your face, and it begins with the eyes.



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Positioning Your Eyes


The first page you see after uploading shows your photograph on the left, and a panel of instructions on the right.


Makeover Solutions Upload Successful


Your first task is to fix the center of your eyes using the cross-hairs provided.


Makeover Solutions Positioning Amanda Peet 01


A model's photo shows how to place the cross-hairs, or dots, over the pupils.


Makeover Solutions Positioning Example


The pink and purple cross-hairs move independently, so you can do one eye at a time.


Makeover Solutions Positioning Amanda Peet 02

Makeover Solutions Positioning Amanda Peet 03


When you're happy with your eye positioning, click "Next".



Makeover Solutions Next Button



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Brightness and Color


Your next landing page looks like this.


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Positioned



On the right a set of sliders lets you adjust your photo's brightness, and the amounts or red, green and yellow it displays.



On the left is your photo with the background removed.


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Cropped



It's not the shape of your final picture so don't worry what it looks like. Here you're only concerned with color and brightness.


You don't have to do anything here if you're happy with your photo as it is. If you do make changes here and then change your mind, click "Reset" to return to your original light and color settings.


Makeover Solutions Reset Button



When you've finished with brightness and color, click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button




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Cosmetics Tracing


You now arrive at the first Cosmetics Tracing page.

Makeover Solutions Cosmetics Tracing



On the left your face is enlarged to focus on the eyes and mouth. Your task is to place six green dots, one at each of the corners of your eyes and mouth.



Examples on the right show correct positioning of the dots.

Makeover Solutions Cosmetics Tracing Example




Each dot moves independently as you drag its triangle with the mouse.


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Cosmetics Tracing 01


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Cosmetics Tracing 02


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Cosmetics Tracing 03


Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Cosmetics Tracing 04



When you've finished pinpointing the corners of your eyes and mouth, click "Next".



Makeover Solutions Next Button




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Adjusting Your Eye Shape



You're now at the second stage of Cosmetics Tracing, where you tell the software the exact shape of your eyes.


Makeover Solutions Eye Shape Adjustment


Your photo is now enlarged even further. A black line surrounds each eye, with four green circles that can be dragged independently to match that line to the exact shape of the eye.



Outlining Amanda Peet's Eyes - Photo 1

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Eye Shaping 01



Outlining Amanda Peet's Eyes - Photo 2

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Eye Shaping 02



Outlining Amanda Peet's Eyes - Photo 3

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Eye Shaping 03



The black outline can be rotated, too, with buttons on the right.

Makeover Solutions Rotate Eye Liner Buttons


When you're happy with the outlines around your eyes, click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button



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Adjusting the Shape of Your Lips


Stage three of Cosmetics Tracing - your lips.

Makeover Solutions Lip Shaping



Tracing the outline of your mouth is similar to what you've already done with your eyes.



There are buttons to select a thinner or wider lip shape:

Makeover Solutions Lip Shape Buttons



and to rotate the entire outline:

Makeover Solutions Rotate Lip Liner Buttons



Outlining Amanda Peet's
Lips Photo 1

Outlining Amanda Peet's
Lips Photo 2
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Lip Shaping 01 Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Lip Shaping 02



Happy with the mouth? Click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button




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Revealing Your Teeth


The next screen asks whether, in the photo you uploaded, your teeth are showing.

Makeover Solutions Teeth Yes or No


If you click "Yes", you're taken to a new page designed to map the area between your parted lips.

Makeover Solutions Teeth Shaping


The photo on the left is enlarged to focus on your mouth, and the example on the right shows how to trace the inside edge of your lips.


Drag the four green markers until you're satisfied with the purple shape inside your mouth.



Between Amanda Peet's
Lips Photo 1

Between Amanda Peet's
Lips Photo 2
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Teeth Shaping 01 Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Teeth Shaping 02



Happy? Click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button




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Hair Tracing


Makeover Solutions Hair Tracing



You've arrived now at the crucial point for virtual hair styling.

It's here, under "Hair Tracing", that you'll select a specific shape for your face and adjust it to fit exactly ... or as exactly as you can make it fit.

The shape created here determines what part of your face will be removed by the software, and what part will remain to be adorned with the virtual hair styles you select to try on.

On the right are seven face shape buttons. Clicking any of them will place a white outline of that shape around the face in your photo.


Makeover Solutions Hair Tracing Face Shape Buttons



You can select an oval, square, diamond, round, oblong, heart or triangular face shape.

At any time you can replace your choice by clicking on a different face shape button.

On the right is an example of correct placement.

Makeover Solutions Hair Tracing Face Shape Examples



You adjust the shape around your face by clicking on the size buttons (bigger or smaller) beneath the example face.

Makeover Solutions Hair Tracing Face Shape Size Buttons


To give you a better idea of each face shape outline, here's a series of photos showing Amanda Peet wearing each of the outlines in turn.



Amanda Peet with Oval Face Shape Outline

Amanda Peet with Square Face Shape Outline
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Oval Face Shape Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Square Face Shape


Amanda Peet with Diamond Face Shape Outline


Amanda Peet with Round Face Shape Outline
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Diamond Face Shape Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Round Face Shape


Amanda Peet with Oblong Face Shape Outline


Amanda Peet with Heart Face Shape Outline
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Oblong Face Shape Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Heart Face Shape


Amanda Peet with Triangular Face Shape Outline
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing Triangular Face Shape




The oval face seemed to suit Amanda Peet, so that's the shape I started with:


Amanda Peet Hair Tracing 01

Amanda Peet Hair Tracing 02
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing 01 Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet Hair Tracing 02

A few clicks brought the oval face shape down to Amanda's size:


Finished tracing your face. Getting itchy to try those virtual hair styles?

Click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button



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Shoulder Height Adjustment


Just one more step separates you now from the virtual hair styles you've come to try - moving your shoulders up or down.

Makeover Solutions Adjust Shoulder Height


The page displays your photo on the left, cropped and trimmed now the way you'll see it when you add your hair styles.


Makeover Solutions Adjust Amanda Peet Shoulder Height


They want you to match your shoulder level to what you see in the example:

Makeover Solutions Adjust Shoulder Height Example


I couldn't do anything here.

For Amanda and me, clicking the up and down arrows produced no movement at all.

Maybe you'll have more luck.


Ready to hit those virtual hair styles now?

Click "Next".


Makeover Solutions Next Button




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Virtual Hair Styling Starts Here!


Makeover Solutions Ready to Start

At last!

You've reached the virtual hair styles at Makeover Solutions!


You'll see your photo on the left, and a panel of celebrities on the right. But you don't have to start with virtual celebrity hair styles, just because they're there.

Let's check this place out properly.



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Options in the Virtual Makeover Menu


This is where virtual makeovers happen, including your virtual hair styles, so let's have a look at the menu that runs along the top.


There are four sections - Hair, Cosmetics, Accessories and Looks.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Main Menu


Clicking on them produces a drop-down menu for each section - Hair, Cosmetics, Accessories and Looks.


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Menu Makeover Solutions Virtual Cosmetics Menu Makeover Solutions Virtual Accessories Menu Makeover Solutions Virtual Looks Menu



At the bottom of the page, on the right, is a working menu for saving, emailing, printing, listing and changing your virtual hair styles and looks:

Makeover Solutions Shortcuts Menu




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Virtual Celebrity Hair Makeovers


When you click on the Hair menu at the top of the screen, you can select Celebrity Hair, Hairstyle, Hair Color or Highlights.


Celebrity Hair styles begin with "All New" celebrities like these:

Makeover Solutions Adjust Celebrity Hair Start



But you can search for particular celebrities by name, under A-D, E-I, J-N, O-S and T-Z.


Here's the first screen of Celebrity hairstyles, A to D.

Makeover Solutions Celebrity Pics A to D Page



When you click on the photo of one of these celebrities, the hair style she is wearing is applied to your photograph.


I clicked on the photo of Alexis Bledel:

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style 01




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Adjusting Your Virtual Hair Style


With a virtual hair style selected, you can make changes using the tools beneath your photo frame.

Virtual hair style adjustments work like this:



Move the Hair Style Up.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Moved Up

Move the Hair Style Down.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Moved Down

Move the Hair Style Right.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Moved Right

Move the Hair Style Left.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Moved Left

Make the Hair Style Bigger.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Bigger

Make the Hair Style Smaller.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Smaller

Flip the Hair Style.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Flipped

Rotate the Hair Style Clockwise

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Rotated Clockwise

Rotate the Hair Style Anti-Clockwise

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Rotated Anti-Clockwise



The Hide Hair Button is to conceal or reveal the background from your original uploaded photograph.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Adjust Button



Hide Hair "On" conceals the background.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Background Off


Hide Hair "Off" makes the background visible again.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Alexis Bledel Virtual Hair Style Background On


You can click "Adjust" to go back and make any alterations you want to the outline shape you chose for your face.

Makeover Solutions then returns you to your currently selected hair style.



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Hairstyle Menu


At the top of the screen select "Hairstyle":

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Hairstyle Buttons


Sub-menus allow you to select categories of virtual hair styles to view:


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Length Menu Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Texture Menu Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Bangs Menu



We'll try Short, Curly Hair Styles with any type of bangs:

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Short Curly Buttons

Press the "Submit" button when you've made your selections.



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Virtual Short Curly Hair Styles


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Short Curly Page


When you've submitted your choice of virtual hair style categories, a new screen appears showing the first examples that match your criteria.


Here's the first panel of virtual short curly hair styles as you'll see them on the page.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Style Short Curly Hair Page 1



When you click on a hair style it's applied immediately to your photo in the default color - blonde.

Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Short Curly Virtual Hair Style Blonde

Amanda Peet with Virtual Short Curly Blonde Hair Style



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Changing Your Virtual Hair Color


Under Hairstyle you have two additional menus available: Hair Color and Highlights.


Click on Hair Color.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu



Makeover Solutions ties its hair colors to specific product lines.


By default the menu shows all brands, which at the moment means Garnier 100% Color and Revlon High Dimension Haircolor.



Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Brand Menu


Click on either brand to display its virtual colors.


Garnier Hair Colors for Virtual Hairstyles - Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu Garnier Page 1


Garnier Hair Colors for Virtual Hairstyles - Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu Garnier Page 2


Revlon Hair Colors for Virtual Hairstyles - Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu Revlon Page 1


Revlon Hair Colors for Virtual Hairstyles - Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu Revlon Page 2


Clicking on any color immediately applies that color to your current virtual hairstyle.



Here's Amanda Peet with the same short curly hair style in different colors:



Garnier
Deep Copper Blonde

Garnier
Dark Golden Brown
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Short Curly Virtual Hair Style Garnier Deep Copper Blonde Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Short Curly Virtual Hair Style Garnier Dark Golden Brown


Revlon
Deep Copper Mahogany


Revlon
Natural Black
Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Short Curly Virtual Hair Style Revlon Deep Copper Mahogany Makeover Solutions Amanda Peet with Short Curly Virtual Hair Style Revlon Natural Black



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Adding Highlights to Your Virtual Hair Style


Still in the Hairstyle Menu, click "Highlights".

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Color Menu



As with its hair colors, Makeover Solutions' highlights represent specific product lines - Clairol XtremeFX and Clairol Hair Painting.


Clairol
Virtual Highlights
XtremeFX
Clairol
Virtual Highlights
Hair Painting
Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Highlights Clairol XtremeFX Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Highlights Clairol Hair Painting



I chose Clairol XtremeFX Hot Red.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Selecting Highlights


For any highlight you select, you can choose from among three different application styles represented by these buttons:

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Highlights Style Buttons


Here are the three highlight application styles in Hot Red, applied to Amanda Peet's Natural Black short curly hair style:


Highlights Style 1
Highlights Style 2
Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Clairol XtremeFX Hot Red Highlights Style 01 Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Clairol XtremeFX Hot Red Highlights Style 02
Highlights Style 3
Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Clairol XtremeFX Hot Red Highlights Style 03



When you select a highlight, a new tool panel that appears so you can adjust the amount of highlighting on your virtual hair style:



Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Highlighting Tools



Less Highlighting
More Highlighting
Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Less Highlighting Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles More Highlighting



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Virtual Accessories for Virtual Hair Styles


We'll just take a quick look at Accessories, because our focus is really on virtual hair styling.


Select a virtual hair style - say a long, dark brown and curly hairstyle like this:


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet Long Curly Hairstyle


Go to the virtual accessories menu:

Makeover Solutions Virtual Accessories Menu


Click on "Hairclips"

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Accessories Hair Clips Menu



Choose a flower range - Medium, Small, Mini or Large Flowers, and select a flower:

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Large Flower Hair Clips



and there you have it - a virtual flower hair clip for your virtual hair style!

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet Long Curly Hairstyle with  Flower



Once your flower is applied, you can adjust its size and position at will.



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Looks and Virtual Hair Styles


The Looks menu is the last of the four main areas at Makeover Solutions.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Main Menu



Looks are a way of presenting an entire package in one - hair style, cosmetics and accessories.

When you click on Looks you are presented with two choices: "I-Click Looks" (or is it 1-Click Looks"?) and "Cover Effects".

Makeover Solutions Virtual Looks Menu


Under "I-Click Looks" Makeover Solutions presents you with four "Brands" -

Super Model Style, Bridal Looks, Prom Looks and Celebrity Looks.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles I Click Looks Menu


Clicking on any of these takes you to a new visual menu:


Super Model Looks

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles I Click Looks Super Model



Bridal Looks

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles I Click Looks Bridal



Prom Looks Menu Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles I Click Looks Prom Style Page 1



Celebrity Looks Page 1

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles I Click Looks Celebrity Page 1



Here's Amanda Peet wearing a virtual Prom Look called Prom High Style.

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda peet I Click Look Prom High Style


It's not just a virtual hair style, remember. It's the full deal - hair style and virtual makeup. If you click on "Product List" you'll get a run-down on all the cosmetics you need.

Virtual Hair Style Product List



Dramatic Bridal Glamour
Salma Hayek Celebrity Look
Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet I Click Look Dramatic Bridal Glamour Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet I Click Celebrity Look Salma Hayek


Looks can include accessories.

The Dramatic Bridal Glamour Look above includes a virtual tiara as well as hair style and cosmetics.


Do take note of this warning about Celebrity Look products:

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Products and Looks Caution




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The Problem with "Looks"



Looks are a terrific feature of Makeover Solutions - a one-click total makeover package.

But there's a problem.

They really are ONE click.

When your photo wears a Prom, Bridal, Celebrity or Supermodel Look, there's no tool panel underneath.

You can't make any adjustments.

If your Look doesn't fit perfectly first go, it isn't going to fit at all.

So the Gwen Stefani and Jessica Simpson Celebrity Looks, for instance, or the Tyra banks Supermodel Look, are no use to Amanda Peet.


Virtual Gwen Stefani Look

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet I Click Celebrity Look Gwen Stefani

Virtual Jessica Simpson Look

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet I Click Celebrity Look Jessica Simpson

Virtual Tyra Banks Look

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Amanda Peet I Click Celebrity Look Tyra Banks



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"Cover Looks"


There's not much involved in "Cover Looks", but it's a cute feature.


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Cover Effects Looks Menu


Select a cover - one for a light background, the other for dark

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Cover Effects Looks


and instantly you become a virtual cover girl!

Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Cover Effects Look 01


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Cover Effects Look 02




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"Before and After" Emails



With its email feature Makeover Solutions is a bit different from other virtual hair websites.

Whether you email your finished virtual hair style or your complete virtual makeover, the picture itself isn't attached.

Instead, your friend receives a link that takes them to a Before and After page like this, and invites them to come and try a virtual makeover too.


Makeover Solutions Virtual Hair Styles Page Redirect from Email



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The End of the Tour



We've reached the end of our virtual hair styling tour of Makeover Solutions. I hope this page has given you the sort of information and details you were looking for.

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