I try to stay away from heat as much as possible, but my hair with no intervention at all is something no one should have to deal with. Here are 3 overnight ways to give your hair some curl and body without heat; all effective and all super easy.

This works best if your hair is slightly damp when you do it. You're supposed to sleep on these for best results, but I did mine in the morning after my hair had mostly dried from showering and left them in for about 3 hours.
All you do is divide up your hair (I did 4 sections, the more sections you do the curlier it will be), twist them tight and wrap in a bun, then pin them in place and wait. I can imagine these are hard to sleep on, so I would try to put them as close to the sides of your head as you can so you aren't laying right back on them :)

Here's the results I got:
Like I said, if you do these at night and sleep on them, your hair will be way curlier.

The smokey eye has long eluded me, but I finally got a handle on it, and it's not nearly as difficult as it looks. It's pretty much a matter of knowing your eyeshadow and how to shade.
And so I bring you:

Here's what you'll need:
- A BB Cream or primer
- mascara
- pencil eyeliner, either brown or black (I prefer black)
- A quad of eyeshadow in your desired color palette (I'm using browns. Also it was on sale, hence the sticker)
- Eyelash curler
OPTIONAL: An eyeshadow brush.  I just use my finger, but if you want to use a brush you can.

Here's what you do:
Familiarize yourself with your eyeshadow palette and where the different colors are supposed to go.
As a general rule, the lightest color goes on your browbone, the second lightest on the inner corners, the darkest (what makes it "smokey") on the outer corner/crease, and whatever you have left can define your bottom lash line.
So first, browbone!
This is that jutting bone right below, well, your brow. The light, shimmery shadow makes it pop out and illuminates your eye. Don't go heavy, just put enough to make it light.

That triangle of skin right between your eye and your nose is important to light up so that your smokey eye doesn't end up looking like you just stayed up too late.  Extend the shimmery stuff to about the middle of your eyelid and right to the beginning of your bottom lashes.

This one can be tricky.
The rule is to BLEEEEND. Don't just leave a big ol' smudge of dark shadow in the corner of your eye; blend it in so that it's shadowy but not bruise-y.  You may want to tame it with a little of the shadow that you used in the inner corners so that it doesn't dominate your eyelid. Blend it into the crease of skin between your eyelid and the rest of your eye.  If it gets out of hand you can put some of your browbone shadow on it to tone it down.

This is pretty simple. Just blend a tiny amount of eyeshadow right under your bottom lashes.
I only use eyeliner on my top lid when I do this, because with all that shadow you don't want to go too heavy.
Add mascara, and you're done!
Thanks for bearing with my eyebrow zit and horrendous nails.

Some mornings are rushed.
Like mine, for example.  My alarm didn't go off and so I woke up at 9:07 with a class to get to at 9:30. So even though this makeup routine is super fast, I didn't have time to even do that.
But if you're pressed for time in a less urgent way, this is great! 7 minutes is actually a little long; if you're super hurried, you can do it in 5.

What I Use:
- Maybelline BB Cream (not pictured because I'm a doofus)
- Mary Kay mineral foundation
- Black liquid eye liner (this is Wet'N'Wild, it literally cost a dollar)
- Bella Bamba blush by BeneFit
- eyelash curler
- Covergirl Lash Blast

This is my face devoid of makeup, which my poor classmates in American Lit had to deal with this morning.


Here's the BB cream! This is my first step. It doesn't really cover well enough to wear it alone, but it does even out splotchiness and blur redness. I've heard that authentic Asian BB creams cover well enough to wear them alone and I'd like to try one out.
With the BB Cream. Now I use the mineral foundation.  I like it because it covers well without being heavy and it's easy to blend so you don't look like a clown.


Now for eyeliner.
I use liquid because it makes a good line without pulling at your eyelid.  When I'm in a hurry I just make a really thin line and draw it into my eyelashes.



Here's eyes with mascara after they've been curled. Sorry for the awful lighting

Apply blush to the apples of your cheeks, and you're done!

Shirley Temple hair is out, apparently.
This is bad news for me, because any time I go at my hair with a curling iron I end up looking like Little Orphan Annie.
With some experimentation, I think I may have finally conquered that.

Step 2a

Step 2b

If you want to get really fancy (like I did because this is my Valentine's hair), take a curling iron and wrap random pieces around the barrel (don't use the clamp). Brush your hands through the strand so it doesn't have time to set to keep it wavy instead of curly.

After using a curling iron. Happy Valentine's day!