Be Inspired by Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus, daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, is a popular actress and singer. She is best known for playing Hannah Montana in the TV show of "Hannah Montana" and being the 'most popular teenager in the US'. In addition to being an actress, Miley is a very successful singer who performs both as herself and as her character Hannah Montana[1]. This article contains sections on how to look and sing like Miley, so if you are a fan of Miley and would like know how to be like her, read on.

Steps

Get Miley's Style

  1. Have some bottoms styled like styles that Miley Cyrus might wear. Try some skinny jeans that are coloured light blue,purple, black and have a few pairs of distressed (ripped) skinnies. If you want to wear leggings, have many of them in many different colors. Make sure that you also have lots of sweatpants in different colors. Wear sweats while jogging, hanging out, and sometimes while shopping. For jeans, a couple of must-have styles are cut-offs, and distressed (ripped) jeans. Know that short trousers are a must and that you should have them in all styles. If you really want to wear skirts, make sure that you wear them only occasionally and that you have only a few different skirts in different colours.
  2. Wear some Miley-like tops. Try some out printed shirts with prints like peace signs. Also wear Band-Fan shirts and hoodies with bands like Rolling Stones, and Metro Station. Remember that some rip-tanks in basic colors like white are acceptable. Wear lots of cardigans as well.
  3. Have a few stylish dresses on hand. Make sure that you have mini-dresses in these styles:
    • T-Shirt dresses
    • One-colored elegant ones
    • Printed dresses
  4. Try out some shoes that are Miley inspired. High heels, high heeled sandals, high heeled boots, and flip flops are all essential.
  5. Wear the accessories that Miley loves. Punk studded bracelets, long necklaces, necklace with your name on it, Helix earrings, expensive Sunglasses, and expensive purses are most of the accessories that Miley prefers.

Do your Make Up Like Miley

  1. Use Kanebo Sensai products for your skin, as this is what Miley uses.
  2. After you wash your face, put on a light weight concealer.
  3. Apply a pink colored blush to the apples of your cheeks.
  4. Do your eye make-up. Line the tops of your eyes with black liquid eyeliner three times. Take a pencil eyeliner and line your waterline. Wear some darker shades as opposed to lighter ones. Try some colors like dark purple, black, and dark navy. To make your eyes look bigger and longer, take a black eyeshadow and and smear it on at the very end of the eyes and then smudge the eyeshadow. Also wear mascara on your top and bottom lashes.
  5. Research. Look at some of Miley's music videos and copy her makeup on them, such as 'The Climb' or 'Party in the USA'.

Copy Miley's Hairstyle

  1. Jump in the shower and wash your hair with shampoo. Wash out and apply conditioner to the ends of your hair only.
  2. Spray your hair with heat protection and then blow dry until completely dry.
  3. Turn on your curling iron and while it is heating up part your hair to the left of your head.
  4. Split your hair into medium sized sections and curl each section for 10 to 20 seconds.
  5. Once you have curled all of your hair, spray your hair with a little bit of hairspray. This will help the look stay in place.
  6. If you want to use the products that Miley uses for her hair, use Carita Daily Protective Cream, John Freida Luxurious Volume Bountiful Body Mousse, and L'Oreal Paris Elnett Satin Hairspray.

Sing Like Miley

  1. Work on your voice. Try to be very musical and sing everyday. Be diligent about practicing and never miss a day of singing. If you are serious about becoming a good singer, you should consider voice lessons.
  2. Practice. You can practice sounding like Miley Cyrus with easy voice training techniques. Look some up on wikiHow or YouTube for ideas. You can also ask your singing teacher (if you have one) or your school's music teacher for exercises for your voice.
  3. Purchase some music only recordings of her songs. This way you can practice singing along with the same music Miley has. You can also invest in a karaoke machine or karaoke video game with Miley's songs on it so that you can practice that way if you don't know the lyrics to her songs.
  4. Start out with a Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus song that you think fits your voice. Work up from there..
  5. Work on imitating Miley's voice. Watch videos or T.V. programs to see how she performs her songs in different settings.
  6. Expand the number of Miley's songs that you know. Try to learn to emulate both her high-pitched voice and her low-pitched voice like in her song "One In A Million".

Tips

  • Miley likes rock music, by artists like Lady Gaga, Billie Ray Cyrus, Coldplay, Hilary Duff, Micheal Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, The Beatles, Katy Perry & Lily Allen etc.
  • Make a YouTube show. For example, Miley and her friend Mandy made a show called "The Miley and Mandy Show".
  • If you find yourself having trouble with Miley-style makeup or hair techniques, ask your mum,or your friend, or another trusted adult to help you. But also, don't forget that Miley is a star and doesn't do her make-up one way everyday so experiment with her different make-up styles. Try looking at pictures of her close up on focus on her make-up.*Miley uses Biol-age hair products for her hair, and Dove products for her skin.
  • Have someone develop a nickname that describes your personality. For example, Miley smiles a lot - so Smiley turned into Miley.
  • Watch the Laguna Beach and The Hills regularly since they are her favorite TV series.
  • Try to develop a better relationship with your dad. Miley is extremely close to her dad.
  • Miley is VERY confident and knows who she is. So if you can, Try to become more confident.
  • Try to be more outgoing, like Miley. Just don't try to become something you're not.
  • Remember, you cannot BE Miley, but you CAN look up to her as a role model and fashion icon.

Warnings

  • Miley is confident of herself and does not let one little untrue thing someone says about her bring her down.
  • You're unique. Be yourself, there's no one better!
  • Don't copy every last thing Miley does. It will just annoy people.

Things You'll Need

  • Face wash
  • Black eyeliner (liquid & pencil)
  • Dark eyeshadow (navy, black sparkly & browns)
  • Mascara, black or brown, but do not wear it too clumpy
  • Medium Pink Blush
  • Foundation that suits you (liquid or powder)
  • Bronzer
  • Nail varnish (black, red, hot pink & browns etc.)
  • Lip gloss, (natural, different shades of pinks)
  • Perfume

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