Beauty retouching is one of the most sought-after skills in Photoshop arts today. The techniques here are used not only on magazine covers, but in advertising campaigns, digital artwork and professional photography. Here are 40 excellent tutorials to help you add this skill to your arsenal.

Note: We know that there are plenty of good arguments against the use of beauty retouching. If you find these techniques objectionable, we encourage you to think about their potential for use in your digital art, whether you want to render a killer with blood-red irises or a Goddess with glowing skin.

Either way, remember that you have ultimate control over how you choose to use your Photoshop skills, and in what context you put these effects into practice.

• 1. Thicker Eyelashes

• 2. Whiten Teeth and Eyes

• 3. Changing the Iris Color

• 4. Pure Perfection

• 5. Smaller Nose

• 6. Digital Nip Tuck

• 7. Recolor Hair and Clothes

• 8. Shine Hair

• 9. Change Hair Color

• 10. Skin Retouching

• 11. Smooth Skin

• 12. Beautify a Face

• 13. Beauty Retouching

• 14. Beautiful Skin

• 15. Apply Eye Makeup

• 16. Remove Freckles

• 17. How to Get Perfect Skin

• 18. Makeup Makeover

• 19. Retouching Skin

• 20. Glamour Model

• 21. Professional Retouching

• 22. Change Hair Color

• 23. Whiten teeth

• 24. Fountian of Youth

• 25. Cosmetic Tutorial

• 26. Recolor Clothing to Match Skin-tone

• 27. Making Dark Hair Blonde

• 28. Teeth Whitening

• 29. Skin Color Adjustments

• 30. Change the Color of an Eye

• 31. Warp Tool for Faces

• 32. Hair Masking

• 33. Selecting Hair

• 34. Paint a Beard

• 35. Wrinkle Removal

• 36. Add a Smile

• 37. Tone Down Highlights

• 38. Using the Unsharp Mask

• 39. Look 10 years Younger

• 40. 5 Second Eye Effect

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