Ideas for a Beauty Niche Website

Rosallee Scott
Whether you are a freelance beauty writer, sell products or just love the beauty industry and want to try and make a little extra money at it along the way, a beauty niche website may be for you. This article offers ideas on the different elements to incorporate into making your Internet site better, not technical instructions for how to build the actual site. For great tips on site building see the resource section at the bottom of this article.

Feature Product Reviews
Buy and try out makeup, skincare, haircare and other beauty products and writing honest reviews about them. Include purchase information and what type of personal the product would work best for. Offer readers the chance to leave comments, or even write their own reviews if they have tried out the product. Have a "like" and "dislike" button as well.

Feature Magazines & Other Publications
Popular magazines, books and other publications come out quite frequently. Divide your beauty niche website into different sections that cater to each type of publication. Include a section on e-books and interesting blogs and article found around the Internet for a chance to trade some links with other sites.

Feature Different Careers in the Industry
Create an information site for those wanting to work in the field of beauty. Have special sections for makeup artists, hairstylists, skincare specialists, nail technicians and more. Their countless opportunities to work in the beauty industry, share insider secrets, accredited schools and resources for those interested to find out more.

Feature Beauty Icons
Showcasing the latest trends in beauty can be tied back to the trends from yesteryear. Divide sections by decade so fans can search for a particular favorite or vintage look.

Any of these ideas for a beauty niche website will get you thinking of a lot more featured sections that you can have on your site when you start researching them. Include as many photos as possible, taken by you or from free rights stock websites.

Additional Reading Resources to Get you Started:
Below are some articles to get you started on research.

Beauty Products Site:
Skin Care Me:How to Rate Skin Care Products
Offers a system on how to accurately rate and review products

COVERGIRL's Smoky ShadowBlast Review
Offers an example of a makeup review, with photos.

The Hottest Spring Makeup Trends of 2010
Gives you some heads up for this year.

Beauty Icons Site:
Beauty Icons of the 1940s
The sex kittens of the forties.

Beauty Icons of the 1950s
The innocent, and not so innocent, stars of the fifties

Top 5 Beauty Icons of the 1960s
A new era for icons and women alike.

To take all of this information and start building your website, click here on "Building a Website" for articles featuring great hints and tips to creating one that is right for you.

Published by Rosallee Scott - Featured Contributor in Beauty

Rosallee Scott has been a freelance writer & researcher since 1998. She is a Featured Lifestyle Contributor here on Y!CN. Spending over a decade working side by side and learning from her sub-contractor husb...  View profile

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