Hey, I’m Avery Dunn, and Beauty Tips Online is my little workshop for making characters look good. I don’t raid for parses anymore — I log in, open the collection tab, and lose track of time mixing robes, shoulders and weapon glows until a priest actually looks dangerous or a warrior finally looks elegant.
Why “Beauty” in the name?
People ask me that a lot. The domain started years ago as a regular beauty blog, and when I turned it into my WoW notebook I kept the name on purpose. Transmog is beauty work — matching undertones like you would match foundation, hunting the right “shade” of silver across three expansions, throwing out a helm because it ruins the whole silhouette. So the name stayed. It fits better than I expected.
How I put a set together
My process is pretty hands-on and a bit stubborn. I pick one piece I love — say, a hood with a cold blue glow — and build everything around it on a bank alt. Then I take that character out into daylight in the current capital hub, queue a dungeon, sit on a mount, check the back view while running. Screenshots in the dressing room lie all the time: a belt floats, a tabard clips through boots, an old low-resolution texture turns to soup next to a modern high-definition chest. If it doesn’t survive an actual evening of play, it doesn’t make it onto the site.
For farming I run small loops instead of crossing the whole map. If two old raids sit near each other, they go in one evening route with hearthstone timing noted, so a full clear takes under an hour and you still make your guild run.
What I check before publishing
| What I check | How I check it | Why it matters |
| Texture match | Equip on a live character, daylight plus a real dungeon | Old blurry pieces clash with sharp modern ones |
| Exact tint | Re-run every difficulty, write down which one drops it | Same model hides behind different tints |
| Route time | Group nearby instances, note the hearthstone point | Weekly clear stays under an hour |
What lives on this site
- Finished looks I wear myself — full item lists, where each piece dropped and which difficulty gives the exact tint.
- Hard-to-find bits — boots, belts and off-hands that complete an otherwise perfect set, plus recolors most databases lump together.
- Illusion and glow pairing — which enchant effects sit calmly on a pale set and which ones overpower it.
- Honest notes on what didn’t work — combinations I deleted because they clipped, clashed, or only looked good in preview.
A quick note on patches
Drop sources shift quietly. A vendor moves, a boss gets an extra tint, an old quest reward comes back through a seasonal event. Whenever I catch a change on my own runs or get your email, I reopen the guide and fix it rather than leaving a dead route up. If you farmed something by my notes and it didn’t match, tell me — I would rather re-run it than have you waste a lockout.
Thanks for reading. If you have a look you are proud of, send it to info@beautytipsonline.com — I answer every note myself.