For this picture, first i made a background copy just incase I messed up.  After that I pressed Command-Shift-U to make the picture black and white.  Then I used the burn tool to darken the eyes and side of the face.  Then I used the dodge tool to lighten the middle of the face.  After that I duplicated the layer and then sharpened the image.  Lastly I lightened it up with the High Pass Filter and then I used the soft light blend to make it darker again.

For this picture  I duplicated the background just in case I messed up and I just kept liquifying it until it looked like a square balloon!