Prep yourself for a long week of late nights at the office, a wild weekend of bachelorette party fun, or just normal life without sleep with these tips to look awake, doe-eyed & …alive.
1.) Pamper & Condition Lashes: Nurture lashes with a serum or gel to enhance color, length & volume without extensions or fakies. In particular, look for an all-natural, safe & organic solution like Lash Allure MD [$50] (Molly Simms is a fan), containing Pentapeptide Growth Complex. It claims to give thicker, darker and longer lashes in as little as two weeks, and with some damage from too many nights sleeping in mascara (woopsies), this stuff has worked wonders to bring the health back without harmful ingredients or any irritation. The Result: longer, darker lashes will make the whites of the eyes look whiter, resulting in a more rested look.
2.) Prevent the Puff: Preventing puffy eyes in the morning should begin the night before. Arm yourself with a double-team of puff-busting creams like Elizabeth Grant’s The Socializer [$40], with their Late Nights (PM) formula moisturizing with chamomile to smooth tired eyes at night and their Bright Lights (AM) formula to use the morning of, to combat darkness & puff with light reflecting sheen. The Result: a 1-2 punch of eye-opening moisture celeb fans like Blake Lively live for!
3.) Highlight & Camo: Pink & white highlighting pencils, like Benefit’s eye bright pencil [$20] should rest in your purse at all times. Use on the dark circles to create a clean, bright slate for concealer. Use to highlight the lower water line on the eyes, inner corner, and brow line, to highlight & brighten. The Result: The pink color will trick the eye into thinking you’re rested with thick light reflecting formula for a brighter eye area.
4.) Shape Brows: Many of us get stuck in a brow-rut, just finding the cheapest place to get a wax or threading cleanup to get by. Consult a PRO to get the right shape for your face, and tell them what you’d like to get out of your brows. If you’re striving to look more ‘awake’, specialists like those at NYC’s Browhaus [consultation, tweeze & thread [$20] (get our DEAL for 40% off!) will assist you in brow woes that you may not even know you have. The Result: a new shape to live by, and a new brow education.
5.) Purple Mascara: We’ve all heard that colorful eye-shadows will help to compliment eye color, but if your office frowns upon a blue smoky eye, mascara is the best choice for a subtle eye-popping step. Purple mascara, like YSL’s Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils [$30] in No. 9 Plum will enhance each & every eye color. The Result: an office appropriate pop of color that won’t make you look like a drag queen.
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