It’s 4:30 PM and your best friend calls you to make last minute plans to go out after work. You rush home and, being crunched for time, you only have about 20 minutes to change and be out the door.  You don’t have time to re-do your makeup, but with a few quick steps and key products, you can create a dramatic evening look, depending on whether you want to highlight eyes or lips.

·    Use oil-blotting tissues to remove any shine, then apply a light layer of illuminating, translucent loose powder.

·    To focus on eyes – use a slightly darker cream eye shadow and a slate gray (for brunettes) or dark brown (for blondes and redheads) eyeliner pencil with shimmer or a slight touch of glitter and line the upper and lower lids. Smudge color with a Q-tip. Or apply to upper eyelids only and slightly extend and wing-out the outer tip. To balance strong eyes, downplay lips by mixing a little concealer and lip-gloss and apply with a lipbrush.

·    Carefully comb eyelashes with a clean eyelash comb (don’t reapply mascara!)

·    Add a two sweeps of your blush to refresh the color, then apply one to two drops of a liquid shimmer on the tops of cheekbones and temples to highlight.

·    To focus on lips – gently remove any remaining lip color, apply conditioning lip balm and line lips with a lip pencil that matches your lip color or is a neutral tone. Use a lip color that is slightly bolder than your daytime lip color. Suggested colors include a dark berry for light skin tones, a deep mauve or light red for medium skin tones and a deep red or wine for dark skin tones. Using a lip brush, apply one layer and blot. Apply one more layer and top off with a layer of clear gloss, adding a very small amount in the center of the bottom lip to create a bee-stung look. Balance the look by combing the eyelashes and emphasizing eyebrows by applying a few light strokes of matching eye pencil. Apply one small dot of the liquid shimmer under each brow bone to subtly highlight the eyes.

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