Ugh, Mondays, am I right? Pulling yourself out of bed is hard and looking not exhausted is even harder. Rather than wishing the day away and pressing snooze yet again, there are few things you can do—with makeup you probably already own—to look like you woke up refreshed and properly pampered. Even though, let's face it, you probably didn't. No judgment here, only easy-to-follow advice that'll make tired eyes and makeup mishaps a thing of the past.
Below, we compiled the best tips from makeup pros Charlie Riddle and Robert Sesnek to turn your makeup bag into an arsenal of resources to treat, cover, and de-puff. Armed with the proper tricks and products, you'll leave the house looking bright-eyed, even before your first cup of coffee.
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Dab your favorite eye cream (we suggest a cooling, de-puffing option like Clinique's All About Eyes) around your orbital bone. While it still feels dewy to the touch, brush on a sheer wash of tinted moisturizer around your eye, over your lid, and along your lash line. This way, you'll be treating your fatigue while also covering any darkness or imperfections.
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Rather than lining your lower lash line, which can make your eyes look smaller, sweep a sheer layer of light brown shadow along your lashes instead. "Using a lighter wash [of powder] reflects light and gives the appearance of more space," says Sesnek, who says this is an easy way to make eyes appear larger and takes literally seconds to do.
Not to mention, using eyeshadow as liner allows for more long-lasting results, as powder lasts longer then cream products.
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Sesnek says that it's important to have your eyebrows properly in shape for your specific eye shape. Go for a long arch if you have close-set eyes and opt for softer brows if you've got wide-set eyes.
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Use a peach-toned concealer (rather than your usual lighter shade) to balance out the blues in your under-eye bags. Riddle recommends applying the the corrective tones beginning at the most inner part of the eye (which is usually where you want to counteract the darkness the most). Tap on the product to make a V shape—with the point landing right above your cheekbones.
Then, blend. Riddle recommends this color correcting palette from Stila because it offers several color correcting cream shades as well as powders to set.
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Have tired eyes? Find a full-coverage concealer that won't tell the world you were up all night binging Netflix. After color correcting, Riddle says to look for a concealer that has a little bit of color correction built into it, especially if you have really dark circles.
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Rather than your go-to black, opt for a brown eyeliner with a hint of shimmer. The color will reflect light against your eyes and make them look so much more awake. Plus, Sesnek says that bronze or warmer brown eyeliner can be much easier to wear on eyes as it’s not as drastic as ultra black eyeliner, which can close off the eyes instead of opening them.
Try smudging this bronze eyeliner from Pixi along your lash line for an instant wake-up call.
With smaller shaped eyes, Sesnek says to avoid lining the entire eye and waterline, as this can make the eyes appear much smaller then they are. Instead, opt for eyeliner on the outer corners of the eyes—this will give the illusion of more space and a larger eye shape.
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Curling your lashes is like a bra for your eyes. "When you curl the lashes it elongates, lifts, and makes the eyes appear more open," says Riddle. "If you don’t wear a lot of makeup and want an instant eye-opening effect, curling your lashes is the best way to do it." Bottom line: don't skip this step.
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Sesnek says that applying several coats of mascara on the upper and lower lashes will help make the eyes appear larger.
We're fans of this one from MAC, which is essentially lash extensions in a tube thanks to five millimeter-long fibers that swiftly coat each lash.
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According to Riddle, setting your concealer with a brightening powder will not only help prevent creasing, but it'll also bounce off any shadows and make the eyes appear brighter. Try the Jaclyn Cosmetics Face It All Brightening & Setting Palette, which promises to blur, perfect, and brighten even the dullest of skin.
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Take a pale pink or nude pencil, like this one from Thrive Causemetics and line your bottom waterline—it’ll instantly refresh and make the whites of your eyes look whiter, brighter, and your entire face more awake.
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Use a ratio of one part luminizer and two parts face makeup to immediately brighten lackluster skin. It'll refresh your complexion in mere seconds. Becca's First Light Filter Face Primer ($39) uses translucent, cool violet pigment mixed with spring water and prickly pear flower to hydrate, revive, and scatter soft light across your face. It's basically magic for your tired, possibly hungover face.
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This is especially important if you went to bed without washing your face last night and remnants of yesterday’s makeup are sticking around.
A gentle cleanser is ideal, says Rich Campbell, who’s worked as a makeup artist for 25 years for brands like Origins, Dior, and Chanel, and is the director of education at Dermaflash. Follow up with your regular daily moisturizer. Here we used Aveeno’s Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer. Hydrated skin perks you up because it naturally makes skin look more glow-y and vibrant. These are the morning habits of people with great skin.
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“I like a natural look for summer,” says Campbell, who recommends grabbing a tinted moisturizer with a built-in SPF 30. (Note: if your regular moisturizer already has an SPF 30, it’s not necessary for the tinted moisturizer to have it as well. The key is that one of these provides sun protection.) “These blend in nicely and even your skin tone, leaving skin looking sun kissed,” he says. “In summer, a little illumination is a nice touch,” he says.
We combined two different tinted products to give our model Taylor the perfect match for her skin tone: Benefit Cosmetics The Big Easy Liquid to Powder SPF Foundation in Light and bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream in Vanilla.
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One of the key areas to focus on when you’re tired is your undereye bags. To prep the skin, use an eye cream to battle puffiness. Here we used Benefit Cosmetics Puff Off! eye gel to smooth out the skin texture. Next you will want to hide the appearance of dark circles. Take a concealer two shades lighter than your skin tone and apply this in a triangular shape under your eyes. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle is a great drugstore brand product that worked wonders here. Here are more tips to get rid of puffy eyes and dark circles.
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To prevent creasing and to keep your concealer in place all day, set this area with a loose setting powder. To set, apply a generous amount of powder with a brush or damp beauty blender and let it “bake” in for a few minutes. Here we used Laura Mercier’s Translucent Loose Setting Powder to smooth out and brighten the undereye area. Once the powder has started to sink into the skin, take a brush and dust the remaining powder off.
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Campbell is a fan of shimmery eye shadows to brighten up eyes—and he promises you won’t look like a disco ball. Swipe a goldy-pink or champagne color on lids, he says. Focusing this brightening shade on the inner corner makes the eye appear wider and more awake. We achieved this look by using the Tarte Tartlette in Bloom Clay palette. Finish the eyes by lining the water line with a nude liner, curling your lashes, and applying a volumizing mascara.
Lastly, fill in your brows with whatever product works best for you. Here we used Benefit Cosmetics 3D Browtones Instant Color Highlights in Light/Medium.
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Dust on a bronzer that has—you guessed it—a subtle shimmer to it. Apply to areas that the sun naturally touches your face: apples of cheeks, tip of nose, and along your hairline. Use a light hand. “Bronzer should kiss your face—not look like a mask, which will backfire and make you appear dull and tired,” says Campbell. We created a sun-kissed look here by using Laura Mercier’s Matte Radiance Baked Powder Compact in Bronze 04.
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Making your skin glow with a shimmery blush and highlight is key to faking well-rested, fresh skin. Dust a shimmery blush, like the Milani “baked” blush we used here in Luminoso, onto the apples of cheeks to add some color back into your face.
Add highlighting powder to the tops of cheekbones, down the nose, across the cupid’s bow, and on the chin to enhance your skin’s appearance. Here we used Anastasia Beverly Hills’ Glow Kit in Gleam.
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Lastly, coat lips in a natural looking lip gloss/stain to add a nice, but subtle, pop of color without looking overdone. NARS Lip Gloss in Chelsea Girls is the perfect Pink Beige shade. The finished look gives the illusion of a well-awake, fresh face! Now, trick your brain into feeling more awake with these energizing tips for when you’re always tired.
For more makeup reviews and inspiration, follow our artist Emma Kapotes on Instagram @emma_kapotes_beauty.
Originally Published: July 14, 2016
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If you can't seem to wake up when you haven't had enough sleep, let cosmetics take the worry out of your tired look and dark circles under your eyes.
We tell you what beauty tricks will provide freshness to your eyes
How cheerful others perceive you depends primarily on your eyes. In order for everyone to think in the morning that a healthy 8-hour sleep is the norm for you, you will have to supplement your usual makeup with some details. In this article, we will talk about beauty tricks that will help give the face a fresh look.
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Red eyes, loose skin around, dark circles and bags - all this indicates a lack of sleep. You should work on this if you want to look more cheerful. A few quick tricks that are not difficult to master at home will help you make a difference.
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Firstly, if there is a problem of puffiness, skin care products (patches, gels, creams) will help to cope with it. It is important to keep eye cream cold. Then, when applied, it will refresh the skin. The same technique will help to cope with morning swelling.
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, apply concealer to those areas of the skin where the shadow from them falls.
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Secondly, before applying foundation, use a corrector or concealer with reflective particles (it will create the effect of a healthy glow). Apply it over a very thin layer of eye cream, but only after it has been absorbed; A layer of primer, which is usually used to “fill” the pores, may not be superfluous - all so that the foundation does not roll up and does not gather in folds.
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How to mask bruises under the eyes, see the video tutorial by Alina Fly Cloud.
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Thirdly, pay attention to the skin around the inner corners of the eyes. There are usually small dark areas there too - it is also better to paint over them with a corrector. Makeup artists recommend applying either shining shadows on the inner corner itself - silver, pearl or, say, champagne colors, or a highlighter to visually make the look more open.
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Fourth, you should get a light kayal pencil - white or nude. Bring them to the inner contour of the eyes on the lower eyelid to get rid of the redness of the eyes, and make the look more cheerful and fresh.
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In general, when doing eye makeup, try to give preference to shimmery textures rather than matte ones - such products will definitely give a cheerful look.
Avoid black eyeliner and graphic lines that make your eyes look smaller. Otherwise, they will seem even more sleepy and tired.
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Eyeshadow tips, application techniques and step-by-step eye makeup instructions for all occasions
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If you already know how a concealer differs from a corrector and why you need a highlighter, learned how to sculpt your face and apply blush correctly, and also figured out all the intricacies of the perfect face tone, it's time to move on to the next chapter - eye makeup.
In this article, we will tell beginners about the basic principles of eye makeup.
Smoky eyes, colored arrows and eyelashes, sparkles, pastel shades, graphic designs… Beauty trends are constantly replacing each other, but which eye makeup is right for you?
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Basic tips for those who don't know where to start. Makeup.ru Green eyes will help to become more expressive red, copper or purple shadows; peach, brown and golden shades are suitable for blue-eyed girls; brown-eyed, you can choose any color, but the most advantageous will be shades of green or blue - for example, emerald or ultramarine.
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Remember the basic terms used to describe the different eye makeup techniques. Our scheme will help you: 1 - inner corner of the eye, 3 - outer, 2 - brow space.
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The choice of technique for applying shadows or the shape of the arrow depends on the structure of your eyelid.
For example, if you have round eyes, accentuate the outer part of the eyelid, and if the eyes are not very large, it is better to do the shading diagonally (we wrote about this in more detail here).
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At the initial stage, when you are not too confident with the liner or brush, you can resort to the help of improvised means. Ordinary masking tape, any plastic card or a regular napkin will come in handy. They can be used in the process of applying shadows, based on the diagram below.
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Keep a basic set of brushes handy. For the first time, you will need only two: a small, dense, rounded brush with soft bristles for applying shadows, as well as an elongated and looser brush for blending them. You can read more about the different types of makeup brushes here.
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When choosing shadows of a certain texture, consider its features.
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If you are using an eyeshadow palette, keep in mind that each shade has its own area of application. So, the lightest shade, as a rule, is intended for the brow zone, use the darkest shade in the outer corner of the eye, and apply the middle one in the crease.
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Do not forget: thorough shading is the key to beautiful eye makeup. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how to properly blend shadows.
Four photo tutorials to create spectacular eye makeup for different occasions.
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The skill of creating a simple everyday eye make-up is useful even for those who are not frequenters of cosmetics stores. A discreet make-up, which only slightly emphasizes the eyes and makes them more expressive, can be “try on” both for an important interview and for a date. Follow the steps below.
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Apply eye primer or a thin layer of foundation to lids. Then blend with a fluffy brush made of natural bristle beige shadows over the entire surface of the eyelid.
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Darken the outer corner of the eye with matte shadows of a shade slightly darker than the skin, and walk along the orbital line with them.
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Fill the entire eyelid with light matte or shimmer shadows. Highlight the inner corner of the eye and the brow area with a highlighter.
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Fill in the “gaps” between the lashes on the upper eyelid with a black pencil, and then apply mascara.
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If you want to add an interesting and unusual detail to your daytime look, but you still can't do complex makeup schemes, follow the make-up video tutorial for beginners.
Having mastered the principles of basic make-up, you can also handle evening make-up for an important event. If you want to create a festive look, we recommend that you pay attention to shiny shadows with a shimmer. How to use them in evening make-up?
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First of all, carefully prepare your eyelids for makeup. Spread the primer, apply beige shadows on top. Then pick up shadows with a matte texture, a couple of tones darker than the skin, and widely emphasize the orbital line and contour of the lower lashes with them.
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Deepen the crease of the upper eyelid with a darker shade of matte shadows, darken the corners of the eyes.
Also go dark color on the lower eyelid, but only closer to the outer corner.
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Cover the remaining free mobile eyelid with shining shadows of a bright shade. Highlight the inner corner of the eye and the brow space: a highlighter or light shadows with a shimmer are suitable for this.
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Underline the mucous contour of the eyes with a black pencil, paint the eyelashes with mascara. Ready!
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Eyeshadows with a delicate shimmer look are discreet, while bright glitter will provide a more extravagant result. Watch the video tutorial on how to create an evening makeup with blue glitter.
Wedding make-up, as a rule, is a variant of the evening make-up, but traditionally created in lighter and more delicate colors. However, according to the latest trends, wedding makeup can be absolutely anything - even with bright glitter.
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But in our step-by-step photo tutorial, we're going to take a look at a classic bridal makeup look in soft, shimmering tones.
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Apply eye shadow
Light bronze eye shadow with a soft creamy texture, apply to the skin at the inner corners of the eyes and blend to the center of the eyelid. Add darker shadows from the same range closer to the outer corners of the eyes. Then use a feathering brush to blend the borders of different colors.
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Use eyeliner
Fill in between the lashes with a brown eyeliner with a shimmer effect. This will make your lashes look thicker.
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Apply mascara
Apply mascara in a zigzag or curl motion for fuller and beautiful lashes.
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Another version of the gentle wedding make-up is in the video tutorial created by beauty blogger Alina Fly Cloud.
To make your eyes look as if they have no makeup on, ditch winged lines, bright eyeliners, and mascara that promises a "dramatic" effect, and opt for light-colored products (peach, light brown or light -gray).
Shadows should be pastel and matte, without shining particles in the composition. By the way, you can not use shadows at all and only slightly bring the upper eyelid with a pencil. Follow the instructions for beginners.
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Treat the area around the eyes with concealer to hide dark circles, spider veins and other annoying imperfections that can spoil the impression of a make-up. Apply a little on the eyelids themselves to even out the tone.
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Apply eyelid base. Even if you use light shades, the shadows may start to roll after a while: a primer will help prevent this. In extreme cases, just lightly powder the eyelid.
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Use a curler to curl your lashes. They should be “pressed” in three places - at the very base, in the middle and at the tips. So you get a nice smooth curve.
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Use a permanent black pencil to fill in the space between the eyelashes on the upper eyelid.
If we are talking about natural makeup, then at this stage you can stop: the look will already “freshen”, and the eyelashes will appear visually thicker.
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Apply mascara to upper lashes in a zigzag motion.
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While the mascara is still wet, carefully separate the lashes with a clean brush.
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Remove excess mascara, if noticeable, with a special brush - done!
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A simple nude makeup option that can become your basic make-up for every day is in the tutorial video.
A little higher, we drew your attention to the fact that you should choose the eye makeup option, taking into account their color. Let's take a closer look at this topic: below we have compiled detailed video tutorials on makeup for brown, blue, green and gray eyes.
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Brown-eyed girls can experiment even with a bright pink shade of shadows.
If we have more or less figured out the shade of the eyes, then how to choose a makeup that goes well with hair color remains to be seen. Watch our video tutorials!
