After the Party

I hope all of you, ladies, had a nice weekend. In my case it was long and eventful since so my friends happen to have birthdays during one and the same week. This got me thinking about beauty fixes for the night after the party. Being still in college, I’ve had plenty of situations when I went out, but still had to wake up rather early the next day, so I have more or less figured out what works best to freshen up my look in such cases. Here are the few steps I follow.

First and most importantly, your face needs to be absolutely clean and hydrated. I really hope that you never go to bed with your make up on, no matter how tired you are, but if you somehow made that mistake, everything has to be removed in the morning. Even if you cleaned your face before sleep, you still need to wash the excess sebum in the morning and what I use is a foamy wash gel by Nivea. Then I hydrate my skin with a nourishing crèmeby L’Oreal, of course, you can use any product you like. Apply the crème by patting rather than rubbing it on.

Next step – base your face. Nothing says you’ve been out last night like the dark circles under your eyes. Some people put foundation on before the concealer, but I think doing if vice versa offers better coverage. Under my eyes I put concealer – and what I am using right now is Rimmel Wake Up with illuminating effect. It has some shimmering particles in it, which create the illusion of fresher eyes. I use some on my lids as well. After this, apply a thin layer of foundation or even better – BB crème. For my day make up I use the lighter version of the BB crème by Nivea.

Then we go to the really tricky part in such cases – the eyes. Lack of sleep, smoke and party lights make my eyes super red in the morning. My trick here is whitening eye drops, which you can get from every drug store over the counter. For my eyelids I use a very light eye shadow – white or rosy, which makes the eyes look bigger and more open. The eyeliner is preferably very thin and goes only on the upper lid. I wing mine at the outer corners, which makes my eyes look more open. DO NOT put black liner on the lower lid. When my eyes look tired I use white pencil on my waterline and this opens them up even further. Curl your lashes and apply your favorite mascara, really trying to pull them pointing upwards. Here, again I tend to not wear any mascara on my lower lashes, after a night out. Finally, define your brows with a pencil, since the eyebrows frame your face and drive some of the attention away from the dark circles, which may still be visible.

To finish up – put some rosy blush on your cheeks and a pinkish lip gloss on your lips for total freshness. If you have no time to wash your hair in the morning, use some dry shampoo for the roots and throw it up in a bun. Wearing your hair up pull the sides of your eyes a little bit and makes them look more open by generally bringing out a younger look.

This was my after-party beauty hack routine. It is quite fast and super useful. Always do try to get your sleep but if you fail to do so, you have makeup on your side!

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