B EA U TY
a
YOU WANT
TO
QUICKLY ELIMINATE
PU FFYEYES
PRO SOLUTION
Chill
OUt.
TH E
d e t a il s
Following an overnight
flight from New York to London for a
TV appearance, makeup artist Laura
Geller needed a quick fix. So she
placed a few metal spoons in the
fridge, then pressed them against her
already-made-up eyes for five minutes.
“The coldness took the puffiness right
out of my eyes without messing my
makeup,” she says. Also try placing a
bag of frozen vegetables across your
lids if you aren’t wearing makeup. A
cooling eye gel is another good option.
TRY
Origins No Puffery Cooling Mask
for Puffy Eyes, $20.
YOU WANT
BRIGHTER
EYES—WITHOUT A
LOT OF MAKEUP
PRO SOLUTION
Eye-catching jewelry.
TH E DETAILS
In her book
Living
Beauty,
makeup artist Bobbi Brown
recommends matching gemstones to
your eyes to amplify their natural color.
Costume jewelr>' in the right hues lends
some extra dazzle—emerald tones
make green eyes pop, aqua and
ocean-colored gems bring out baby
blues, and amber and topaz play up
brown eyes.
S
'YOU WANTTHICK,
FULL HAIR
PRO SOLUTION
Fake it.
t h e
d e t a i l s
As you age, hair can lose
its density. “Try not to overbrush hair
or pull it into a tight ponytail every
day,” says Doris Day, M.D., a New York
City dermatologist and author of
Forget the Facelift.
Treating hair gently
stops excess breakage. To disguise
thinning hair, try this old Hollywood
trick: Massage a tinted scalp cream
that matches your hair color onto the
scalp to fill in sparse, see-through
areas. Hair immediately looks fuller
and healthier, explains Manhattan
makeup artist Darac, who developed a
modern solution to this age-old
problem after he noticed that the
bright lights used on film sets made
hair look less voluminous.
t r y
C R C
Lab NYC Concealing Color,
$29, in six water-resistant shades.
Press a chilled spoon
against your eyelids
for instant de-puffing.
Bonus: It won’t
smudge your makeup.
6
1
YOU WANT
GOOF-
PROOF LIPSTICK
PRO SOLUTION
Test it
O il
your
pinkie before you buy it.
TH E DETAILS
To sample shades
without actually putting the tester to
your mouth, turn your fingertips
toward the floor so blood rushes to
the tips, then swipe the lip shade over
the inside tip of your pinkie. If it’s the
same shade, only brighter or somewhat
deeper, you’ve found a match. Anything
lighter than your pinkie will wash out
your complexion.
t r y
Bobbi Brown Neutral Lip
Colors, $22.
YOU WANT
A HEALTHY,
RADIANT FLUSH
PRO SOLUTION
Learn to blush.
TH E DETAILS
Cheek color looks the
most true-to-you when it’s focused
where you naturally blush, says Darac.
To locate those key spots on your face,
bend over and touch your toes (so the
blood rushes to your face), then stand
upright and look in the mirror to see
where the rosiness appears.
Place your blush in those
areas, using a shade that
closely resembles the
unique tones you see
in your skin.
TRY
Almay Touch-
Pad Liquid Blush
in Natural, $13.
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