For a little "pick me up" when your LOOKING tired, try one or all of the following tricks:
1) Put in some eye drops. Either 'redness relief', 'tired eyes', 'lubricating', or 'allergy relief'-which ever applies to you. We don't realize how dry our eyes get during the day due to A/C, wind, bright light, looking at computers, etc., that all leads to tired eyes.
2) Curl your eyelashes.. Don't be afraid of that silly little device.. just go slowly. It lifts your lashes from causing a shadow on your eyeball, therefor letting light in, and giving them a more "open" appearance! :)
3) If you wear mascara, and didn't have it on, apply it.
If you already had it on, apply another coat.
If you don't wear it, just curl 'em, and carry on.
4) Use a product that says something like "radiance", "light", "illuminating", "touch-up", "conceal".. i.e. YSL Touch Eclat, NYX Born to Glow Liquid Illuminator, or Clinique Airbrush Concealer. Apply on top of whatever you have going on with your face right now. (Yes, that's what I said---this IS a 5 minute QUICKTIP!) Follow the example I've provided. You don't need a ton of product.. start with a little. Just dot under eyes, sides of nose, around mouth and on brow bone, then gently blend outward towards hairline/jawline. (you shouldn't have so much product on that it actually REACHES your hair/jawline!)
5) Dust a small amount of pinky peach or pinky rose blush on the apple of the cheek, then just BARELY graze the tip of your nose-trust me, you'll see. (for those of you that don't know about the anatomy of fruit and the face, smile, and the 'apple' is the full part of the cheek closest to your nose). NOTE: don't sweep this color over that little illuminating lifting trick we just did! Use a soft touch!
6) Apply a tinted lip balm. If you pick one that is close to your natural lip color, it'll add just a little life to your face.. You don't need to go crazy with color.. But if you want to, hey, GO FOR IT! There are a ton out there. It depends on your preference. Burts Bees, Korres, Neutrogena.
BONUS
If you're FEELING tired:
All you need is a wall and a floor (and maybe a pillow)…
Sit sideways with your hip and leg touching wall. Now, slowly lower yourself down, to lie on the floor,simultaneously turning your body away from the wall and extending both of your legs up the wall.. you should look like you're representing the letter "L".. (you can put the pillow under your tush now, if you want).
Take (at the very least) 10 deep breaths, with your eyes closed, and just relax.
What you are doing is reversing the flow of blood to the heart. It works all day pumping blood to your lower extremities, and it gets tired, so you're giving back to it by saying, "hey-let me take a little pressure off of ya! You do such a great job for me, it's the least I can do!".
After 10 minutes or so, lower your legs and roll to your side. Lay there for a minute, then go DO THAT THANG!!!!
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