The 9-5 Get Gorgeous Guide
3.Efficient Eyes:
Go low-key with eye-makeup to be an effective executive. Stick to pastel shades and earth tones for understated elegance. Your best bets for boardroom eyes are beige, bronze and peach topped with a dash of smudge-proof liquid eyeliner and mascara in black. For a dressier occasion in the office, try a muted pink or a copper tone. Use ivory shadow for highlighting your brow bone. To get the look, apply any earthy shade all over your lid sweeping from lash-line till the crease, extending it lightly towards the outer corner of your eyes. Then, highlight your brow bone. Using an eyeliner, draw a thin line very close to the lashes on your upper lid. Avoid lining the lower lid. To finish up, just sweep a little mascara concentrating on your lashes in the middle of your lid for a more alert, open look.
Mid-Day Fix It:
Eye make-up can do without touch-ups, unless your liner or mascara is smudged. To freshen up, just sweep your shade over your lid and re-apply the liner after removing the smudged line with a little vaseline.
4.Polished Pouters:
To keep your lips looking perfect 9-5 and beyond, go for a lighter shade than a darker one. Stash away the heavy hues for the evening dos. Go for pastels and earthy tones like pink, peach, browns and nudes. They not only look super cool but also bleed less. Don’t overdo the matte effect. Shimmer and gloss are in this season and they look fab on a sheer hue. But if you love your plum and berry tints, then remember to go without eye make-up. For that eight hour luscious look, begin by lining them with nude lip liner or in a shade closest to your lip tint for the day. 
Fill them up with the same liner. For a neater lip shape, use a brush instead of dabbing straight from the lipstick tube. Start applying color from the center of your upper and lower lips blending it outward. Stop just before you reach the outer corner of your lips to prevent bleeding an smudging. Dab a little pressed powder over your lipstick and then reapply the color. Top it with a hint of gloss.
Mid-Day Fix It:
To refresh your pouter, dab lipstick onto the middle of your lips and press them together to spread the color. Use your nude lip liner over it to neaten the lip line and top it with a dash of gloss.
