White

New Year is ushered in only a little more than a month ago, with Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year two days fresh. After a full month of gatherings and get-together, lying on the couch with a good book seems to be most appealing. What if you have another "thing" before having the luxury to relax and do nothing?

When you feel like you have been up for months, everything seems like a chore. Suddenly, eyeglasses, pyjamas, ponytail, sans makeup is "the" look you want. Sadly, if you have another "do" to attend you have to look somewhat "together".

White eye shadow and eye liner are the "it" makeup this season. I am drawn to them not because of the hype, but as an instant booster to droopy eyes. When you are this tired, the less steps you have to complete doing your makeup is a god sent.

Apply the white eye shadow on the upper eyelids. Use the white eye liner to line the lower rim of your eyes above the lashes. Don't stop until you have filled the little triangle area towards the end of the eye. Smudge the white liner a bit to make it more natural.

The two steps above ought to brighten your eyes even without mascara and other eye makeup. It beats dabbing and evening out concealer. It takes a couple tries to make it look right, but at least it's white and not black eye shadow or eye liner which you have to cleanse to get rid of. A tissue is all it takes for a do over.

I have an earlier post of using concealer as an instant eye brightener. However, if you feel like you are not here, there or anywhere, white eye shadow and liner are safer choices. You don't want to have caked concealer while exerting your last effort to look you are present.