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Here are the four best things you can do to fake a well-rested, healthy look on those days when you may be feeling neither. Note: This is not about no makeup, but about natural makeup.

Make Your Skin Glow

Wash your face gently but briskly, perhaps using a gentle scrub. Apply moisturizer — maybe a little extra — and sunscreen. Apply a little foundation with a brush to even out skin tone; or go with tinted moisturizer. Bonus points if you have time to use a primer before the foundation.

Conceal the Problems

Light-reflecting concealers work beautifully to hide under-eye circles. Place a few tiny dabs of product under your eyes, and dab with a sponge to blend (do not rub and pull at that sensitive under-eye skin!), and get ready to witness a huge difference. For blemishes, steer away from light-reflecting concealers, which can actually draw attention to spots and such. Using a small-tipped concealer brush, lightly dab your blemish with a concealer to help make it vanish.

Make Your Eyes Pop

Two words for you: Eyelash curler. Eyelash curlers can take you from looking half-asleep to completely alert. Sure, you could spend hours creating a perfectly blended, shadowed eye, but if you need to get out the door, curling your eyelashes and applying mascara will give go a long way to making you look wide awake.

Add Color

A wash of color on the cheeks and lips is the cherry on top of your fresh-faced. Cream blushes and cheek stains are a lovely way to give a long-wearing flush to the cheeks without looking garish or dated, and I love how they give you that just-in-from-the-cold flush. As for your pout, sheer lip glosses and lipsticks are your best bet for ensuring a natural finish.

What are your favorite makeup secrets for looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed?

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