If you are an avid reader of the spiff you’ve come to find out that I’m a big fan of Lucky magazine (it costs money though and the spiff is free so save your cash and let me do the hunting :)
The other day I was wondering around their stuff when I found tips on how to make yourself look more awake. I was excited at first because I’ve heard a few things about this but was hoping to find a treasure trove of ideas. Alas, I did not.

What they suggested was to put on concealer, blush, and mascara-isn’t that what we do everyday?

I’d like to give you an actual spiff up on a tired day so here’s what I know to do…

A little bit of highlighter in the corners of your eyes will go a long way. A pearly-white eye shadow works best with this trick and helps to make your eyes look more awake (it should be applied right about where the tail of the “y” is on the eyes pictured above :)

I actually tried it once. It was a Saturday morning and I had a meeting to go to at an ungodly hour. What made it worse was that the night before I had been to a friend’s sleep over so there was barely any sleep to go on. I pulled out the makeup tricks, though, and highlighted there in the corner of my eyes and when I got to the meeting people remarked about how awake I looked. It works!