Dark Lips

Bright red, deep wine, and even purple – nothing's more glamorous. The key is finding the right shade (prepare to experiment) and texture: the shearer the formula, the more wearable it is.

Trace a red pencil around and all over the lips so the shape is perfect.
Apply a velvety-matte red lipstick.
Apply a tissue to your lips to absorb excess oil

Clear, beige, or pink gloss layered on top of the stained-red lips is beautiful and softens harsh overtones. Opaque red lip gloss however, is harder to pull off.

Smokey Eyes

Vivid, matte eye color is dramatic, sexy and easier to do than you'd think. It works best in small doses, paired with a subtler, paler lip.

	Start on the top lid (too much underneath drags the eye down)
	Using a soft eye pencil or shadow, cover the entire lid – moving from lashes to crease. The color should get progressively lighter: The darkest part should be at the lashline; the faintest part at the crease.
	Trace the color in a round shape (outline the entire eye) or elongate it by drawing past the outer corner.
	Blend the edges so they're smudgy all the way around.
	Set with translucent powder.
	If necessary, add smoke along the lower lashes. Use a light hand; you can always add more.

If your eyes are brown play with dark violet, navy blue, black or chocolate tones. Green or hazel eggplant, copper red, purple, and mauve shades make eyes look greener and brighter. Deep teal can be great too. Blue, blues, gray-mauves, and violets are especially good.

Shimmer

This focuses all the attention on your skin, so just as you let major eyes or lips stand alone, keep the rest of your makeup subtle so the pretty sheen speaks for itself.

	If you have great cheekbones and beautiful skin, a sheer gleam is gorgeous on the tops of the cheek and brow-bones; around your tear ducts; or on the bow of the lips.
	If you put pearly highlighter on your eyes and cheeks, then keep your lips shimmer free.
	Trace the color in a round shape (outline the entire eye) or elongate it by drawing past the outer corner.
	Dust powder on areas you don't want to get shiny: the bridge of the nose, the chin, around the nostrils, and between the brows.
	Or tuck a sachet of blotting papers into your evening bag for touch-ups.