How To Never Look Tired

1.Try a Little Eyeliner Magic

New York City–based makeup artist Laura Mercier perks up models at early-morning photo shoots by rimming their inner, upper lash lines with navy. “It make the whites of their eyes seem brighter,” she says. White is the liner color of choice for singer Katy Perry, 24, who’s learned it’s not easy to get shut-eye when you’re promoting a hit album (One of the Boys) and spending nights on a tour bus. She swipes it onto her inner, lower lids. The white helps offset redness, she says; “catnaps help too.

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2.Glow With Gravity

Kathleen Baird-Murray, 40, author of the new novel Face Value, does a backbend when she’s tired. “It gets me going,” she says, “and brings a flush to my face.” You could also hang your head over the side of your bed for a few seconds."

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3.Do a Ponytail Face-Lift

Pulling your hair into a high, tight one literally gives your face a little lift, so you look refreshed, says Paris-based runway hairstylist Odile Gilbert

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4.Caffeinate Your Eyes

Leigh Lezark, 24, globe-trotting deejay for the Misshapes, has a special A.M. ritual when she’s worked till dawn: She dips cotton pads in brewed espresso and presses them beneath her eyes. “It eliminates all the darkness and puff,” she says. Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor, so it shrinks blood vessels and minimizes dark circles. Its diuretic effect also helps reduce swelling, which is why it’s so popular in eye creams.

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5.Take a Cold (and Hot) Shower

Alternating blasts revive Jayne Sandman, 29, associate publisher of Capitol File magazine, when she’s done the D.C. party circuit five nights in a row. Says Dr. Fusco, who recommends this to overworked patients: “The temperature change revs circulation and brings back color—it’s like CPR for the skin.”

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6.Go for a Bronzer-Blush Whammy

The Hills star Audrina Patridge, 23, admits to losing all color in her face when she’s wiped. Her strategy: “Bronzer all over and shimmery blush on my cheeks, so I don’t look like a zombie!”

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7.Rub on an Ice Cube

Dancing With the Stars pro Karina Smirnoff, 30, spikes ice-cube trays with her Russian mom’s special cocktail (not vodka!) to prep for sunrise rehearsals. She just adds a drop of lemon juice and olive oil to each square, and later runs a frozen cube over her face. The cold reduces swelling, the lemon’s citric acid tightens and the olive oil adds moisture.

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8.Put on Skin-Flattering Clothes

“After late nights, I’ll slip into a dress, heels and my Steven Alan headband to throw off coworkers,” says Lilia DeGregory, 33, a photographer at Kate Spade who moonlights as a deejay. Makeup pro Bobbi Brown, author of Makeup Manual, dons a pink scarf: “Pink warms up skin; I get kudos even on bad days!”

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9.Spoon!

When she’s been working nonstop, Kate Somerville, 38, founder of a skin-care line, chills teaspoons in the hotel-room mini fridge and rests them on her eyes: “It reduces puffiness and redness.”

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10.Dress up Your Lips

“I draw attention away from my weary eyes with pink lip gloss,” says Paula Froehlich, 34, deputy editor of New York Post gossip column Page Six, who spends nights reporting. The shade transforms a “just-shoot-me-now look,” she says.

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11.Add More Mascara

Three coats perk up designer Cynthia Rowley when new collections have her lagging. “I load only my upper lashes,” she says. “I don’t risk smudges below when I’m already bleary-eyed.”
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12.Wear Frozen Veggies

NYC trainer Lacey Stone, 30, puts a bag of frozen peas on her face before she leads early-morning workouts. “They conform perfectly,” she says, and help cure sleep face.

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13.Banish Dark Circles

One mistake women often make: “They miss the shady spot at the inner corner of the eye,” says Matthew Nigara, an NYC makeup pro. A dab of highlighter there brightens the whole area.

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14.Bring on the Bling

Parties can last till dawn during Fashion Week, so NYC stylist Kate Schelter, 32, throws on a glittery necklace or earrings the morning after: “The sparkle makes you look lively! It’s a trick I tell clients.”

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