Transforming your daytime makeup into a glamorous evening look doesn’t have to take hours. With a few simple tweaks and product swaps, you can go from a fresh-faced daytime vibe to dramatic after-dark flair in just minutes. Here are some tips for creating a day to night makeup look in a flash:
Start with a Light Base
During the day, opt for light, natural-looking base products like tinted moisturizer or BB cream. These provide coverage while still looking like your skin. Add some concealer only where needed to cover up any imperfections.
To further diminish those dark spots, apply the travel illuminating duo underneath. At night, switch to a medium-coverage foundation for a more polished look. Add a touch of highlighting powder to cheekbones, brow bone and décolletage for a glowing complexion.
Define Your Eyes
If you want to play up the eyes for an eye-catching evening look, apply a light shimmery eyeshadow across your lid and blend it out. Then sweep a darker shadow like charcoal or brown just above the crease and along the upper and lower lashlines.
Smudge it slightly for a sultry, smoky effect and then finish with two coats of volumizing mascara on top and bottom lashes. If you want to take it up a notch, lengthen your lashes with some mascara or add some false lashes to really make your eyes pop.
Sculpt Your Cheeks
For daytime, use a coral, peach or pink blush blended onto the apples of your cheeks. At night, switch to a bold rose, berry or bronze shade applied higher on your cheekbones for a sculpted, defined look. Sweep on plenty of highlighter as well to make your cheeks glow.
Boldest Brows
During the day, simply fill in any sparse areas of your brows with short, hairlike strokes and blo brush them into shape with a tinted brow gel. For nighttime, make them stand out more by using a slightly darker brow pencil and setting the brows with a powder.
Bolder Lips
Nude, pinky and muted lip colors are perfect for a daytime facebeat. But, you may want to switch it up in the evening with with a liquid lipstick in a deep red, wine, burgundy or magenta. Or try a rich, satiny lipstick for lush, glamorous swell hair. Just make sure to line and fill in your lips completely with lip liner first to prevent feathering and help the color last. After that, you can then apply lipstick on top for a fuller lips.
Accessorize
One of the easiest ways to take a look from day to night is by adding some dazzling accessories like sparkling earrings, a statement necklace or choker. You can also add some pizzaz with your hair. Style an updo to show off the jewelry or pull your hair back for a more sophisticated look.
Finishing Touches
Mist your face with setting spray to lock everything in place, then, dust a light shimmer powder along shoulders and décolletage for a radiant glow. Spritz on a richer floral or musky perfume to stand out from the crowd, and remember to touch up your lip color after dinner or drinking. Oh, and regularly blot oil from the T-zone to prevent shine.
Here’s to Seamless Day-to-Night Transitions
With these easy yet dramatic makeup tweaks, you can easily transition from a daytime beauty to full-on glamour queen at night. Have fun playing with different product combinations and makeup techniques to find looks that suit your personal style.
The most important tip is to not overthink it! You can easily amp up your eyes, lips and complexion in just a few minutes for a gorgeous after-hours transformation.
