Being too busy to go home and prepare for a party after a long day at work has become a common situation these days. Therefore, women of today need to learn how to make themselves look stunning fast and with minimal preparations. Using a few makeup tricks and some specialized hair styling products can help you make it so everyone thinks you’ve come from a spa instead of a busy office.
Office-to-Party with No Stops in Between: 5 Beauty Tips You Need to Know
Being too busy to go home and prepare for a party after a long day at work has become a common situation these days. Therefore, women of today need to learn how to make themselves look stunning fast and with minimal preparations. Using a few makeup tricks and some specialized hair styling products can help you make it so everyone thinks you’ve come from a spa instead of a busy office.
Office-to-Party with No Stops in Between: 5 Beauty Tips You Need to Know
1. Start the day before
If you are aware of the upcoming party, you need to use the opportunity to start preparing beforehand. This means that you should get a facial and style your eyebrows the night before.
Note that you should go with your favorite at-home facial routine or visit your regular beautician. Do not take risks by trying out new products and treatments, regardless of how promising they sound. It will be best to focus your at-home facial on exfoliation and pore tightening.
Don’t forget to apply top-quality moisturizer before you leave for office as well. Take the product with you as you’ll need it to prime your skin before applying makeup in the evening.
2. Work some hair magic and use industrial-strength hairspray
Your hair is the trickiest part in the office-to-party beauty transformation. You won’t be able to wash and style it afresh, and the chances are that your roots won’t look their best by the end of a hard day. Therefore, you’ll need to try one of the 5-minute party hairstyles that can make you look stunning. Be sure to bring Fanola hair styling products with you to work so you can fix the hairstyle properly. It’ll need some salon-grade hairspray in order to remain intact through the entire party and look natural instead of like a stiff wig.
When going to a party straight for your office, the best choices will be “messy” hairstyles. They are not only easier to make, but they also look less formal. If your outfit for the party is the office dress enhanced with some statement accessories, this hairstyle will make a huge difference.
3. Apply highlighter strategically
A few touches of shimmery highlighter will transform your face and erase the weariness of a difficult workday. Your skin will look fresh if you learn how to apply highlighter right and fast, you can make it glow beautifully.
Highlighter is the most important element of a quick office-to-party makeup. Use the creamy type of this product as it will produce maximum shimmer, and you can apply it evenly in a very thin layer. It’s essential not to go overboard with this product because too much shimmer will turn your look from the trendy “dewy” into tasteless sparkle.
4. Choose lips over eyes
You can skip eye makeup entirely or at least reduce it to the most basic, mascara and a line of eyeliner. Instead, you should focus on your lips.
For this type of party makeup you’ll need a bold-coloured lipstick with a pencil to match. Remember that regardless of which colour of lipstick is in trend this season, red remains timeless. It also looks particularly stunning in this type of makeup because bold red lips always draw most of the attention. Consider them to be the statement jewelry piece of your makeup. And like it is with statement jewelry, you need the rest of the outfit to look neutral in order to provide perfect background for the piece. In this case, your “background” is perfect skin with a bit of highlighter splashed in places.
5. Shimmer and shine
If bold lips aren’t your style, you can create a great party look fast with a tiny bit of shimmery eyeshadows in any colour you like. You’ll only need to place a dot of the shimmery goodness in the center of each eyelid.
Follow up with a lengthening and curling mascara. If you are feeling truly bold, you should change the colour of mascara close to the eyeshadows you use for this party. This combo will make your eyes “pop” and draw attention to your bold style.
This look will be best complemented by nude matte lipsticks. If you go for something shimmery, choose a transparent lip gloss.
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Meg is an author at Cinnamon Hollow. She writes on a variety of topics sharing tips and ideas for daily life.