Step 1: Do the healthy stuff…exercise, sleep, drink lots of water, and reduce stress. These are obvious solutions that help reduce dark circles, yet we often forget or deny that we need them.

Step 2: Use a brightening eye cream with Vitamin C: Wake up your eyes with a luminizing eye cream infused with brightening Vitamin C. Bravadora suggests Prescriptives Vitamin C Brightening Eye Cream which won Instyle Magazine Best Beauty Buys 2008 for reducing dark circles and puffy eyes.

Step 3: Use a good undereye concealer: A great undereye concealer that beauty critics adore is Cle de Peau Beaute concealer, a makeup line created by Shesido. Cle de Peau Beaute’s formula stays on, covers up dark shadows and won Instyle Magazine Best Beauty Buys 2009. Or for half the price you can buy Laura Mercier Secret Concealer, which beauty critics love and works great as well.

Step 4: Avoid dark makeup and curl your eyelashes: Stay away from smoky eyes, dark eyeliner, and dull grayish eye shadows which will just add to the dark shadows under your eyes. Keep your eyes light and bright. Curling your eyelashes with help to open up your eyes and make you look awake and alive.

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Small, light haired eyelashes can be difficult to make stand out. Most mascara can be difficult to apply and ends up looking goopy.

Here are a few solutions that can help make small eyelashes really stand out:

1. Try a natural clump-free mascara with mineral pigments: Kiehl’s New Marvelous Mineral Mascara is made with mineral pigments to add a soft, rich color. Kiehl’s uses Acacia Senegal to thicken and lengthen, but sticks to a formula that is clump-free.

2. Use a good eyelash curler: Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler was voted Best of Sephora 2008 because beauty critics agree this eyelash curler curls even the smallest lashes. Also remember to clean your eyelash curler after every use and replace the pad every 3 months.

3. Use a brushless mascara: Bare Escentuals Magic Wand Brushless Mascara is designed to individually coat each eyelash to give your eyelashes a fuller almost fake eyelash look. Yes, it is time consuming, but on the plus side, users with small eyelashes say this mascara works wonders.

4.  Tinting or Dying your lashes: A last resort, but highly effective method for blond eyelashes is to have them professionally tinted.  If it seems extreme, well it just is.  Eyelash dyes can cause severe allergic reactions and even blindness so do your research.

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Stila’s eye shadow in Kitten has won approval among many of the top beauty experts.  Stila describes it as “shimmering nude pink.”

Stila Eye Shadow in Kitten won Allure Magazine’s Best of Beauty 2008 for Eye Shadow in the category of Beiges. Allure Magazine describe the shadow as “fine shimmer, silky texture, and flattering pink undertones.”

Stila Eye Shadow in Kitten also won Instyle Magazine’s Best Beauty Buys 2008 for Eye Shadow in the category of Neutrals. Instyle say that experts revealed Stila Eye Shadow in Kitten as one of their favorite shades.

Stila Eye Shadow in Kitten also is rated as one of Sephora’s Favorites.

This eye shadow is undeniebly a great neutral eye shadow shade. You can pick it up at Sephora for only $16.

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If you love to enhance your natural lashes with MAC lashes, the new limited edition Hello Kitty Lash is really the cat’s meow.

MAC Hello Kitty Lash is a crisscross half lash that overlaps at the outer corner to give the look of “big, wide kitten eyes.”

You can grab a set for your next steamy date for only $12 for the set and right now if you spend $50 on MAC Cosmetics at Macy’s, you can enter the coupon code, “KITTY” at checkout to get free shipping…MEOW!

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Three gifts under $50, perfect for cold weather:

Winter Makeup: Estee Lauder’s Holiday Blockbuster is $48.50 with any fragrance purchase at Macy’s. A $250 value which includes eyeshadow and blush compact, 3 lipsticks, 3 lip glosses, lip and eye pencils, mascara, two travel cases, and brush set. Add it to your fragrance gift or keep it for yourself!

Winter Skincare: L’Occitane Shea To Go is $20 at Sephora. A travel size spread of Shea butter products including hand cream, shower cream, body lotion, milk soap, and pure Shea butter. Shea butter is a great way tackle dry skin. Read Bravadora’s article on the benefits of Shea Butter.

Sun-kissed Winter: Stila Gift of Glow Bronzing Kit is $45 at Sephora. A $90 value which targets pale winter skin with a great selection of bronzing tools including an SPF powder bronzer, Lip Glaze in Brown Sugar, eyeliner & brush, and an eyeshadow trio in Gold Glow.

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