Post bath, pay attention to your skin and teeth. Brush, floss, and rinse afterwards with Listerine. Pre make-up, put some nice moisturizer on your face, underneath your eyes, and use a lip balm on your lips. Chapped lips are simply the most distracting thing ever (in fact, throw some lip balm in your purse to make sure those lips are deliciously soft all night). For make-up, I always tell my clients to wear a little (make-up) and put an emphasis on accentuating best features. Use a light foundation that creates a nice dewy glow. A lot of celebrity make-up artists love Giorgio Armani foundation and I happened to have just bought a great new one I adore by Smashbox called “High Definition Healthy FX Foundation”. After your foundation is applied, get that extra glow by using a shimmer such as Benefit “High Beam” or Stila’s “All Over Shimmer” product. Shimmer is typically only applied on the cheekbone, underneath the eyebrow, and sometimes a light hint of it inside the inner most part of the eye. This “pops” the eye and look fabulous especially for the evening.
Afterwards, put some flirty blush on, some beige colored eye shadow in the crease of your eyelid. Line your lashes with a chocolate and charcoal pencil and smudge into the upper lash for a sexy, more dramatic look. Grab your eyelash curler and lightly heat it with a hairdryer for ten seconds. The heat activates your lashes and will make them very curly and sultry for hours into your date. Curl (without burning your eyelid… make sure it is not too hot) and then put on a great mascara. My favorite new “must have” mascara is from a brand called Too Faced and is called “Lash Injection.” This super-volumizing and lengthening mascara is unbelievable. It builds actual miniature tubes around each lash and has a silicone base that makes removal easy, with water and soap. If you have not heard of this miracle mascara, go buy yourself a tube at Sephora. After your make-up is done and your hair styled, put a hint of perfume on your neck and behind your ears. Men respond positively to hints of sweet scents like vanilla and cherry. I am not telling you my perfume of choice ‘cause I can’t give away all of my trade secrets, but trust me on the vanilla and cherry notes.
