How to fake looking awake and healthy!

With all the snow we've been having lately (even though it's March, what is going on?!) I've hearing of the common cold going around. Or perhaps you're just not sleeping well, or had a late night the night before. You wake up in the morning and realize you look like an exhausted corpse. Here are my tips to get glowing and beautiful, because there's nothing worse than someone asking you if you're tired or sick.

1. When you wake up, instantly start the coffee (I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but I'm not a huge coffee drinker, so I'll say it anyway.) Have a nutritious breakfast, including toast (which gives you carbs for energy to fight off the sickness), fruit (vitamins!) and 2 eggs. Take a multi vitamin and 2 chewable vitamin C's.

2. Get into the shower and exfoliate your face. It will stimulate blood flow and make your skin glow.

3. After you're done your shower, splash your face with cold water at the sink. It will make you feel more awake and help depuff.

4. Take cucumbers or an ice pack wrapped in a towel and lay it over your eyes. This step is one of the most important! It will instantly make you look more awake and depuff your eye area.

5. Moisturize well. Use an eye cream.

Now for the makeup!!

1. Use concealer around your eyes, including your eyelid. When we're sick or tired, our eyes have a purple-ly appearance. This is wear the colour wheel comes in. Use an orange colour. You want something closer to the colour of a cheezy rather than a potato chip. It will neutralize the purple/blue veins because orange is opposite of purple on the colour wheel. Using a pale shade will just make your undereyes look ashy.

2. Smooth on a tinted moisturizer to even out your skin tone.

3. Apply some pink blush on the apples of your cheeks. It will instantly make you look alive and glowing.

4. Apply a few coats of mascara and curl your eyelashes, you want your eyes to look open and awake.

5. Here's the fun part: Get a light coloured highlighter and apply on the inner corners of the eyes, on the cheek bones and on the brow bone.

6. Use a beige or white eye pencil on the inner rim of your eye. It makes your eyes pop and energizes your look.

7. Slick on some tinted lip balm and spritz on some citrusy perfume.

Remember to drink gallons of water and listen to some upbeat music on the way to work. When you're done work at the end of the day, have a nice, relaxing bath (use plenty of epsom salts!) Crawl into bed early and get a good night sleep.

Stay lovely my friends!