"The nude lip is back again this season," says CoverGirl makeup artist Molly Stern. But there's a fine line between nude and ghostly. Apply a nude lipstick like Prestige Lipstick in Pout ($4.25, find drugstores at prestigecosmetics.com) to give lips definition, then dab a bit of your daytime gloss in the center of your lips to add dimension and to keep your look from being too drab.
No need to do a full makeup reboot when you need to go from the office to a swanky dinner. We asked makeup pros how to go from a basic everyday face to a sophisticated night look by adding a few (three, to be exact) new products.