Lip liner

We usually turn to lip liner to make sure we color inside the lines with our lipstick, but blogger Ahalya at Bugs Beauty Blog shows the difference a liner can make in adjusting a hard-to-wear color to your skin tone. By simply tracing MAC Viva Glam Nicki, $16, a vibrant pink lipstick, with NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Toast, $4, a slightly darker shade, the lip instantly looks more wearable.

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Mascara on lower lashes

Taking the time to apply mascara to your bottom lashes can be time consuming and messy, but the bloggers at Beautezine show that when it's done properly, coating those wispy lower lashes can really give your eyes a bolder look sans top lash mascara or eyeshadow. Try Maybelline Volum' Express The Falsies Big Eyes Mascara, $5, a double-sided mascara wand with a micro-brush specially designed for teeny-tiny lower lashes.

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Nude inner eye highlighter

Tutorials promise nude eye pencils on the waterline will instantly make you look more awake, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Blogger Suzanne Schuurman of Make Up Your Mind put Catrice Made to Stay Inside Eye Highlighter Pen, $8.90, to the test, and we have to admit -- the difference is the definition of subtle, but there is some added brightness.