28 Brilliant Beauty Hacks That Will Change the Way You Apply Makeup

When you need to pack light, throw a creamy, shimmery neutral eye shadow in your bag. Here's why: not only will it work as your eye makeup color, but it can become a gorgeous highlighter for your cheeks. This is the exact trick lead makeup artist Lottie used backstage at the Mara Hoffman show using Maybelline’s Studio Color Tattoo 24 Hour Cream Gel Shadow in Bold Gold ($7) and Bad to the Bronze ($7).

"Everything is being mixed in a mad-scientist kind of way," Lottie says of how she combined the gold and silver hues. Make the eye shadow cream sheerer by blending into the side of your hand. Your finger has natural warmth to melt the formula. Then, use clean fingertips to press it into the tops of your cheekbones, and voilà — you have glowing skin!