By the time you finally hear your alarm, you realize it's been buzzing for more than an hour. Now how the hell are you gonna pull it together enough to look bright-eyed and beautiful when you're nursing a school-night hangover and have to be at work ASAP? Don't panic. We have sneaky tricks to resuscitate your look on the double. Wake up your complexion. Give your tuckered-out skin a jolt with a splash of very cold water to bring color to your cheeks, then dab moisturizer on your cocktail-dehydrated epidermis. We like Chanel Precision Energizing Radiance Lotion, $32.50. Don't forget to fix red eyes with a squirt of eye drops. Forget foundation. Since you don't have time to apply base expertly all over your face, apply concealer just where you need it -- over blemishes, under-eye circles and any red areas, says Sephora makeup artist Charlie Green.
Work second-day makeup. Slept-in eye makeup can look inexplicably great, says Nardaez. So if you couldn't muster the motivation to clean your face before you crashed, use it to your advantage in the a.m.: Dampen a cotton swab, then clean up any smudges and go.
Put color in your cheeks. You tend to look pasty after a night of revelry, so enliven your skin with a peachy shade of rouge to avert "someone had a late one" comments from your coworkers. Use a cream blush, which looks more natural than a powder when you're going for a lot of color. We like Sephora Aqua Tint in Peach, $14.



Create a stylishly sloppy mane. Since you don't have time to shampoo, blow-dry and style your strands, sweep them into an easy updo. Put hair in a ponytail, then pull it through again, stopping halfway, and leave some pieces hanging loose, says Chiccine.


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