There's lots of reasons for eye irritation and redness around the holidays; prepping onions for family meals, crying at holiday movies (just me?), dehydration and stress from travel, late night holiday parties; but they're all pretty easily solved with a few drops of Clear Eyes Maximum Redness Relief Eye Drops and a little makeup! Take a peek for a quick video and read on for products and details!


Before applying any makeup, first pop in a drop or two of Clear Eyes Maximum Redness Relief Eye Drops into each eye. This gentle formula effectively eliminates redness from the eyes giving you the foundation of a whiter, more radiant appearance around the eyes. Makeup can't do it all on it's own! A little help from Clear Eyes is crucial.

Start with an illuminating primer all over the face and blend, focusing a little extra product where the light naturally hits the face (cheekbones, temples, chin, forehead). I like Clarins Instant Light Complexion Boosting Base. Follow with an illuminating concealer like Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat on the area directly under the eye and blend. Finish with your favorite tinted moisturizer or foundation; I used NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer. Follow with a dusting of your favorite translucent powder and your favorite blush (mine is NARS Deep Throat).

Apply your favorite highlighter to your cheekbones and temples, I'm using the highlighter fromMAC's Prissy Princess Palette (currently unavailable). To begin the eyes apply a bit of RMS Living Luminzer or any sheer, liquid highlighter to the area just below brow bone and blend. Follow with an eyeshadow primer like Laura Mercier's Eye Basics to the lid. Apply a neutral, matte shadow to the lid, blending into the crease (I used Giorgio Armani's Eye Tint Liquid Eyeshadow). Finally, apply a shimmering white shadow to the below the lash line, around the corners of the eye, gentle sweeping the color into the crease a bit (mine is from an old Clarins' Palette that is currently unavailable). Finish with your favorite mascara and a pop of color on the lip.


And just like you bring along make for touch ups, I bring along Clear Eyes Maximum Redness Relief Eye Drops for keeping redness at bay on the go! They're the number one selling redness relieving eye drop on the market. It's been a welcome addition to my makeup bag, and is keeping my eyes and my look more radiant and white as we head into 2019! You can grab them on Amazon for 10% off with code 10CLEAREYES through 1/11!

This month at the request of Sabrina, my high school BFF, Pro-Tip Tuesday is going to be all about eyes! From lashes to brows I'll be dishing about my own routine, favorite products, and some of my the best tips around. 

See that tube of white mascara at the left? Totally changed my life! 

It all started when I was chatting with some of the attendees at the Paint the Mall Red event at Copley Place. I was mingling and sipping wine when I started chatting with a group of ladies. One of them complimented my eye makeup and I mentioned the Model Co. Fibre Lash Xtend mascara from my November Birchbox. 

She stopped me and said, "Lancome Cils Booster XL." Well, with that kind of affirmation I went into Sephora the next chance I got to try it out. 

And I love it! She was so right, it's like a primer for your lashes that not only thickens but lengthens in a BIG way. 

The brush does a great job of separating lashes while tiny microfibers lengthen lashes much like the Model Co. Fibre Lash Xtend. This is one new staple that will never leave my makeup arsenal. 

Don't take my word for it; try it yourself: Lancome Cils Booster XL, $24.