Rule No. 1: The secret lies in the rest of your face. The paler the skin, the bigger the pop. Go light on the eyes and the blush, otherwise you’ll risk looking like a clown (Cameron Diaz made this fatal mistake at the 2007 Golden Globes). Here’s how to do it: Skip eyeliner and go only for mascara (black for brunettes, brown for blondes and redheads), making sure to apply to bottom lashes (it opens up your eyes). Dust face with powder and cheeks with a soft blush.

Rule No. 2: Line inside of lips Red lipstick tends to bleed, so fill in lips with lip liner first, suggests makeup artist Ashunta Sheriff in the December 2006 issue of Harper's Bazaar.

You've worked hard all through the weak, and finally its Friday night and you're ready to rock the party. You are itching to wear the outfit that you have put together. Your accessories are prepped up and even your shoes are ready.

You look into the mirror, and there comes the major glitch, because your makeup doesn't seem up to the mark. Every woman knows how to do everyday makeup, but for the rocking Friday night the regular makeup doesn't work. You need to dazzle, but before you begin painting your face here's something that you need to consider.

Let the theme for the night decide what kind of makeup you should be wearing quite obviously you must have kept that in mind when deciding on your clothes and accessories, so even your makeup needs to fall in line.

To get the greatest lashes on a shot, usually I find that there's not one perfect mascara out there that gives great all over results.

There's always that one that darkens the most, another that thickens the greatest, etc.

So I tend to use 2 different mascaras on a model. First, the one that darkens, and then the one that thickens or lengthens after that.

You get amazing lashes. It's only two coats anyway, just with two different brands

Use that foundation that's 2-3 shades darker than you are instead.

Just touch apply where you would use your bronzer.

In a pinch?Dig out that warm brown eye shadow.

Tired, bored of the lip gloss colors you have?

Make your own like we do.

Grab that super cool multi fauceted eye shadow powder, apply on lips, apply your clear lip gloss on top.

Viola. It's a brand new shade (and day!)

Don't. Just look for a beige or nude eyebrow pencil.

Need to match your favorite blush with a new lipstick? You already have it in your blush.

Just apply your blush on your lips with a eye shadow sponge applicator, and then use your favorite clear lip gloss or lip balm over it.

When you run out of liquid eyeliner, or you just can't tackle the liquid one more day, just apply your regular (or waterproof) mascara with a fine eyeliner brush.

It lasts all day long and looks exactly like the liquid.

You can even put your eye shadow on top fora different color.

Stays on just as long.

Remember when outlining lips were big with that brown lip pencil?

Well, first off, if you're still doing that, STOP. Nothing looks more outdated and harsh. If you haven't seen your brown pencil in a while, try this.

Apply a moisturizer or gel/vaseline to the eyelid. Apply your eye pencil over it and blend with your fingertip.

Apply a light dusting of loose powder to set. For dark eyes, try it with that dark burgundy pencil, for light eyes, try your forest green eye pencil.

They looked great over the holidays..now? A bit too much. Instead of tossing them, try this new evening look.

Apply a brown shadow over the eyelid and then with a large eye shadow brush, apply a light dusting of the silver/gold over it.

You should get a soft shimmer/see through effect. Try it also over a bright colored eye shadow like blue or green. Looks really pretty!

YOU'VE got the dress, spent hours labouring with a hot set of hair straighteners, and squeezed into those Jimmy Choo look-alikes.

Now for the final, and often most frightening, part of the pre-party ritual' make-up.

Dark and mysterious eye make-up is the biggest party trend of the winter. Sounds great in theory.

Get it right and you will look like a smoky-eyed sexpot a la Sophia Loren. Get it wrong, however, and you look like you've been punched in the face.

So before you head off to that Christmas bash, we've pulled together some top tips to alluring eyes'