+ Do your hair first 
+ Next, add some shimmer (first photo, top row, four items on the right). Maybe you’re going out dancing for New Year’s Eve. Maybe you want to look like a human disco ball. If so, consider LUSH Lustre, a dusting powder that adds a subtle, gold glow ($14.95, LUSH); sprinkle a bit before slipping on your favorite outfit. Or, start sparkling in the shower with Snow Fairy Shower Gel, a seasonal LUSH product with iridescent sparkles (annually available at LUSH every holiday). For your face, think about Benefit Hervana, a new box blush with shades of shell, peach, pink and orchid that swirl together into a lovely flush ($28, Benefit Cosmetics), or the recently launched Watt’s Up! Highlighter, creamy and with a champagne glimmer ($30, Benefit Cosmetics). Both Hervana or Watt’s Up! are prettily delicate products that can be used with a light hand for a more natural look, or built up for more bold color. Get your glitter on, girl.
+ Dress up those nails (first photo, second row, four items on the left). Although the recent remake of the ‘80s classic film “Footloose” didn’t do so well in theaters (despite being actually pretty enjoyable), the collection nail polish queen Deborah Lippmann created in conjunction with the film is perfect for a night out. Bold red Footloose is classically look-at-me!, soft baby blue Let’s Hear It For The Boy is a feminine pastel, indigo-blue Dancing In The Sheets is lusciously dark, and light pistachio green Almost Paradise will work well for this spring, too. Almost Paradise and Footloose are sold in a pair; Let’s Hear It For The Boy and Dancing In The Sheets are also sold as a pair ($32 for each duo, HSN). Somewhere right now, Kevin Bacon is nodding his approval.
+ Go bold with your eyes (first photo, second row, three items on right and five items below). Mascara. Eyeliner. They’re the simplest things in the world, and can pack the biggest punch. If you’re staying in, try CoverGirl Queen Collection Lash Fanatic Mascara in Black or Very Black; you’ll look like you have four times the amount of soft, voluminous lashes ($6.49, Drugstore.com). For more drama, invest in Lancôme Hypnôse Doll Lashes, a seriously amazing formula that helps extend and lift lashes with a specially designed cone-shaped brush ($25, Lancôme), or Benefit They’re Real! Mascara, which has a spiky tip to separate lashes ($22, Benefit Cosmetics). Add some color with CoverGirl Queen Collection Vivid Impact Eyeliner, which is very similar to the company’s recently launched Liquiline Blast Eyeliner, which we loved. But the Queen Collection offers some new colors, like intense green Jade, subtle mauve Amethyst, wine purple Cabernet, silvery olive Gilt and dark black Midnight, which can be built up in intensity ($7.49, Drugstore.com).
+ Prep and perfect those lips (first photo, third row). Whether or not you’re going to kiss someone on New Year’s Eve, dress your lips up — who knows what could happen? Scrub away any dry skin with LUSH Bubblegum Lip Scrub, with a delicious sugary taste ($8.95, LUSH), then moisturize with LUSH Latté Lip Tint, with a soft caramel brown color ($6.95, LUSH). You can get metallic, glittery lips with Kat Von D Foiled Love Lipstick, available in six attention-grabbing colors like peach Forever & Never, poppy red Beranice, cranberry F.T.W. and deep purple Oh My Goth ($18, Sephora). Don’t think you’re stuck with frosty, ‘80s-inspired lips with Foiled Love Lipstick — the colors are impressively sophisticated. Similarly dark and deep are Benefit Full Finish Lipstick in Wild Card, a mauve plum ($18, Macy’s), and Topshop Lipstick in bright red Mischief and wine Beguiled ($15, Topshop.com and in stores). Whoever you end up kissing will be lucky indeed.
