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Get gorgeous by highlighti­ng your best feature!

- by highlighti­ng your best feature!

1 Smile even brighter with charcoal toothpaste!

“Charcoal is one of my favorite tricks for whitening teeth!” raves celebrity facialist Graceanne Svendsen at Shafer Plastic Surgery & Laser Center. Highly absorbent, it acts like a magnet to lift surface stains from teeth. “Don’t be intimidate­d by the black color—it rinses clean!” ■ One to try! Curaprox Black Is White Toothpaste, $29.99 at Curaprox.com.

2Make lips even fuller with a mint-sugar scrub!

The secret to soft, supple lips? Mint! “A scrub made with peppermint essential oil stimulates your circulatio­n, temporaril­y giving your lips a fuller, more plump appearance,” Svendsen explains. A little sugar buffs away flakes, while almond oil hydrates for a youthful smile! ■ DIY it! Combine 1 Tbs. almond oil, 2 drops peppermint essential oil and 1 Tbs. sugar. Massage into clean lips; rinse well.

Full lips, a bright smile, luminous skin . . . any feature can be your best feature, when you know how to play it up!

3 Sculpt your cheeks with contouring!

“Apply highlighte­r to the top of your cheekbones,” says celebrity makeup artist Erica Whelan. “This adds light, making them look super-sculpted!” To do: Dust a darker contour shade in the hollows of your cheeks, then apply blush. Finish with a dab of concealer beneath your hollows and blend down. ■ One to try: Maybelline Face Studio Master Contour Kit, $12.99 at Target.com.

4 Make your eyes look even bigger with tinted primer!

“A tinted eyelid primer hides imperfecti­ons, neutralizi­ng redness and brightenin­g dark lids,” Whelan says. “Your eyes will look bigger and brighter!” For extra impact, makeup artist Sarah Lucero of Stila Cosmetics likes dabbing neutral shimmer shadow to the center of your eyelids. ■ One to try: NYX High Definition Eye Shadow Base, $7 at Nyxcosmeti­cs.com.

5 Fake fuller brows with the right brow pencil!

“The trick to fuller brows is enhancing what you have—

not redrawing your brow,” Whelan says. “A brow pencil with cool undertones a shade lighter than your natural brows fills in sparse areas without looking overdone.” Simply take a spoolie brush and brush your hairs down to reveal your brow bone. Then use a brow pencil to draw light, feathery strokes on sparse areas before brushing the hairs back up. Voilà— naturally lush-looking brows!

6 Make skin radiant and ageless with a papaya mask!

For a radiant complexion, there are few better natural ingredient­s than papaya! “Papain, an enzyme in papaya, breaks down dead skin cells to reveal brighter, softer skin,” Svendsen explains. Combine papaya with hydrating, antioxidan­t-rich bananas to fight free radical damage, soothing oats to gently exfoliate and eggs, which are rich in nourishing protein and amino acids, for an easy at-home skin rejuvenato­r! DIY it! Combine 1/4 cup cubed papaya, 1 Tbs. mashed banana, 1/4 cup oats and 1 tsp. whisked egg. Smooth over clean face and neck. Relax 10 minutes, then rinse well.

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