Bring an extra bag to work so that when you are ready to leave work to meet your date, you can simply change out of your pants and apply extra moisturizer to those bare legs. The pump that you've worn during the day can serve you for evening as well. Add an extra long necklace and some hoop earrings, store your extra bag in the office and you're ready to go.

 Marshalls style expert Amy Cafazzo says smart choices with perhaps a few quick style changes can make the difference from day to night:

    * Add a thick patent belt in red to a form fitting black pencil skirt and white blouse. Pair with ankle boots instead of pumps and your good to go.

    * Swap your bag to a metallic clutch.

    * Wear flats during the day, then switch to heels for evening to keep from tiring out your feet before a night on the town or find a pair of shoes that work for both day and night, but change the dress pants to a skirt or pair of fitted jeans.

    * Wear a fashionable camisole under a structured blazer during the day that you can just take off or pair with a snug cami at night.

    * Pick blended fabrics that don't wrinkle as easily as cotton or linen.

    * Add a few extra accessories including jewelry and a fun clutch to add flair before an evening out.

    * Dresses are great for both day and evening: add a jacket while you're at the office and a pair of heels for night.

So you have the clothes...what about the makeup? "It it's all about eyes!" instructs Elsie Loreus, owner of the Paradise 54 salon in New York City. She maintains here are three different applications you should do throughout the day. In the morning, avoid anything too drastic. You should apply soft, light colors for the morning look. In the afternoon and cocktail hour, line both the inner and out lines with a black pencil. Then, in the evening, add a little sparkle for panache.

In the morning, create a soft, fresh look with your makeup, suggests Laura Laires, Motives International Trainer and Master Makeup Artist (Motives is a brand-new luxury makeup line available at www.marketamerica.com). She says to first apply bronzer to create a healthy sun-kissed glow... apply wherever the sun would naturally hit your face including the apples of the cheeks, nose and temples. Cheeks should look healthy and flushed... create this look with a rose-colored blush. Use a pale, shimmery neutral eye shadow color and finish with mascara. Use a rose-colored lip gloss to finish the "day" look. Laura says the key to taking a "day" look into a "night" look is having a good base, upon which you can add product to create a more adventurous daring "evening" look.

Before going out at night, touch-up your base by covering up any spots or discolorations. Reapply bronzer and blush (staple products in every girl's beauty stash). "My favorite (quick and easy) way to transform your look from "day" to "night" is to play up your eyes. I love layering a bright color on top of the shimmery "day" eye shadow. This creates a gorgeous depth without spending hours layering and blending shadows," she says. The best colors right now for evening looks are purple, navy blue and silver/platinum. Apply the colored eye shadow up to the crease, blending well. With black eyeliner, fill in the lash line, which will give the illusion of a thicker, fuller lashline. Reapply mascara. Because the eyes will be the focus on this sexy evening look, lips should remain muted. You can use the same rose colored gloss or try one of the newest pale, neutral glosses to finish.

According to celebrity makeup artist Robert Jones, creator of Simple Beauté, a web-based company that carries a large variety of makeup tools and accessories and author of Makeup Makeovers, the first thing you need to do in order for your makeup to last longer is to make sure your skincare routine is correct. "If you are not using the products your skin needs (like oily skin products for oily skin and dry skin products for dry skin) it can cause everything from shifting of color to absorbing of product, thus causing it not to last," Jones says. He also advises:

    * Use a primer on your skin before you apply your foundation. A primer helps set the makeup and acts as a barrier between your skin and you makeup, which helps things like oils in your skin from getting to the makeup and breaking it up.

    * If your problem is oils in your skin breaking your foundation and color down, you could use an oil mattifier underneath you foundation. It will absorb oil all day and help everything last longer.

    * You have to powder your foundation after you apply it. Even if it is just the tiniest bit of powder! That will set it and help it last. Jones prefers to use a powder puff to apply my powder, because I feel it goes on more evenly and you can really push the powder into the foundation helping it all to become one with your skin.

    * There are two ways to get your eye shadow to last longer 1) apply concealer and loose powder to your eyelid before you apply color, this will help everything last and will help the color blend. 2) Use an eye shadow primer before you apply everything else. An eye primer is a product that will create a barrier between you eyelid and the eye shadow. Oils from your lid could get to the shadow and cause it to crease. This product prevents that from happening.

    * If you want your lip color to last longer, simply apply lip liner over your entire lip, this is you first step in getting the color to last. Lip liner has a drier texture than lipstick, so it will really last longer. Next, apply a layer of your favorite lipstick, then take a tissue and blot. You will remove the layer of moisture from the lipstick and be left with a layer of pigment. So far, we have a layer of lip liner and a layer of lipstick pigment. Next reapply your lipstick but do not blot. You will end up with a layer of lip liner and two layers of lipstick pigment. That color is definitely going to stay!

    * When you are completely finished with your makeup you can sprits your face with a finishing (setting) spray. There are many different brands that I like to work with, but you have to find one that works for you, for your skin.

    * Lastly, make sure you always blot (with makeup blotting papers) and powder throughout the day. It is really important if you want everything to stay!

The difference between day and night can be a matter of adding a little shimmer, says Loreus. For that perfect glowing face, she says to apply a dry oil shimmer spray. For an even easier fix, mix a little body cream with oil. Either one will give that perfect shine anytime of the day.

How your hair lasts the transition may be the biggest factor of all. Put your hair up in the morning for work, preferably in a style with a little volume at the top, advises beauty expert and author Nada Manley. Then, before you leave the office, use hot curlers to add some sexy waves to your hair, or achieve a similar look with a curling iron. After removing the curlers, flip your hair upside down and use a little hairspray to lock in the volume and bounce. An alternative would be to curl your hair in the morning and gently put it up for the day. "But the look should be professional and not like an evening updo!" Manley warns.

Harley DiNardo, owner of Shampoo Avenue B salon in New York City suggests utilizing Aveda's Hair Potion. "It's a powder that turns to a liquid in your hair," he says. After a long day you can let your hair down, sprinkle some of this magic potion in your hair, and create a sexy just-off-the-beach look.

It's a busy world, and you are a busy girl. Stay on top of your game by day, and you'll be sexily sipping martinis by nightfall!

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