Open up eyes with a glimmery liner under the lower lashes. With the smoky eye colors giving your eyes that depth and smoulder, add a light-catching underline to accent and draw all eyes to your eyes.

To get the look, try an eye liner or thin sharpened eye shadow pencil in shimmering bronze, gold or even a metallic silver. You can also use an eyeliner brush to apply glimmering shadow or highlight just at under the lower lash line.

Revlon’s Eyeglide Shimmer Shadow in Sky, Champagne and Nude is an easy way to add a little glimmer to eyes. The shimmer glides on and can be blended with the cushion tip.

Yesterday a co-worker commented on my makeup in a complimentary way. I was surprised but pleased. Having had a very rushed morning I had arrived at work without any makeup on at all and had only a brief moment to brighten up my look.

I found in my purse a navy blue eyeliner and some mascara and a couple of lipsticks. I had simply lined my lids with the blue eyeliner and then holding the pencil a bit sideways, applied the same color in the crease and some at the outside corner of my eyes. Then with a fingertip, I smudged the color in the crease and the corner, blending it over the whole lid. This created amazing depth and although the color was blue, was a very subtle effect. I then blotted it slightly with some translucent powder for staying power. I applied some mascara and a frosty plum lipcolor. That was my total three-minute makeup session.

The ease as much as the effect impressed me and I went hunting for some good eye color sticks that would serve a dual purpose.

What I found was Avon’s Big Color Eye Pencil. It comes in six shades and can be used as eyeliner and eye color. It’s easily blended and the colors are pretty, feminine and subtle.

Purple is going to be one of the hottest colors for eyes this fall. And despite what you may think, everyone can wear purple.

Whether it’s plum or wine, berry or royal purple, lilac or lavendar, there is a shade to suit everyone. And it’s a very versatile color, lighter shades blend perfectly for daytime and deeper hues create a dramatic evening look.

Here are my three favorite purples:

Almay i-Color Shadow Trio This color trio is called For Browns but the lavendar is the color that will open up the eye and catch attention while the light and dark brown will enhance brown eyes.

Revlon Colorstay 12 Hour Eyeshadow Quads This quad is Berry Bloom. It has every shade of berry for either day or night. You can use the darkest shade for eyeliner and the lightest shade is perfect for highlighting the brow bone.

L’Oreal HiP These high intensity pigments in Charisma are vibrant and rich, making your eyes the dramatic focal point.

Summer days require natural, barely there looks, light dashes of color and shimmery gloss for lips. But now as autumn moves in with cooler days and warmer colors, so too, should your makeup colors warm up.

Eyes will be the focus this season, deep, dark and smoky. Eyeliner will be worn on both upper and lower lids. Apply soft pencil liner as close to the lash line as possible and smudge slightly, making sure to extend and smudge beyond the outer corner of the eye. Use a deep shade on lids, up to the crease to deepen the eye and a narrow brush line of the same shadow under the lower lashes. Use a lighter shade above the crease to blend or use a bronze or gold shimmer shade very lightly brushed over the whole eyelid.