Minutes 1-2: Using your fingers or a sponge, gently apply and blend foundation to your face. If you're not sure what shade to use, spend some time at your local drugstore for ideas.

Minutes 3-4: Use concealer for redness, blemishes and any darkness under the eyes. Choose a shade slightly lighter than your skin tone and opt for a creamy formula and apply and blend it with your fingers.

Minute 5: Groom your brows. According to Carreiro, along with a good hair cut, great brows make the biggest impact. Remove strays with slanted-tip tweezers and use an eyebrow brush to keep hairs in place.

Minute 6: A neutral eye shadow with subtle shimmer will make your eyes pop. Use a small, flat brush to sweep it from your lashes to the crease of your eyelid.

Minutes 7-8: Curl lashes. Finish with two coats of black mascara. If you're fair, try brown.

Minute 9: Apply a sheer coral (pinkish yellow) powder blush to the apples of your cheeks (smile in the mirror to find them). Blend and sweep the colour up to your temples.

Minute 10: Apply a tinted lip balm.