5 Makeup Tips to Look Well Rested

College students balance studying, jobs, internships and a social life. With all of these responsibilities students often forget about sleep. A U.S. Central Michigan study found that, “College students are among the most sleep-deprived age group in the U.S.” On those days where you skimp on sleep a good makeup job is essential. Here are five makeup tricks that will make you look like you’ve just comeback from a weeklong vacation.

1. Revive your skin.

When you are running on zero sleep, your skin suffers. Sleep replenishes your skin and without it skin is left looking dull and dehydrated. Ranella Hirsh, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Boston University Medical Center told Allure magazine, “ Dehydration then accentuates any fine lines you already have, which just makes you look even more tired.” In order to get the radiance in your skin back, moisturizer is a must. Even better than plain moisturizer is a tinted moisturizer that hydrates the skin and gives it a healthy glow. Get the perfect tinted moisturizer for you.

2. Get rid of dark circles.

Dark circles under the eyes are a dead give away that you are sleep deprived. In order to hide the purple, Bia Salija, a Bare Essentials makeup artist, suggests using eye-brightener. She says, “Under eye brightener, refracts the light to give you a brighter under-eye and helps to hide dark circles.” Put the brightener along with concealer (which should be a shade lighter than your skin) directly under the eye. This cover-up will mock the look of well-rested and hydrated eyes. Checkout Smashbox’s under eye brightener.

3. Make your eyes look alert.

Dark eye shadow can bog down the eye and make you look like a zombie. Instead, try using bright eye-shadow colors. Use light colors all over the lids of your eyes. Also, put a lighter color than your skin tone right underneath the eyebrow. What Not to Wear makeup artist Carmendy told stylist that this trick makes the light draw to the area highlighted, making you appear more awake.

4. Open your eyes.

On days when you are sleep deprived, eyeliner can be your worst enemy..too much eyeliner can make your eyes look smaller. Skip the eyeliner and opt for mascara instead. Use an eyelash curler to help open your eyes. Makeup artist Chrisanne Davis suggests to Allure magazine, “hold the curler as close to the base of the lashes as possible, you only need to squeeze once to maximize the curve and length."

After the lashes are curled, apply a thin coat of mascara. Clumps can also make you look more tired so make sure to separate any clumps that appear on the eyelash with an eyelash comb.

5. Fake a natural blush.

While exercising a natural blush can make its way onto your cheekbones. When you can barely roll yourself out of bed, let alone go for a jog, faking the blush will make you appear livelier. Professional makeup artist Carmindy told stylelist to, “Brighten the face with a dusting of pink blush high on the apples, just beneath the eyes. This will give you a fresh flushed look, like you just came in from a jog.” For more tips from Carmindy about looking awake visit stylelist.

Here's a quick look at how to highlight your under-eyebrow :

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Green

On St. Patrick’s Day the streets of Chicago are swarming with inhabitants decked-out in green. It is a well-known fact that on St. Patrick’s Day wearing green shows your appreciation for Ireland, but why are those two things synonymous? What are the roots and associations with the color green?

Why Green?

· According to some legends the original color used on St. Patrick’s Day was blue. That tradition changed in the 17^th century.

· Green is also one of the three colors on the Irish flag.

· Ireland is sometimes called the “Emerald Isle” because of the amount of greenery in the Irish landscape.

· The tradition of dying the Chicago River green enforced the tradition of wearing green in America.

Other Associations with the Color green

· In England only the elite could wear the color green. Those worthy to wear the emerald color was dictated and enforced by the British law enforcement.

· The symbolic meaning on green is the renewal of nature.

· Green is the second most favorite color of people, behind blue.

· In North American stock markets, green is used to indicate a rise in stock prices, however In East Asian stock markets, green indicates a drop in stock prices

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Green has long been a symbol of fertility and was once the preferred colour choice for wedding gowns in the 1400’s.

· Before the 1950's Santa's suit was originally green until Coca-Cola bought him out and changed his suit to red.

SASA

SASA the free show that happens once a year.

On Saturday February 26^th Loyola University of Chicago had their annual SASA dance performance. SASA, South Asian Student Alliance, is a club on campus that helps Indian students keep connected with the Indian culture.

According to the SASA president, Sean Arora, “ SASA is a social justice organization which is dedicated to diversity and exploring South Asian cultures.”

One way that SASA supports South Asian cultures is by hosting an Annual dance performance. The dances were to traditional Indian music and the students who performed the dances wore traditional Indian garb.

This year the show was held at the Northshore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. The theater was much bigger than anything that Loyola has to offer. The increase in seats was well needed because the show was completely sold out.

Every Loyola student received a free ticket to the show. Parents and non-Loyola students were charged a five-dollar entrance fee.

There were two Emcees hosting the show, Ashma Kadri and Samir Mehta. The Emcees announced each dance before it was performed and gave a little bit of background about the Indian culture in which the dance derived.

The emcees began the performance by introducing the “Fierce Freshman,” the Freshman SASA students who preformed a dance that mimicked the dances done in Indian Movies.

Each college class was represented in dance, except the sophomores because they didn’t have enough students to make an entire dance line. Each performance had a different Indian theme. The Juniors combined hip-hop with traditional Indian dance and the Seniors danced a traditional “Goodbye” dance to commemorate their last dance.

There were also a few professional teams that performed. The Chicago Dhamaal was one of them. Dhamaal is a group of young women from all over Chicago that compete in Indian dance. The Dhamaal team performed a quirky number that used Indian dance to act out a scene from Power Rangers.

After the intermission, the dances that were performed were more modern. There was hip-hop dances that may have pushed the boundaries for some of the grandparents in the audience. along There was also performances that incorporated a fusion of Indian and American dancing.

One student preferred the more cultural dance of RAAS. A dance where the performers use drum-stick like batons as props in the dance.

Cydny Audia, 19, said, “ My favorite dance was RAAS, It was really interesting to see the performance because it gave me a new perspective on a culture that is different from my own.”

According to Co-Fundraiser Khushbu Dalal, Cydny Audia got the point of the whole event.

Khushbu,19, says,”This SASA show is a great way to learn about the south Asian culture through various forms of dance, costumes and music. The show indulges its audience in a divers form of entertainment.”

Here's one clip from the dance:

Photos and videos by Laura Kujava