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We have all been there, whether you are burning the midnight oil to finish a college project or a work deadline. Or perhaps you just missed your bedtime because you were having too much fun or engaged in fascinating conversation.

Whatever the reason, while you may or may not have enjoyed staying up all night, there’s no doubt that tomorrow will be rough.

It will be challenging to get through a day when you are running on little to no energy, and while your head will undoubtedly be pounding, you could also potentially look like a cast member of “The Walking Dead.”

Models are some of the most beautiful women in the world, and they know a thing or to about how you can make yourself look dazzling at any given moment. Direct from their experiences, here is how to get your glow back after pulling an all-nighter.

1. Prevention is better than cure

Whether you are knowingly pulling an all-nighter or just getting very minimal sleep, the more you can do the night before, the better. Whatever you do, don't consume sodium-filled foods (such as potato chips or pizza), as the high-levels of salt will prompt your body to retain fluids, resulting in a very puffy face in the morning.

If you are staying out late because you are partying with friends, make sure to chase every drink you have with a glass of water. Committing to this will reduce the chances of a hangover, and also assist in keeping your skin hydrated the next day.

Additionally, try to do your hair the night before (perhaps in two loose braids or a bun), so you have one thing less to worry about in the morning.

2. Hydrate immediately

Every day, even if you have slept a full eight hours, you still should be replenishing your body with a large glass of water as soon as you wake up. According to female models in Dubai, this is especially important after you have pulled an all-nighter. Continue drinking copious amounts of water throughout the day to rehydrate yourself.

3. Use H2O to awaken your skin

After consuming your first glass of water, make your way to the shower. When you are exhausted, you may find yourself wanting to skip this step, but the water will help to wake you up and make you feel less like a zombie.

Reach for your exfoliating scrubbing brushes and energizing shower gel, and treat yourself to a morning wake-up session. While in the shower, awaken your dull, tired-looking skin with an exfoliating scrub (Gigi Hadid loves St. Ives Apricot Scrub!) as sleep deprivation first shows up in the skin. Splash ice cold water onto your face to tighten the blood vessels and decrease redness.

Once out of the shower, slather on an abundance of moisturizer — your skin needs it!

If you have time for a sheet mask, it will help repair the moisture lost from lack of sleep. Look for one that includes hyaluronic acid (a moisture-binding ingredient) to ensure dull-looking skin transforms to looking plump and hydrated.

After you have finished with the mask, take a couple of minutes to massage the remaining moisture on your face in an upward motion to increase circulation.

4. Focus on the eyes

Now that you have hydrated and moisturized, it is time to focus on your eyes — the most obvious place for tiredness to show. For a real wake-up call, either chill two cold spoons, used tea bags, or cucumbers in the fridge and press them gently around your eye sockets for about 10 minutes.

While the cold spoons can feel shocking at first, they will immediately calm your sleepy eyes and diminish the inflammation of under-eye bags that you may have. The tea bags have a slightly astringent quality, so they will tighten the under-eye area as well. And, as cucumbersare made up of more than 90 percent water, they will just feel refreshing and hydrating (and a little luxurious!).

Next, take an eye cream that specifically targets dark circles and puffiness, and lightly pat it onto the skin until completely absorbed.

And then, of course, there’s makeup!

5. Eye makeup is your best friend

Now, you can move on to eye makeup — your best friend when you are trying to get your glow back after an all-nighter. First, apply a brightening under-eye concealer to combat redness and to lighten and wake up your eyes.

Make sure not to use a matte concealer; but, instead, use something more dewy and mousse-like in texture. While in the concealer stage, don't forget to apply it to your upper lid!

Models love to apply white liner onto their bottom waterline as it gives the appearance of having wider (in this case more awake) eyes. Similarly, if you use a lighter flesh-tone eyeshadow in the inner corners of your eyes, they will rapidly look far more alert and awake!

Finally, don't forget to utilize your trusty eyelash curler and some of your favorite mascara. No one will ever know how tired those eyes of yours really are!

6. Let the rest of your makeup do the job

There’s no doubt that your skin is dehydrated after a lack of sleep, so forget about your powder products and instead reach for your most creamy makeup. Before you apply your liquid foundation, mix it with a small amount of liquid illuminator to ensure brighter skin.

Even though you are exhausted, don't forget about adding some color to your cheeks. A natural-looking rosy or peachy glow cream blush will have you looking youthful and refreshed in no time.

Finally, add a natural-looking color lip stain to your pout (models like berry stains!), and you are good to go on the skin and makeup front. In fact, you may look so good you will have offers to join an international modelling agency!

7. Dress for the day you want to have

You know the quote, "dress for the life you want, not the life you have." Well, that sentiment works well when you are thoroughly exhausted. To really feel awake throughout the day, amp up your outfit for the day, instead of wearing sweatpants and comfy clothes. It will help your brain stay alert throughout the day.

And, because you are probably not the happiest person when you are so tired, do your best to keep smiling throughout the day until you can make your way back to bed.

Of course, enough sleep isn't necessary just to look aglow (although that is undoubtedly motivation), but rather essential fuel for everything you do. What are your go-to tips for getting your glow back after pulling an all-nighter? Let us know in the comments below!



AUTHOR BIO

Jessicka Bell co-founded the AgenC, one of the leading model/talent agencies in the Middle East, in 2014. After just three years in the market, the AgenC now works with most (if not all) of the heavy hitters in media and fashion, as well as represents over 1,000 talents ranging from international models through to cast, kids, creatives and photographers.
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“Give the Girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” – Marilyn Monroe famously once said. Take a reboot and step into autumn’s fresh take on the perfect pair of boots.

For this autumn, boots come in various styles for every occasion from the sock, stilettos to over-the-knee in stretch-suede, crushed-velvet, the fierce croc-effect and the classic leather style. There is a pair which can take you from day to night simultaneously throughout autumn and beyond into winter.

What do you wear with them? Autumn’s fresh take on the boot will get you to think about the pieces you have in a closet. This approach will allow you to take full advantage of what you have already have (the midi skirt to your favourite jumper), and if you are like me you might discover the item of clothing you have not worn in a while. This may all together create a new look out of an existing item of clothing to be worn with your new season purchase.



The classic leather Chelsea boot is a great match with a skirt or a dress which has an asymmetric hemline which, when the colder weather looms in you can add on a jumper on top as a swap from your t-shirt. If you are opting for more of an on trend look. Take a look at autumn’s hemlines on the season’s runways for inspiration from designers such as Roksanda Ilancic and Victoria Beckham who did the full body stretch look. Pair your block heel boots with midi skirts and build the rest of your outfit from there.

Opting for more of a longer length? For knee length boots opt for a pair which allows you to have a slight slouch. By having this slight slouch room whilst, wearing the boots you can have the extra room to allow you to wear them over your favourite pair of skinny jeans. If you want to go for the ‘over-the-knee’ boot pair yours with flowing skirts and dresses.

Which pair will you be choosing for autumn?

Here are my top five boots from the High Street and High-End retailers.

1. 3.1 Philip Lim Kyoto leather sock boots, Net A Porter £525 
2. Suede Over Slim-Fit Boots,  & Other Stories £225 
3. Red Kitten Heel Sock Boots, Next £38
4. Beige High Heel Ankle Boots, Zara £59.99
5. MIA Ring Boots, Topshop £82 

* Prices correct at the time of publishing the blog post.* 






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As a little girl, I wasn't allowed to wear white before Memorial Day. That meant I wore black patent leather shoes and colored dresses for Easter. No white shoes or dresses for me! Those rules seem so old-fashioned now, but my mom and Grandma refused to budge. In fact, I still hear their stern warnings in my mind every time I think about wearing my white jeans in March. So what are the rules today?

Traditionally, women wore white only in the summertime.
  • The color doesn’t hold heat. Women stayed cooler and more comfortable under the hot summer sun when they wore white rather than dark clothes.
  • Societal ladies wore white during their summer vacations in the country. Switching their wardrobes from dull, urban colors to white, airy clothing indicated status and worth.
  • Middle class women in the 1950s needed rules as they navigated changing trends and styles. Wearing white between Memorial Day and Labor Day was an accepted fashion rule everyone followed without exception.
Our moms and grandmas followed these traditions, but it’s time to break free!
Here are a few ways you can rock white and stay stylish.


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When it comes to my beauty routine. I have to thank my cousin who used to be a make up artist for splashing me with water, cleanser, creams, moisturiser, and introducing me to everything you can find on a make up counter.

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Jonathan Anderson © J.W Anderson. Photographed: Scott Trindle 
“Cheers to creativity’ said Jonathan Anderson who has officially opened the launch party of his first exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield. Disobedient Bodies is an exhibition which explores the human form within art, fashion and design. It is also an exhibition which extends the relationship of the Northern Powerhouse as this is the first in a new series of exhibitions at the Hepworth Wakefield, curated by fashion and music to film and literature.

In reference, to the Northern Powerhouse Anderson said something interesting in his speech of how we should be creatively collaborating outside of the geographical locations where we come from. To explore more. “I am so happy this project is in Wakefield because I think we are in a situation where we are now with London is an island. I think by coming up to Wakefield and meeting the people and being seen in an area which has the richest of culture in sculpture.” Said Anderson.


Entering the galleries where Disobedient Bodies begins you are submerged in colour against the soft grey walls of the gallery by an installation of oversized jumpers. This is the central point of Anderson’s vision of adding a physical experience of interacting with materials, having a chance as a visitor to touch, or even being able to try one of the oversized jumpers. By trying to fit into the bottom half of the oversized jumpers created that element of a silhouette and shape organically into the installation. Having this access to even touch some, of the fashion and art pieces on display in this room in particular created various interaction to happen from myself and other guests in the rooms of the gallery.

 “We are absolutely delighted to be working with one of the world’s most talented contemporary fashion designers and a leading architectural practice to show our collection in an unconventional and innovative way. This ambitious exhibition was born out of Jonathan’s genuine and long-standing passion for modern art twinned with his experiments with no gendered clothing. This very personal interpretation will entice visitors to enjoy our outstanding collections. in a very different context and get inspired by the cross-pollination inherent in the creative process.” Said Simon Wallis, Director of The Hepworth Wakefield.

Jumpers from JW Anderson Spring/Summer 2017 Collection. Photographed: My Instagram account enyajaynem


There’s something intimate about the journey you make from exploring the exhibition.
By using fabrics from the JW Anderson archive, together with 6a Architects, it created an intimate space as well as allowing each part of the exhibition to be cleverly separated. As you made your way through, the exhibition there was an atmosphere of an intimate social gathering being organically created as you viewed the art and fashion pieces with the rest of the guests in attendance of the launch.

“This is a rare and exciting opportunity for me to bring together pieces of art and fashion that have long inspired my own creative work and to see what happens when these objects rub up against each other. I want the exhibition to mirror the speed and unexpected encounters that characterise the way in which we consume images today, as well as being a space in which to explore ideas of gender and identity that have been an ongoing part of my creative practice.” Said Jonathan Anderson.

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1936. Photo: Lewis Ronald. Courtesy The Hepworth Wakefield 


Photographed: My Instagram account enyajaynem

Head No. 1916, enlarged version 1964; Naum Gabo 1890-1977; Tate,  Purchased 1972;
The Work of Naum Gabo © Nina & Graham Williams. Photographed: My Instagram account enyajaynem

From being firstly introduced to Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure (1936) you begin to explore the human form through the work of sculpture artists Jean Arp, Louise Bourgeois, Lynn Chadwick, Naum Gabo, Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Sarah Lucas, Henry Moore, Magali Reus and Dorothea Tanning. As well as how the vision of the human form can be not only just communicated by sculptures but also done by pieces of fashion which created a direct dialogue between the sculptures. This was done by the series of installation of fashion pieces by Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garçons, Helmut Lang, Issey Miyake and Vivienne Westwood.

Wakefield Kids. Photography Jamie Hawkesworth, courtesy of JW Anderson. 

Patchouli cocktail dress in emerald green silk ottoman, Autumn/Winter 1952
 Christian Dior, Paris Haute Couture Collection.
Photographed: My instagram account enyajaynem

Expect to also see a series of photographs by Jamie Hawkesworth as you explore the Thinley’s series which is a collaboration between Hawkesworth and Anderson that has been growing since 2015. The series explores different fabric each time such as knit, fur and now this year it’s cotton. For the exhibition, they have turned the human form into sculptural shapes that sit parallel with the other art and fashion pieces within the exhibition.

This exhibition is a must see for everyone as well as, having an interesting aspect of communication of how art and fashion through a running dialogue collectively together regarding the human form.
Disobedient Bodies: JW Anderson curates The Hepworth Wakefield is on display from 18th March to 18th June 2017. Free Admission.

 Discover more hepworthwakefield.org/disobedient-bodies
Social Media purposes: #DisobedientBodies

This article was written for T'Hud Magazine.  Can be found in the Lifestyle section of the  Spring 2017 Edition which is on stands at Huddersfield University on 28th April 2017. 



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