How To Be An It Girl

Secrets for being fabulous, almost effortlessly

You've always wanted to be an It Girl. It's easier than you think, dolls. Here's how, but in the meantime, try on It Girl makeup in our virtual makeup studio.

1. Hire the most muscular man candy at your gym to be your bodyguard for a night. Outfit him in a suit, sunglasses, and complicated-looking headset and let him carry your bronzing compact wherever you go.

2. Not on the guest list? Tell the bouncer he'll have to take this matter up with your agent and learn to make your lip quiver on command. High sheen lip gloss or collagen injections will add a hint of drama to this performance.

3. When going out after hours, wear stiletto heels so ridiculously tall you can barely manage a wobble, then pick a spot with the most flattering light for your makeup and stand in one place all night. Let your people come to you.

4. Determine your best angle and master one signature pose that you'll use in photos, bearing in mind that Kim Kardashian already has dibs on the coyly-looking-over-one-shoulder stance.

5. Use an alias for kicks. Consider this method: Pair the name of a glamorous city with the name of your favorite lipstick (i.e. Saphir Argentina or Coraline Milan). Alternatively, you can go by a one-word moniker inspired by your favorite color, like Pink.

6. Wear devil red lips on the subway, at the supermarket and anywhere else you're likely to get hit on. They'll give you the confidence to keep away the wrong kind of men.

7. Learn one all-purpose magic trick to amuse the masses, like applying mascara without a mirror or making a sugar-rimmed cocktail disappear with your eyes closed. Or simply achieve instant It Girl status by dating a rock star who is shorter than you are.

8. Never go anywhere without a fully stocked makeup bag. Just to be safe you ought to keep one in your purse, one in your desk drawer, one in your gym bag, and one in the glove compartment of your car. You never know when you're going to run into a dashingly dressed It Boy to complement your efforts.

9. Know which secrets to withhold (your dependence on Sunday morning cartoons) and which to divulge to the rest of womankind without hesitation (your dependence on facials, self-tanners and anything else responsible for your supernatural glow).

10. Don a smirk and plead The Fifth. --Stephanie Simons