The Only 9 Beauty Products You’ll EVER Need for a Night Out

This piece is part of Women’s Health Magazine’s 2017 Beauty Awards, where we hand-picked the best beauty products of the year for every moment of your life, from work to the gym to picking up toothpaste at Target. Read on for our favorite picks for a night out on the town:

We’ll be the first to admit that most nights, our “after hours” beauty routine skews further toward face mask and chill than three-step liner. But for nights that call for a little something extra—a little sparkle on the eye or a heavy-focus, high-pigment lip—there’s no denying that night-out makeup invokes a very specific, very important part of our lives as women.

Think about it: How many nights on the town start at your friend’s house? You call your best buds over to get ready, which entails everything from swapping makeup tricks to sharing hairspray. This means something. It’s not just that we want to look our best, which believe us, we do. It’s that by surrounding ourselves with positive people, with our best buds, we’re able to build a sense of community that ensures no matter how crazy a night ahead, we can always come back home, laugh it off and feel like we’re a part of something big.

So alert the group text to get over ASAP: You’re going out and—with the added perk that, say, a purple liner brings—it’s gonna be a one heck of a night.