Another good option is to take makeup-removing wipes with you to the gym. These have the added benefit of letting you take off just what isn’t working. If your eyes still look good after cardio kickboxing, you can just wipe off everything else and touch up.

Don’t forget your hair, either. If you don’t have time to shower and completely reapply your makeup, you can use “dry shampoo” to freshen up your mane. This miracle product removes any trace of sweaty, wet hair as well as pumping it back up with body.{relatedarticles}

Dry shampoo is usually scented too, so no after-gym stink will follow you out. The only thing to remember with the powdered version of dry shampoo, as opposed to the spray-on, is that if not well-massaged into your mane, it could give your hair a grayish cast.

So remember: when it comes to workout makeup, less is more. Whether or not you should wear makeup at all depends on the kind of workout you’ll be doing. Twenty minutes on the elliptical during your lunch break? Go for it. An hour of high-intensity rock climbing? Better to leave the war paint at home to keep it from running in your eyes.