It's time for spring cleaning -- and time to go through that old cosmetic case and chuck heavy foundations, black liners and frosted glosses from previous seasons.

With warmer weather on its way and (hopefully) here to stay, makeup trends feature either an almost-nude face or a vibrant selection of colors for eyes and lips.

Eyes/Lips/Cheeks:

Camille Brown, an esthetician at Designer's Denn Salon and Spa, 212 Calder Way, said there are a lot of makeup trends this spring, and a fresh, naturally sheer look for the eyes is one of them.

Brown emphasized the less-is-more mentality.

"A highlighter in the tear duct of the eye is a nice look right now," she said. "A lot of flesh tones in blushes and light pink rosy lips, very sheer."

Brown said that although a fresh face is a huge makeup trend, there has been a recent throwback to '80s and '70s trends with the resurfacing of blue eye liner.

"There's a lot of sea foam and teal blues," Brown said.

She said there has also been a return of the "smoky eye," a matte charcoal look, but with "a sun-kissed bronze underneath the brow" to highlight the brow bone.

Some Penn State students said they highlight their eyes with shimmer and color.

"I wear a lot of gold on my eyes," Danielle Wenzel (freshman-education) said. "I also like to wear purples and sometimes pinks in the summer."

Becca Judeich, a supervisor and cosmetician for CVS Pharmacy, 138 E. Beaver Ave., said she has been noticing a decline in sales of brown and black shades for eyes and an overall increase of colorful products for eyes and lips.

"Maybelline has a new line of eyeliner; they have a lot of new colors, with blues and greens and purple," she said. "Wet 'n' Wild, a CVS brand -- it's really cheap and they have a lot of colors. I think a lot of that is because it's cheap and easy to try it out."

Face:

Something to keep in mind when experimenting with color on the face: Don't wear colors all at once, unless you want to look like the clown who came to your third-grade birthday party. Instead, choose a focal point -- cheeks, lips or eyes -- and choose a bright, flattering color to make it pop.

"You can do an almost-nude face with a pink lip, where the lip is the focal point," Brown said.

A good way to fake a summer tan or accentuate an existing one is to use a powder or liquid bronzer on the face.

"Bronzers are toned down in shimmer effect," said Brown. She said this season's bronzers are at a midway point between having a lot of shimmer and having none.

Most people like to tan in the sunnier weather during the spring and summer, which also means a necessary change in foundation color to match the darker skin tones.

"I have to change my foundation color because my skin will be darker," Shannon Sedgwick (freshman-animal science) said. In the summer, she said she mixes two different shades of foundation to match her skin tone.

Lashes:

"Twiggy" eyelashes, meaning long, voluminous thick lashes, are making a strong comeback. For those who are lacking in the lash length department, a mascara that has a formula with fibers can do the trick because the small fibers build onto existing lashes. Fake lashes be used to make the eye really pop.

"I wear brown mascara in the summer -- I only wear waterproof when I have to; it's a pain to take off," Wenzel said, "and I normally don't wear liner."

Skin Care:

For Penn State students who want to keep up with the makeup trends without breaking their wallets, CVS provides a multitude of affordable beauty care products.

Judeich said CVS has been overwhelmed with more than 1,000 new beauty care products this season.

Something that never goes out of style, however, is clear, flawless skin.

Judeich recommended a few brands that she feels are more than adequate.

"The ones that I always recommend because it's great for any kind of skin: Almay, Neutrogena and Physicians Formula," she said. "Almay has a really good skin care -- it's a three-step thing that works really well; there's one for oily, dry or normal [skin types]."

She also said Aveeno is a good moisturizer choice for college students because it has soy in it, which is appropriate for all skin types.

As for foundation, Judeich recommends the Neutrogena Healthy Skin line.

"It has retinol moisturizer in it, SPF and a foundation -- that's one of the greatest products," she said. "And it has a sheer tint in it. It's a great product because it's all in one."

Judeich also said college students should stray from old teenage habits of overdoing it with skin products and makeup.

"My biggest thing, especially for college girls, [that] a lot of people tend to do is to overdo what is on their face and put on too many products," she said. "When you overdo it, your face is going to go and produce more oil, which is going to go against what you're trying to do -- I think a lot of people don't realize that."