Winter makeup takes a cue from nature’s holiday decorating with berry hues and snow-glazed glosses. Add a hit of fashionable metallic, and you’re good to go. It’s time to celebrate, so amp up the color!
Celebrate the season with new holiday makeup! Remember, the key is emphasizing one or two features. If you go for dramatic eyes, keep lipstick light. Alternatively, if you can’t wait to wear that perfect red lipstick, choose a subtler color for your eyes.
Whatever look you’re going for requires a glowing skin. Amp up the glow with Guerlain Meteorites Powder For The Face, a jewel-inspired powder that perfects skin tone. Tiny spheres brighten skin with a blend of soft colors that combat imperfections, and the Mother of Pearl and gold work to lighten and brighten skin. In three colors: Mythic (translucent glow), Pink Fresh (rosy glow), and Beige Chic (golden glow). ($46, sephora.com)
With the perfect palette for color, add a berry blush, a flicker of black mascara on your lashes, and a glimmering lip gloss and a low-key yet sophisticated look is born. Try Rimmel Blush in Berry — Santa Rose for paler skin tones. ($2.59, drugstore.com, local drugstores)
For a trendy take on the classic holiday face, invest in soft metallic tones, a shimmery champagne hue, and deep red lipstick for a WOW effect. Try Emani Color Dust in Champagne. Light and pearly, Emani shadows are pure colors and free of harmful dyes. If youth is on your side, try White Gold Dust (snowy white shimmer) for New Year’s glam; Kismet is an ivory glimmer that will add oomph to your eyes, too. ($9.50, emani.com)
Laura Geller Gold Leaf/Antique Bronze Eye Stay Duo offers a metallic shimmer in a creamy eye shadow formula fit for royalty. Your eyes will be soft and luminous with holiday twinkle. ($17.00, qvc.com)
For those ruby red lips, there are different ways to get that red. Bare Escentuals Quick-Stick is a two-in-one lipstick/lip liner that allows you to line and fill lips with one product. The moisture-rich texture and creamy matte finish will give you the color you seek on one side and a built-in sharpener on the opposite end. ($14.00, sephora.com)
For berry-red hues in a traditional lipstick formula, try Lancome Rouge Sensation in Ambrette, a luxurious formula that gives you glamorous, non-drying color that wears for hours. ($22.00, lancome.com, local department stores)
A sleek, modern look calls for glossy lips and dramatic eyes. Use a cake liner on eyes for dramatic effect — but let color do the work, not a heavy line. For jewel-tone color in a cream-to-powder liner formula, Smashbox Cream Liner does it right: This colorful putty comes in 11 shades. Try rich Midnight Purple, stunning Midnight Green, or striking Smashing Image, a gold tone, to show off those peepers. ($22.00, smashbox.com, Sephora)
Cargo’s SmokyEye Eyeliner Duo offers a powder liner with coordinating cream shadow that makes creating the ultimate smoky eye simple. Wear each shade alone or apply the powder formula over the cream to set the cream for extra staying power. Try Barcelona (brilliant teal) or Madagascar (deep purple) for added effect. ($28, sephora.com)
To accompany those dramatic eyes, seek sleek, glossy lips with just a hint of color. Stila Lip Glaze lets you indulge in a guilt-free, deliciously scented clear lip glaze this season. Available now is the lip glaze palette cafe stila, a limited-edition compact with six new shades of lip glaze and an application brush. Yummy shades include: cinnamon spice, cappuccino, mocha coffee, chocolate raspberry, vanilla hazelnut and latte. ($30.00, stilacosmetics.com) Be sure to check the website for Stila’s popular holiday glaze choices in silver (blondes or silver-haired women will sparkle in this), or gold (brunettes and redheads, take note).
Winter beauty isn’t limited to the neck up! QuinnSpa Luxury Bath Soak is just the ticket for sloughing off dead skin and reviving yourself before a big holiday event. Sprinkle a handful of the soak in your tub or use as a non-greasy scrub in the shower or footbath. Made with 100% natural imported Dead Sea salt, essential oils, dried fruit, herbs, and spices.
Available flavors: citrus, cranberry mandarin, ginger cinnamon, lavender, lavender pear, muscle soother, oatmeal vanilla, peppermint vanilla, rosemary mint, spiced chocolate and unflavored. ($16, QuinnSpa.com, or call 877.211.2800)
Give the gift of relaxation! QuinnSpa also offers the perfect Christmas present with one of its signature Spa Baskets. Visit online to view all the choices. You’ll want one for yourself to slip under the tree! (quinnspa.com)
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