4 Tips & Tricks for a Healthy Glow this Winter (page 2)

4 Tips & Tricks for a Healthy Glow this Winter

Posted by Mandy | Thursday November 10, 2011

The dropping thermometer outside and the cranked up heat inside can make your skin appear lackluster and dull. Here are a few products and tips for a healthy glow perk-me-up.

Tip # 1: Prep your skin according to the weather

Your primer should change according to the weather just like your skincare routine. In warmer climates when there’s a lot of humidity, a silicone-based primer creates a barrier between your skin and makeup, helping keep your oilies at bay and your make up in place.

In the colder climates, when the extreme cold air and the heater sucks all the moisture out of your skin, try a primer that’s more moisturizing and has illuminating properties to bring back some life into your skin.

How to: Apply a luminizing primer all over your face or mix it in with your regular foundation. Since the illuminating property of primers are usually very fine, a trick I like is to apply it on your cheekbones as a highlighter. This will give you a subtle glow and stretch your primer for more uses.

Products to try: (1) Burberry Fresh Glow Luminous Fluid Base (C$48.00), (2) Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl (C$41.00), (3) Tarina Tarantino pearl glow luminizing primer (C$32.00)

Tip # 2: Try a cream blush!

I love powder blushes, especially for summer. But in the colder months when my skin is parched, powder blushes can accentuate the dryness around my cheeks. So trade in your powder blush for a cream blush that will help you fake a "lit from within" look.

How to: Lightly dab a cream blush on the apples of your cheeks with a brush or your fingers. (Check out ChickAdvisor's top 10 cream blushes!) If you’ve got some flakies make sure you dab, not drag the product on your skin. Oily gals can also try a powder blush that has a sprinkle of shimmer.

Products to try: (1) Joe Fresh Highlighter in Pink (C$8.00), (2) Lancôme Maison Lancôme Powder Blusher (C$48.00), (3) Cover Girl & Olay Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush (C$12.99)

Tip # 3: Make friends with your cream highlighter

Cream highlighter is one of the easiest ways to create a healthy glowing complexion. The key is to avoid products that are too shimmery and to apply highlighter strategically. You can read more about highlighting and contouring here.

How to: Lightly dab a cream highlighter from your temples to your cheeks in a reverse “C” shape. You can also apply just a tiny bit on your brow bone. It’s that easy!

Products to try: (1) Benefit Watt's Up Highlighter (C$34.00), (2) e.l.f Shimmering Facial Whip (C$1.99), (3) Joe Fresh Coquette Face Duo in Ingenue (C$12.00)

Tip # 4: Highlighting pens = your new secret weapon

You should really throw one of these little guys in your purse. What is a highlighting pen? Think of it as an illuminator/concealer hybrid. These little double duty magic wands are great for areas around the eyes as it conceals and brightens at the same time.

How to: Apply the products onto the dark areas of your undereye and extend it all the way to your cheekbones. While you’re at it, you can also dab some on your cupid’s bow, chin and nose.

If you're "blessed" with the unfortunately hereditary gift of super dark undereye circles like me, these highlighting pens also work well on top of your regular concealer - even powder! Just make sure you tap the product on gently instead of rubbing.

Products to Try: (1) Clinique Airbrush Concealer (C$29.00), (2) Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat (US$40.00), (3) The Body Shop Lightening Touch (C$15.00)

What is your best tip to create a healthy winter glow?

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23 Comments

	on November 11, 2011 Becky 13,128 said: LOL " It works well but I really need to be more diligent in applying it every night to evaluate whether it works well or not" I just read what I wrote ...hilarious! Can you guys tell I'm still more than half asleep? Man I shouldn't talk (or type) when I'm this zonked out sleepy
	on November 11, 2011 Becky 13,128 said: @shiorim @alexjc: i was actually checking out both marcelle and aveno moisturizers just yesterday! I can't decide which would help with my dry skin. I have dry skin which becomes super dry during the winter! I'm looking for reviews online to see which products got the best re views. Nowadays I look at my collection of pots and bottles and tubes of "potion" and I just feel bad for the waste. I impulsively buy stuff only to not use it. So i'm actively trying to not do that nowadays. @mamaluv: I use "H2O Sea Results Deep Sleep Recovery Cream" as my night cream. It's pretty good. It works well but I really need to be more diligent in applying it every night to evaluate whether it works well or not. Using that as my day cream is a great idea!! I think I'll try that before buying a whole new cream. However, I remember in one of my visits to the UK a BodyShop person once saw my dry skin (extra dry due to all the travelling I was doing last year) and recommended one of their oils to me. Basically you put it on under your moisturizer and it gives extra moisture boost to your skin. Have you ladies heard of it? Anything positive / negative to say about oils/serums?
	on November 11, 2011 Aliza 14,011 said: Thanks for these great winter tips!!
	on November 10, 2011 petitechouxx 2,859 said: thanks for the tips!
	on November 10, 2011 mamaluv STAFF said: @Becky - I actually use my regular night cream when my skin needs serious hydration help in the winter. That way I don't have to go through the transitional breakouts of switching brands (my skin no likey).
	on November 10, 2011 AlexJC 50 said: @takoda Credit goes all to Mandy this time- I just helped!
	on November 10, 2011 takoda 28,648 said: Great tips as always Alex, thanks!
	on November 10, 2011 AlexJC 50 said: @Becky I'm a big fan of Marcelle moisturizers, their a decent price and good quality. In winter, you may want to try up the ante a bit too and good for heavier moisturizers that really soak in because it is so dry out. I've actually just started using highlighters on a regular basis and it is definitely something that makes a big difference on my face- really helps to define my cheekbones and make me appear more awake!
	on November 10, 2011 beachbabe 4,164 said: Great tips! Highlighters save me in the winter.
	on November 10, 2011 shiorim 982 said: @ Becky, I usually use my LUSH facial moisturizer (I like celestial) and then let it absorb a bit and apply Garnier nutritioniste moisture rescue gel cream if I'm planning to put makeup over (makes a great base). Cetaphil and Aveeno also have good day-time facial moisturizers. My skin is reallyy dry though in the winter so I do reapply a bit of reg. aveeno lotion throughout the day.