Now that summers finally leaving us and fall is coming at us full throttle were all dreading that dull, dry winter skin. The bronze glow is fading and the sunkissed shimmer is gone. Why cant we just stay like this for just another while right??
That's were im going to help. I'm going to give you a few tips on how to keep the sunkissed glow without spending hours on a sunbed and looking totally false. This is a how to fake a winter sun glow.
So since its fall we should probably be easing of the fake tan and embracing the fall fashion stables such as tights and knee high boots and if necessary going for a more natural hint of colour. To do this we shoould switch out our regular self tanners and try a moisturizer with a hint of tan. This way we are helping prevent dry skin and get that glow.
Its a soft natural colour that's build-able and leaves us with lasting silky smooth skin.
As we all know when winter hits our faces begin to look a lot more dull and its hard to get a healthy glow know matter how much highlighter we use. For this I have 3 tips.
- Drink lots and lots of water - When it starts to cool down we often find that we drink much less water and because of this our skin starts to dehydrate and looses colour so we end up looking totally drained. So instead of easing off we should up our intake.
- Moisturise, Moisturise and moisturise some more - In order to lock in the moisture we have given our skin from drinking water we should use a good quality moisturuser for dry to dehydtated skin. Aim to do this at least twice daily and we will see an improvment in now time.Try No7 beautiful skin cream for dry/very dry skin or No7 beautiful skin dry skin rescue. Further to this we could use a hydration mask once a week to maintain the skins quality. Try No7 beautiful skin hydration mask for dry/very dry skin or Glamglow thirsty mud. If your skin is severly dehydrated use an emulsifying ointment which will help act as an extra barrier to protect your skin.
- Exfoliate - Often this is a key step that people forget to do and its so so important if we want bright fresh skin. Exfoliater removes the dead and dull skin cells and leaves a fresh healthy layer underneath. Use a good quality exfoliater 2-3 times a week and preferably use one for dry skin also. Try No7 beautiful skin radiance exfoliater for normal/dry skin or Liz earle hot cloth polish.
Once we have followed these steps we can now fake that radiant winter sun skin with makeup.
- Use a natural looking base. Not too dewy yet not matt. Somewhere in between in perfect. Look for a satin finish foundation for the perfect look but others will work too.
- Then apply a golden or peach based highlighter to the high points of the face nothing too pink or white based as this wont achieve the sunkissed glow and DON'T over apply either. Use liberally.
- After this apply a light bronzer something very natural. My favourite is Essence sun club bronzer in blondes-lighter skin. Its the perfect tone and looks super natural plus it smells like coconut so thats an addded bonus. Apply the bronzer to the circumfrence of the face in a 3 shape at either side. Then to slightly accentuate the cheek bones apply a light contour shade. I love the charlotte tilburry filmstar bronze and glow contour shade because its got a slight shimmer which enhances the bronze glow we have now achieved. Try the dupe here.
- This step is optional but I think it looks great. Apply a few tiny freckles across the bridge of your nose along the cheek bones and a tiny scattering in the forehead. Use a freckle pencil or a light brown toned matte pencil to dot over these areas and then blot out with your finger to create a natural look. You can then use a matte shadow to intensify a few of the freckles and you will have sunkissed freckles that are totally realistic looking and give you a youthful fresh look. Even Kendall Jenner is sporting this look and if that's not encouragement to give it a go I don't know what is.
- The next step is to keep the eyes simple just a wash of champagne over the eyes and a bronze colour in the crease. Then apply a black eyeliner on the top lash line just to mimic a thicker lash bed and apply a good coating of your favorite mascara, And tightline with a brightening nude/champagne colour.
- Then to give a further hint of summer use an orange or coral red lipstick and gloss and voila sunkissed natural looking winter skin that looks effortless.
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| Kendall rocking the trend. |
The finished look will be something like this
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| As you can see its very natural and fresh looking Excuse the freshly washed messy hair :P |
All the Products mentioned are things i have used and would personally recommend. :)
Hope this was useful and gave a little bit of inspiration
Love always
Tanya xox
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