New Skincare Treats and Treatments to Chase Away the Winter Blues

It’s time to banish the winter blahs with indulgent products that plump, nourish, soothe and refresh the skin.  This year’s new crop of beauty treats are as much fun to use as they are effective. I Dew Care Ice Cream Masks in Matcha Mood, Cake My Day, and Berry Groovy look like gelato and feel just as rich on skin, while Kopari’s Coconut Detox Mask has probiotics to nourish the skin’s microbiome protective layer while hydrating with coconut oil.  Masks that smell and feel like dessert without the guilt? Yes please!

Overnight treatments are so easy to use: just apply, go to bed, and wake with a fresh, glowing complexion.  GlamGlow’s Good In Bed Passionfruit Softening Night Cream hydrates, exfoliates, and nourishes the skin while you sleep.  Nurse Jamie Miracle Base Beauty Oil is a versatile treat that can be used on it’s own or added to moisturizer and massaged into the skin with your favorite beauty tool. Containing 100% botanical oils it soothes irritation and inflammation.  

Adding a serum takes your skincare regime from basic beauty to glow pro.  My Daily Dose of Uplift Serum by Skin Inc. is a powerhouse with nutrient-rich marine collagen to help improve the skin’s firmness and elasticity, antioxidants to protect, vitamins C + E to reduce wrinkles, and hyaluronic acid to plump.  Use morning and night to improve the condition of your skin and maintain a natural glow.  Alpyn Beauty’s PlantGenius Survival Serum contains three different acids to reduce discoloration and to refine the skin tone, hyaluronic acid and squalene to hydrate, and licorice extract to brighten.  

Don’t forget your lips! I love Fresh Sugar Mint Rush Freshening Lip Treatment which is rich in oils to soften and hydrate, and sugar to prevent moisture loss. Press the lips together to re-activate the product’s ingredients for up to 24 hour protection. 

Spring is not that fare away, even if it feels like the deep freeze might never leave and  pampering your skin for the warm days ahead while indulging your senses puts the treat in treatment. 

          

                                                                XOXO Shelley

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Your Unique Beauty: Embrace Your Freckles!

First of all, let’s get past the idea that freckles are anything other than your own unique BEAUTY MARKS.  The era of individual beauty is here - finally! No more cookie cutter face designs that make you look like everyone else (!).  It's time to rock your freckles, scars, birthmarks, and whatever else makes you YOU.  Erasing your personal beauty marks is like erasing your identity, so instead of hiding them let them take center stage like so many supermodels, cover girls, celebrities, and yes - even the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT PRODUCTS TO ROCK YOUR FRECKLES:

Foundation: look for a sheer formula that gives light coverage rather than medium or full. Match the skin tone, not the freckles, and choose a color by matching a freckle-free patch on your neck to find just the right shade.  Try a BB or CC cream instead of foundation to let your skin show through.  Tinted moisturizer gives a natural look that is less about makeup and more about skin condition.

Concealer:  use sparingly, and don’t cover your freckles. Apply with a small angled brush or small beauty blender sponge for precision.

Blush:  go for peach, coral, or rosy pinks to avoid matching the color of your freckles.  Choose a cream blush for a blendable and buildable wash of color.

Highlighter:  use a very small amount of cream, oil, or gel highlighter on bone structure to draw the eye to your freckles.

                            

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MAKEUP ARTIST TOP TIPS TO SHOWCASING YOUR FRECKLES:

• Use a light brown brow pencil to accentuate freckles.

• Wear a high SPF as freckled skin is more susceptible to sun damage.

• Go easy on bronzer as it will create a muddy look, but if you can’t help yourself and crave a warm, sun-kissed look, use it sparingly and apply with a large fluffy brush and blend it well.

• Line your lips before applying lip color to define the edges of the lips which are often blurred by freckles.

• Freckles tend to have cool undertones so warm-toned lip colors really POP.

• Skip contouring as it is tricky for those with freckles since it tends to hide them or blur them together.

Individual beauty is THE beauty for NOW. Don’t hide the very things that make you special and different from everyone else.  Real beauty is you the way nature made you. Love your freckles! 

                                                      XOXO Shelley

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Bisous-Bisous! XOXO Valentine’s Day Most Tempting Kiss-Proof Lip Color is RED HOT

Nothing fires up a Valentine’s Day look like vibrant red lips and this year’s picks are swoon-worthy in the most tempting way in finishes from satin, to matte, to glossy, in shades from warm to cool, some in adorable limited edition packaging, and in long-wear formulas that are meant to last kiss after kiss.  Since you can never have enough red lip colors, I’ll be stocking up on these lucious beauties for a Valentine’s treat that will last well beyond February 14th.  Bisous-bisous! 

                                              Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO Shelley

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