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Holiday beauty
Make maximum impact with minimum effort this holiday season with insider tips from the pros.
By Alison Garwood-Jones & Stefanie Polsinelli
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Look your absolute best at your next holiday party with these tips and tricks!
Skin
• If that pimple on your chin is casting a shadow, a Q-tip soaked in nail polish remover that contains acetone will flatten it, says Kristofer Buckle, a New York celebrity makeup artist. To reduce a blemish's redness, add a drop of Visine, says Paul Venoit, a makeup pro with Cover Girl. Use it in conjunction with a concealer that has a slight green undertone.
• Triple Efx from Joico is a new 3-in-1 shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Squeeze it on a shower puff and add exfoliation to your list of achievements!
• The Multiple by NARS is a cream stick that sculpts and highlights. Dab it below the arch of the eyebrows, on the upper lip and on the top of the cheekbones to perk up your features, says David Goveia, a Toronto makeup artist.
• The 60-Second Fix from Crabtree & Evelyn is a 3-in-1 treatment that cleans, exfoliates and conditions hands with a mix of sea salt, macadamia-nut oil and shea butter.
• Swap your concealer and foundation for self-tanner. "Imperfections are usually dark, so if you use a self-tanner all over your face, under-eye circles will be less obvious," says Goveia.
Eyes
• "Wake up tired eyes with a sweep of concealer below the eyes and above the eyebrows," says Joe Costa, North American makeup artist for Yves Saint Laurent.
• "If your eyes are puffy in the morning, sleep on two pillows instead of one," says Dr. Lisa Kellett of Toronto's DLK On Avenue. "It decreases the swelling."
• "To create bigger, brighter eyes, curl those lashes!" says Goveia.
• When your purse is the size of a credit card, "Roll a few Q-tips in your favourite powder, eyeshadow and lipstick and wrap them in foil," says New York-based makeup artist Mally Roncal. "That way, you're armed when it's time for a touch-up."
Brows
• "The virgin brow -- only slightly cleaned up -- is hot this holiday season," says Goveia. "Daria [Werbowy] plucks, but you can't tell."
• Treat the delicate skin around the eyes with an after-tweeze soothing cream.
• Fill in overplucked brows with a brush-and-powder brow kit or a taupe pencil. Avoid dark-brown pencils with red-based pigments, says Costa. "Opt for a neutral pencil and sketch the colour in backwards, creating a shadow effect instead of an unnatural, drawn-in line."
Model image courtesy imaxtree.com
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