Up the glam-factor this soiree season with our beauty tips for getting notice-me eyes, hair and nails.
Holiday beauty tip #3: Show off a dramatic colour on your nails
Bold shades require a flawless execution. Gina Tome, assistant manager and esthetician at Lux Spa in Toronto, says that the best thing you can do to make your manicure last is to make sure you have no oils on your nails. Begin by using nail polish remover to completely clean your nail. “This will help the polish adhere,” says Tome. Next steps are standard: apply a thin base coat to prevent your nails from yellowing, two thin coats of polish and a thin layer of topcoat to seal the polish in. Keeping your manicure chip-free and looking fresh, though, requires you be diligent about applying topcoat every two days after your initial nail job. “This will make your manicure last about seven days,” says Tome.
Holiday beauty tip #4: Wear one of the season’s hot jewel accessories in your hair
If you think only ladies who like to put their hair up can rock a jewelled hair accessory, think again. “There are some women that just feel they don’t look good with their hair up, but you can still do something different for a party,” says Justin German, co-owner of Toronto’s Shagg Salon. “You can add some sort of movement to make your hair fuller, perhaps by add waves and pinning back one side of your hair with a jewelled clip,” he says. If you do feel comfortable with your hair off your face, this season trends include lots of volume, say German, and you can have volume at front of head or at crown like a traditional French roll, a la Brigette Bardot. “Pick where you want to have volume, at crown, for example, and put the jewel accessory in front of that volume to accentuate it.” Or, if your look has volume at front of your, “take the jewel accessory and put at side of your head or at the back so it’s like an afterthought,” says German. “Or if you’re really adventurous, use a couple of accessories, one at front, and another one wrapping around side of your head.”
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