Winter Wonderland

Winter Skin Care

The key to looking radiant in the winter lies in your skin. Remember: As the seasons change, so should your skin care (hopefully your wardrobe does too! Brrrr!). Having luminous skin in the winter is something we all want, but with pale and dry skin, all we see is our imperfections. If you remember one thing out of this blog, let it be this: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.

Every morning after I shower I put on moisturizer, then, before I put my makeup on, I put on mark.’s tinted moisturizer. This acts as a light-coverage foundation and evens skin tones without even adding makeup. Next, I apply a medium coverage liquid foundation, by Mary Kay, with a foundation brush - making sure to cover the area under my eyes as well. By using a foundation brush and a liquid foundation, I am getting a dewy look, which looks healthy in the dry winter months. Note: If you find that you are having problems applying foundation without making your skin looking dry, try mixing moisturizer into the liquid foundation. Some days when my skin is not dry, I add a light concealing powder to make my skin look more finished and flawless; however, this takes away from the dewy look. 

When I want to keep the hydrated and dewy look, I finish the look off by lightly dabbing Benefit bronzer on the outer edges of my face on my hairline. Since this bronzer is not shimmery, it acts like a concealer, but with a darker finish. This gives your face a bit of color without adding bronzer all over your whole face. Note: Make sure your foundation matches your skin tone, and is blended well, and you will naturally glow. Now, for the finishing touch: mascara. When I find something I like, I stick with it and buy it over and over again. While I have definitely tried my fair share of mascaras, I always find myself going back to Covergirl’s LashBlast Volume Blasting Mascara. Add this as your final touch and you have completed my simple, yet radiant, winter-day look. 

Winter Wardrobe

Whenever I wake up in the morning, and I know its freezing outside, I am extremely tempted to throw on a sweatshirt, jeans, and Uggs, and call it a day – and sometimes I do. But when I have classes and don’t want to look like I just rolled out of bed, I put together an outfit that is cute but still comfortable and simple. That’s the key to my winter look – comfortable. My favorite winter ensemble consists of a lot of simple things thrown together to make a cute outfit: skinny jeans, a sweater, boots, a jacket, and a scarf. I often get more compliments on the effortless, yet cute, outfits I wear, more than the ones I spend hours on putting together when going out to dinner with my friends. Here is a collection of pieces I am seen wearing on a daily basis. 

About Me

Since this was my first blog post, I thought I would spend a little time introducing myself. My name is Kristen and I am an intern at Bella Magazine. I am also a student at Lynchburg College. I’m from New Hampshire and coming down to live in Virginia was definitely a culture change for me, but I have grown to love Virginia and the people I have met here in the past two years. After spending the winter months here in Virginia, I learned they’re not nearly as bitter as some I had encountered, but they are also not as warm as I had expected. Considering I am from New Hampshire, only two hours from the border of Canada, I know a lot about skin care and wardrobe advice when it comes to the harsh winter temperatures. I hope that that this helped to teach you how to cope with the miserable winter months, while also teaching you a little about me in the process. Keep coming back to learn more about fabulous Bella events, fashion and skin care tips, girly baubles, and more!

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