Winter Beauty Inspiration!

It's that time of year where skin & hair unfortunately seems to be overly dry, chapped, frizzy, flaky and just plain BLAH!
Below are just a few products I have been using this past month that seem to really make a difference and a couple favorite products that help enhance the Winter blues.  
Take a peek!

Jouer glosses in perfect warming shades.  Lovely for all skin tones, these super creamy, sheer lip enhancers are all great accompaniments for a bold smokey eye.  They are full of moisturizing Shea Butter and essential oils to keep your pout from peeling when the wind and temps. dip below freezing!  Buy online HERE

Have we all seen the infomercial by now??  This product truly should be a staple for your locks!  I must admit  that shampooing my hair with a non-lathering product did make me skeptical, but it really does leave it squeaky clean with the most amazing moisture and shine!  Fight the frizz with this product as it also double as a styling cream when applied sparingly to dry hair on day 2.  Buy it HERE!

HUGE find - no dermatologist prescription needed!  I was searching for a intense night cream that would actually make a clinical difference and came across this 1% Retinol cream from SkinCeuticals.   The reviews on the site had me convinced that this product would give me some results in the "anti-aging" category I was looking for and I was so right.  ALERT!  Follow the directions carefully!  I had great results the 1st two nights I used the cream, so I was bold in thinking I could start out using this every night, but night 3 in a row was pushing it and led to red, irritated skin with some peeling.  I gave it a break for about 3 days and am back successfully using only every other day and it's perfect!  Tight, glowing, smaller pores - YES!!

Love this drugstore find!  $1.99 buys you a great, basic black polish for those at-home mani's.  It does dry super fast and I'm on day 3 with only one coat and zero chipping!

This little gem came in my January BirchBox and it is a new Must-Have product for my everyday routine.  Without this eyelid primer I would end up with my darker shadows creeping up to my brow bone by the end of the day.  Just a little bit on your lid and everything stays put... shadow, liner, shimmer.  Totally worth adding this one quick step to your overall beauty look.  Buy it HERE!

Smokey Rose

I cannot walk into the drugstore without coming out with a new lipstick shade to try out and this past week I found a beautiful neutral shade by Revlon called Smokey Rose.  It's a matte pearl shade that works perfectly for a pared down look when you create more of a intense, darker palette with your eyes.  I know you've heard this before - the more you "do up" the eyes, the more subtle your lips should be, and this combo below helps you do just that.  It's just plain pretty!

After a nice application with Revlon's Smokey Rose I applied a soft swipe of a gloss I received in my October Birchbox samples, Chantecaille's Charm.

What you get is a soft color that is a perfect neutral for any skin type... And a rule I learned from a Smashbox Makeup Artist is that you should always try to match your lips to your cheeks... It's a snap to do that with this shade... Just add a bit of the lipstick to the apples of your cheeks with a little bronzer - perfect match!