Friday, January 13, 2012

BRIGHTEN UP! Skin

No more pasty winter skin! Glow on and look radiant with these tricks.

  Avoid irritation.
Swap out your medicated cleanser (which can be too rough  for dry winter skin) and pick a soothing formula with soy. It's an amazing skin multitasker that improves texture, evens out blotchiness, and lightens dark spots!
try: Aveeno Positively Radiant Brightening Cleanser, $7, drugstores

  
Exfoliate two times a week.
A gentle scrub buffs away the dead cells that make look drab. (Just steer clear of ones with seeds or shells, which can scrape delicate skin). This one contains lemon extract, a known brightness booster.
try: Clean & Clear Morning Burst Skin Brightening Scrub, $6, drugstores

 
Glow where you want to.
A tinted moisturizer combined with a liminizer will draw light to your skin, giving you a sunlit brigtness even indoors! The bonus is that this one has SPF, too, to keep your skin protected.
try: Urban Decay Urban Defense Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20, $30, sephora stores.