Monday, January 16, 2012

Smile Signal Teeth Whitener!

If you're pining for a megawatt smile, look to your peepers as a guide to your ideal shade." Your teeth and the whites of your eyes should match. Go brighter at  home with a system like Crest 3D White 2 Hour Express Whitestrips ($55, at drugstores). And don't whiten more than once or twice a year. If your chompers are lighter than the whites of your eyes, cut back on the beach.

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.

Contoured Face!

  Bring your favorite features to the forefront! Sweep a matte bronzer one shade darker than your skin tone below     your cheekbones, at your temples, and along the sides of the nose. (It will bring out your bone structure). Then apply liquid highlighter down the bridge of your nose, along cheekbones, in your tear ducts, and on cupid's bow to cast an overall glow. try: Revlon Age Defying Face Illuminator, $14, drugstore; Sephora Collection I.T. Round Powder Brush, $40, sephora.com; Smashbox Photo Set Pressed Powder, $29, sephora.com