4 Steps to a New Spring Look
Nicole Pearl
New Spring Look
Want to revise your look for spring? Here's how to get started.
Brighten up:
Makeup is making a beeline from the dark shades that ruled this winter. Let those blood-red pouts melt with the snow, and perk up your face with bright lips. Hot pinks and tangerines dominated spring runways from Diane von Furstenberg to Alice + Olivia. If these look-at-me hues are too intense for your personality, choose a gloss instead of a lipstick. The sheer quality leaves a hint of color so lips look tickled pink rather than shockingly pink.
Lighten up:
Summer is all about glowing skin. However, when the temperature rises, a dewy finish can quickly turn into a shiny mess. To achieve a fresh-faced complexion, opt for lightweight textures. Switch out foundation for a tinted moisturizer and replace your face cream with a moisturizing serum or lotion. You'll get all the product benefits so skin looks luminous, and the fast-absorbing formulas will save you from looking like you've been working in a grease pit.
Tone up:
To shape up for shorts season, celebrity fitness expert David Kirsch, who trains Heidi Klum and Anne Hathaway, recommends this butt-blasting circuit:
- Squat thrusts with a medicine ball
- Forward and reverse crossover lunges
- Jump squats
- Jumping lunges
- One-legged squats with a medicine ball
Freshen up:
The start of spring is a signal to spruce up your hair. "Over-blow-drying and excessive radiator heat can cause extreme dryness," says Jill Guzzo, a stylist at Butterfly Studio Salon in New York City. For a simple way to restore blah locks, go for a gloss. Whether you DIY with an at-home version or go for a professional gloss treatment at a salon, you'll reap the same rewards: added shine, dimension and revived color.
Nicole Pearl founder of TheBeautyGirl.com, delivers behind-the-scenes scoop, hot tips and trends on all things beauty. She has written for InStyle, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan. Pearl also offers personal consultations and The Beauty Girl Parties.
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