Products your Makeup Bag Needs this Winter
While adapting our wardrobes for winter may feel like second nature, it’s easy to forget that our makeup bag could also benefit from a seasonal update.
Freezing weather and an increase in central heating, can cause a loss of moisture to the skin, making it appear dry and lacklustre. Like our skincare regimes, hydration is key to winter makeup. Here at Editor’s Beauty we recommend avoid anything with the word mattifying, as this could cause further dryness to the skin and instead opt for products that are really going to replenish moisture level. Cream based products and liquid foundations are our go to for winter makeup, alongside hydrating lipsticks, glosses and the finesse of translucent loose powders.
Here, we’ve rounded up all the products you need to bring back your winter glow.
When it comes to shopping for winter makeup, Trinny London is one brand that shouldn’t be missed. An almost entirely cream based range, Trinny’s Fresh Faced Stack is made up of three little pots that click seamlessly together and can be applied with either your finger tips or a brush. Containing an Eye2Eye, Lip Glow and Lip2Cheek, the stack can be matched exactly to your skin tone, eye colour and hair colour through their innovative Match2Me profiling tool.
Winter weather is notorious for causing skin irritations and rosacea flare ups, which is why we always recommend having a tube of Erborian CC Red Correct in your makeup bag. A green-toned corrector, this innovative formula adjusts to your skin tone, blurring imperfections and minimising the look of redness, while Glycerin and Tiger Grass Extract deeply moisturise and plump, as Antioxidant-rich Vitamin E reduces imperfections. The end result. A luminous photo-ready, glowing complexion.
There is nothing worse than winter chapped lips paired with a drying lipstick. Code 8’s 5 Sec Express Lip & Cheek Colour combines the hydrating and repairing benefits of a lip balm with the colour effect of a sheer lipstick. Ideal for applying colour, this multitasking long-lasting product is great for adding colour to the cheeks as well as the lips for a subtle healthy glow.
Delivering lip plumping skincare benefits and colour in one go, IT Cosmetics have yet again proved themselves as the go to brand for on point products. Perfect for on the go, this hydrating lip serum enriched with a potent blend of collagen, hyaluronic acid, a tri-oil complex, gives you the right amount of colour without settling into fine lines or lip wrinkles, while providing an instant boost of lip-loving nourishment.
It may be one of Urban Decay’s most recent launches but Hydromaniac Tinted Glow Hydrator is already a best seller. Infused with nutrient-rich kombucha filtrate and marula oil, this long-wearing, vegan formula offers all with the hydrating benefits of a tinted moisturiser, with the medium coverage of a foundation. Available in 12 flexible shade, this thirsty quenching tint offers hydration and coverage for to 24 hours!
Our go to Setting Powder for well over a decade, Laura Mercier’s cult powder has just been launched in a luminous, light-creating finish for all skin tones. Amazingly light weight, this super-finely milled, non drying powder sets makeup for 12 hours, blurrs and smoothes the appearance of fine lines and pore.
Kevyn Aucoin’s glow-giving serum helps winter skin achieve an instantly brighter complexion . A multi-purpose makeup product that is designed for use on the face and body, it’s comfortable, lightweight formula provides a dewy radiance and properly hydrated polished, glass-like finish.
While we can’t promise you sunshine, we can help with a golden glow. Dr Hauschka Translucent Bronzing Tint enhances your complexion with a gorgeous natural glow, evening out skin tone and minimising minor blemishes and imperfections. Whether blended with your favourite moisturiser or used on its own, this flattering bronze hue works with all skin tones.
If you want to achieve a flawless winter look then the right tools are vital. LaraFaye’s Royal Blue Luxe brush set has been exclusively hand crafted from the highest quality materials ensuring each piece is specifically selected and designed. Using high quality synthetic bristles for superior softness and copper ferrule for longevity and hardness, the super soft bristles are perfect for sensitive and soft skin to give that creative beautiful finish and application.
We can’t get enough of this fuss free makeup Brush Soap By Joy Adenuga. Gentle to your brushes and ideal for those with sensitive complexions, this vegan formula works really hard to rid your brushes of product build-up by all the ingredients crystallising to dissolve it in a natural way.