Tired? Your healthy glow strategy for New Year's Eve

Wearing a mask all day, exposure to cigarette smoke, blue light from smartphones and computers: it is not always easy to maintain the vital energy of your skin and to look good. So we give you the steps to follow to display a relaxed and bright face on New Year’s Eve.

Qf you want to play daring with effects that you don’t dare the rest of the year, or that you just prefer to accentuate your everyday look, end-of-year eve’s are here. opportunity to wear makeup a little more than usual. In any case, give way to your imagination to create a make-up that looks like you.

• The black trump : it is the timeless classic and elegant color. It is suitable for all skin tones and all irises.
• The touch of gold : this luminous shade suits almost all skin tones. It can be a little bland on fair skin tones, so prefer a pink gold or a white gold.
• The pinch of glitter : it is the festive touch par excellence, and, contrary to popular belief, you can modulate their intensity and associate them with all the nuances.
• The desire for nude : naturalness works every time, as long as you don’t go wrong with the shade and slightly enhance your skin tone.

If you have dry skin and tight features

This is characterized by uncomfortable dryness, more pronounced fine lines and a less drawn oval. To regain a healthy glow, you can play on hydration and stimulation of the skin, both in skincare and makeup.

In order to find a healthier skin, nothing like super-rehydration using a nourishing, moisturizing or anti-aging mask. Your choice: a cream formula applied all night over a serum, a biocellulose mask or other new texture on which is impregnated a treatment concentrated in active vitamins, minerals and trace elements.

• The trick: pamper the skin of the face by offering it a silk pillowcase, which protects against friction. And for better penetration, apply your cream 1 hour before bedtime.

We go to self-massage

Stimulating the skin with the fingers increases its suppleness, elasticity and firmness. On a daily basis, these quick and easy actions can really make a difference.

• The trick: apply serumand cream with upward smoothing movements, from the inside to the outside of the face. Finish with tapping with your fingertips.

We smooth the epidermis

With a BB cream, easy to apply with your fingertips on the T zone (by stretching it towards the outside of the face), which brings hydration and uniformity to the skin. If we need more coverage, we choose a foundationt very fluid, to which we can add a few drops of dry oil. A good compromise between comfort and radiance, without making the skin shine too much. Only the T zone is then powdered if necessary.

• The trick: to make small touch-ups during the day, use a matte corrective stick, preferably with a powder which risks marking the lines.

We plump up his mouth

A sad mouth can make you look tired. It is rehydrated using a nourishing balm (based on wax and vegetable oil). Like a base, it will smooth the lips and allow the rouge to set better.

The trick: applied with a finger or a brush, starting with the heart and without marking the contours too much, a warm, orange-red shade immediately illuminates the face.

 

If you have a cloudy complexion

Mask, fine particles, cigarette smoke, blue light … The skin is subjected to many attacks on a daily basis. In particular, the combination of UV rays and pollution which increases oxidative stress on the skin. As a result, it thickens and the face looks dull. So, what to do about loss of radiance, uneven skin tone or small redness?

We refine the skin texture

To gently exfoliate the skin, it is better to use exfoliators made from fruit acids rather than grains. Thus, both irritating the epidermis and over-mobilizing the skin tissues which are fragile are avoided. There are also specific masks, the exposure time of which varies, depending on the dosage of AHA (fruit acids) and the type of skin.

• The trick: easy to use, the peeling lotion is applied in the evening with a cotton pad, before the night cream, two or three times a week.

We wake up his complexion

It is better to avoid using a foundation and prefer a simple concealer, which will serve as a foundation and corrector product, after the application of the serum and the day cream.

The trick: it is applied in small strokes to stretch with the fingers, only on the T zone and where the skin needs to be touched up (to hide pimples, redness …).

We protect our skin

By choosing treatments that not only provide good hydration, but also provide internal and external protection. Thus, the day cream must contain good moisturizers (hyaluronic acid, glycerin), to maintain water in the skin, and especially shielding ingredients such as antioxidants, and possibly sun filters. Be careful not to choose it too oily if the skin does not need it.

The trick: several times a day, we do not hesitate to spray an anti-pollution moisturizing mist in order to reinforce the barrier effect of the treatments.

We make a good look

A touch of blush is essential to finalize a radiance boost on the face. Better to forget terracottas and rosewoods, because these rather dull tones tend to gray the complexion.

The trick: choose brighter roses, in gel or cream texture, more transparent and therefore brighter than a powder. Apply on the rounded cheek while smiling at the mirror, using a large synthetic bristle brush or with the fingers by light tapping.

 

If you have dark circles or bags under your eyes

The eye area is a very vulnerable area, because it is very stressed while the skin is extremely thin. “Dehydration, irritation, water accumulation and sagging appear quickly”, emphasizes Karine Gautier, head of aesthetic training at LPG. Hence the importance of care to limit the appearance of puffiness, crow’s feet and colored or hollow circles.

We erase dark circles

Whether they are bluish, brown or yellow, you must use first a concealerliquid, chosen a little lighter than the foundation, but not too much so as not to gray the skin: ivory for light skin, beige for “mediums” and orange for dark skin.

• The trick: tap the material with your finger under the eye and make a fade with the cheek. Then superimpose a cream stick a warmer tone, still patting without smoothing.

We hydrate morning and evening

By choosing the right galenic. When it is neither too greasy nor too thick, it is quite possible to apply an eye contour treatment also in the evening, without risking waking up with swollen eyes in the morning. On the other hand, avoid putting your face cream on this area, because its texture is more oily.

• The trick: care is taken to deposit it in very small quantities and at a good distance from the mucous membrane of the eye to avoid irritating it.

We find a keen eye

We must open our eyes, by “working” it upwards. Make up only the upper eyelid: with a dark brown pencil rather than black, for the eyeliner line, then a black mascara to dress the eyelashes by stretching them outwards.

• The trick: add a bronze eyeshadow on the eyelid to bring light, without forgetting to redraw the line of the eyebrows with a dark brown pencil, or lighter if you have blond hair.

Thanks to Joséphine, make-up artist for Bourjois, Cathy Billaudaz, training manager at Carita, Karine Gautier, aesthetic training manager at LPG and Enzo Fournier, makeup artist.

 

What type of mascara to favor with a smoky?
Choose an intense black, which gives depth to the eyes. To add substance to the eyelashes, prefer volumizing mascaras. If the makeup of lower lashes is generally not recommended by makeup artists, smoky is the exception to the rule. As the underside of the eye is underlined with make-up, you can also cover the lower lashes with mascara.

 

Make up: which golden product to choose?
Eyeliner is an excellent ally, elegant and understated. With it, no bling-bling effect, just a golden thread along the lashes. The golden liner can be applied alone, flush with the upper lashes, or as a duo with another liner. Then draw the dark line (black, navy, plum, gray, bottle green) just above the golden line. Finish with a lengthening black mascara, which gives a doe eye effect. You can also put gold on the tips of the eyelashes. Moisten a brush, take a gold shadow and gently rub the tips of the eyelashes, to bring them a touch of light. “The golden effect is slight, but that’s what is pretty”, explains Enzo Fournier. On the other hand, avoid gold on the lips, prefer a shiny balm, coral or poppy, to put on the finger by tapping the heart of the mouth.

 

Make up: how to master glitter?
With a stiff brush, take a little glitter shadow, then apply it on the back of the hand. Lightly moisten the material, then crush it with your finger on the eyelid. Do not try to create a perfect halo, the rendering must remain blurry, that’s what is pretty. If you have some material left, drop it on the center of the eyelid. You can also stretch the eyeshadow below the eye. If you are using a little glittery eyeshadow, apply a simple black mascara. If you want to accentuate the glitter effect, load the lashes with mascara to give them a more intense look.

 

Which glitter to choose?
If you want a light glitter finish and you have a mat or tanned complexion, bet on warm tones such as brown, bronze … If you have a fair complexion, prefer cold tones (pink, white …). “To play with discretion, keep the same undertone as your skin. If you want a more contrasting effect, prefer the reverse undertone”, summarizes Enzo Fournier.

 

Make up nude : un look monochrome, c’est possible ?
You can apply the same shade to the eyes, lips and cheekbones. Choose it fresh, with a peach flavor. “Place it in a halo on the eyelid, like a smoky. On the lips, dab a transparent balm, then place a veil of blush on it with the pulp of the finger”, advises Enzo Fournier. Finally, sweep the color across the cheekbones, stretching it toward the temples. For a more intense effect on the eyelids, use a brown or burgundy lash line, then an icy brown, copper, sienna eyeshadow. Blur the material with a brush.