Your Personal Makeup Artist Make Up Tips, Tricks, and Techniques from Professional Make Up Artists

With every season, there is the opportunity to change your makeup application! When it comes to the winter, you have the opportunity to use smokier eye colors, deeper lip colors, and even metallics to brighten up your look for the holiday season.

When it comes to easy tips for winter makeup, consider the smoky eye. The smoky eye is best applied with a makeup brush, using a contour brush for the lower lash line. The smoky eye looks best when it is smudged and messy, but not too messy, or you will look like you have slept in your makeup. For a fun spin on a winter smoky eye, consider combining metallic gray shadows with deeper purple shadow colors. Most often, a smoky eye is done with a charcoal eyeshadow color, but for this winter season, a great way to mix it up is with metallics and plum or lavender shades. Remember to always smudge the lower lash line with a makeup brush or Q-tip to create the smoky effect on your eye.

If you are wearing a darker eye for the wintertime, it is best to use a lighter shade of lipstick in apricot or pink. For everyday wear, you don't necessarily have to wear a lip liner, but it is always best to apply your lipstick with a makeup brush, even if it comes in a tube, because that will provide a smoother lip color application. Top your lip color with clear gloss for a fresh and fun glow.

For foundation for the winter, make sure that you moisturize well to prevent any dryness or flaking. It is also a great idea to mix some of your foundation with a tinted moisturizer to lighten it up so that it does not appear too heavy and mask-like on your skin. One more thing to keep in mind for the winter season regardless of your skin tone is that your skin will lighten when the seasons change. This means that you should not be using the same shade of foundation that you normally would in the summertime, and you do need to have a different shade of foundation for the winter season. Since your skin may be much lighter, dust your face with a bronzer to brighten up your skin tone so that you do not look pale or washed out.

Last of all, one of the best things that you can do for yourself for the winter season is to exfoliate well. Since it is drier and colder, dead skin has the potential to build up and create flaking. This is also true for your lips, so take the time to exfoliate your lips with a lip treatment or Vaseline mixed with granulated sugar to prevent chapping. This will help your lip color to go on much better, and you truly will see a difference!

For this winter season, check out many of the metallic shades that are available to you in holiday makeup collections on the market. This is the time to be gorgeous for the holidays!