Our beauty regime runs the risk of becoming as repetitive as the working week. Revitalising your make-up stash is an easy way of making you look prettier than ever before, and the changes will grab the notice of your work colleagues, who are used to seeing you in the same old colour palette. Obviously, knowing what works for you is always a plus, so don’t just ditch your signature look, but expand your beauty repertoire.
Perfect Your Skin Routine
After long periods of neglect, your skin can really suffer. Rejuvenate your skincare routine by cleansing, toning, and moisturising. Also, aim to use a face mask once a week to help avoid breakouts during the week. Using natural products to exfoliate, like salt scrub, gives your skin a healthy, organic glow. This is a fantastic opportunity to show your skin and the planet some love by opting for eco-friendly, toxic-free products.
Look also at your diet: are you getting enough healthy fish, nuts, and beans? Are you mistreating your body with heavy amounts of alcohol and greasy, fatty foods? Your lifestyle reflects in your skin, so eat healthy and exercise frequently.
Change Up Your Hair
After a break-up, many girls march to the hairdressers to get a drastic haircut. Why? Because it gives us the feeling that we are starting afresh and a new style means a new us. Change the length, change the colour, curl it, straighten it, feather it – revamping your hair is an easy way to keep your beauty routine fresh and allows you to experiment with new styles.
Indian women are known for their gorgeous hair, so try this fantastic trick, commonly used in that part of the world: massage coconut, almond, or olive oil into your hair, Coconut milk is also thought to promote long, fast, thicker growing hair.
Hold Your Colour
Sure, you have your favourite eyeshadows (probably in neutral shades) that are safe and have stuck by you for years. Colour is so hot this autumn, so get yourself a bold colour palette now and explore with striking shades of orange, purple, green, gold, silver, and blue. Don’t stop there either; change your blush and your lipstick shade – this is your opportunity to try out that look you’ve always wanted to test-drive.
Eyebrows
This autumn, natural eyebrows are in, so if you are a religious plucker, step away from your tweezers. However, if you never pluck your eyebrows, this shake-up of your beauty routine means it’s time for you to head down to your nearest beauty salon and get your caterpillars trimmed. Plucked eyebrows are fantastic because they shape your eyes and give your face a life. Be careful not to over-pluck though, they should still seem fairly natural; not like you have drawn them on in crayon.
DIY Beauty
Make your own, natural blush by blending up ¼ cup of beet powder, ¼ cup strawberries, and ½ tsp olive oil. Smooth on your cheeks for a rosy glow.