Make Your Makeup Ritual Winter-Ready: Here’s How
The year-end is always a good time to switch up your makeup routine. When the temperature begins to drop and the winter chills creep in, your skin starts behaving differently. Newfound concerns like dryness and dullness may change the way your glam appears, which is why a well-planned winter makeup regimen is in order. The good news is, we’ve done the work for you. Here is your winter makeup step-by-step to help you look radiant even when it’s freezing!
5 steps to prepare for your Winter Makeup Regimen
Step 1: Hydrating Primer
Hydrated and well-nourished skin is the key to your glow. However, the dry winter air can weaken your skin's moisture barrier inviting dryness and irritation. So, before you get on with winter makeup, make sure that you work in a generous layer of primer. Invest in a fresh, dewy primer so that your winter makeup doesn’t dry your skin out. Look for primers with nourishing ingredients like vitamin E that can hydrate your skin from within. The primer will also act as a base for your winter makeup look.
Our Recommendation: FitMe Primer - Dewy Smooth
Step 2: Cream-Based Foundation
Look for creamy, illuminating foundations to create a base for your winter makeup. While powder foundations may seem like the right choice during summers, they tend to flake off of dry skin during colder months. Look for lightweight and creamy foundations that have buildable coverage. These will help you achieve the clean girl winter makeup look that’s all the rage this year. Foundations with a luminous finish will also help you get the pearly glow that will make your winter makeup stand out.
Our Recommendation: SuperStay Lumi Matte Foundation
Step 3: Blush and Bronze
Winter makeup can be a great tool to bring warmth to your face on chilly days. Go heavy on your bronzers and contours to add shadows and golden hues to your winter makeup look. Follow it with a peachy blusher with warm undertones and look naturally flushed and healthy. Another winter makeup tip is to use concealers for sculpting. Grab a liquid concealer that’s slightly darker than your natural shade and contour your face along the cheekbones, jawlines, nose bridge, eyebrows, and temples. The light, liquid consistency of concealers allows you to blend your winter makeup seamlessly. You can also mix a smidge of highlighter in it to let your winter makeup glow.
Our Recommendation: Fit Me Mono Blush, Fit Me Concealer, Master Chrome Face Studio Highlighter
Step 4: Neutral Eye Makeup
Winter often means shorter days and dimmer light. This calls for neutral eye makeup that brightens your face makeup and suits the muted winter light. Reach for a warm, nude eyeshadow palette that will help you work well with winter tones. If you’re going for a bold winter makeup look, a classic cat-eye liner in deep brown or black can open up the eyes. If you’re the Indian girl who loves her kajal, try using it on your upper lash line and the outer corner of your eyes. Make sure you use plenty of primer around your eyes as powdered makeup may dry the skin around your eyes.
Our Recommendations: The Nudes eyeshadow palette, Tattoo Studio Gel eyeliner pencil, Colossal Kajal Super Black
Step 5: Lip Care
This brings us to the close of your winter makeup step-by-step. The chilly air takes a notable toll on your lip makeup, leaving it chapped, dry, and flaky. This is why a lip balm is in order. Try going for a SPF-infused lip balm that moisturises your lips and makes them baby-soft. You can also try tinted or colour changing lip balms to add a punch of colour to your lips. You can close the winter look with a nude matte lipstick or better yet, a glazed cheek and lip tint that keeps your lips plump and nourished all day.
Our Recommendation: Baby Lips Bloom lip balm, Sensational liquid matte lipstick, SuperStay Teddy Tint
Winter doesn’t have to mean dull, dry skin and makeup faux paus. With the right products and simple adjustments, a glowing winter makeup is just a few steps away. Try out all your winter makeup online, before buying, with the Maybelline Foundation Finder tool. Find the exact tone-matched foundation and pull off a flawless winter base. As for the eyes and lips, hop onto the Virtual try-On tool and try out your eyeshadows, lipsticks, and more to create diverse yet fitting winter makeup looks. Remember that acing your winter makeup step-by-step is not an uphill task.