The holidays are always crazy hectic and the family pictures are galore. You want to look your best even if behind these scenes you're a hot mess. Here are my 4 tips for keeping your hair, nails, lips and legs on point this season.
LIPS
The holidays are the perfect time for the quintessential red lip. Nothing's worse than a messy red lip that won't stay in place or needs reapplied all night. I love Covergirl's Outlast All Day Lipcolor in Ever Red (507). It's a two step process that makes your perfect red lip last all night. I'm talking wake up in the morning and your lips are STILL red, kinda long lasting.
NAILS
No time for a manicure? No problem. Grab Seche Vita Dry Fast base and top coat and your nails will be looking pretty in no time flat. These quick drying polishes dry faster than ANYTHING I've ever used before. I'm talking slather on 4 layers, one after the other and go to bed minutes later, fast. This season I'm pairing them with OPI's color Mrs O'Leary's BBQ to keep my nails in the holiday spirit.
LEGS
Between my toddler kicking me in the shin and my constant fights with our stroller, my legs look like I moonlight as a cage fighter. I'm obsessed with Sally Hansen's Airburshed Legs. It's basically makeup for your legs. It covers all bruises, dark veins (thank you 2 kids), or just plain pasty white legs. It's water resistant and once it dries it won't rub off on your clothing. It leaves you with a flawless leg that will make you feel like you just stepped off the cover of a Victoria's Secret catalog.
HAIR
This is my favorite cheat ever. Probably because I have to use it more than I'd like to admit. Before I had kids I would get my hair done every 4-5 weeks. Nowadays I'm lucky to get in to the salon every 8-10 weeks. SIGH. If you feel me, then these 2 items will change your life: dry shampoo and Color WOW!
If you aren't using dry shampoo already, what the F#ck are you waiting for? I use dry shampoo every day. By Friday my hair is 80% dry shampoo and I'm not mad about it. Not only does it buy me a few extra days of not having to wash my hair, but it also provides extra volume and helps hide my hideous roots.
My favorite dry shampoo is Batiste. It's old school, cheap and gets the job done. I legitimately buy this in a 6 pack from Amazon and it's on auto subscribe. I buy the 'clean and classic', which sprays on white. It's perfect for blondes but they also make it in other shades including light blonde, medium and dark brown.
Color WOW is basically like eye shadow for your hair. It comes in 7 different shades and it camouflages grey roots instantly and even covers dark regrowth in lightened hair. Best of all, it lasts until your next real shampoo! I use the color platinum.
The 2 Minute Root Touch Up
- Apply dry shampoo to the roots of dry hair
- Brush dry shampoo through hair to blend
- If you have highlights, this is where the Color Wow comes into play. Pull your hair taut at the root with one hand. Using your free hand, dab the the the small end of the brush in the Color Wow powder. Wherever highlights have grown out, apply powder, joining it to the existing highlight.
To cover roots or grey hair use a similar technique. Dab on visible roots, starting from the scalp and working outward. Repeat as necessary until roots disappear and color looks like new.
Because you probably still have 100 presents to wrap, cookies to bake, and Christmas cards to address, I made it super easy for you to add the items mentioned above straight to your Amazon cart. Just think of it as my Christmas present to you. Enjoy and hope you have yourself a Merry little Christmas.
Picture perfect red lips all day everyday
Never leave the house with wet nails again
Game changing dry shampoo
Airbrushed looking legs in minutes
The key to your 2 minute root touch up.