Makeup Changes for Winter

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You adjust your skin care routine to the colder months, so why leave your makeup routine behind. Every makeup routine should also undergo a few essential adjustments to keep your skin healthy throughout the winter. To help you to do this quickly and easily, OROGOLD has put together a few helpful tips on the makeup changes that you should be making for winter.

Layering
In the winter months, layering should apply to your makeup as well as your clothing. You should be layering your skin care and makeup products to protect your skin as much as possible. If primer is something that you usually forget about, you need to make the effort in the winter to always apply a layer of primer if you are going to be using foundation or eyeshadow. OROGOLD would also suggest applying a hydrating serum before the primer, to give your skin an extra layer of moisture.

Hydrating foundation.

A Moisturizing Foundation
The winter months are extremely drying on the skin, which means that you will need a richer foundation that contains moisturizing and hydrating properties. Formulas that have mattifying properties are also drying, so it is usually best to avoid these in the winter. OROGOLD also reminds you to keep in mind that since you will be spending less time out in the sun, your skin may lighten by a couple of shades, so it is important that your winter foundation takes this into account.

Cream Eyeshadow
If you tend to usually opt for powder eyeshadows, OROGOLD suggests trying a cream eyeshadow in the winter. These dry months will ensure that the cream stays in place, avoiding any embarrassing smudges or creases. Don’t forget that when it comes to cream eyeshadows, a little goes a long way, so apply it sparingly to begin with.

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A Hydrating Lip Formula
Many lipsticks end up drawing moisture away from your lips, so it is essential to make sure that you are using a hydrating lip formula in the winter months. These will ensure that you can still enjoy your favorite shades, but avoid having to deal with pesky chapped lips.

Waterproof Formulas
Depending on where you live, it may be helpful to switch to waterproof makeup formulas in the winter. This means that no matter what you do, whether it be getting caught out in a torrential shower or frolicking around in the snow, you can be sure that your makeup will stay in place.

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Rosy Cheeks
In the summer months, most people will tend to opt for a sun-kissed appearance on their cheeks, giving their complexion a bronzed glow. However, this doesn’t really suit the colder months. Instead, OROGOLD suggests skipping the bronzer and opting for a cream blush, which will give your cheeks a subtle highlight, as well as a rosy glow.

Adjusting your makeup products and routine to better cater to the winter months will ensure that your skin remains fresh and healthy throughout the season. From opting for cream-based formulas instead of powders, to maintaining your skin’s moisture levels, these winter makeup tips will keep you looking your very best.

How Sleep Makes Your Skin Healthy – OROGOLD Reviews

The amount of sleep that you get each night, as well as the quality of the sleep, has a huge impact on the health of your skin. From slowing down the aging process by quickly replacing damaged skin cells to reducing the impact of existing skin conditions, OROGOLD explains how a good sleep each night will make your skin healthier than ever.

Woman sleeping in her bed.

Slows Down the Aging Process
Our growth hormones only fully function while we are asleep, and these are the same hormones that repair any damaged skin cells, damage that can be quite severe depending on how much exposure to the sun the skin has had. Without sufficient stretches of deep sleep, your damaged cells will not be repaired, and, instead, all of the small breakdowns that occur daily will start to build up, bringing on signs of aging much quicker.

Reduces Impacts of Skin Conditions
A lack of sleep causes inflammation within the body, which makes certain skin conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema, even worse. Rather than being a skin disease, psoriasis is actually a sign that the body is too inflamed, and a good quality, long sleep will help to reduce this inflammation. Increased inflammation can also lead to other skin problems, such as acne breakouts and increased skin sensitivity. Since sleep helps to build up and strengthen the immune system, your body will be better prepared to fight infections, meaning that blemishes will clear up much quicker.

Moisture Levels
While you sleep, the moisture levels in your body re-balance themselves. While your skin is able to retain some moisture, any excess water in your body gets processed for removal, meaning that a lack of sleep would result in a poor water balance. This then leads to puffy bags under your eyes in the mornings, as well as dark circles. Dryness and visible wrinkles are also common.

Woman sleeping peacefully.

Complexion
A chronic lack of sleep means that your skin is not able to renew itself and grow, and this leads to a dull complexion. A good sleep each night will encourage quicker your skin cells to grow faster, giving you a healthy glow that even the best of beauty products would not be able to compete with. ORO GOLD recommends investing in a silk pillowcase to boost this glow, and to make all of your night time beauty products work even better.

A quality sleep each night, coupled with good night cream products, should help to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy. Your night cream should be thick enough to nourish your skin, keeping it moist while your water levels are re-balancing, but should not be so thick that it clogs up your pores, reducing the flow of oxygen into your skin. OROGOLD Cosmetics recommends feeling your face 15 minutes after applying the cream – you should still be able to feel the smoothness of it but should not otherwise be aware of it. If you are, this is a sign that your night cream is too thick. When it comes to how long you should be sleeping for each night, OROGOLD would suggest seven to eight hours, as any more than that can mean that we wake up feeling sluggish, and with puffy eyes.