Winter Skincare

With the change in weather, also comes a change in skincare. Most peoples skin changes with the season, so its important to transition your products to fit your skins needs at any given time. I am generally oily, but in the winter I find that my skin is very dry. So what I like to do is keep my morning routine fairly simple, if I put too many skincare products on in the morning before my makeup, I will get oily. So I keep the intense product application for nighttime, so when I wake up my skin is extra hydrated and ready to take on the cold winter days. Here are a few of my favorite products for winter skincare!

Purity Facial Cleanser: This stuff is great. It's an amazing cleanser for all year, all skin types, everything you could think of. I like it because it is a cream cleanser so it doesn't leave my face feeling dry and tight. Also, because it is so basic and simple, using it in the morning when I want to keep thinks quick and minimal is perfect!

Algenist Genius Melting Cleanser: This is what I use at night. I take off my makeup with a wipe then go in with this product. This is a cleansing oil, so it is a bit different then normal cleansers. You take the product onto your dry face, as you work it in it turns into an oil that breaks down the rest of your makeup, then you start to work in a little water which will transform it into a milky cleanser that hydrates your face. When you rinse it off your face feels so soft and clean. This stuff is magical.

Josie Maran Pure Argan Oil: Now you may be thinking, Tyler... your oily, why would you put an oil on your face? I know it sounds crazy but fighting oil with oil actually does work. I found that once I incorporated a beauty oil into my routine, that my oily skin was much more managable. I use this every other night after I wash my face and before I put on my moisturizer. You can also use this on your hair and body if they are feeling dry too. If your skin is really really dry, put it on before your foundation, or even add a drop to your foundation!

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream: To be honest, I am not 100% sure that this is meant for your face, it may be a full body cream, but either way I use it on my face at night and it works wonders. It is VERY thick and VERY moisturizing. I cant use this in the morning because of its thickness, but loading up on this at night is amazing. When I wake up my face is so hydrated and feels great.

{xoxo} Ty

Cleaning Your Brushes

Okay so I know that I already have posted this before, but this is a new way of cleaning your brushes that I like WAYYYY better than what I was doing before. Not a ton has changed, but the soap I use now makes a huge difference, and I have found a nifty little tool that helps get them much cleaner than just my hands!

The soap I am using now is Dr. Bronners Castile Soap. I get mine from Target, and they have a ton of different scents. I have the peppermint, and to be honest I don't love the smell, so I will get a different one next time, but either way the results are the same! This soap cleans my brushes so well. I used to have to wash my foundation brushes with rubbing alcohol before using soap because my soap wouldn't break down the foundation, but with this soap I don't have to do that! I do suggest using a conditioner with this soap because they can feel a little stripped after but using conditioner helps with that.

The other difference is my BrushEgg, I found it online and it gets my brushes soooo much cleaner, and you don't get wrinkly old lady hands! So here is what I do:

I pour the soap into a small bowl and set it up the sink. I start with my small eye brushes first and I just dip them in the soap, get them a little wet and run them over the brush egg until clean. Then I lay them on a towel. I don't worry about getting all the soap rinsed out now, I do that when I use the conditioner. After all my brushes have been washed with the soap, I put conditioner in the small bowl and so the same thing, but this time I make sure they are fully rinsed before laying them on the towel.

I also like to put some rubbing alcohol on a paper towel and run it over the handles! They usually take overnight to dry. Washing brushes is so important. It took me years to realize that, but I have noticed such a difference in my makeup application and skin clarity since I have started washing them regularly!

{xoxo} Ty