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Warm Up Winter Skin
Five ways to give your pale face a soft kiss of color.

It’s the time of year when your skin looks dull and drained of color, and you’re starting to show the signs of being shut in. But there’s no need to have a pale face, even in the dead of winter. To achieve a natural look, the key is to use moderation and give your complexion a light winter glow, not a deep summer tan. You can achieve this in a several ways, from daily-use tanning moisturizers to sunless tanners to bronzers, illuminators, and blushes—or a combination. Below we’ve offered five suggestions, but you’ll find a wide array of solutions at SallyBeauty.com or your nearby Sally Beauty store. So warm up; we’re only half way through winter!

daily-use tanning moisturizer

To give your complexion a sunny outlook all year long, use a daily moisturizer that gradually creates a sun-kissed glow.

try: European Secrets Daily Radiance Facial Self Tanner Serum contains a natural tanning accelerator as well as anti-aging collagen amino acids, anti-oxidant vitamins, and copper peptides to nourish and hydrate skin. It penetrates quickly and deeply to even out skin tone and give skin a smoother, more youthful appearance. Daily use helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and gives your skin a natural, healthy glow.

sunless tanner

For best results, lightly exfoliate your face first. For just a kiss of sun, apply a facial moisturizer and wait a few minutes before applying sunless tanner.

try: To give your complexion a soft golden color in about two hours, use Tanwise Sunless Facial Self Tanner. Refined, gentle, and designed specifically for facial self-tanning, Tanwise develops into a natural-looking light tan.

try: To get a light tan with absolutely no fuss and mess, use Tanwise Self Tanning Cloths. Simply open the packette and wipe the lightweight formula on your skin. It fully develops in a couple of hours.

bronzer

Use a large, soft brush to lightly apply bronzer to the areas of your face that tan first—your cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead.

try: To give your complexion an instant glow, use Palladio Herbal Bronzer, enriched with five beneficial botanicals—ginseng, green tea, gingko biloba, chamomile, and aloe vera—and nature’s finest antioxidant Vitamins A, C, D, and E. It’s available in three shades—Ibiza Tan, Aruba Tan, Rio Tan—to illuminate skin with healthy-looking color. For a natural look, choose the shade that is closest to your complexion.

illuminator

Multi-shade illuminators can be swept together to give your complexion an all-over glow.

try: Enriched with herbs and vitamins, Palladio Shimmer Strips combine five softly shimmering, luminous shades of cream, warm beige, golds, and bronze. Available in three palettes—Beige, Rose, and Terra—the warm earthy shades blend beautifully to give skin a soft, flattering shimmer.

blush

If your skin is fair, an earthy pink-tone blush may provide a more natural look than a bronzer. Layering blush over bronzer can also work well for most complexions, but use a light hand.

try: Create soft, warm radiance with Femme Couture Mineral Effects Blush. Formulated with micronized minerals, this silky, loose blush blends easily and will not fade throughout the day. It’s also talc free, oil free, fragrance free, and paraben free. Available in six shades to work with any complexion, look for Peach Blossom, Harvest, Tuscan Rose, Sweet Blush, Canyon Earth, and French Roast.

brush

A large, soft, natural-bristle brush is ideal for applying powder blushes and bronzers.

try: Femme Couture Mineral Effects All Over Face Brush is a professional-quality, medium-sized brush with soft, tapered goat hair bristles that evenly distributes makeup for light to medium coverage.

try: Femme Couture Mineral Effects Kabuki Brush is made with high-quality goat hair making it the perfect brush for buffing and blending powder makeup.

try: Palladio Bronzer Brush is a dense, natural-bristle cosmetic brush designed to apply bronzers and highlighters.