Happy New Year!
I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions but I do like to set intentions for improving my life in all areas. One of the things I plan to do this year is to help educate you on the importance of living a cleaner, more holistic life. I embarked on this journey myself over 10 years ago when I moved to LA from NYC and never looked back.
It’s time for me to share with you step-by-step how I made these changes to my lifestyle, eating habits, exercise routines, and of course making the switch to cleaner and safer beauty, household, and wellness products. I will be offering some new resources for you this year with my Glow Girl Certified subscriptions, monthly giveaways, and a weekly series that will help you pick cleaner alternatives to your favorite products (that may not be as nontoxic as you think).
This first post of the year shows you how to get the perfect glamorous and glowing makeup look with high-quality, clean products. Read on for my best tips and watch my tutorial with the exact steps on how to achieve this look. All of the makeup products used are nontoxic and free of talc, sulfates, parabens, and anything that can disrupt hormones.
The Glow Girl Certified products below are linked to the exact shades used to get the look featured above. Let me know what appeals to you most from this list. You can always DM me on Instagram with clean beauty questions and my recommendations for clean product alternatives. Remember, health is wealth…and what we put on our bodies should be as important as what we put in them!
Sending you wishes for a bright and glowing 2024!
XxMelissa
1.
Use a tinted moisturizer like this one for sheer coverage and dewy finish. Added bonus: it has SPF 35 so a great double duty product!
Glow Girl Certified Tinted Moisturizer Pick -
SAIE Slip Tint
2.
Always use a concealer like that matches your skin tone under the eye to cover discoloration and OVER the eye lid to create a primer for eye shadow.
Glow Girl Certified Concealer Pick -
ILIA True Skin Serum Concealer
3.
Use a gel pencil or liquid eye pencil in brown or black for a defined look. The bottom liner should never go in the water line—makes the eyes look smaller. Do not line the entire upper lid…start half way, wing it & smudge out with your finger.
Glow Girl Certified Gel Eyeliner Pick -
ILIA Gel Eyeliner
4.
Use an eye palette with shades that can take you from day to night. The darker shade goes in outer corner and the lighter, shimmery one the brow bone for glam look.
Glow Girl Certified Eye Palette Pick -
Lawless the Little One Eyeshadow Palette
5.
Use a buildable thickening and lengthening mascara like this one and apply a few coats. Wing out the outer lashes but don’t go overboard because dragon lady lashes are not a cute look!
Glow Girl Certified Mascara Pick -
Jones Road The Mascara
6.
Brows should always be clearly defined—this will give your eyes a more youthful appearance. You can fake a thicker brow by adding pencil to the top part of brow.
Glow Girl Certified Brow Pencil Pick -
Jones Road The Brow Pencil
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Use a blush that offers a glowing finish—this one is the perfect replacement for the cult favorite Nars Orgasm, and the shade of pink is perfection. My go-to powder to cream blush.
Glow Girl Certified Blush Pick -
RMS ReDimension Powder Blush
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Using a highlighter will elevate your makeup game. Apply upward starting at your cheek bones. You can also add it for brightness to inner corner of the eyes! Not all highlighters are created equal--this one offers a perfect bronzy glow.
Glow Girl Certified Highlighter Pick -
Ere Perez Vanilla Highlighter
9.
Use a cover stick pencil to hide skin imperfections and blur out marionette lines. This one is great for covering under eye circles and blemishes too.
Glow Girl Certified Cover Stick Pick -
Jones Road Face Pencil
10.
Get the perfect pout with the right combo of lip liner, lipstick and gloss. Lip liner should be only one shade darker than your lip color to define not line. Fill in your lips with a natural lipstick like this one and then finish with a hydrating gloss to off-set smokey eyes.
Glow Girl Certified Lip Picks -
RMS Lip Liner
Thrive Cosmetics Impact-FULL Smoothing Lipstick
SAIE High-Shine Hydrating Lip Gloss
For more clean beauty tips, tricks and product picks, check out The Glow Girl Beauty blogs HERE.