Easy Christmas Makeup – Tips and Tricks To Look Like A Diva!

Christmas is approaching, and everyone is prepping to get into the holiday spirit. The spirit of the Christmas holiday is something extraordinary which is also why people love this time of the year. Jingles, snowflakes, the smell of freshly baked Christmas goodies, freshly cut Christmas tree, and meeting family, nothing can beat the warmth and love of a Christmas well spent.

Classy Christmas Glam Look To Try This Year!

Christmas eve is also one such time when you have the excuse to dress up and look glam. Whether you are looking for a subtle and natural Christmas makeup look or you love a little shine and sparkle, these tips and tricks can help you. Looking your best self, in reality, doesn’t require much effort or emptying your pockets at the saloon, all you need is the right makeup and the right prep, which is everything you can do in the comfort of your house.

Before you grab your makeup brushes and finally try out those palettes and lipstick shades you have been dying to open. Hold on! Prior to makeup there comes another important thing, which is the key to looking glam – Skin prep.

There are no words that add up or stress enough on the importance of skin prep, especially for Christmas which is during the coldest time of the year- dry skin, patchiness, and dry/cracked lips are no fun to see, no matter how much makeup you put on top of it.

Now let’s discuss how to prep your skin for Christmas

How To Prep Your Skin For Christmas Makeup?

Skin prep needs to be done all sound the year, no matter what season or time, or day. Good skin means good makeup. The better your skin is the better everything that sits on top of it will look. For the most basic “no-nonsense” skin prep, depending on your skin type you need a CTM routine. 

CTM= Cleansing- Toning- Moisturising

CTM is the most basic skincare step, depending on your budget and time you can add steps to this routine and go ahead and include serums, essence, ampoules, etc. Cleanse tone and moisturize every day and night,  remember consistency is the key.  

Choose products depending on your skin type and concern. 

Product Recommendations

Here are some of our product recommendations:

Cleansers

• Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
• Bioderma Sensibio H2O
• Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel
• DHC Deep Cleansing Oil
• CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

Toners

• Neutrogena Hydro Boost Clear Lotion
• Plum Green Tea Alcohol-Free Toner
• Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance Refresh Toner
• Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic
• The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

Moisturisers

• Neutrogena Hydro Boost for all skin times is a great moisturizer
• Olay Regenerist Deep Hydration Regenerating Cream Moisturizer
• DR. JART+Ceramidin™ Cream
• Cetaphil Moisturising Cream for Face & Body
• Bioderma Atoderm Creme Ultra-Nourishing

Serums

• L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Derm Intensives 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid Serum
• CeraVe Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum
• Neutrogena Hydroboost Hydrating Serum
•  The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% Oil Control Serum
• Klairs Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop

Lipbalm

• Vaseline Lip Therapy in Cocoa Butter
• Maybelline Babylips Glow Lip Balm
• Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
• Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula
• Dior Lip Glow Lip Balm

Sunscreen

• Forest Essentials Tender Coconut Water with Turmeric & Basil Leaf SPF 50
• Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 55
• Supergoop PLAY Everyday Lotion SPF 50 with Sunflower Extract
• Reequil Ultra Matte Dry Touch Sunscreen Gel SPF 50 PA ++++ UVA
• Cetaphil SUN SPF 50+ Light Gel
• La Shield Sunscreen Gel SPF 40 PA+++

It’s never too late to start skin prep, so if you haven’t already started, today is a good day.

How To Prep Your Hair For Christmas?

Let’s get to the next part- Hair Prep, it’s Christmas eve and you definitely cannot ignore your hair.

If you have hair similar to mine then you know winters are hair are mortal enemies. Frizzy, dry, and untamable, my hair is a complete Cuckoo’s nest. One of the main causes of frizziness is dryness. Lack of moisture can make the hair brittle and frizzy(1). 

A well-managed and healthy hair can add so much glam to your overall look. Here are some very easy and simple hair care habits you can do every day to get healthy hair over time.

Tip 1: Shampoo your hair the right way. Never rub the shampoo into the length of the hair, shampoo is for the scalp, so massage the scalp and let the shampoo naturally flow into the ends. Keeping this in mind every time you shampoo can help with split ends and dryness along the hair ends.

Tip 2: Try hair masking every two weeks depending on your hair type and concern.

Tip 3: Never skip the conditioner and never apply the conditioner to the scalp. Conditioner is thick in nature. When you apply conditioner directly to the scalp this can not only clog your scalp and cause dandruff and other infections But also weigh your hair down making it look greasy.

Tip 4: Too much brushing and tugging. Some people are obsessed with running the comb or brush through their hair several times throughout the day. This can lead to brittle hair and breakage.  Combing your hair once a day is enough. Try using your fingers or a detangling comb to get rid of the knots(2).

Tip 5: drying your hair naturally with a hair wrap is great for the hair but do not run the hair with a towel. This can damage the texture of the hair.

Tip 6: Avoid using hair styling tools whenever you can. When you use heat tools use a heat protectant spray.
Tip 7: If you tend to use any hair products like styling gel, dry shampoo, or holding/setting spray, make sure you rinse off the product at the end of the day. This can help with avoiding product build-up.

Here is a way to fix frizzy hair at home. To learn how to manage hair during winter click here

Products that can help manage hair and give a saloon-like finish:

• Herbal Essence bio: renew Argan Oil Of Morocco Conditioner
• Loreal Paris Dream Lengths Leave On Conditioner
• Livon Serum For Rough & Dry Hair
• Schwarzkopf Professional Osis+ Magic
• St. Botanica Moroccan Argan Hair Serum

Now that your skin and hair are all prepped, let’s get into Christmas makeup.

Christmas Makeup Look For 2022

Makeup possibilities are unlimited when it comes to Christmas. subtle or all glam is your personal choice, but this year we pick subtle glam with a hint of color, it’s the tread of the season, but also the best of both worlds, ie subtle and glam.

Keeping the base simple and natural, while adding a little sparkle and glam, at the right places can make you look eternal and for an occasion like Christmas, enteral is how we need to look.

Steps to achieving the Subtle Glam Christmas makeup look

Step 1: Acing the Base

• Opt for a very natural and skinlike base. Let your natural skin peep through and cover up only what is needed. 
• Usual a natural finish or glowy primer
• Skip the heavy foundation and choose a tinted moisturizer instead.

Pro tip: if you don’t have a tinted moisturizer then simply mix a drop of foundation into your moisturizer, and viola, your tinted moisturizer is ready.

Use a concealer shade that is closest to your natural skin color.

Pro tip: If you have really pigmented scars, color-correct them before using concealer.

• Blend your base using a damp beauty blender or better your fingers, this gives the most natural finish.
• Use setting powder only where you have crease lines and skip powdering all over if you have no issues.

Product recommendations:

• Pixi H2O SkinTint
• Smashbox Halo Healthy Glow Tinted Moisturizer
• Faces Canada Peaches n Cream Tinted Moisturizer
• Wet n Wild Bare Focus Tinted Hydrator
• Lakme CC Cream
• Mars BB Cream

Step 2: Eyebrows

Brush your hair using a brow gel or a brow mascara and fill in your eyebrows with brow products closest to your brow hair. Dark brown and dark grey works great for most skin tones, never go for jet-black brow fillers.

Pro tip: If you already have thick bushy eyebrows fill only the corners and use clear brow mascara

Product Recommendations:

• PAC Defining Brow Shaper 
• SUGAR Arch Arrival Brow Definer
• Wet’ n Wild Ultimate Brow Kit
• Miss Claire Eyebrow Cake

Step 3: Eyes and eyelashes

Since it’s Christmas you can really have fun with your Christmas eye makeup. You can either choose a soft nude eye palette or add a pop of color with some glitter. You can also try eye khols in a different color if you are not a shadow person. For eyelashes, you can either use fake lashes or a really volumizing mascara.

Product Recommendations

• Huda Beauty Naughty Nude Eyeshadow Palette
• Makeup Revolution Forever Flawless Affinity Eyeshadow Palette
• Maybelline New York Lash Sensational Sky High Waterproof Mascara
• LOreal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara 

Step 4: Lips

Depending on your skin tone you can choose any shade of lip color. 

But we recommend or favorite: 10 shades of Christmas red

• MAC Lipstick in Ruby Woo
• Rimmel London Stay Satin in Redical
• Maybelline Made for All Lipstick in Ruby for Me
• Lakme 9 To 5 Primer + Matte Lip Color – MR9 Red Letter
• Maybelline New York The Loaded Bolds By Color Sensational – 07 Dynamite Red
• Sugar Smudge Me Not Liquid Lipstick – 10 Drop Dead Red
•  M.A.C. Russian Red
• Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick – Hot Hot Hot
• Wet n wild Megalast Lip Color, Stoplight Red
• DIOR Rouge DIOR – 999 Satin Finish

Final Step: Setting Spray

Set and seal the deal with a good setting spray, we recommend

• Mini MAC Fix+ Original Prep
• Faces Canada Ultime Pro Makeup Fixer

We hope you find these easy Christmas makeup ideas useful, let us know your thoughts below!