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Top 7 Christmas Beauty Tips

Whether you're driving home for Christmas to see family,
or heading out to glitzy parties to see old friends over
the festive period, no doubt you'll want to look your
best. With these top seven Christmas beauty tips you'll
be looking gorgeous for those under-the-mistletoe moments.

Party Make-up

Party make-up has to be right if you want to look
beautiful at Christmas. The key to looking great for your
Christmas party is to put on your eye shadow first. Then
apply your foundation and any other make-up you want to
wear. This way you know that any loose eye shadow won't
fall in those places you don't want it.

Simple Up 'Do

Christmas is such a frantic time that it can be difficult
to find the energy to fuss over hair styles. Yet if you
want to look fantastic then one of the best beauty tips
you can master is the art of simple hairdos. If you want
to put your hair up, try twisting one section from the
front of your hair; once twisted pin into place at the
back of your head. Repeat with the other side. Then take
the remainder of your hair and tie a messy bun. This look
is elegant, simple and more importantly quick.

Glittery Lips

Nothing says Christmas like glitter, and slathering some
sparkly goodness on your pout will definitely bring you
some Christmas cheer this year. To master the look, line
your lips with a light coloured lip pencil and add
foundation to the corners of your mouth. Then apply a
creamy lipstick using a lip brush before using a flat
brush to add on your glitter. You can finish with a gloss.
To glam up your lips even more add some clear lip gloss.
The one thing to bear in mind if you're considering having
glittery lips for a Christmas do is that drinking, eating
and kissing may be off limits; so weigh up your priorities
before donning a glitter pout.

Combat Alcohol

Although you may like sipping a tasty mojito or
cosmopolitan, your skin doesn't. Alcohol dehydrates you
and can leave your skin dry, grey and dull. To make sure
your skin glows despite the endless flow of alcohol over
the festive period your moisturiser won't be enough.
Instead invest in some cleansing milks that contain
hylauronic acid. You could also apply a brightening face
mask; look for ones that contain alpha-hydroxy acids, as
this natural acid helps to destroy dead skin skills, firm
up skin and moisturize.

Tired Eyes

All those nights partying to Mariah Carey and Wham! is
bound to leave even young eyes looking tired. To make
sure you stay looking bright and alert over Christmas
give yourself a little eye massage to get rid of puffy
eyes. Begin at the corner of one of your eyes and work
your way up, between your brow bone and your eye, rubbing as you go until you reach the outer edge of your eye. Repeat along your lower lash line. Also, be careful about where you apply your blusher as applying it too high can make you look tired.

Flat Stomach

For most of us, a flat, washboard stomach is like the
elixir of life � a distant, priceless dream that will
never become a reality. Yet we have a few tricks that
might make that flat tummy achievable. Firstly, try
taking peppermint capsules or aloe vera juice. Each do a
fantastic job in supporting the digestive system and both
can help you achieve a flat stomach by preventing bloating.
So that you can look amazing in your Christmas outfit, you
can also cut out certain foods that can cause excessive
gas and bloating. Try to limit things that contain refined
sugar, or fermented products like cheese and alcohol.

Have A Great Time

We're about to reveal one of the best beauty Christmas
tips of all time, so sit comfortably and listen up. Here
it is: enjoy yourself. It sounds so simple, but whatever
you're up to this Christmas, make sure you spend time
with people you like and spend at least some time with
people who make you feel good about yourself. Having a
great time is the perfect beauty treatment because when
you're having a great time it shows: your skin glows,
your eyes brighten and everyone warms to you and wants to spend time with you.