Secrets to skin so flawless, lips so soft and eyes so bright, you wouldn’t dream of covering them up. It’s time to wake up hotter!
Eyes
A DIY laser plus a peptide-rich eye cream are all you need to achieve your #eyegoals.
Harnessing the same technology used by professionals, Tria’s at-home laser delivers a mild injury to the eye area, encouraging skin’s natural renewal process. Just move the laser in teeny-tiny circles around each eye for a minute (it’s normal to feel a prickly sensation), and follow up with eye serum. We’re loving Kaya’s—the potion is enriched with hyaluronic acid, yeast, and rice peptides that help to target puffiness and makes the skin firm around the eyes.
Lips
The easiest way to pout perfection? A pre-bed lip facial three times a week.
Start with a softening scrub to remove flakes and roughness. “Use your fingertip to buff in small circles, or apply the scrub to a toothbrush for more intense exfoliation,” says Dr Engelman. As you buff, you’ll increase plumpness by boosting circulation as well as clear dead skin, so lips can absorb the soothing ingredients in a balm or an overnight lip mask better.
Skin
Whatever’ s causing you to pile on primer, foundation, concealer, and powder in the morning can easily be fixed with a specialised nighttime routine (that ’s when our bodies are fixated on repair). Time to get your beauty sleep!
If you wake up to...
Breakouts - Reach for SalIcylIc acId or Benzoyl PeroxIde
This story is from the February 2016 edition of Cosmopolitan India.
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