Every day is a new beginning, but there’s something about welcoming in a new year that fills all our hearts with hope and optimism.
Whether you’re spending the holidays at home with your immediate family members, attending Zoom parties with friends and family, having socially distanced get-togethers in your backyard, or taking the littles on outings to check out holiday lighting displays, you always want to look as glamorous as you would have in years past.
There’s always a new “it” ingredient in the beauty space — whether it’s nutrient-dense superfoods like açai, matcha, chia seeds, quinoa, goji berry, and turmeric, or a more complex-sounding active such as ceramides, bakuchiol, retinol, nianicamide, or panthenol.
To quote Betty Caruso and Jodi Deitz (Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph’s characters in their now-iconic “Bronx Beat” skit for Saturday Night Live), we’re officially in the midst of “sweater weather.” From pumpkin patches and hayrides to colorful foliage, freshly baked apple pies, cron mazes, pumpkin spice lattes, and bonfires and s’mores, autumn has a plethora of delights in store for us.
We may love the fun-loving spirit of the summer season, but there’s no denying that sweltering temperatures and soaring humidity levels require us to rethink our beauty regimens.
While summer doesn’t officially start until June 20th, here in Austin, we’re already experiencing temperatures in the upper 90s and off-the-charts UV index readings, so it’s safe to say the season has arrived in early bird fashion.
We’ve all binge-watched The Tiger King on Netflix and wondered if, when it’s finally safe to come out of quarantine, we’ll wind up looking like some of the docu-series’ major players.
Back in February, I stopped by KHOU’s “Great Day Houston” and filmed this segment about the beauty secrets of celebrities’ glam squads: the ultra talented makeup artists, hair stylists, colorists, estheticians, and nail artists responsible for staging some of the most memorable beauty looks on stage, in photo shoots, and on the red carpet.
Chilly temperatures, indoor heating systems, and longer nights all beckon us to make some changes to our beauty routines.
Although many of our kiddos are heading back to school over the next two weeks, the weather outside doesn’t indicate that the summer season is over — not by a long shot!
