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On a Time Crunch? Here’s How You Can Get Glowing Just in Time for the Holidays

December 13, 2022

Holidays are exciting, and we all know it. Once the air gets chillier, we rally our yuletide spirits and bring joy to the world. But festive puns aside, this season can also come with headaches and cramming. Holiday chores such as [planning your family get-togethers, preparing food, and shopping for holiday gifts can take a toll on you. You’re bound to get sleepless nights and longer, more tiring days, which can dull your natural glow!

But if there’s one thing we believe in, it’s that we all deserve to take some me-time and focus on getting back our glow. And nope, time’s not the issue!

Below are some last-minute treatments and tips to get you looking as wonderful as this season:

Get a lash lift.

Come party time, you’ll be too busy ensuring everyone’s having a good time, so you’ll need all the time you can save doing makeup. Lash lifts are a gentler, subtler alternative to lash extensions. This semi-permanent procedure boosts your natural lashes (without leave-on chemicals, at that!) from the roots to create a volumised, fuller appearance sans mascara. The best part? The entire session takes less than an hour, so it’s perfect for holiday crammers!

Brows on fleek, of course!

If we’re doing lashes, we’re doing our brows too! We recommend going for brow treatments such as brow feathering. Also called microfeathering, this is a cosmetic procedure that fills in sparse brows by using a precise blade to create the appearance of individual hairs. Hold off on the pomade and brow soaps for now – we’re on a clutch!

Schedule a facial.

Holiday prep is stressful, and not to sound like the Grinch, but too much stress will manifest on your skin and dull your glow. Fortunately, we can call in a skin SOS with facials. Facials deliver skin treatments and active ingredients to provide instant results. We recommend hydrating ones that plump your skin and give you effortless glass skin. It’s best to pass up on extraction or laser facials – you’re on a time crunch, and you can’t afford the redness these treatments leave on your face afterwards.

Let your nails do the talking.

A fresh set will truly help you nail the festivities! Believe it or not, people will notice how your nail looks, so go ahead and book a schedule with your nail technician! But for the holidays, you need more than your regular manicure. Amp it up and opt for gel nails – they last longer and are very Instagram-worthy. For more pizzazz, ask your nail technician for Christmas-themed nail art, or let her surprise you by allowing her to choose what she thinks looks best. You may think it doesn’t matter, but your nail tech will appreciate it if you do the latter!

Scrub away.

Exfoliating does so many instant wonders to your skin, if we only know. Exfoliants slough away the topmost layer of your skin that’s filled with dead skin cells, gunk, and blemishes. This instantly reveals soft, smooth skin, so don’t forget to add this to your holiday glow-up to-do list! Use a good face and body scrub that does not have abrasives, such as walnut, to reveal glowing, healthy skin.