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A Fashion Editor’s Super Extra NYE Getting Ready Routine

Here’s how I plan to get my glow on to kiss 2017 goodbye (and good riddance honestly).

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A Fashion Editor’s Super Extra NYE Getting Ready Routine

New Year’s Eve is overhyped. At this point it’s not an opinion, it’s just the truth. It’s a single day of the year that everyone has decided holds this absurd amount of importance; it’s the day in which you must have the absolute most fun while forgetting about the hardships of the past year and making promises to be your best self yet all while looking as glittery, shimmery and amazing as humanly possible. And as much as I struggle with leaving the past in the past (2017 was crazy ya’ll) and coming up with a short list of resolutions (I’m very type-A, so the pressure is on in 2018 to be the best yet), getting dressed for NYE is always the easiest part for me. Mostly because as my younger sister would say, I’m “extra as hell.”

But can you blame me, like really? In a similar spirit to Halloween, New Year’s Eve is all about dressing up however you want and not having to worry what anyone has to say about it because chances are they’re decked out in head-to-toe sparkles, too. And since 2017 was essentially a dumpster fire of a year, 2018 really deserves a proper welcome with glittery eyeshadows, skirts and an unapologetic confidence that screams: “let’s get it!”

This NYE I’m setting aside a nice chunk of time to really prepare myself for the festivities and end 2017 with some much needed masking me time, a celebrity recommended hairstyle (literally called the “don’t underestimate me” blowout) and a colorful smokey eye.

 


SKINCARE

Starting off the New Year with fresh, clean skin is an absolute must. Starting 2018 off with a pimple probably equals a couple years in bad luck or something. That being said, I really do want to feel my best and will be indulging in a pre-NYE at home spa session.

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Vintner’s Daughter Serum: Everyone I know who uses Vintner’s Daughter will not stop talking about it, so I wanted to try it out for myself before the year ended. I finally got a bottle and even though I’ve only been using it for the past couple of days, I absolutely notice a difference in my skin! It makes me feel like a have a new face that is dewy, glowy and really radiant.

 

MAKEUP

New Years is all about “New Year, New You” but some things always stay the same. My makeup routine doesn’t change much from day to day and so I’ll be sticking to my favorites but I’ll be pulling out some red sparkly eyeshadow goodness for the special ocassion.

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CHANEL Les Beiges in N 50: I have never worn foundation or worn any face makeup, ever. But when I discovered this CHANEL powder my life was changed forever. I don’t use very much but I use the half-moon brush (it’s amazing) to get the powder into the creases of my cheekbones and eyelids. It creates some nice depth where I need it, accentuates my favorite facial features and gives me a natural bronzed look. It’s the most amazing and simple base for every look I wear.

 

HAIR

TRESemmé Celebrity Stylist, John D. is one of the nicest, most talented people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting recently. At an event just a couple weeks ago he created a blowout for me that he called the “don’t underestimate me” look and it had me walking down the street just to flip my hair in people’s faces for days. It was so so good.

He describes it as a hairstyle that works across the board because “if you’re casual it dresses up the look. If your dressy it helps balance with a more casual flair. It really balances out a look. It’s also easy to run your hands through, looks great swept up into a pony, and leaves you with great texture for the next couple of days. Which we all know is key when you’re nursing that champagne hangover from the night before.” Amen John D. Here are his tips (that I will be following to a T tonight) to recreate his perfect look to wear on NYE and wear the entire week after.

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TRESemmé TRES Two Extra Hold Mousse: “Prep clean hair using the TRESemmé TRES Two Extra Hold Mousse. Distribute a small ball into palms and emulsify. Take hands through roots and drag through the mid lengths. This helps build some grip into the freshly cleaned hair. Next, blow dry. For finer hair textures looking to build fullness, blow dry loosely using hands and only using a brush when wanting to smooth out any wave. For thicker hair, use a paddle brush and/or a ceramic round brush to really smooth and control the hair in preparation for the waves.
*Bonus Tip: For fine hair, blow hair in opposite direction from how it hangs to maximize fullness. For thicker hair, blow dry downward in the direction the hair grows so not to create too much volume the root.”
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