New Years Beauty Resolutions

Even though you might not follow them, I always think it's a good idea to have new years resolutions. They are sort of there to keep you on track, even if it's for a little while. So I'm going to share with you my new years beauty resolutions!

1. Clean my makeup brushes every week

I usually do this anyway, but there are some weeks when I forget or just don't have time. But it's so important not to miss this step as a lot of bacteria can build up in your brushes and if you think about it, thats kind of gross to be brushing all of that into your face and into your skin. I just use warm soapy water and let them dry upside down in the Real Techniques travel cases that the sets come with. However, you can get proper brush cleaners and Real Techniques have come out with one quite recently. So overall I just want to make sure I clean my brushes every week and never skip it.

2. Drink more water

I know just about everyone says this for their new years resolutions, but again it's really important. I've included this in this post as a 'beauty resolution' because it can improve your skin a lot. I know that some people say that it really helps their under eye circles to fade and not be so dark, so maybe if you struggle with that, you just need to drink a lot more water (and get more sleep of course!). Also it's really important to stay hydrated. For me, especially as I'm in school, it can be tricky as I tend to forget to drink water, but a few months ago I did keep it up for a while and just always had my water bottle out on my desk in my classes. In the morning as soon as I go downstairs for breakfast I just down a big glass of water, and that definitely kind of wakes me up and makes sure I don't get any head aches throughout the morning. 

3. Always wear lip balm

I have no idea why, and it's really annoying but my lips are always quite dry. I wear lip balm quite a lot and I find that some really help (e.g. carmex, lip smackers, body shops born lippys) but after it's sort of worn off, my lips just go back to dry again. So This year I want to try and stop this and just try to moisturise my lips all the time. So if you know any really good lip balms, please let me know in the comments.

4. Look after my hair more

I'm actually pretty good when it comes to my hair and I hardly ever use any heat on it. However, I want to start using hair masks and just sort of pamper my hair more. I've heard some great things about LUSH hair treatments, so maybe I'll give them a try this year!

5. Mositurise my body all year round

I'm going to be honest with you, I don't always moisturise my body after I have a shower or bath. A lot of the time it's laziness and I can't be bothered, which is really bad because I do actually have a whole drawer full of body butters and body lotions, that are really nice. So I just thought this should be one of my resolutions, as it's really important, especially in the winter.

6. Be more adventurous with my makeup

I don't mean crazy clown makeup or scary over the top Gothic makeup, but maybe just wearing different eye shadows or a lipstick that I wouldn't usually wear. As I feel like I only ever wear quite natural makeup and nude or bronzey toned eye shadows. But I recently purchased the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette, so I can experiment with some shades in that!

Thank you for reading! let me know some of your new years beauty resolutions and I hope you have a happy new year.

Love, Emma x

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