You know what we are missing by beeing born in a country that allows us to buy at least  5 different types of eye cream(puffines, dark circles, wrinkles, upper eyelid, lower eyelid)?  Well, for starters the creative common sense mind to fix dry skin with soy milk and know how to make summer foundation work in the winter. Thank God for the editors of InStyle, Ultimate Beauty Secrets, they came up with a must-have beauty bible, that offers us a number of cold weather tips that will have you looking your best.

1. Supplement Your Skin Routine
If you have dry skin that is flakey, consider changing up your routine and washing your face with dandruff shampoo instead of your regular cleanser once a month; this reduces the yeast levels that cause scaly skin.

2. Brighten Up

Refresh your complexion by dipping a washcloth in soy milk and resting it on your face for 10 minutes once a week. Soy is a skin brightener and contains phytoestrogen, a plant-derived estrogen that is thought to help prevent wrinkles.

3. Stay Hydrated
Keep skin hydrated on cold nights with a make-it-yourself humidifier. Hang a wet towel from the doorknob overnight (wring out the edges to prevent drips); by morning, the towel will be dry but your skin won’t.

4. Adjust Your Color
To make summer foundation work in winter, dab a little foundation on your hand, then squeeze a pea-size blob of SPF 30 on top and mix until the sunscreen blends completely with the foundation, lightening it by a shade or two.

5. Moisturize Dry Lips
Lips extra dry? Combine 1 teaspoon honey with 1 teaspoon sugar to exfoliate them. Blend the two ingredients in your hand, then apply the mixture in a circular motion for 90 seconds before wiping off.

The book is available now for $22.95 in bookstores nationwide and at InStyle.com/ultimate. I guess we can even buy common sense in our good Ol’ USA.

Let me just start by saying that this is not a paid advertisement.
In fact,   for years I did not walk into the Lord and Taylor store, not even when I stopped to admire their Christmas decorations. Then I remember about a year ago being in a cab when my eyes stopped on the small monitor in front of me that was running a Lord and Taylor short advertisement. And ads kept popping up on busses and bus stops, in cabs and on cabs, pretty much everywhere I looked around. Their changes in management made a front page in WWD, and everybody knew by then that Lord and Taylor was up for a big change.  Today I found an email from their affiliated program (yes, I did sign up for their affiliated program) and I though it’s worth sharing with you because some of those deals are not to be ignored. If you are anything like me, you have not been in that store since 1993 and are setting yourself to miss on some great deals. Give them a second chance, and I hope you score a great buy doing so. 

By Mirela M Gluck