My goodness – winter is in full swing around here.  Can you feel it in the air?  With temps dipping below freezing, you’re sure to see the effects in your skin and hair.

Having worked in a salon for several years before my kids came along, I may have gleaned a skincare tip or two along the way. I only happened to work alongside some of the best estheticians in the world!!! (Okay…maybe not in the world…but they were rock stars to ME, okay?) So in an effort to cure my chapped skin (and maybe prevent yours from happening?) I thought I should focus my Top Three Tuesday this week on skincare =)

Friends – you will never get a glowing complexion if you don’t scruff off that flaky, dead skin first. It may sound gross (okay, it kinda is) but it is TRUE! Don’t underestimate the power of a good exfoliant. My PERSONAL favorite is the Yonka Gommage (seriously the stuff is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E) but since my bank account isn’t loving the dollar sign on that right now I’ve been making my own. But I would also suggest a little lip exfoliation while you are at it. This one by Lip Sugar is the bomb dot com. Promise.

For anyone with naturally oily skin this may seem like the scariest thing EVER to you. But if you are going to survive freezing temperatures, I suggest you give it a try. Just a drop or two added into your daily moisturizer can make the WORLD of a difference. Yonka has my favorite (of course I can’t remember the name for the life of me)…but I have also been trying out this sample from Sephora and I’ve got to say I am pretty impressed. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to ask for a sample of your own and give it a try!

Nothing keeps chapped lips at bay better than a killer lip balm. I may have tried everything under the sun, but once I discovered Lip Sugar I didn’t look back. (I even invested in some of their lip colors.) It’s about as effective as slathering your lips in Vaseline but without the greasy, slimy leftovers.

Now no beauty list would be complete without the biggest beauty rule out there – hydration! Beautiful skin comes from the inside out so the more hydrated you are, the better you are going to look! So don’t forget your daily quota of agua mixed in with one or all of these steps and you’ll be on your way to glowing skin in no time.