It’s definitely too early in the season to spend a day at the beach or in the tanning booth (not good for your skin, either) and probably a bit early for self-tanning products unless you’re gearing up your color for a special event or a cruise. With no base color your trusty bronzer may not look as healthy and blended as you’d like. Plus, your skin is still recovering from winter’s harsh weather (even this spring is cooler than usual).

How about a moisturizer, sunscreen and skin tint all in one? Sephora’s Tinted Moisturizer is sheer with just a hint of color. It leaves a satin finish to your skin, so you never see or feel anything heavy or caky. On top of that it nourishes your skin with Vitamins A, C and E. The perfect foundation for the transition into spring. Comes in 5 shades from light to deep and bronze.

Winter has its icy grip on many parts of the country. But just because the mercury is dropping doesn’t mean your face can’t be warm and bright.

Sometimes just a few changes are all that is necessary to take your makeup from one season to another.

*Go a shade lighter with foundation, your usual shade may be too dark for your winter skin.

*Warm up cheeks with a brighter shade. Use sparingly, brush color lightly over the apples of your cheeks for an automatic winter warm up.

*Choose a warm, rich lipcolor. Now is the time to go for deeper reds and browns,

*Let your eyes stand out. Use eyeliner in a deep rich brown, charcoal or black. Use mascara to match for a lush lash look.

*Even if you don’t usually use face powder, try it. The powder will set your foundation and give you a matte finish.

I don’t know about you but my tastes in foundation seeem to change from time to time. I go through phases of using cream foundation and liquid, as my consistency and coverage needs vary from time to time.

Foundation is a great way to cover blemishes and even skin tones, giving you a fresh canvas upon which you can create your make up look. But what if your foundation could do more? What if it could hydrate and firm your skin, protect it from harmful UV rays and give it a radiant glow?

Maybelline’s Instant Age Rewind is a foundation designed to give your face the boost it needs, regardless of the season.

Instant Age Rewind is a formula with avocado that restores moisture to your skin, essential in the drying days of mid-winter. It also adds caffeine to awaken and firm tired skin. Ultra-fine micro pearls help brighten skin for luminous, radiant coverage while SPF 18 protects skin and prevents new signs of aging.

Instant Age Rewind comes in both liquid and cream formulas, so you can choose the formula and coverage that’s right for you. There is even a concealer formulated with caffeine and silk to give a lift to the under eye area while hiding dark circles. The concealer comes in fair, light, medium, dark and yellow shades. The foundation is available in 12 shades that range from Porcelain Ivory to Cocoa.

When I first heard the name Pan-Stik Makeup I immediately thought of the old-fashioned pancake style make up from the 40s and the heyday of Hollywood. After all it was Max Factor who invented pan cake makeup. When the shift in Hollywood went to color films, changes in the style of make up and its application became necessary. Soon the entire makeup-buying population was following the trend set by Max Factor.

But I needn’t have feared thick and heavy coverage that looked old-fashioned or worse; Max Factor is still the company that sets trends. Max Factor’s Pan-Stik is light and creamy with a silky matte finish. It is easily blendable with a fingertip but a damp sponge will create a professional foundation. It did a good job of evening out skin tones and didn’t seem to clog in pores or look thick.

I liked the portability of the Pan-Stik. It can’t break or spill out into your purse, it’s light and fits conveniently into even a small bag.

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