Here’s the thing about ice-skating (and all winter sports, including my other favorite, snowboarding): it’s rough on the skin. And when your skin is already as sensitive and prone to major dryness as mine, moisturizing isn’t just a nice thing to do…it’s necessary.
Speaking from years of experience here.
I know: you think “Jordan”, you don’t really think “snow-and-ice-loving athlete." That makes sense. But did you know I used to ice-skate competitively?
True story.
Ice Skating Beauty Tips
Click over to Makeup.com for more ideas for how to pretty up for your day on the ice.
(In the upper-left corner is another shot from my ice-skating semi-glory days - my mom made my costumes, and the black-and-white one you see there was my all-time favorite. I wore it while skating to En Vogue's "Giving Him Something He Can Feel," which is sort of completely inappropriate for a 13-year-old and also sort of awesome, because, I mean...En Vogue.)
Easy Holiday Hairstyle Solutions
A big-night-out look doesn’t have to be fussy; I love the contrast between a casual updo and a glamorous cocktail dress. In this video, I recreate one of my favorite looks spotted in the Dove Great Style Effect Gallery*: an easy side-bun.
How to get the look:
1. Start by blow-drying hair with a round brush, and then smoothing strands with Dove Style+Care Frizz-Free Shine Cream-Serum*.
Christmas Day Beauty
Christmas Day is for coziness. It’s also for taking lots and lots of pictures in front of the tree. And—if you’re me, anyway—it’s a time for a little mimosa-inclusive celebrating. So today let’s talk about how to get comfortable, cute and festive for the holiday.
Makeup
Oh, your kids (or excitable pet) came bounding into your bed at 5 a.m.? That’s okay. There are a couple of easy makeup tricks you can use to appear bright-eyed and bushy-tailed despite the fact that you stayed up too late on Christmas Eve maybe watching It’s a Wonderful Life or wrapping those last-minute gifts.
Dry Skin Solutions For The Similarly Scaly
See that guy? He's kinda cute, right? (I mean...sort of. I think I pictured armadillos as being much cuter in my head.)
