The cold winter months take a toll on your complexion. Between frigid temperatures and the lack of sunshine and fresh air, skin can become dry, pale and altogether dull. With spring just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to take care of your skin and brighten your complexion. Here are ten natural ways to freshen your face just in time for spring. Hydrate Drinking water is absolutely essential to having a bright and refreshed complexion, as water helps to flush toxins from the body. Drinking water will also help to keep you hydrated. Adding moisture to your skin will make it look brighter. Sleep Getting enough shut-eye is key to making sure your skin looks healthy and refreshed. After all, it’s called beauty sleep for a reason. Getting around eight hours of sleep nightly will not only work to remove dark circles under the eyes, but it also gives your skin…

Into brights or pearl shadow looks? This look might be the look for you from our St Patrick’s Day 2014 Series! How to get this look: I primed my eyes with NYX HD eyeshadow primer thin layer of white base (NYX) to really help the colors pop Coastal Scents pencil in Emerald to help the crease color pop (be careful not to put too much on especially if you have oily eyes) Applied Coastal Scents Smokey Palette color four from left top row. (Pearly lime color) I used a Kelly green in the crease and blended that up I then went back in with a darker green with a golden sheen at the crease to give it more dimension, you could use a hunter green, brown or even black depending on what you own (there are a number of options in this palette) I used white as my highlight color…

So just as I did for Valentine’s Day I am going to do a few St Patrick’s day looks. Over the last year I’ve strayed away from making makeup posts because honestly, there are just so many out there and I want CrashBeauty to me more than just about makeup because I am more than just makeup. But I miss my posts so I will be making more series for the blog in addition to other content. I will not likely do tutorials on how to do the look unless someone writes in the comment that they would like a visual tutorial. I confess I was watching Oz the great and powerful on HBO over the weekend with the boyfriend and my heart longed for the Theodora palette that I just couldn’t ever justified spending my poor college student budget on. Ultimately that was the inspiration for this look even…