DHAKA: Spring has sprung. But what about your beauty routine? Could that do with an edit and a shakeup too? Or at least a taking stock?

These five spring beauty tips will help you emerge from winter’s hibernation in preparedness for the warmer months ahead.

1. Clean out your skincare products. Have you got half-full tubs and tubes of products you haven’t used for a year? Chances are you’re not going to in the next six months. Only keep what you’re using and if you’re not happy with your current regime, consider swapping it out.

2. Ditch last year’s opened sunscreens. Yes, sunscreen formulas include preservatives to keep them active but if your sunscreens spend their time in the sun at the beach or on the deck by the pool, chances are they are not going to be as effective as they should be. I say don’t find out the hard way – stock up on new sunscreens now. And yes, you should always wear sunscreen.

3. Edit your makeup kit. Makeup has use by dates and it’s especially important to turn over products like eyeliner and mascara every few months to avoid potential irritation or infection. Consider how you store your makeup. Is it easy to see what you have and use more frequently.

4. Get color matched for your foundation. Skin tones can change and foundations are improving their formulas all the time. Try a new foundation and get help matching to your skin tone.

You want it to look like you’re not wearing anything, that it just presents a more even image of what your natural skin looks like. Hot tip: if you get regular spray tans through summer, get color matched to when you have your tan on. I’ve got two foundations from the same brand – one color for non-spray tan days; another for spray tan days.

5. Change up your eye shadow color palette. Do you wear the same eye colors every day or every occasion? Why not swap it out for something different this spring/summer?

Source: stylingyou.com.au

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