A Guide to This Season's Fall Essentials
As the seasons change, so do your essentials.
As we transition away from our beloved short skirts and flip flops, we welcome back cozy scarves and knee-high boots—our favorite Autumn wardrobe pieces. To complement these classic looks, it’s that time of year to reach for fall’s top beauty essentials.
Skin care
The dry, crisp air that comes with Autumn doesn’t necessarily have to be a seasonal inconvenience. To combat this drastic change in Maryland weather, you need a moisturizer that will help your skin stay dewy and soft. A well beloved moisturizer for all skin types is Clinique’s Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion. This product can be bought at various department stores, as well as Sephora.
An alternative to moisturizer is facial oil. Sonia Kashuk offers a restorative facial oil, “Sonia Kashuk® Radiant Boost Restorative Facial Oil”, that restores the youthful glow that often leaves our skin after summer passes.
Beauty
Autumn is known for its wondrous colors—and this is not exclusive to the falling leaves. This seasonal transition also welcomes in darker beauty looks: plum lips, maroon-themed eyeshadow, and a distinct cat eye done in onyx black eyeliner. When looking for a dark lip to compliment a fall outfit, you don't need look further than Colourpop, an online store for all things lipstick. “LBB” and “Tiger” are both plum-toned lippies that offer that distinct wine-colored feel only worn in the Autumn season. The best thing about Colourpop is the majority of its lipsticks cost less than $10, yet still have amazing quality.
Don’t skip out on the lip moisturizer! Burt’s Bees has an affordable lip balm line that tastes good and keeps your lips from getting chapped during this dry season.
For dark eyes, the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eye Palette has beautiful, rich browns that compliment dark lips any day. They also smell like chocolate, which can bring anybody back to Autumns spent sipping hot chocolate at a bonfire with friends and family. For an easy yet bold eyeliner look, Soap & Glory sells Supercat Carbon Black Extreme Eyeliner Pen, affordable liquid eyeliner that will make your eyes pop this season.
To contrast dark tones, you can turn to a nice, dewy highlight to finish off your look. Benefit’s Sun Beam Golden-Bronze Liquid Highlighter offers a warm, natural glow in that bright Autumn sunshine.
Along with Autumn’s arrival, is the renewed opportunity to start your look from scratch. With these beauty essentials, you’ll surely have a successful and confident fall season.
