Afternoon beauty fix: Face looking and feeling blah? Here are 2 ways to cheer up dull skin!

By Paige Dzenis | March 1st, 2012 | 2:00 pm

The skin on my face has been looking rather “blah” lately—what can I do to brighten things up?
Nothing like the tail end of winter to really make us feel—and see!—what months of grey skies and flip-flopping weather does to our skin. Instead of having a dewy glow from an afternoon of bicycling through the city, indoor hibernation makes us prone to getting pillow-marked cheeks. Thankfully, there are numerous ways to refresh a tired complexion, and it comes down to two goals: texture (goodbye puffiness!) and tone (bring on the glow!). Give your face a boost with an at-home treatment, like Rodial’s 5 Minute Facial ($45, at the Bay). This mask uses vegetable-derived collagen to stimulate your skin’s own, which will firm everything up and smooth out any fine lines or wrinkles. And while it will also help brighten your skin’s tone, a new blush will double the effort. Chanel’s just-released Knightsbridge collection includes Poudre Tisseé in “Brompton Road” ($70, at Holt Renfrew), a shimmering-pink highlighter-and-blush duo. It’s almost too pretty to use, but a few sweeps across your cheeks will certainly hide any pillow creases while giving your skin a cheery disposition.

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