5 Beauty Resolutions to Make (And Actually Keep) This Year

by Souzan Michael December 21, 2016

Look, we know that setting New Year’s Resolutions can be kind of tedious. Whether yours is to hit the gym more often, get more sleep, or to gossip less, they tend to feel a little bleh. But they’re good for forcing ourselves to adopt better habits and generally be better humans, so that’s why we keep making them, year after year. The point of “new year, new you” is upgrading, and what better area of your life to upgrade than your beauty regimen?

When it comes to beauty resolutions, we’ll spare you the obvious ones like quitting smoking, wearing SPF and taking your makeup off each and every night, because you already know those things. We’ve rounded up the top five beauty resolutions that will make a huge difference to your look (and outlook!) in 2018.

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Beauty resolutions 2018

1. Clean your makeup brushes regularly.

This super simple tip is extremely important because makeup brushes carry a ton of bacteria, which you don’t want to transfer onto your face every time you apply makeup.

Not sure how to clean your synthetic or natural bristle brushes? These 7 steps are all you need to know.

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2. Try a bold trend you’ve always wanted to experiment with.

There are countless Instagram and YouTube videos at your disposal.

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3. Master a beauty technique that you don’t know yet.

Think you’ll never figure out how to do perfect winged liner? What about contouring or doing a fishtail braid ? That’s what step-by-step tutorials are for. This is going to be the year you finally tackle and master the look, we promise.

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4. Start doing a weekly hair mask.

If you’re not already, this is a key step in maintaining healthy and strong hair. Whether your hair mask of choice is a DIY like coconut oil or you want to go with a good store-bought brand (we like this Neutrogena one), just find the one that works for your hair type and stick to it.

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5. Take more selfies.

Because you look great.

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