At any given time I have 10 lip products in my bag. (No, I'm not exaggerating. And clearly this explains why my bag is always ridiculously heavy.) But no matter how many options I'm lugging around, I find myself pulling out the same tube over and over again. For the last few weeks, I've been devoted to my Color Sensational Vivid in Hot Plum. It's moisturizing but lasts for hours, and the color is neon-bright in the best way.
My favorite thing about January isn't hitting the gym (too crowded) or trying the latest juice cleanse (needed, but definitely not fun) -- it's throwing things away. Piles of papers get shredded; clothing gets donated; and old beauty products get tossed.
From the shine spray that left my hair sticky to the concealer that gave me white raccoon eyes, everything that falls on the spectrum from bad to mediocre will end up in the recycling bin. And I'll finally be able to see the back of my medicine cabinet -- at least for a week or two. You see, the thing I love even more than cleaning out my beauty bins is filling them up again.
And January is peak season for new products. Hundreds of launches are hitting drugstore shelves, beauty boutiques, and department stores. In fact, there are so many products to get excited about that the hardest part of writing this roundup was narrowing down the options.
Instead of choosing products that simply seem cool or work well, I opted to highlight the ones that have the potential to completely transform your routine. Some are multitaskers, some are genius inventions, and others are skin care game-changers. If the best beauty products coming out in January are any indication, 2013 is going to be a very good year.
