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Heavy lehengas. Layered jewellery. Back-to-back social commitments. Heat, sweat and humidity. The festive season doesn’t do things by half measure and when you throw all of these elements together, even the bravest fragrance would shudder. So, how do you make it through all the hectic commitments on your social calendar without constantly making a beeline to the powder room for fragrance touchups? By getting smarter with how, when and where you apply perfume. Rather than just spritzing your fragrance on your skin and then wondering why it disappears in minutes, you’ll want to create a holistic sensorial experience that starts from your morning shower and ends with facial mist-spiked touchups in the evening. Read on to make sure that your scent works as hard as you do this festive season.
Kimirica’s Madagascar Vanilla Shower Gel takes the everyday rinse and turns it into something indulgent. The formula brings together nettle, soybean extracts and pomegranate to hydrate while it cleanses, leaving skin soft rather than tight. The real magic though is the fragrance. A swirl of warm vanilla mixed with a hint of caramel fills the bathroom as you lather, clinging subtly to your skin long after you’ve towelled off. It’s the kind of scent that feels comforting yet decadent, the sort that makes you pause and breathe it in again.
Affordable and effective, this gel primer smooths on like silk. It blurs pores, softens fine lines and helps your makeup stay put without drying you out. A solid pick if you want that soft-focus finish without breaking the bank.
This one feels more like an essence in a bottle than your average face mist. With chia seed extract (great for locking in moisture) and Vitamin B12 (for glow), it hydrates and calms skin without leaving a tacky finish. Light enough to layer between skincare steps, freshen up over make-up or survive a brutal office AC. A quiet overachiever especially if your skin leans sensitive or dull.
Looking for a quick face refresh during your binge? You’ll want to keep this chia seed-enhanced facial mist at hand. Designed to hydrate and refresh the skin, one quick spritz and no one will be able to tell that you spent the last hour howling as your favourite characters met an untimely end.
The work on ensuring that you smell like a dream through back-to-back events starts with laying the right groundwork in the morning. By opting for some strategic fragrance layering in your morning shower, you can create a fragrant canvas that can be topped off with mists and touchups later during the day.
Start with a body wash in the same fragrance family as your signature perfume. If your go-to scent features roses, jasmines or peonies, opt for a similar floral shower gel. Likewise, you’ll want to pair citrusy or warm gourmand scents, such as vanilla or tonka bean. Once you step out of the shower, slather your skin with body lotion from the same fragrance family. The early bird might get the worm, but this early bird is going to get all the compliments.
Kimirica Madagascar Vanilla Nourishing Shower Gel with Nettle Extract All Skin Type
Forest Essentials Mashobra Honey & Vanilla Ultra-Rich Body Milk
You wouldn’t apply foundation without a hand of primer first, so why not extend the same courtesy to your fragrance choices? Just as makeup primer creates a smooth base for your foundation, taking the time to apply a primer before spritzing on your fragrance can create a steady base for the perfume’s notes to latch on to.
While there are several fragrance primers popping up on the market, you can always DIY your own by adding a touch of mattifying primer on your wrist, neck and other pulse points. This will seize the scent molecules and slow down the progression of notes so that you smell better for longer.
Makeup Revolution Balm Primer - White
Colorbar Flawless Finish Primer - 001 Clear
Smashbox The Original Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Foundation Primer -Travel Size
If you follow the neck-down approach to applying perfume while ignoring your hair, you might want to pause and consider. Little known fact: your hair adheres better to fragrance and can hold a scent for way longer than your skin. This means that every time you flip your hair casually over your shoulders, it will disperse the scent to everyone around you. Perfume also evaporates quickly from the skin because of our body heat and perspiration—both factors that aren’t at play when applying perfume on your hair.
Now, there may be several enticing hair mists and perfumes to choose from in the fragrance aisle, but you’ll want to pay special attention to how they are being applied. The default motion is to hold the spray 6-8 inches from your head before spritzing, but you can also spray some in the air and walk through the floating cloud to evenly scent your hair.
OUAI Hair and Body Mist - St Barts - Full Size
Kayali Oudgasm Rose Oud 16 Hair Mist
Brillare Love Ceramide Hair Perfume
So, your perfume smelled like a dream when you first spritzed it, but somehow seemed to evaporate into thin air the minute you stepped out of the door? You aren’t the only one to face this disappointment, but you are going to be among those who conquer this dilemma. Keep yourself smelling fresh as a daisy through back-to-back events by not just perfuming your skin, but your accessories as well.
The science is simple: cloth fibres can trap perfume molecules better than our skin can. The base notes live on fabrics for longer and are released slowly as you move around during the day. By choosing to quickly spritz your accessories, such as a silk scarf, you will be walking around in a scented cloud all day.
You love your facial mist for refreshing your face after hours of sitting cramped in one position. And you can’t imagine stepping out of the house without a perfume pen stashed in your party bag for touchups. Why not bring both these party staples together for nudging your fragrance into lasting longer?
The math is easy to follow: hydrated skin is better able to retain scent—perfume molecules are known to dissipate faster from dry skin. By spraying a facial mist on your neck and other key pulse points, you can quickly top up dry, parched skin. Follow this up with a quick spritz of your favourite perfume and you’ll feel the difference as the scent lasts longer than it normally would.
The Face Shop Chia Seed Vit B12 Hydro Mist
Revoir Replenish Hydrate & Glow Face Mist
Puraveda Face Mist Sama
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The work on ensuring that you smell like a dream through back-to-back events starts with laying the right groundwork in the morning. By opting for some strategic fragrance layering in your morning shower, you can create a fragrant canvas that can be topped off with mists and touchups later during the day.
Start with a body wash in the same fragrance family as your signature perfume. If your go-to scent features roses, jasmines or peonies, opt for a similar floral shower gel. Likewise, you’ll want to pair citrusy or warm gourmand scents, such as vanilla or tonka bean. Once you step out of the shower, slather your skin with body lotion from the same fragrance family. The early bird might get the worm, but this early bird is going to get all the compliments.
Kimirica Madagascar Vanilla Nourishing Shower Gel with Nettle Extract All Skin Type
Forest Essentials Mashobra Honey & Vanilla Ultra-Rich Body Milk
You wouldn’t apply foundation without a hand of primer first, so why not extend the same courtesy to your fragrance choices? Just as makeup primer creates a smooth base for your foundation, taking the time to apply a primer before spritzing on your fragrance can create a steady base for the perfume’s notes to latch on to.
While there are several fragrance primers popping up on the market, you can always DIY your own by adding a touch of mattifying primer on your wrist, neck and other pulse points. This will seize the scent molecules and slow down the progression of notes so that you smell better for longer.
Makeup Revolution Balm Primer - White
Colorbar Flawless Finish Primer - 001 Clear
Smashbox The Original Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Foundation Primer -Travel Size
If you follow the neck-down approach to applying perfume while ignoring your hair, you might want to pause and consider. Little known fact: your hair adheres better to fragrance and can hold a scent for way longer than your skin. This means that every time you flip your hair casually over your shoulders, it will disperse the scent to everyone around you. Perfume also evaporates quickly from the skin because of our body heat and perspiration—both factors that aren’t at play when applying perfume on your hair.
Now, there may be several enticing hair mists and perfumes to choose from in the fragrance aisle, but you’ll want to pay special attention to how they are being applied. The default motion is to hold the spray 6-8 inches from your head before spritzing, but you can also spray some in the air and walk through the floating cloud to evenly scent your hair.
OUAI Hair and Body Mist - St Barts - Full Size
Kayali Oudgasm Rose Oud 16 Hair Mist
Brillare Love Ceramide Hair Perfume
So, your perfume smelled like a dream when you first spritzed it, but somehow seemed to evaporate into thin air the minute you stepped out of the door? You aren’t the only one to face this disappointment, but you are going to be among those who conquer this dilemma. Keep yourself smelling fresh as a daisy through back-to-back events by not just perfuming your skin, but your accessories as well.
The science is simple: cloth fibres can trap perfume molecules better than our skin can. The base notes live on fabrics for longer and are released slowly as you move around during the day. By choosing to quickly spritz your accessories, such as a silk scarf, you will be walking around in a scented cloud all day.
You love your facial mist for refreshing your face after hours of sitting cramped in one position. And you can’t imagine stepping out of the house without a perfume pen stashed in your party bag for touchups. Why not bring both these party staples together for nudging your fragrance into lasting longer?
The math is easy to follow: hydrated skin is better able to retain scent—perfume molecules are known to dissipate faster from dry skin. By spraying a facial mist on your neck and other key pulse points, you can quickly top up dry, parched skin. Follow this up with a quick spritz of your favourite perfume and you’ll feel the difference as the scent lasts longer than it normally would.
The Face Shop Chia Seed Vit B12 Hydro Mist
Revoir Replenish Hydrate & Glow Face Mist
Puraveda Face Mist Sama
The work on ensuring that you smell like a dream through back-to-back events starts with laying the right groundwork in the morning. By opting for some strategic fragrance layering in your morning shower, you can create a fragrant canvas that can be topped off with mists and touchups later during the day.
Start with a body wash in the same fragrance family as your signature perfume. If your go-to scent features roses, jasmines or peonies, opt for a similar floral shower gel. Likewise, you’ll want to pair citrusy or warm gourmand scents, such as vanilla or tonka bean. Once you step out of the shower, slather your skin with body lotion from the same fragrance family. The early bird might get the worm, but this early bird is going to get all the compliments.
Kimirica Madagascar Vanilla Nourishing Shower Gel with Nettle Extract All Skin Type
Forest Essentials Mashobra Honey & Vanilla Ultra-Rich Body Milk
You wouldn’t apply foundation without a hand of primer first, so why not extend the same courtesy to your fragrance choices? Just as makeup primer creates a smooth base for your foundation, taking the time to apply a primer before spritzing on your fragrance can create a steady base for the perfume’s notes to latch on to.
While there are several fragrance primers popping up on the market, you can always DIY your own by adding a touch of mattifying primer on your wrist, neck and other pulse points. This will seize the scent molecules and slow down the progression of notes so that you smell better for longer.
Makeup Revolution Balm Primer - White
Colorbar Flawless Finish Primer - 001 Clear
Smashbox The Original Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Foundation Primer -Travel Size
If you follow the neck-down approach to applying perfume while ignoring your hair, you might want to pause and consider. Little known fact: your hair adheres better to fragrance and can hold a scent for way longer than your skin. This means that every time you flip your hair casually over your shoulders, it will disperse the scent to everyone around you. Perfume also evaporates quickly from the skin because of our body heat and perspiration—both factors that aren’t at play when applying perfume on your hair.
Now, there may be several enticing hair mists and perfumes to choose from in the fragrance aisle, but you’ll want to pay special attention to how they are being applied. The default motion is to hold the spray 6-8 inches from your head before spritzing, but you can also spray some in the air and walk through the floating cloud to evenly scent your hair.
OUAI Hair and Body Mist - St Barts - Full Size
Kayali Oudgasm Rose Oud 16 Hair Mist
Brillare Love Ceramide Hair Perfume
So, your perfume smelled like a dream when you first spritzed it, but somehow seemed to evaporate into thin air the minute you stepped out of the door? You aren’t the only one to face this disappointment, but you are going to be among those who conquer this dilemma. Keep yourself smelling fresh as a daisy through back-to-back events by not just perfuming your skin, but your accessories as well.
The science is simple: cloth fibres can trap perfume molecules better than our skin can. The base notes live on fabrics for longer and are released slowly as you move around during the day. By choosing to quickly spritz your accessories, such as a silk scarf, you will be walking around in a scented cloud all day.
You love your facial mist for refreshing your face after hours of sitting cramped in one position. And you can’t imagine stepping out of the house without a perfume pen stashed in your party bag for touchups. Why not bring both these party staples together for nudging your fragrance into lasting longer?
The math is easy to follow: hydrated skin is better able to retain scent—perfume molecules are known to dissipate faster from dry skin. By spraying a facial mist on your neck and other key pulse points, you can quickly top up dry, parched skin. Follow this up with a quick spritz of your favourite perfume and you’ll feel the difference as the scent lasts longer than it normally would.
The Face Shop Chia Seed Vit B12 Hydro Mist
Revoir Replenish Hydrate & Glow Face Mist
Puraveda Face Mist Sama
The work on ensuring that you smell like a dream through back-to-back events starts with laying the right groundwork in the morning. By opting for some strategic fragrance layering in your morning shower, you can create a fragrant canvas that can be topped off with mists and touchups later during the day.
Start with a body wash in the same fragrance family as your signature perfume. If your go-to scent features roses, jasmines or peonies, opt for a similar floral shower gel. Likewise, you’ll want to pair citrusy or warm gourmand scents, such as vanilla or tonka bean. Once you step out of the shower, slather your skin with body lotion from the same fragrance family. The early bird might get the worm, but this early bird is going to get all the compliments.
Kimirica Madagascar Vanilla Nourishing Shower Gel with Nettle Extract All Skin Type
Forest Essentials Mashobra Honey & Vanilla Ultra-Rich Body Milk
You wouldn’t apply foundation without a hand of primer first, so why not extend the same courtesy to your fragrance choices? Just as makeup primer creates a smooth base for your foundation, taking the time to apply a primer before spritzing on your fragrance can create a steady base for the perfume’s notes to latch on to.
While there are several fragrance primers popping up on the market, you can always DIY your own by adding a touch of mattifying primer on your wrist, neck and other pulse points. This will seize the scent molecules and slow down the progression of notes so that you smell better for longer.
Makeup Revolution Balm Primer - White
Colorbar Flawless Finish Primer - 001 Clear
Smashbox The Original Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Foundation Primer -Travel Size
If you follow the neck-down approach to applying perfume while ignoring your hair, you might want to pause and consider. Little known fact: your hair adheres better to fragrance and can hold a scent for way longer than your skin. This means that every time you flip your hair casually over your shoulders, it will disperse the scent to everyone around you. Perfume also evaporates quickly from the skin because of our body heat and perspiration—both factors that aren’t at play when applying perfume on your hair.
Now, there may be several enticing hair mists and perfumes to choose from in the fragrance aisle, but you’ll want to pay special attention to how they are being applied. The default motion is to hold the spray 6-8 inches from your head before spritzing, but you can also spray some in the air and walk through the floating cloud to evenly scent your hair.
OUAI Hair and Body Mist - St Barts - Full Size
Kayali Oudgasm Rose Oud 16 Hair Mist
Brillare Love Ceramide Hair Perfume
So, your perfume smelled like a dream when you first spritzed it, but somehow seemed to evaporate into thin air the minute you stepped out of the door? You aren’t the only one to face this disappointment, but you are going to be among those who conquer this dilemma. Keep yourself smelling fresh as a daisy through back-to-back events by not just perfuming your skin, but your accessories as well.
The science is simple: cloth fibres can trap perfume molecules better than our skin can. The base notes live on fabrics for longer and are released slowly as you move around during the day. By choosing to quickly spritz your accessories, such as a silk scarf, you will be walking around in a scented cloud all day.
You love your facial mist for refreshing your face after hours of sitting cramped in one position. And you can’t imagine stepping out of the house without a perfume pen stashed in your party bag for touchups. Why not bring both these party staples together for nudging your fragrance into lasting longer?
The math is easy to follow: hydrated skin is better able to retain scent—perfume molecules are known to dissipate faster from dry skin. By spraying a facial mist on your neck and other key pulse points, you can quickly top up dry, parched skin. Follow this up with a quick spritz of your favourite perfume and you’ll feel the difference as the scent lasts longer than it normally would.
The Face Shop Chia Seed Vit B12 Hydro Mist
Revoir Replenish Hydrate & Glow Face Mist
Puraveda Face Mist Sama
