Get Glowing: 10 Products that Will Have You Glowing in a Flash!

Whether I am fresh faced and wide awake or lacking on sleep, dressed up for a special event or relaxing in the house for the day, I always want my skin to glow. Sometimes it is easier to pull off a glow than other times, depending on my skins condition. I have to depend on some really great makeup products to do the trick and help make my skin glow when it's not up to par. I've tested a lot of makeup products that promise to give my skin that special glow, but some really do give it that glow, easily and quickly. If I want to add a touch of glow to my entire face, just my cheeks, my eyes or lips, these products work for me every time I have used them.

1. BECCA x Jaclyn Hill Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed in Champagne Pop Champagne - $38

2. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit - $80

3. stila Eye Shadow in Kitten - $18

4. MAC Tinted Lipglass in Lust - $15

5. Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Youth-Boosting Perfect Skin Foundation - $45

6. tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Exposed - $28

7. Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette - $45

8. Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Shy Beam Matte Highlighter - $26

9. Hourglass Ambient Strobe Lighting Powder - $38

10. NARS The Multiple in Orgasm - $39

COVERGIRL Must-Haves for a Flawless Winter Look.

If you've been to your favorite drugstore and browsed the beauty aisles, you've probably noticed all the new beauty launches from COVERGIRL; there are quite a few of them. You know I am a big fan of COVERGIRL, so I was super excited to see so many new makeup options and could not wait to try them and share them all with you. From a brand new mascara that delivers the most voluminous lashes to a vitamin-infused lip balm that drenches lips in moisture and color, there is a lot to like here.

First up is a newly updated makeup primer and there is so much to love about this one for anyone over 30. COVERGIRL + Olay SIMPLY AGELESS Anti-Aging Foundation Primer uses the brands technology that hydrates, plumps and fills in fine lines and wrinkles as it preps the skin for foundation and the rest of your makeup. It contains anti-aging ingredients from Olay, so you are fighting the signs of aging as you use it too — bonus. Skin is left soft and smooth, like a perfect canvas for applying makeup. It works really well with both the COVERGIRL + OLAY SIMPLY AGELESS 3-in-1 Liquid Foundation and COVERGIRL + Olay SIMPLY AGELESS Instant Wrinkle Defying Foundation which also got updates for this launch.

There are two new baked products, and if you've used baked makeup products before, you know why I was so excited about these. truBLEND Blush and truBLEND Bronzer are both marble baked formulas that blend effortless and instantly over the skin.

The blend of shades create the perfect glow not matter which shade of blush you choose and the bronzer is pretty perfect (I love using it alone to warm up my skin this winter). There are three shades of truBLEND Blush to choose from, so no one misses out: Light Rose, Medium Rose and Deep Mauve.

I've already professed my love for the COVERGIRL TruNaked Eyeshadow Palette but I will tell you about it, because it is really nice! I have the Nudes palette and it is if it were made for me. This palette has 8 silky, pigmented shadows that range from satin to shimmer in ivory and cream to deep, smoky brown shades. This palette is unexpected from COVERGIRL — they really brought it with this one. It is extremely versatile and can create an endless amount of eye looks. There are two more palettes available, Roses and Golden.

If you want to line your eyes and have it last, you need to try the new COVERGIRL truNAKED Waterproof Eyeliner Duo. These liners feature two versatile eyeliner shades in one pencil to deliver rich, blendable color. The shades are beautiful and go nicely with the palettes. Choose from Cashmere/Espresso; Vintage Rose/Ebony; Penny/Espresso; Mocha/Ebony.

The mascara you want to know about it is COVERGIRL Plumpify blast PRO Mascara. This is the brands latest mascara launch and it's a game changer! With a really odd mascara brush that works, (it is actually two mascara brushes twisted together) the brush helps to plump up the volume and lift lashes to the extreme. The brand claims up to 50X the volume and I can't say if it actually does just that, but it does give my lashes a ton of volume without weighing them down. I like that it does so while giving lashes separation and length too. I also love the little short ball tip that I can wiggle into the hard to reach places.

Finally, the vitamin-infused lip balms that I am loving this winter, COVERGIRL Colorlicious Oh Sugar! This is like a really indulgent lip treatment and another really unexpected product! Oh Sugar! lip balm is made with ultra-rich ingredients (very prestige feeling) and contains things like grapeseed oil, avocado butter and Vitamins C & E. Lips feel completely hydrated and nourished as it also leaves lips with a hint of tint. There are ten shades available: Cupcake; Candy; Caramel; Taffy; Spice; Punch; Soda; Sprinkle; Jelly; Gumdrop.

Look for all of these new COVERGIRL products at your favorite drugstore or mass retailer now.

NARS Velvet Matte Skin Tint SPF30.

I'm all about perfect, natural looking skin for everyday; it's a hard look to pull off. From using a ton of skincare to get that perfect canvas and glowing skin to choosing the right makeup so you don't look overly made-up, it's just not an easy task. NARS has always been at the forefront of developing skin perfecting foundation products like their full coverage foundations to their best selling lighter coverage offerings and they always get it right. They have just launched their much anticipated Velvet Matte Skin Tint and I think it's my favorite yet. This light coverage tint (I don't dare call it a foundation) perfects the skin and offers beautiful natural looking airbrushed-like coverage in a flash.

Velvet Matte Skin Tint is incredible and offers a beautiful soft-focus finish with a soft feel to it. It's an all-in-one product with good-for-you ingredients too. The formula is enriched with Vitamins C and E and SPF 30. It has Transparent Blurring Powders in the formula that instantly enhances the look of skin by helping to blur away imperfections as it evens your skin tone all while looking completely natural. There is only a hint of tint here. The coverage is never flat, or mask-like.

NARS Velvet Matte Skin Tint is unlike anything I have tried before. It is so smooth while feeling like velvet out of the tube. Being in my 40's with very dry skin, I was hesitant to try a matte product, but this is not a typical matte product. This is a soft-matte and oil-free product and that's about where the matte ends. The finish is absolutely beautiful as I have not experienced any settling into my lines.  I tried applying with a brush, beautyblender and my fingers and I have found that it really looks best and applies really well with just my fingertips. The look is completely natural with a soft focus; it simply looks like perfect skin when wearing. The coverage is very light, like a tint, but more than average. You can add a bit more to build up a little if you need to blend out flaws, but you are not going to completely cover anything. For an everyday, natural look, Velvet Matte Skin Tint is my new go-to.

There are 12 shades in the Velvet Matte Skin Tint line-up, which range from the lightest in Terre-Neuve to the very dark in Polynesia. I'm at the light end of medium with St. Mortiz, and that is the same shade that I use in NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer.

NARS Velvet Matte Skin Tint is available at NARS locations and narscometics.com right now and will be available at all counters and locations such as Nordstrom, Barneys New York and Sephora come February 1st.