KEY POINTS:
1 Nimue Hydro Lip Therapy
$19
This lipstick-style applicator looks better than plastic and is good if you're not keen on digging your fingers into tins of balm. With good staying power, the vitamin-enriched balm ensures the winter horror of chapped lips is kept at bay.
From selected pharmacies and stores.
2 M.A.C Lipstick in Sunsonic
$38
Now your lips are all ready to handle the vicissitudes of winter, it's time to coat them in colour - for the coolly confident try this frosted white-gold lipstick, a shade subtle as pale sunlight through grey skies.
3 Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant
$35 for 50ml
This is a perennial favourite dating back to 1930 and it's still going strong because it's so effective and versatile at tackling and soothing dried or stressed skin all over your body. Helps create a protective barrier so you can face up to the elements.
4 O.P.I Nail Lacquer in Kiss on the Chic
$22.95
Icy pale pink from this salon favourite range of polishes. With a good wide brush for easy application.
From selected pharmacies, stores and beauty salons.
5 Estee Lauder Pure Colour Eye Shadow in Silver Ball
$45
Softly silver, this shade is icily elegant rather than glitterball garish. Sweep it around the inner corner of your eye with polar precision to open up that area, but balance with blush.
From Estee Lauder stockists.
