As we enter the bleakest month of the calendar year, use the cold landscape as beauty inspiration for a seriously stunning look. Think glistening skin, snowy whites, shimmering textures and flushed cheeks, ensuring you look totally gorgeous...even if it is cold enough to freeze your lashes!

Winter skin wisdom
Complexion looking pale and pasty? Don't head for hibernation...And don't reach for the self-tan! It may seem a simple solution, but self-tanner on the face is a bad beauty move during winter when the cold light can leave a faked face with a dull yellow tinge. Instead, think of radiance boosting buys and gentle tinted moisturisers to add a subtle, healthy glow. Skin needs a little extra help to glow during the cold spell, so start by swapping your usual cleanser and toner for a specially formulated radiance boosting duo. We recommend giving L'Oréal Paris' Visible Radiance range (£4.49 each) a whirl. The super-gentle cleansing milk and toner banishes any skin-dulling dead skin cells and leaves skin visibly more fresh and glowing with health. Remember to wash skin only with cold water - a lovely splash of hot water may feel good when it's chilly, but it's far too drying for winter skin.

Next, smooth on a tinted moisturiser for glistening skin, or mix a little of your favourite rich moisture cream with a radiance-enhancing foundation for an equally effective result. We love L'Oréal Paris Translucide Healthy Glow Make-up (£8.99), which reflects light in all directions to subtly illuminate the skin. It even contains SPF12 to protect against the sun's harmful rays - still vital whatever the weather!  .

Just-in-from-the-cold cheeks
The key is to remember you're trying to mimic that gorgeous flush of colour that appears when you've just come inside from a chilly outside. Dab a cream blush onto the apples of your cheeks using your fingertips, then blend upwards to ensure a natural flush. Maybelline New York's Dream Mousse Blush (£5.99) is perfect for creating a delicately creamy finish. The Dolly Pink or Mauve are both deliciously rosy hues for winter cheeks.

[quote]Ethereal eyes
Big, generous swirls of fairy dust, silvery shadow and dazzling whites on the eyes can make the face look as though it's lit up from within. Think shimmering textures and subtle washes of white - don't be tempted go over the top with thick matte powder and white mascaras, this is more fancy dress than ‘ice princess'. Smudge a little soft white shadow over the lids and then use a liner under the lower lashes. A shimmering smidge of L'Oréal Paris Colour Appeal Eyeshadow in Pure White (£4.99) hints at etherealness without being too OTT, and we love Maybelline New York Line Definer (£4.99) in Silver Dazzle for a frosty finish.

Happily ever after
Complete the transformation to snow queen with a hint of pinky-red lipstick.

Add a smidge of Maybelline New York Superstay Lip Color, £7.99, in Pink Spice to your pout, creating long-lasting fairytale lip colour with glistening, just-licked shine.

And there you have it, the secret to looking hot when, baby its cold outside...