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Skincare has always been the core of a French beauty routine. Besides powering up the skin with the right ingredients, it also puts emphasis on staying away from rigorous practices that can irritate the skin or the hair and interfere with the natural healing process.

When you start with a clean and healthy canvas, you don't feel the need to put layers to turn into a make-believe version of yourself. The idea is to use makeup as an add-on to enhance your features, not cover them.

French beauty is big on highlighting one feature to make the impact and lets the rest of the face complement it.

This applies to most things in life but especially in the case of a belle dame. What makes French beauty so irresistible is that it does not try too hard. It is casual and exudes comfort.

After you've pulled your hair into a pony, take a 1-inch section and wrap it around the base to cover the hair tie. Secure with a bobby pin, and voila! Instant upgrade. Another quick and simple way to add a little something to your just-rolled-out-of-bed head? Snag a chic scrunchie (yes, that's a thing) or this ponytail clip.

Use Visine on blemishes to reduce the redness. It won't treat pimples, but works great in a pinch.

We know, we know - we said no contouring. But this is just the highlighter, skip the contour. Apply to your cheekbones, down the middle of your nose, your chin and your cupid's bow for some serious definition in 30 seconds flat. Glossier's Haloscope is a double-duty wonder that moisturizes and gives you a dewy finish.

A bold red lip is the easiest way to take a lazy girl outfit from blah to brilliant, so if you only own one makeup item, make it a tube of red lipstick. This one from Tom Ford and this one from Chanel are universally flattering, so even non-lipstick wearers can pull them off.

Self-isolation is sweeping people into their homes, across the globe, but this doesn't mean your beauty regimes need to be swept aside too. While many essential key workers are working tirelessly in the effort, lots of us are working from home, or away from work entirely, meaning we have more some extra time. Hopefully these tips will inspire you to use some of this time for vegan beauty self-care rituals, if that is something that will help during this stressful time.

Commuting on top of working full-time means it can be difficult to find time for a substantial skincare routine (especially in the morning). If you find yourself with extra minutes on your hands, why not spend them improving your skincare game? Something that usually takes a backseat when we are busy, is face masking, so you could take the time to indulge in one now. Green People makes a clay purifying mask full of effective ingredients including clay, willow and activated charcoal. My other top pics include B. by Superdrug and Lani (to list a few).

Sipping green tea daily and throwing away the used tea bags? You may want to save it the next time. Other than flushing out toxins from your body, chilled black or green tea bags work wonders for your skin. Using this natural face beauty tip can instantly reduce puffiness around the eyes and make them look brighter and more awake. Put the bags on your eyelids and relax for 5 to 15 minutes as the tea bags work their magic.

Gram flour or besan is used as a natural, mild exfoliator to get rid of dead skin cells, tan and sunburns. If you want clear, soft and naturally glowing skin here's the natural face beauty tip you need to know. Take equal amounts of gram flour and curd in a bowl and mix them well to form a paste. Apply this paste evenly on your face and neck, let it dry for half an hour before rinsing off with water. It will gently lift away dead skin cells and deep-set dirt, thereby lightening your skin tone and making it even.