As the leaves turn amber and the days grow shorter, it’s natural to want to slow down, wrap up in cozy blankets, and take comfort in familiar rituals. But what if the last quarter of the year, starting in October, could be more than just a period of winding down?

Inspired by TikTok’s viral Winter Arc Challenge, this article will guide you through using fall and winter as a period of growth, glow-up, and setting yourself up for success come January. Let’s take the momentum from the summer glow-up trend and ride it through the cold months, not just to stay fabulous, but to grow in every aspect of life: beauty, wellness, and self- improvement.

What Is the Winter Arc?

The Winter Arc is a trend that’s been around in the fitness and wellness spaces for some time, but it’s blowing up this year thanks to influencers like Carly Berges, whose viral TikTok videos encourage followers to use the 90 days between October and December to make lasting changes.

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Instead of waiting for January to start on your goals, the Winter Arc pushes you to act now, transforming how you spend the colder months. Whether it’s setting new habits, improving mental and physical health, or simply ending the year on a strong note, this is about finishing the year with purpose.

Create Your Glow-Up to Growth Winter Arc Challenge

In keeping with this transformative mindset, let’s create a winter challenge designed to blend beauty, self-care, and goal-setting. It’s not just about aesthetics—it’s about cultivating habits that make you feel your best inside and out. Here’s how to approach the Winter Arc for a well- rounded year-end transformation:

Weekly Self-Care Rituals for Glow-Up Goals

Dedicate one day a week for indulgent, pampering self-care. Think luxurious face masks, hair treatments, or at-home spa days.

• Skincare Reset : After the summer’s exposure to the sun, winter is the perfect time to purify your pores and repair your skin barrier. Use this opportunity to try out new skincare products that can maintain your glow through winter.

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Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Mask

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Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Minimising Cleansing Clay Mask

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Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask

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Black Rose Cream Mask

• Hair nourishment : With summer’s heat behind us, it’s time to rejuvenate your hair. Hydrating masks, especially in the dry winter air, will work wonders.
Oils like argan or coconut will help repair sun damage and protect against the cold.

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Moroccan Oil Mending Infusion

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Moroccanoil Mending Infusion Styling Hair Serum

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Kerastase Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum

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Kérastase Nutritive Hydrating Split Ends Serum

• Home Spa Days: Indulge yourself with warm baths, fragrant oils, and soothing routines. Taking time to relax will also promote mental wellness, a key part of the Winter Arc.

Mental and Emotional Growth

• Journaling and Meditation : Set time aside each week for mental well-being. Whether it’s journaling about your day, writing or reading affirmations, or doing a guided meditation, nourishing your mind is crucial.

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Moleskine Precious & Ethical Notebook

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Moleskine Classic Notebook

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Ryve Affirmations Cards

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Affirmation Cards

• Early wake-ups : Avoid reaching for your phone first thing in the morning. Instead, spend the first hour of your day device-free, meditating, reading, or stretching. This small shift can help you start the day with clarity and intention.
• Gratitude Journaling: Begin each day by jotting down three things you’re grateful for. This simple practice can foster a more positive mindset and help you focus on the good throughout the colder months.

Physical Health and Movement

Don’t let the cold weather slow you down. The Winter Arc is a time to move your body and stay active, even indoors.

• Gentle Exercises: Commit to small, manageable daily exercises. Following a 10- minute Pilates or yoga video on YouTube is gentle enough for winter while still keeping your body active and engaged.

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• Hydration and nutrition : It’s often falls by the wayside in winter, so be mindful of your water intake. Carry a stylish water bottle (a Stanley cup or any aesthetic alternative for motivation,) and make it a goal to drink a set amount of water each day.

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The Stanley Cross Bottle | 0.68L

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• Stanley Cup

As for food, focus on nourishing meals that warm you from the inside—think hearty soups packed with seasonal vegetables and lean proteins to fuel your body through the transformation.

Accountability and Motivation

The Winter Arc is not just about setting goals but staying consistent. Create a plan that works for you. Some might thrive with daily check-ins, while others might prefer weekly evaluations. If you’re feeling ambitious, share your progress with friends or social media to keep yourself accountable. The sense of community can be encouraging, especially when the days feel darker and more isolating.

Why You Should Try the Winter Arc

While many people wait for January to set their goals, the Winter Arc flips this concept on its head. By focusing on small, sustainable habits now, you’ll build momentum that will carry you into the new year. This transformation isn’t about dramatic changes, but about refining your daily routine so that by January, you’ve already laid a strong foundation for growth.

As Carly Berges aptly puts it, these darker months are perfect for reassessing what’s working in your life and illuminating areas that need more attention. This time is not only about the glow-up but also about personal growth that will set you up for success in the coming year.

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A Simplistic Spin on Winged Liner

If you have hooded eyes and find it difficult to apply eyeliner that isn’t wonky, this hack is for you. Start off by drawing an outer wing, before pulling it in whilst, most importantly, looking forwards. By drawing on top of your eye, a unique shape will form. Rather than filling in the gap, leave it be for a wing that suits your eye shape perfectly. If it’s good enough for Nikki, it’s good enough for us.

Tackling the Appearance of Pores

If you find it particularly tedious to minimise the appearance of your pores when applying your base coat, why not take a leaf out of Manny’s book? First things first, prep your skin with a moisturiser of your choice. According to Manny, the essential product is Tarte’s Timeless Smoothing Primer. Apply a small amount onto your finger, then pat it into your pores. Next, take a finely milled translucent powder and gently re-coat your skin before applying a medium to full coverage foundation (Manny uses Too Faced’s Born This Way) with your fingertips. Grab a stippling brush and press the products forcefully, swiftly followed by a spritz of Milk’s Hydro Grip Setting Spray for a base that won’t budge. Finally, Manny recommends utilising a beauty blender to apply your setting powder once again, topped off with one final spritz of setting spray.

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Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer

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Too Faced Born This Way Foundation

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Milk Hydro Grip Setting Spray

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Flawless Foundation

If you feel like getting creative, what’s more adventurous than cooking your foundation? Yep, you read that right. Squirt your foundation onto a spoon and utilise the flame from a lighter to warm the bottom. When bubbles start to form, let the product cool to a suitable temperature before coating it onto your skin with a brush of your choice. This hack will ensure that your foundation blends in beautifully, minimising your pores and elevating your glam. Huda Beauty adores this hack, so much so that she’ll be using it forever.

The Perfect Concealer

If you struggle with setting your under-eyes, here’s a trick to add to your daily beauty agenda. Apply your foundation before topping it off lightly with a medium shade of concealer. Using Morphe, Shayla blends the products with a beauty sponge and lightly brushes it with Makeup Forever’s staple setting powder. When halfway through her eyeshadow, she then uses a mini beauty blender to set under her eyes with a pressed, rather than loose, powder, particularly on the side of her nose. Shayla then dusts off the remainder of the product, grabs her mini sponge and pressed powder, and draws a sloped line from her outer corners in an upwards motion. She bakes for just a minute or two then, once again, dusts off any leftover product.

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Morphe Fluidity Full-Coverage Concealer

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Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Setting Powder

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Backcombed Lashes

If you want to lengthen and maximise your lashes, this mascara hack, approved by Scortezz Beauty, is ideal. To add volume and fullness from the root of the lash, use the brush to roll away from the eye whilst simultaneously pushing down on the underside of your lashes. When you roll in from the side, you may find that your lashes look wonky. To correct this, brush upwards and apply as many coats as desired. Simple and effective, this trick guarantees to hold a curl all day.

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Leia Ultrafresh Blender

Yes, this is for applying and blending your makeup. The blender is made from a closed-cell polymer which doesn’t absorb makeup and is easy to clean. Therefore, you use less makeup and get a more hygienic makeup application.

In her hilarious TikTok, influencer Mikayla Lanogueira reviews this unusual blender and shows how easy it is to use this gadget.

Beauty Influencer Sean Anthony uses his Leia Blender to apply moisturiser first. Afterwards, he applies his makeup with the blender to achieve a non-cakey and radiant base.

Gua Sha Massage Tool

Gua sha is an ancient Chinese healing technique which improves blood circulation by scraping the skin. Usually, gua sha is performed on the back, neck, arms and legs. But on TikTok, people use this beauty tool on their face to move lymph through the system, resulting in a more sculptured look.

Caroline Hannibal shows us three simple ways to use a Gua Sha at home.

@natseleen_ applies a serum on her face before she uses her Gua Sha. Then, she scrapes her neck upwards, along her jaw and cheekbone, and under her eyebrow.

Ice globes

Even though many people swear about using ice cubes on their faces to get flawless, radiant skin, we know that it is not suitable for our skin. But this new beauty gadget has the same effect while being safe for the skin. Ice globes can calm inflammation, helps with lymphatic drainage, depuffs the skin and help with acne.

Ethician Abby Marquardt uses ice globes to stimulate the skin and reduce redness during her facials.

Marshmallow whip maker

into a silky foam. That way, you use less product and save some money. All you have to do is put a pearl-sized amount of your favourite cleanser into the whip maker and fill it with water. Then, you just must pump up and down to create your rich and silky foam.

Brow Stamps

Brows are sisters but not twins? Not being able to make your brows look equal can be frustrating. But you don’t have to worry anymore because there is a brow gadget out there that is even approved by our favourite influencer Mikayla Nogueira. The Madluvv brow stamp is a full pigment eyebrow pomade. It comes with five different stencil shapes to quickly get the perfect brow every day.

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NOONI Marshmallow Whip Maker Foam Cleanser

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Mallows Beauty Ice Globes

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LEIA Ultraflesh® Blender

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MADLUVV BROW STAMP KIT

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Beauty Bay The Rose Quartz Gua Sha

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Usually, we apply blush on our cheeks. But on TikTok, a new way of applying your blush went viral. The idea of the “sun-kissed blush” look is that you use an overload of blush where the sun would naturally hit your face, so it almost looks like a sunburn. Simply apply a dewy blush in a “W” shape across your face to achieve the look!

In this TikTok, you can see @millieleer use the Clinique Blush stick. She applies some of the product to her brush and applies it on the apples of her cheeks and bridge of her nose. To look even more sun-kissed, she also used cream bronzer around her forehead and cheeks.

@alysialoo uses the Youth Foria colour changing blush oil. She applies it to her cheekbones and nose, seamlessly blending it out with a brush. To add an extra flush to her face, Alysia uses the remaining product on her brush to go over her temples and chin, which we think is genius.

Blushes come in many different formulas now. From cream and powder to liquid – there is something out there for everyone!

Currently, the most sought after blush product is a cream blush, this is due to the bendable formula delivering a natural looking dewy flush, perfect for summer! A TikTok cult favourite is the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush, this product is highly pigmented and should be applied with a light hand; two or three small dots of liquid blush on your cheekbones will do the job! To achieve a glowy finish, you can apply a liquid highlighter between those dots. Brushes or beauty sponges are the best tools to blend out the edges of your liquid blush to achieve a seamless finish.

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Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

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Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer

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Glossier Cloud Paint in Dawn

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YOUTHFORIA Byo Blush

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Charlotte Tilbury Beuty Light Wand

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Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand in Pinkgasm

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If you prefer the traditional powder blush, a great tip is to start by gliding your brush outwards from the apple of your cheeks towards the high point of your cheekbones. To achieve the perfect sun-kissed look, reach for a illuminating blush like the NYX Powder Blusher Blush Glow, or simply place a pinch of highlighter on top of your blush placement, like the Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter.

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NARS Cosmetics Blush in Thrill

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DIOR Backstage Rosy Glow in 001 Pink

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Mac Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish

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Nyx Sweet Cheeks Creamy Powder Blush Glow in Red Riot

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Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter

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Kylie Jenner Rosy Pressed Blush Powder

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