It may be hard to believe at the moment, but summer is just around the corner and with it, plenty of new season makeup trends and tricks that promise to up the ante on your glow and deliver subtle, but impactful, updates to your look.
So, if you’re in the market for a few ways to switch up your makeup bag (like the Radiance Powder that combines bronzer, blush and highlighter in one, and the summery version of a Smoky Eye Palette that everyone’s going crazy about), keep reading…
Layer pink over bronze
There’s one simple, but totally genius, trick that all the pro makeup artists use to create the ultimate, sun-kissed, healthy-looking complexion: apply bronzer to cheeks, followed by a pink blush over the top.
It’s startlingly effective and one of the reasons we created the Awesome Bronze™ The Radiance Powder - so you could have everything in one refillable palette. It has two perfect, natural-looking sculpting shades, a radiance-boosting rose-pink blush to layer on top, and a subtly shimmering highlighter for extra illumination.
Lighten up your Smoky Eye
A traditional smoky eye can feel a bit heavy in the warmer months, so it’s the perfect moment to soften the look with warm, eye-intensifying browns and buttery, foil-like metallics.
The Keep This Summer Smoky Palette has everything you need - a bright ivory and a soft, peachy neutral to create the perfect base across eyelids, and two chic browns (one a copper-toned metallic, the other a universally-flattering walnut shade in a matte finish) to add depth and definition around the lash line, crease and outer corners.
Get to ‘Grip’ with a setting spray
There’s nothing worse than watching your makeup melt away in the heat and in the midday sun, it doesn’t take much to cross the fine line between glow and greasy. If you buy one product to update your makeup collection for summer, make it the new Wonderfilter™ Blurring Skin Primer & Setting Spray.
It preps, sets and boosts staying power for pre-and-post-makeup magic so your makeup will look as good at the end of the day as it did at the start. The fine mist gently ‘fixes’ makeup, creating a soft-focus ‘shield’, with 5% Niacinamide to brighten and Aloe Vera. It’s amazing.
Find your glow
The key to that elusive lit-from-within glow is to use a variety of textures and apply them strategically. Use a liquid highlighter to mix into your base for all over dewiness, and then dust a finely milled highlighting powder across accent of the face including the cheekbones and Cupid’s bow. On your eyes, use a bright, neutral eyeshadow with a touch of shimmer on the inner corners and underneath the brow for a truly mesmerizing finish.
Brown is the new black
Thanks to the viral “clean girl aesthetic” trend that took social media by storm over the past year, brown mascara is everyone’s new beauty staple. It’s more subtle than black, but still provides all the lash-lengthening, eye-opening benefits.
And because it’s summer, make sure you opt for a waterproof formula like The Perfect™ Waterproof Mascara, which has a high-definition brush that separates lashes and leaves a glossy, long-lasting curl, as well as being totally waterproof.
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