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Summer Makeup Must Haves
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items I don’t know about you, but my makeup changes with the seasons. During the summer, I get hot and sweaty so that means I want my makeup to be light and simple with some glow. These are my favorites picks!
Sections
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Tinted SPF
Blush + Bronzer + Highlighter
Lip Balm + Lip Oil + Lip Gloss
Glow and Highlight Serums
Concealer
Lightweight Foundation
Tinted SPF
This stuff is MAGIC! The green pigments cancel out redness in your skin and adjust to your skintone. It’s truly your skin but better. It smells incredible too.
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Color Changing BB Cream SPF 35
Non-nano mineral sunscreen with super clean ingredients. This has good coverage for a tinted SPF and I wear it for foundation a lot.
Sunlight Tinted SPF 30 | Clean Beauty Sunscreen
For those days that I want just a tiny bit of color with my SPF. I prefer the original but sunlit is so pretty!
DreamBeam Silicone-Free Mineral Sunscreen SPF 40 with Ceramides ...
My favorite tinted SPF with coverage! This is buildable coverage with mineral SPF. Applies so nicely and wears well. Lightweight on the skin even though it covers well!
Tower 28 Beauty SunnyDays SPF 30 Tinted Sunscreen Foundation
Blush + Bronzer + Highlighter
Love Versed so I was super excited when they came out with a makeup line! Subtle but beautiful highlight. Easy to apply, wears well and packed with skincare ingredients
Versed High Points Illuminating Stick - 0.19oz
The best dewy cream blush tint (use on your eyes and lips too!). I use my fingers to slowly build up color. My favorite shades are Dream hour, party hour, office hours and magic hour
BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Cream Blush - Tower 28 Beauty
These blush/bronzer sticks are the best for no fuss makeup days. I like that they have complementary shades in the same stick. Easy to apply and blend
Stick DIBS Beauty
For my skincare girlies! This is skincare with a makeup flush. I love this when I’m just wearing sunscreen or want a very subtle blush. I also like to top it with a powder blush if I want more pigment. Love the skincare benefits though. Both shades a...
Glow Recipe Blush
I love using this highlighter stick on my face and body! It smells like vanilla and is shimmery but not glittery. Super easy to use. 10/10
High Road Highlight Status Stick Face-And-Body Highlighter - DIBS Beauty
I don’t have a lot of powder highlighters that I love but this is the exception. These are beautiful. So pigmented, shimmery but not glittery, stunning shades. 10/10
Bio-Radiant Gel-Powder Illuminating Highlighter with Fermented Arnica
My favorite powder blush ever! The finish is flawless- the blurring effect is real 😍 Also beautiful over a cream or liquid blush. The shades are gorgeous
Tower 28 Beauty GetSet Blur + Set Matte Powder Blush
Saie just dropped the most gorgeous shades of their liquid blush for summer!! Flirty- watermelon shade aka summer must have colors
Lady- nude mauve beautiful everyday
Hottie- papaya (literally summer in a color)
Honorable summer shade mentions- Pop...
Dew Blush Liquid Cheek Blush - Saie
Lip Balm + Lip Oil + Lip Gloss
My absolute favorite lip balm!!! These smell so good (love a scented lippie), and they really do leave your lips so soft. I love the soft bit of color. My favorites shades are watermelon kiwi, sugar plum, confetti cake and ube vanilla. And I wear the...
Tower 28 Beauty LipSoftie™ Hydrating Tinted Lip Treatment Balm
Seriously my favorite clear lip oil! It has a gloss consistency and is so hydrating. They all smell amazing!! I wear to bed or over my fave lip colors. My favorites scents are grape, peach and banana.
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Lip Plumping Gloss
Another great lip oil! Smells like vanilla (yum) and some great shades. My favorites are Malibu, Exposed, unzipped and fruit juice
Clean Wet Lip Oil Gloss - Kosas
If you’re willing to spend a little more money on a good lip balm, these are great. Love the scents. My faves: Brown Sugar and vanilla
Lip Butter Balm - Summer Fridays
These colors are gorgeous and they feel good on the lips. My faves are pink cloud, soft mauve, rose bud and midnight berry
Summer Fridays - Dream Lip Oil for Moisturizing Sheer Coverage
Honestly I love all things Tower 28. They just nail everything. These are relatively cheap glosses for the size and value (clean ingredients!). I love the shades- not sticky, buildable pigment, hydrate my lips. Another Tower 28 win! My fave shades ar...
Clean ShineOn Jelly Lip Gloss - Tower 28 Beauty
Glow and Highlight Serums
One of my favorites glow serums. Gives the prettiest subtle glow. Use a primer under foundation or as spot highlighter. My go to shades are star glow and rosy glow.
Saie Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Illuminating Serum
Another favorite glow primer! It smells so good!! #1 is a clear primer and other shades are bronzy shades. My favorite shades are #2 and #3. Use all over as a primer or for spot highlighter or bronzer.
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Glow Primer
Skincare + makeup! I love the clear as a serum/primer. Hue drops in rosy glow is another go to for highlighter/glowy serum under makeup or to wear alone
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops Serum
This is literally tinted skincare. It contains hyaluronic acid, cucumber extract and aloe juice to help soothe and calm skin. It has a surprising amount of coverage for a serum. I like wearing this when I don’t want to wear makeup but need a bit of c...
Sheer Joy - Refillable Age-defying Tinted Serum
Concealer
My favorite concealer that I always reach for. It’s so creamy, blends easily and sets well. I’m not big on using concealer under eyes but love using it on my redness.
Swipe All-Over Hydrating Serum Concealer - Tower 28 Beauty
When I do wear concealer under eyes, this is what I use. I don’t feel the need to layer it with regular concealer but you can for extra coverage. Creamy and blendable! I use shade Magic
Revealer Extra Bright Serum-Powered Color Correctors for Dark Circles - Kosas
Lightweight Foundation
I don’t often wear foundation during the summer (hello, hot and sweaty face) but if I do, this is the one I grab first. I seriously get compliments about how glowy my skin looks when I wear it. I wear shade 4 (and it’s a great match for my pale, cool...
Saie Glowy Super Skin Tint Foundation with Hyaluronic Acid
Great lightweight foundation. It’s a super thin serum texture. Plus they have shades that actually work for cool tones!!!
The Ordinary Serum Foundation – Lightweight, Buildable Coverage
Eyes
My favorite mascara!! No clumps or spider lashes. Not waterproof (which I prefer) but won’t give you raccoon eyes.
Tower 28 Beauty MakeWaves Lengthening + Volumizing Mascara
Love these for a quick and easy eyeshadow. Just swipe and go. I love Au Natural for neutral eye. Also love amethyst and moonlight
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Cream Eyeshadow