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🌞✨ Summer Glow Up - Makeup Guide for Hot Girl Summer
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Hot girl summer is calling, and your makeup bag needs to answer 📞💄 Whether you're glowing at the beach, vibing at a festival, or chilling at a sunset picnic, this list has the must-have summer beauty essentials to keep you looking fresh, radiant, a...
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Dewy Skin Queens 👑✨ (Bases & Glow Products)
 
Blush Crush 💕🍑 (Cheeks on Fleek)
 
Eye-Catching ☀️👁️ (Easy Summer Eyes)
 
Lips but Cooler 💋🍧 (Tinted Balms & Glosses)
 
Setting the Vibe 🌬️🌞 (Stay in Place All Day)

Dewy Skin Queens 👑✨ (Bases & Glow Products)

For that natural, radiant look like you just drank 2 liters of water.

 
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Lightweight serum-highlighter hybrid. Gives glass skin vibes without being sticky.
Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops
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Multi-use glow booster. Use it under foundation, mixed in, or as a highlighter. Radiant but never oily.
Hollywood Flawless Filter: Glow Booster
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Light coverage, skin-like finish, perfect for summer days when you want your skin to breathe.
Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint — 20
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Affordable alternative to the Tilbury, same radiant finish, TikTok-approved.
e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter
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Blush Crush 💕🍑 (Cheeks on Fleek)

Creams and liquids = your best friends when it's hot out.

 
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Super pigmented, so a little goes a LONG way. Stays on all day without caking.
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush (shade: Happy or Joy) ☀️
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Blendable, hydrating, easy to swipe on and go. Perfect for lazy girls.
Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek Stick (shade: Werk) 🌸
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Clean beauty fave, gives that sun-kissed glow without clogging pores.
Tower 28 BeachPlease Cream Blush (shade: Magic Hour)
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Eye-Catching ☀️👁️ (Easy Summer Eyes)

Keep it simple but cute. No one has time for full glam when it's 35°C.

 
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Sheer matte lid tint, perfect for a soft wash of color.
Glossier Skywash (shade: Pool or Palm) 🏝️
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Long lashes that survive sweat, tears & swimming pools.
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara (Waterproof version!) 💦
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Throwback but still iconic. Creamy shadow stick for lazy-girl shimmer.
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (shade: Iced Mocha or Yogurt) ✨
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Lips but Cooler 💋🍧 (Tinted Balms & Glosses)

Nobody wants heavy lipstick in the heat. This is all about juicy, hydrated lips.

 
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→ Non-sticky, super shiny, smells like summer.
Laneige Lip Glowy Balm (shade: Berry or Grapefruit) 🍓
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Plumping gloss with a little spicy tingle. Iconic shine.
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Heat (shade: Fussy Heat) 🔥
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Ultra-nourishing and aesthetic AF. Lives in every influencer’s beach bag.
Mocha Kiss Tinted Butter Balm - KYLIE COSMETICS | Ulta Beauty
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→ Affordable, cute, and comfy on the lips.
Hydrating Core Lip Shine
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Setting the Vibe 🌬️🌞 (Stay in Place All Day)

Make it last through heatwaves and beach days.

 
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Iconic, keeps your face intact through the sweatiest days.
Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray (Summer Solstice edition) 🌟
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SPF + setting spray = genius. Refresh & protect your face in one step.
(Re)Setting Refreshing Mist SPF 40 - Supergoop! | Ulta Beauty
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→ Budget-friendly and effective, keeps the shine at bay.
NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray
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