summer makeup

the other day, i accidentally became a teen magazine:

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25 JunJessica ‏@pjianek

Light makeup = summertime. Let natural be your look and you'll look so much better.

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it was weird, but it came from a good place.  it's hot outside, really hot most days, and i'm tired of seeing ladies rocking thick-cakey makeup that only looks worse as their face begins to sweat.

most of the time this level of make up would not look horrendous, but if you go outside at all during the day right now, you have to factor in the sweating.  bc of that, i bring you the only five items you need in your summer makeup bag.

5 - moisturizer 

it's summer, so go with a bit lighter than you wear in winter, but moisturizer is a must.  another good thing about moisturizer is that it'll generally have some sunscreen in it, so that's a bonus for your skin.  (if it doesn't, you need to be wearing sunscreen too)

i like something light like:



or something with a little tint (for those times my skin is being less than awesome)



4 - concealer

for those dark circles and blemishes that pop up.  i don't normally require the tinted moisturizer and can get away with well-blended concealer and moisturizer alone.  here's my concealer of choice:

(diorskin nude concealer)

3 - blush/bronzer

some girls can get away with not wearing this at all, but between my paleness and the concealer under my eyes, i certainly need a little something to brighten my face up.  for my skin tone, i stick with a pink toned blush because bronzer turns me orange, but if you can wear bronzer, summer is the time to do it.

here's the blush that i wear:


somehow, it's supposed to improve your mood too, but i'm not sure what that's about.  i just like the pinkiness.  you can get it at most drugstores.

2 - mascara

 

as far as i am concerned, there are only two types of mascara in the world.  i recommend you use one of them.  i go with the diorshow when i feel like spending the money, but the maybelline is a much more affordable second place, so i normally go with it.


1 - lip color

i'm not specific here about type.  tinted balm, lip gloss, lipstick, it's totally up to you.  just choose something you want to wear and that doesn't dry out your lips in the summer.  i normally stick with a pink lip balm or lip stick because gloss is a bit sticky for me, but here it's really whatever you like.


did i leave anything off? are there any summer products you swear by?  let me know in the comments!

cheers!