10 must-have summer makeup and beauty products
The sun is shining and you're happily soaking up some rays but your makeup is making a not-so-flattering descent on your face. If your mascara is running, your eye shadow is creasing and your lipstick is straying away from your lip line, you're looking like a hot mess rather than a cool summer beauty.
Korby Banner, the makeup artist whose talents you may have seen in action on the W Network's makeover series Style by Jury, shares some expert tips on how to make your summer makeup stay put. With some simple skin preparation, light makeup application and the right products, you can look fabulous all day long, no matter how high the mercury rises.
Korby Banner, the makeup artist whose talents you may have seen in action on the W Network's makeover series Style by Jury, shares some expert tips on how to make your summer makeup stay put. With some simple skin preparation, light makeup application and the right products, you can look fabulous all day long, no matter how high the mercury rises.
10 must-have summer makeup and beauty products
Here are some of Banner's recommendations for essential products for summer beauty:
1. Sunblock-infused moisturizer (can be tinted) -- to protect and hydrate your skin.
2. Mattifying face primer -- a makeup base that acts as a "cushion" between your skin and your makeup, keeps your makeup on longer and controls shine.
3. Concealer -- to hide dark circles under eyes and cover up blemishes.
4. Q-tips -- for makeup application, blending and clean-up.
5. Good-quality eye shadow -- to avoid creasing.
6. Eye liner
7. Waterproof mascara -- to avoid smudges.
8. Blotting tissues -- to absorb oil and keep your face from looking too shiny. Pat, don't smudge!
9. Lip liner and sealing topcoat -- to keep colour from traveling off your lip line.
10. Translucent powder -- to seal your makeup.
Troubleshooting summer makeup mishaps
We've seen the "raccoon eyes," when mascara wanders off lashes. You've seen excessively oily skin, unsightly lines of eye shadow that settle into the creases of your lids and lip colour that won't stay put. Here are some ways to conquer makeup meltdown and keep everything just where you want it.
Homemakers.com: My mascara easily smudges, leaving dark circles under my eyes. What can I do to prevent that?
Korby Banner: When you apply your eye cream, let it set for five minutes so that it absorbs into your skin. Then apply a good coat of waterproof mascara and, to be absolutely sure it stays on, put a little bit of translucent powder on a clean mascara wand and apply it over your mascara.
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Here are some of Banner's recommendations for essential products for summer beauty:
1. Sunblock-infused moisturizer (can be tinted) -- to protect and hydrate your skin.
2. Mattifying face primer -- a makeup base that acts as a "cushion" between your skin and your makeup, keeps your makeup on longer and controls shine.
3. Concealer -- to hide dark circles under eyes and cover up blemishes.
4. Q-tips -- for makeup application, blending and clean-up.
5. Good-quality eye shadow -- to avoid creasing.
6. Eye liner
7. Waterproof mascara -- to avoid smudges.
8. Blotting tissues -- to absorb oil and keep your face from looking too shiny. Pat, don't smudge!
9. Lip liner and sealing topcoat -- to keep colour from traveling off your lip line.
10. Translucent powder -- to seal your makeup.
Troubleshooting summer makeup mishaps
We've seen the "raccoon eyes," when mascara wanders off lashes. You've seen excessively oily skin, unsightly lines of eye shadow that settle into the creases of your lids and lip colour that won't stay put. Here are some ways to conquer makeup meltdown and keep everything just where you want it.
Homemakers.com: My mascara easily smudges, leaving dark circles under my eyes. What can I do to prevent that?
Korby Banner: When you apply your eye cream, let it set for five minutes so that it absorbs into your skin. Then apply a good coat of waterproof mascara and, to be absolutely sure it stays on, put a little bit of translucent powder on a clean mascara wand and apply it over your mascara.
Click to continue...
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