The Best Of Summer Makeup

This isn’t hard to do for lips. What’s unexpected? An equally bright hue on just the inner corners of the eyes. Here, Yellow eyeshadow from the Night Garden Eyeshadow Palette, and Carnal Carnation lipstick, both from the Nars x Erdem Collection.

 

The standout thing here is actually not that much of a standout – a pink mouth that’s decidedly matte, for a hot-weather look you can weather. Eyes = Eye Shadow in Sun Speck, and Slow As You Glow. Cheeks = Extra Dimension Bronzing Powder in Golden Rinse. Lips = Amplified Creme Lipstick in Goodbye Kiss. Makeup, M.A.C. Swimsuit, Eres.

 

The thing with this kind of shimmer: you want to take it easy, with just a touch of it. Here, it’s on the eyes and lips – just so, not too much, not too little. Eyes = Island Bling 2-in-1 Liquid Eye Shimmer in Tini Kini. Lips = Summer Nights Iridescent Lip Luminizer in Mermaid Thighs. Both, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna, Sephora.

 

Greys, blacks and browns are smoky perennials, but perhaps too safe? The refreshing alternative: turqoise-y greens. Here, YSL Beaute’s 5-Color Ready-to-wear in Urban Escape – green on the upper lids; dark green at the outer eye corners; dark green + purple blue on the bottom lids; pastel purple + silver on the brow bone; and silver at the inner eye corners. On the upper cheeks as a highlighter: Bronzing Stones Collector Sun-kissed Glow Creator. On the lips: Ready To Care & Shine Lip Colour in #76, a sheer yet colour-true lipstick. Makeup, YSL Beaute. Swimsuit, Eres.

 

When you have a set of Brooke Shields brows, play them up more. To create the intense pink here, we used a liquid eyeliner, not coloured mascara. With brows this bold, you need little else. Brows = Diorshow On Stage Liner 24H Wear Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in #851. Cheeks = Diorskin Mineral Nude Glow Brightening & Correcting Powder in #04. Lips = Dior Addict Lip Tattoo Longwear Colored Tint in #341.

 

Marc Jacobs Beauty’s Coconut Fantasy Collection is an example of Summer makeup that has a fantastic name but is truly wearable – even if some of the products smell of coconut and suntan oil. Its eyeshadow palette has seven shades, from skin to cocoa hues, and three are matte. The other makeup products focus on giving skin lustre (highlighter, primer and loose powder). Eyes = #790 Fantascene She Said. Cheeks = #104 Tan-tastic. Lips = On The Dance Floor eyeshadow. Makeup, Marc Jacobs Beauty, Sephora. Top, Iris & Ink, The Outnet.