Summer Make-Up - All secrets for you!

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Remember as the sun gets stronger, darlings, that the light cast on our faces and hair is a lot more harsh. If you’re a fairly dedicated wearer of make-up, do consider easing up on application — going to a more sheer foundation, for instance, and doing away with heavy eyeliner altogether. Depending on your skin color, you may look really beautiful with a wash of silver or gold-ish tones on your eyelid. Curl your lashes, swipe with black mascara, and wow! Pop!

If you usually wear heavy matte lipstick, now is the time to try a rosy berry or peach-pink gloss. Adjust according to your skin tone.

The idea in the summer, I think, is to keep our skin protected from the sun and looking as fresh and clean as possible, while managing sweat and shine in the pulpit with a light touch. If you have two services, don’t reapply powder between them as you can get cake-face doing so. And you don’t want to be old Reverend Cake-Face, do you? Just blot your forehead, nose and chin with folded tissue (press, don’t rub), spray on some rose water or other purified water on your punim (Evian has little bottles for this purpose), line your lips with a very neutral tone, apply a fresh coat of sheer lip color, blot and go.

A very emollient hand creme works perfectly well on little frizzies that can form around your face: just apply it to your hands as usual and gently brush your palms over your flyaways. Don’t mess a lot with touching your hair — you’ll just distribute oils and make it flatter and more uncontrollable than ever. Invest in a wide barrette or handsome headband if you’re growing it out.

The bob is BACK, kids, so you might want to investigate that as a new ‘do. Because haven’t we seen enough of those totally unexceptional chopped-off-short-middle-aged lady haircuts on all of us? Go for a little pizzazz! Why not? It will grow back, probably.

I promised you a review of self-tanning products so here goes:

Neutrogene Sunless Tanning Lotion
Works pretty darn well. I like to soak a cotton round with witch hazel before applying, and use it to wipe down my ankles immediately afterward so as not to get the dreaded dirty-ankle effect. You must apply this quickly and briskly, rubbing it in and blending fast. Wash hands with soapy water and nail brush afterward. It’s a little bit smelly, which I don’t like.

Dove Energy Glow Subtle Self-Tanner
This is basically a body lotion with what they say is a hint of color that builds if you use the product daily. Who has time to apply lotion on her arms and legs daily in warm weather? Listen, that’s one of the chief joys of summer’s more forgiving temperatures: I don’t have to slather my dry bod with lotion every morning! So this is a thumbs down for me, ’cause I didn’t see anything.

DuWop Revolution Tinted Body Moisturizer
This is moisturizer, shimmer and sheer body make-up in one. I’m glad I have it in the house, but it’s more for a date than for work. You just have to use it sparingly, rub it in real well, and let set before putting on clothes.


L’Oreal Sublime Glow Moisturizing MicroFine Mist
This stuff is genius. It doesn’t smell and it gives you a beautiful color. It is a little tricky to use, but you just spray yourself very lightly all over (I let it dry and then apply a body lotion to help even it out, because the first time I used it it was like “Hi, Splotchy Brown Spots Woman!”) and the color will develop over a few hours. Did I mention that this doesn’t smell? Just for the first couple of hours, and then only very subtly. I like this a lot.

Coppertone Bronzer Foam
Also a good product, comes in a dual pump form with half white foam and half liquid bronzer. You rub them together in your palms and then on yourself and it dry and gets you tan in a few hours. Smells a bit unpleasant but not too bad. The only real drawback is that it’s messy to apply and you can easily accidentally fling bits of bronzer on your bathroom rug or wall.

PeaceBang’s Pick of the Products: L’Oreal Sublime Glow, with Coppertone coming in second.