There is no time that you want to look better than in the summer. After testing a candy shop full of products I am confident these easy to use beauty essentials are sure to never fail you.
Lips:
EOS Smooth Lip Balm: This lip balm is my favorite one on the market. It’s perfect for year round use, you should stash one in every bag. $3.50
Tarte Lip Tint: Who doesn’t love their own perfect personalized shade of pink? This naturally adapts to your skins PH, and it’s perfect for a no fuss summer lip. $24
Benefit BeneTint: The perfect tint. You can use it on your cheeks or your lips, it’s essential for every girl’s summer kit! $30
Hair:
Color Wow Root Color: If you’re taking an extended vacation or just can’t make it to the salon, this is a great product to tide you over. Covers gray and regrowth! $34.50
Rockaholic Dry Shampoo: After testing more dry shampoos than I can count, this one remains the best in my book! An easy way to make that blowout last 4 to 5 days. $21
Nails:
Essie Summer Collection Nails: These are perfect summer colors, wear one or wear them all at the same time! $17
Essie Corrector Pen: This is the perfect tool for the girl that can only paint one hand neatly! $14
Fragrance:
Prada Candy: Who doesn’t love candy!? Notes of vanilla, musk, caramel. $62
Marc Jacobs Eau So Fresh: Nice summery light fragrance in a gorgeous bottle. This leaves the skin smelling fresh with notes of raspberry, rose and musk! $78
Vera Wang Roller Ball: Perfect for traveling, store this in your purse, beach bag, or carry on. Notes of waterlily, chocolate and amber. No need to ditch your fragrance, this is the perfect size! $18
Feet:
Tea Tree Oil Foot Spray: Keep your feet fresh with this great spray. $9 Tea Tree Oil Foot Wipes: Great for the beach, always be a step ahead with these great wipes! $7
Bliss Foot Patrol: Use this daily to make your feet soft and silky (if you can, get get another set of hands to do it for you)! $18
Skin:
ULTA Dual Action Cleaning System: This system is very affordable and great for the face. It will make your skin glow year round! $21.25
beauty
Katie C
For as long as I can remember I’ve followed the same skincare regime. Cleanse my face in the shower. Once out of the shower I follow with toner, then eye cream, then an all over face moisturizer ALWAYS making sure to cover my decolletage area (neck & chest). And i finish up with a sunscreen specifically for the face. I’ve always had great skin & I credit this routine for it.
Tammie
I have had awful oily/acne prone skin my entire life. I started to use Queen Helene Mint Julep mask about five months ago. Since using my skin has cleared up, including dark spots, pores are smaller, skin far less oily and I feel like I glow! The mask smells amazing and so inexpensive. I have never found a product that worked better for me!
Amanda Louise
Hello!!!!!
My go-to beauty tip is to drink water! It gets rid of the all the detox in your body, in your skin…thus balancing your skin complexion. And not to mention the hydration, in which is super important!!!!
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Jules
I use vitamin E as moisturizer and eye makeup remover! I also swear by my Shu Uemura eyelash curler–it’s basically the one item that wakes up my face every morning 🙂
Becca
I love making homemade facial masks all throughout the year, but primarily during the summer! My go to summer mask is a spirilina mask. Spirilina is a superfood and is so incredibly healthy so I thought why not put it on my skin! The ingrediants include: a tea spoon of spirilina powder( available at any health food store), mix it with water. Add oats ( to help with redness) or add honey ( to add moisture) if desired. Good luck!
Briana
I always carry around my RMS coconut cream. I can use it to remove all of my make up (regardless of whether I am near a sink or not) or just to clean up the eye make up that travels and gives me that raccoon eye. Bonus: it smells amazing…just like summer 🙂
Tara
I have taken vitamin E since I was a kid (thanks Mom) for improved skin, hair and nails. I stopped taking it for a few months just as a test and WOW did I notice a difference! I will never stop taking it again.
As far as a more specific product goes, Urban Decay’s eyeshadow primer is the best primer I have ever used on my oily lids (and I have tried dozens). It makes my shadow last all day/night, even in the summer!
Lucas G
If you ever get sunburned, poke up a vitamin e capsule (or a few!) and put the liquid inside on the spots where you’re burned the most! This never fails In the summer months especially being that I have super fair skin and burn really easily!
Natasha Groenewold
Moisturize with face lotion that has sunscreen every day!
Cassie Brecunier
Always wear sunscreen, making this a daily routine is simple and will save your skin in the long run.xxoo Cas
Nessa
Whenever I see a blemish turning red, I dab a little bit of toothpaste on it with a q-tip and it helps the redness go away. Another favorite trick is putting my long straight hair in 2 small buns after a night shower, and waking up to cute wavy hair in the morning.
Alexandria Stratton
My go to beauty secret is drinking lots of water, it keeps my skin so hydrated and looking fresh. Also lots of rest helps me too look amazing.
Paulina
Hi Corri!
I swear by *It’s a 10 miracle leave-in lite* conditioner. My hair is thin and dry (drier in the summer) so it’s difficult finding products that won’t weigh it down yet make it look healthy and smooth. This one does it! BIG plus, combing through my hair has never been easier, less tangles! I’ve tried the regular instead of the lite but that weighed my hair down so it probably will work for gals with thicker hair!
Also my cuticles tend to get really dry but using *essie apricot cuticle oil* helps so much, using it daily makes them softer and less visible and big plus, it smells so good!!
xo
Kathy
Lots of water! Paul Mitchell Wild Ginger hair products keep my hair shiny and soft and Arcona Magic Dry Ice for the face. Never leave the house without tinted moisturizer, mascara and a nude lipstick.
Jordan Clower
I always keep lotion on hand, particularly in the summer. When my mascara and/or eye liner starts to run and create black circles around my eyes, I use a drop of lotion and rub it on the area with a tissue. Takes the excess make up off without having to redo my whole eye. It’s my little go-to travel make up remover.
Linsay
I’m a blonde so I ALWAYS fill in my (very light) eyebrows, it makes my whole face so much more defined. It’s a simple and natural looking way to draw attention to my big baby blues! Plus with the whole Cara Delvigne-inspired dramatic brow look that’s on trend, all I have to do is add a little more color and voila – drama for night!
I also never leave the house without mascara, bronzer and highlighter (love ‘Watts Up’ from Benefit<3)
Julia
My number one beauty tip is to get in an early morning workout. I always feel so good after and fresh for the day. I also rarely leave the house without foundation and mascara 😉
Amber
It’s rare for me to run out of the house with out makeup on because I usually like to even out my uneven skin tone. In the summer, though, less is more. Boiling water on the stove, and then putting an unmade face near the steam not only helps clear my pores but really does even out my skin tone as well! It gives me a nice glow for a night out and I end up needing to wear less makeup!
Nicole LaCross
I create a blend of organic oils (peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary, & spearmint) mixed with coconut oil, and massage it into my scalp on a weekly basis. Not only is it super moisturizing, but it also stimulates hair growth!
Mara
Proper nutrition is my number one beauty tip! Take care of your body from the inside out. I drink a fresh squeezed green juice blend every morning and I’ve never had better hair, skin and nails. Throw in a morning workout and stretch sesh to promote glowing skin and better posture.