Perfect Summer Skin
Celebrity Makeup Artists Spill the Secrets of Perfect Summer Skin
1. Get perfect skin (or as close as you can to it.)
“The first step is to get your skin into excellent condition so you don’t even have to think about wearing foundation,” says Katey Denno, makeup guru to Olivia Wilde. An at-home mini peel, like Tata Harper Resurfacing Mask deep cleanses, reduces the appearance of pores and gives you an allover glow.
“The first step is to get your skin into excellent condition so you don’t even have to think about wearing foundation,” says Katey Denno, makeup guru to Olivia Wilde. An at-home mini peel, like Tata Harper Resurfacing Mask deep cleanses, reduces the appearance of pores and gives you an allover glow.
2. Slough off dead skin.
“You’ve got to exfoliate before applying makeup,” says Jeannine Lobell, Natalie Portman’s makeup artist, who swears by her Clarisonic brush. “Dry, dead surface skin grabs foundation so you end up layering, whereas smooth-textured skin needs much less.” Disclaimer: exfoliating your skin makes it extra vulnerable to the sun, so be sure to load up on a lightweight sunscreen, like KateSomerville Daily Deflector Waterlight Broad Spectrum 50+ Anti-Aging Sunscreen.
3. Chill out—your products.
You know when you step out of a hot shower and your face is sweating too much to put your makeup on? Refrigerate everything from your eye cream to a facial mist to a damp washcloth, and you’ll instantly cool down. “Summer heat makes you puffy,” says Lobell, “so I chill Klorane undereye patches while I shower, then apply them for 10 minutes while I dry my hair or pluck my eyebrows. If you still feel like you’re sweating, place a cold, damp washcloth on the back of your neck.”
“You’ve got to exfoliate before applying makeup,” says Jeannine Lobell, Natalie Portman’s makeup artist, who swears by her Clarisonic brush. “Dry, dead surface skin grabs foundation so you end up layering, whereas smooth-textured skin needs much less.” Disclaimer: exfoliating your skin makes it extra vulnerable to the sun, so be sure to load up on a lightweight sunscreen, like KateSomerville Daily Deflector Waterlight Broad Spectrum 50+ Anti-Aging Sunscreen.
3. Chill out—your products.
You know when you step out of a hot shower and your face is sweating too much to put your makeup on? Refrigerate everything from your eye cream to a facial mist to a damp washcloth, and you’ll instantly cool down. “Summer heat makes you puffy,” says Lobell, “so I chill Klorane undereye patches while I shower, then apply them for 10 minutes while I dry my hair or pluck my eyebrows. If you still feel like you’re sweating, place a cold, damp washcloth on the back of your neck.”
4. Fight the shine.
Anything with the word “mattifying” is your friend. Lobell uses a mattifying gel “to knock shine on male models' skin on set instead of powdering all day,” she says. “And it doesn’t feel dry like a primer.” Lupita Nyong’o’s makeup man, Nick Barose, recommends doing mattifier solo: “If your skin is in good condition and you want to keep it bare, Mally Beauty Evercolor Poreless Face Defenders will keep shine away for the no-makeup-look.”
Anything with the word “mattifying” is your friend. Lobell uses a mattifying gel “to knock shine on male models' skin on set instead of powdering all day,” she says. “And it doesn’t feel dry like a primer.” Lupita Nyong’o’s makeup man, Nick Barose, recommends doing mattifier solo: “If your skin is in good condition and you want to keep it bare, Mally Beauty Evercolor Poreless Face Defenders will keep shine away for the no-makeup-look.”
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