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So, when you're going to the beach, there are a few things that you might
want to improve makeup wise, but you don't want to overdo it. So here are
some beach makeup tips. The first thing that I'd like to do is usually use
some sort of primer. You want to use something that's going to keep you
matte, so this is the backup primer. You don't have to do this, but I think
it's nice because it's not adding any type of color.
You can take a little squirt like that, and this is something cool that you
can keep in your purse and just kind of tap on as you get a little bit
shiny or sweaty. You just rub it between your fingers and press it onto the
face where you're a little bit shiny. So this will kind of keep you from
getting overly oily when you're sweating or it's hot out. That's really
nice and it's also going to hold anything you put on top a little bit
better.
Obviously, we don't want to be too made up at the beach, so I'm going to
keep it pretty simple. If you do want to put something on your face to
cover redness or a little bit of blemishes, I would say just use some sort
of a BB cream. BB creams have high SPF usually. I have the Smashbox one
that has SPF 35. It's going to stay on a little bit better than a regular
foundation. It's not going to get cake-y if you're swimming and it streaks
across.
So if you want to wear something to cover a little bit, this is what I
would choose. The next thing would be, I love powder too. If you don't want
to do the primer option to keep yourself matte, I love this Peter Thomas
Roth setting powder. It's the Instant Mineral SPF 45. So basically what it
is, it's just powdered sunscreen. It's so nice. This is really awesome to
keep in your beach bag while you're on the beach and you just brush a
little bit on.
As you can see the powder is coming out and you have instant SPF. It's
really easy to just keep touching up because when you're going in and out
of the water, you don't want to put something sticky, like really thick,
sticky white sunscreen all over your face. I feel like I'm going to break
out. So this is so much easier.
The next thing would be if you do want to throw a little bit of mascara on,
just make sure it's waterproof. I have a few that I like to use. I have the
Stila Stay All Day waterproof mascara. I have a Laura Mercier waterproof
mascara and I also have Blink.
So if you don't know about Blink, basically what it is, is a fiber mascara.
If you haven't used a fiber mascara, what it is, is there are tiny little
fibers that are infused into the formula and when you apply it, it kind of
creates a little tube around each lash. The tube is what is very
waterproof, but when you're removing it, it comes off very easily.
So if you hate waterproof mascara because it's so hard to get off, you
might like a fiber mascara better. There are several different ones, like I
know Eye Co. has a fiber mascara. So just go to your makeup store, ask for
a fiber mascara, and that will be an easy waterproof beach option.
The last thing that I really like is once again with the SPF, you want to
keep your skin protected. You want to keep it looking young. So that
applies too with your lips. If you want to just throw a little bit of color
on, I love these Fresh Sugar balms. They have SPF 15, which is really nice
because at least they're protecting your lips, and then you're getting a
little bit of color out of it, but it's not over the top like a lipstick on
the beach. So these are my makeup tips for the beach.