Ditch: Your “regular” foundation. If you use the same foundation year-round, you’re wearing the wrong colour.
Snag: A better match. Even if you’re a judicious SPF nut, you’ll tan in summer and carry some of that colour into fall. Visit a cosmetics counter to find your true, current match. Or if you’re at the drugstore, try one of the hot new powder-format mineral foundations (L’Oreal Paris’s Bare Naturale is an excellent budget option). They brush on with ease and you can tailor the coverage.
Ditch: Glitter makeup. Or let your kids use it for arts and crafts projects.
Keep or buy: Shimmer cream. We’re talking sheer luminosity here, not glitter. (TIP: if you can see shining particles, it’s glitter.) Apply shimmer cream, lotion or powder with a light touch to eyelids, cheekbones, décolletage and/or shoulders, for a dewy summer glow that will carry through dressy fall nights.
Keep: Lip gloss. It’s a mommy staple (and a real beauty lifesaver since you can apply it without a mirror). Keep your tubes on deck for the rest of summer, and then stash ‘em in the glove compartment of your car in fall for when you just need a hint of colour to look more alive for the morning daycare drop-off, or for soccer practice.
Buy: Lipstick. This fall sees the return of grown-up, polished, rich red lips. It’s actually sort of exciting, if you’ve been stuck in a Chapstick/ponytail/yoga wear rut. Go for a flattering berry-undertone deep red like Estée Lauder Pure Color Lipstick in Maraschino, or Shiseido’s The Makeup Perfecting Lipstick in Rouge Indulge.
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