Must-Have Beauty Buys for Summer
Here's everything you need for a beautiful summer
– Nail the Mood –
Summer’s hottest colours for feet and fingers
– And Breathe –
Swap your usual base for the lightest, breathable tints for summer
With a soft, velvety finish, fine natural powders in this tinted high protection sunscreen help blur and smooth skin for an even glow.
Uniform Tinted Mineral Sunscreen, £34 Merit
This fresh gel-cream tinted moisturiser dials down redness yet is lightweight and offers buildable coverage in 14 different shades.
Hydro Grip Gel Tint, £34 Milk Makeup, Sephora
Natural looking but super lightweight, this barely-there tinted moisturiser cleverly adds a pretty touch of colour and disguises any dullness.
Just Enough Tinted Moisturiser, £44 Jones Road
A real stalwart, this tinted moisturiser is super light but still offers decent coverage with a natural-looking finish.
Complexion Rescue Tinted Moisturiser, £32.50 bareMinerals
– Fight the Frizz –
Summer’s humidity often plays havoc with hair. Here are our favourite frizz-busting beauty buys
Just a small amount of this anti-frizz cream, with upcycled jackfruit, beetroot extract and plant-based polymer, gives long-lasting frizz control and intense thermal protection when the heat is on.
Anti-Frizz Crème, £26 Ouai
This 2-in-1 leave-in conditioner and smoothing treatment seals in moisture and locks out frizz for 72 hours of glossy hair.
Frizz-Me-Not Treatment, £28 Amika at Cult Beauty
An anti-frizz blow-dry milk for medium to thick-dry hair which contains anti-dryness polymers to provide nutrition, detangling, smoothness, and shine.
Nutritive Nectar Thermique Beautifying Anti-Frizz Blow Dry Milk, £34 Kerastase
– Sunless But Sunkissed –
How to cheat your way to a just-back-from-holiday glow
We love Vieve’s limited edition palette, with three shades of cheek-popping blush and a highlighter.
Dimension Face Palette, £39 Vieve
For an instant boost of radiance, and an immediate sunkissed glow with added skincare benefits to protect, smooth and nourish your skin.
D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops, £35 Drunk Elephant
We love this tanning balm with its buttery, whipped texture. Simply massage in like your usual body cream and watch the glow develop.
Intensive Tanning Balm, £39.95 Brunaé Body
Available in four shades, this perfect soft-matte cream bronzer melts effortlessly into skin for a perfectly natural, second-skin glow.
Awesome Bronze, £18 (member’s price) Beauty Pie
A first-of-its-kind tinted serum actively manages the appearance of stress on your skin whilst giving it a gorgeous glow.
BFF De-Stress, £41 Trinny London
Nars’ much-loved Laguna bronzer is now available in a seductively sheer, high- shine lip oil.
Hot Escape After Glow Lip Oil, £27 Nars
Switch your black for summer’s softer shades. A one-stop, one-swipe shimmering stick for lips, eyes and cheeks.
Trifecta Metallica, £23 Stila
– Stay-Put Mascaras –
Enjoying the Summer heat or taking a plunge, these smudge-proof picks are for you
Budget-friendly and won’t budge despite the dunking.
Sky High Waterproof Mascara, £13 Maybelline at Boots
