Heatwave beauty
MAKING your summer make-up stand up to the heat can be a piece of cake with the right products in your arsenal.
As temperatures rise, it's time for a vanity overhaul. When you're verging on a meltdown, reaching for the cooling mineral water spray may be a natural reflex, but it can mess up your make-up.
A good place to start is by making matte, long-lasting, all-day, heat-resistant, sweat-proof your watchwords for staying selfie-ready all summer long.
Semi-permanent make-up is an option, but there is also a wealth of far less radical and more affordable solutions out there.
Kat Von D's buzzed about summerproof cosmetics line is one example. Her Lock-It Foundation in 30 shades and 24hour Tattoo Liner are just some of a host of products that pass the sweat test.
The beauty brand founder claims her matte finish Lock-It Foundation is so longwear, you can go a full 24 hours without touching up or re-applying, but if you're still not sold, there's always Lock-It Setting mist, or a powder alternative to keep make-up looking fresh round the clock.
International beauty pro Wendy Rowe swears by fixing sprays, but reminds us that they should only be used as a shortterm solution, say for a special occasion rather than with a “through hell and high water” objective.
Her top five are Urban Decay All Nighter, Décleor's Aurabsolu Refreshing Mist, oil-absorbing Cover FX Matifying Setting Spray, Coola Makeup Setting Spray with broad spectrum SPF30, and Marc Jacobs hydrating and nourishing RE(COVER) perfecting coconut setting mist.
Heat and humidity are no sweat for teen cosmetics queen and YouTuber Tina Halada who regales the beauty community with twice-weekly doses of make-up intel.
Tina's tutorial for “super simple, fresh, glowy” sweat-proof summer make-up includes using DiorSkin Airflash spray foundation combined with matte finish concealer, while stressing the importance of powder – a “must” to stop base from “sliding around” (she uses longwearing powder from Maybelline), plus goldentoned highlighter, and Morphe Prep & Set make-up setting spray to finish. – AFP Relaxnews