5 tips to make you look and feel good this Summer!

These are my top tips for looking and feeling great this summer whether you are staying in the UK or are topping up your tan on a gorgeous beach abroad. I have also included a makeup tutorial for the perfect day to night makeup look. Enjoy!

1. Protect Protect Protect!

I cannot stress enough how important is it to protect your skin not just in the summer but all year round! The rays of the sun in general are extremely strong (even if you can’t see it, it is still there!) Many people choose to use a sun lotion underneath their makeup up but my skin is combination and therefore I do get oily throughout the day so I use Jane Iredale Glow Time BB Cream. Hands down one of the best BB creams I have ever used. The coverage is amazing and the SPF is 25 which is perfect for the face! This BB cream isn’t available in stores, only salons. To find your nearest stockist go to https://janeiredale.com/uk/en/where-to-buy.htm type in your postcode and it will find your closest salon. For the rest of your body any sunscreen which an SPF of 15+ is perfect.

2. Perfect beach waves

• Wash hair and pat dry
• Spray Schwarzkopf beach matt textured spray on the middle section of your hair and the ends. Use your hands to scrunch your hair as you do this.
• Sleep on it
• Using GHD’S or a curling iron, curl random sections of your hair to give it some volume
• Lightly apply hairspray all over and you are good to go

3. Summer nails

In the summer most people like to go for pinks, corals and reds. Nothing wrong with that of course but these are the “safe” colours for the summer. I like to go for mint, nudes, yellow and pastels. Here are my favourite ones…try something different!

•  Maybelline in Mint for Life 
•  Barry M in Lychee
•  CND Vinylux in Bicycle Yellow
• CND Vinylux in Salmon Run

   

 

4. Hydrate

Im sure you all know this but hydration is key to looking and feeling healthy. The average person should be drinking 1.5 litres of water every day. Water gives an amazing glow to the skin, releases toxins and is the easiest way to make a difference to your general wellbeing.

5. Tantastic

For those of you who want a healthy glow for an event or just for the summer in general, look no further than St Tropez. A lot of fake tans are exactly that-fake looking, but St Tropez works with your natural skin tone and will NOT make you go orange. You can choose between original (for the 1^st timers!) or dark which to be honest is not as dark as one would think! The spray tan needs at least 8 hours to develop, you then wash it off and you will have a gorgeous all over colour. St Tropez spray tans are available in most salons. 

Let me know how you get on with these tips and look out for my blog on how to achieve the perfect day to night holiday makeup look.

Xx