It’s finally summer Torricelumn™ Girls! You know what this means… Day trips to the beach, fancy brunches with your besties, and of course, the beautiful weather. The only downside to your perfectly planned beach day is it will take a good hour before your makeup starts melting off your face. Lucky for you, we have the 5 best tips to help that beautifully applied makeup last through the summer heat!
1. Use a face primer. Applying a primer to your skin before putting on foundation or tinted moisturizer creates a smooth base for the rest of your makeup application. If you are to invest in one product, a quality primer will make your makeup last. Primers can also make your lipstick last longer! Find out how in point 4.
2. Use a cream blush. If you know you have a long day ahead of you and find that reapplying makeup takes up time in your busy schedule, try a cream blush. Cream blush sticks to your skin and takes longer to fade than powder blush. For extra staying power, use a blush brush and dab some powdered blush on top of the cream for that extra hold!
3. Use a lipstain. Do you find that you reapply your lipstick more often than you check 
your phone? Try switching to a lipstain for the summer months. Use one like Elizabeth Grant Lipstain in Fusian Angel. This is a stain instead of a cream which locks the colour into your lips. No more worrying about reapplying your lipstick every 5 minutes!
4. Use lipliner (and primer too). If you are not a lipstain kind of girl, try using a primer and lipliner before smearing on your favourite shade of lipstick. When using the lipliner + lipstick combo, follow these simple steps to create a longer lasting pout:
- Apply a thin layer of primer to your lips and wait a minute for it to set.
- Instead of just lining the outside of your lips with lipliner, fill in your entire lip (this will not only make your lipstick last longer, but it will intensify the colour).
- Apply your lipstick shade of choice.
5. Use powder on the lashes. Pour some baby powder or loose translucent face powder into the palm of your hand. Take a clean and sterile mascara wand or makeup brush and roll it in the powder until wand is covered. Closing one eye at a time, dust the tops of your lashes with the powdered covered wand. You can now apply your waterproof mascara. This will thicken the lashes and will make your mascara last longer!
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