Makeup Colors for Summer You Should be Wearing

With the changing of each season, it’s a great time to switch up the colors you wear in your wardrobe and the colors you wear for your makeup. You don’t need to have a complete beauty overhaul but just need to add or switch a few things to freshen up your look. These are the makeup colors for summer you should be wearing to help you feel up to date and fresh!

Summer Lip + Cheeks

Using a lighter, brighter, or softer color on your lips and cheeks will instantly change your look! Fall and winter are great for darker and deeper colors and spring and summer are great for those lighter and brighter colors.

The great thing about this makeup is that the cream makeup can double as a lip or cheek color. You can even use it as an eyeshadow! Talk about versatility! Any of these will be perfect makeup colors for summer:

Petal
Hollywood
Frenchie
Cindy
Summer Love
Pink Grapefruit

You can shop the Lip & Cheek colors HERE.

Summer Eyeshadows

Just as with your lip and cheek colors, you want your eyeshadow colors to be lighter and brighter. Any of these colors are perfect for summer! You can shop them HERE.

Soul Mate
On Wednesdays
Tawanda
Crush
Peppa
Blondie
Unicorn
Sabrina
Rome
Stardust
As You Wish
Stay Golden
Pup
Mama
Valencia
Mi Hija

Bronzer

Bronzer can work any time of year, I use it year-round, but it’s especially great in the summer! It helps give you that sun-kissed glow without the harsh sun rays. It looks like you’ve spent the day at the beach! When you buy the Bronzer + Blush Brush with the Bella Crème Bronzer as a bundle, you save money! Shop the bundle HERE! Here are some ways you can wear bronzer:

• Apply it all over your face before you highlight & contour.
• Apply it on the highest parts of your face where the sun naturally hits (your forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin) after you highlight & contour.
• Apply a light amount of highlight to even out your skin tone and then apply some bronzer for a light makeup look.
• Scoop a pea sized amount of bronzer and a squirt of your moisturizer and mix it together in your fingers. Then apply it all over your face for a light bronzey all over look.

Invest in just a few new products so you can feel like a new woman! You don’t have to collect a ton more clutter or spend a ton of money to freshen up your look with these makeup colors for summer. Swap or add a few new colors in your custom compact and have a whole new look!

See the best makeup brushes to apply your makeup HERE!

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Have you ever gone to the pool, beach, or lake and you don’t want to go barefaced because you have some blemishes, but you don’t want to go full out on your makeup routine and wear all the things?? Yeah, me too! Here’s a barely there makeup look that you can rock near any water so you feel confident and beautiful without wearing your normal everyday makeup look. It’s simple, I promise!

What You Need for a Barely There Makeup Look

The key to getting that poolside makeup look is to go lighter than your everyday makeup look. Think “less is more.” You want to wear just the basics to achieve that no makeup, makeup look. This is what you will need:

• Protection
• Makeup
• Brushes & tools

Protection

When it comes to protection for your skin, you want a great sunscreen. You can wear sunscreen under your barely there makeup look and still look great! 

Here are some tried and true sunscreens that are great for your face and work well with makeup:

Makeup

When it comes to the makeup for a barely there look, you really don’t need a lot of product. Here is what you need for a simple beachy glow:

• Highlight (this will help you get an even skin tone)
• Bella Bronzer
• Illuminator
• Mascara
• Lip Color
• Demi Correctors

Brushes & Tools

Your makeup tools are just as important as the makeup itself! Here are some makeup brushes and tools you need for a barely there makeup look:

• Bronzer + Blush Brush
• Line Brush
• Perfector Sponge

How to Apply a Barely There Makeup Look

The first thing you want to do is protect your face! Start your look off by applying a layer of sunscreen to your beautiful face. 

The next step is covering up your blemishes and evening out your skin tone with highlight. (Not sure what shade will be best for you?? Take the Seint Color Match Quiz, Seint Makeup Survey, or look at the Seint Color Match Guide for help). Take the smaller end on your Bronzer + Blush Brush and apply a light layer of highlight on the areas of your face that need evening out. (Depending on how much makeup you want to wear, you may want to skip this step).

If you want even less makeup than highlight, then you will love Demi Correctors! The Demi Edits are perfect for concealing just the areas on your face that need to be erased. The Wide Awake edit is great for concealing those dark circles and tired eyes. The Erase Edit is great for concealing blemishes and distractions. The Rewind Edit is great for concealing dark spots and freckles. Use the Spot Brush to apply just a small amount on the places you need to conceal.

Once your skin is evened out, take the large end of your brush and apply Bella Bronzer. Apply it on the tops of your cheekbones, on your forehead, on your chin, and down your neck. This will give you a nice sun-kissed glow.

Then take your damp Perfector Sponge or a clean finger and apply some Illuminator on the top of your cheekbones and the bow of your lip to give yourself a beautiful glow. You can even apply some on your eyelids for a little shimmer.

Apply your favorite mascara to those lashes so you look more alive and feminine!

If your brows need some defining or maintaining, then take the Line Brush and brush through your brows. Then you can take Bella Bronzer and fill in and shape your brows.

Top your look off by adding some lip color. Since you want a barely there makeup look, one of these shades are perfect: Summer Love, Boardwalk, Sadie, Carousel

As a bonus, you can take that same lip color and add a little color to your cheeks!

Just take a few minutes to get yourself ready for a low key, barely there makeup look the next time you visit a pool, beach, or lake. It’s all about keeping it simple.

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How to Color Match Yourself with Seint Makeup

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