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Your makeup doesn’t have to melt this summer. Looking pulled together is a challenge but here’s how to win against the heat and humidity.
Look glowing, not sweaty!
In some parts of the country, wearing makeup is almost impossible with the crazy humidity. Incoming to save the day, whether you’re wearing foundation or tinted moisturiser and need to tone down the shine, is Mavala Magic Powder. The pressed powder matches all skin tones and with it’s very soft talc (which reflects UV and blue light), it’s mattifying, perfecting, blurring, translucent and gives your skin the finishing touch to look and feel fresh and make you feel pulled together.
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Lighten up your coverage
Foundation has been having a big moment, but for summer, lighten up with a BB cream – designed to unify the look of your skin with fresh, light coverage with colour, it also moisturises and protects skin. Apply sunscreen before so you ensure your sun safe and protected. Try Mavala BB Cream – it has hyaluronic acid and ceramide 2 as part of its effective but lightweight moisturisers, with a veil of colour to soften the look of lines and small imperfections.
Waterproof mascara isn’t just for swimming or weddings
No one wants mascara sliding down their cheeks – now’s the time to switch it up and use waterproof mascara to ensure it stays put. Bonus is you can also have a dip and come out looking glam and not panda-eyed. Mavala VL Waterproof Mascara enhances lash volume and length and comes in four shades. For a minimal makeup look with a flash of colour, go for one of the coloured mascaras, either Prune (burgundy) or Blue Minuit (Navy) and skip the rest of your eye makeup.
Fresh looks for lips
A matte lipstick always looks fresh in summer with glowing skin, and is a super-fast way to create a stand out look if you wear a strong colour. For that beachy, minimal makeup look, go for a balm with a hint of colour, like Mavala Tinted Lip Balm. It’s smooth and non-sticky, moisturising and suitable for very dry lips (and kids over three years too).
Skincare – move your exfoliator to the front of your shelf
While sunscreen is the most important product you can use on your skin, if you’re in the water or at the beach wearing thicker creams, it feels good (and is important) to give your skin a really thorough cleanse with an exfoliator 2-3 times a week. Mavala Beauty Enhancing Micro-Peel gently lifts dead skin cells for a deeper cleanse and leaves your skin feeling smoother, with improved micro-circulation. And if you’re finding you need a mattifying moisturiser in the hot weather with oily-prone skin, try Mavala Perfecting Hydra-Matt Fluid which nourishes skin but doesn’t leave it looking shiny, while cleverly regulating excess sebum.
