We continue our Summer Shimmer Series with a focus on eyes, lips and cheeks. We busy gals love a good creamy bronze eye shadow or slightly sparkly gloss for a quick all-one-color look that’s perfect for sipping seltzer by the pool. In the dog days of summer, we beat the heat by using products that give us dewy, lightly peach-y cheeks that help us look refreshed even when we’re kind of sweaty!
We’re taking our que from under 40 Model Nacilia McCarthy @Krishphotos Copyright Reserved 2019
Let’s talk before the look! Skincare is really important and we’ve got the product just for you! Mademoiselle Ayanna’s Le Rouge CC Serum with Vitamin C. Use this with your day and nighttime routine.
Our staff picked out the best of the best all-in-one palettes, blush duos, and lip shines that can add that extra glow to your pout!
M.A.C.
Can someone please hook us up with this one sweet kit that literally has EVERYTHING you need for a weekend getaway. Stunning sunshine AND sunset colors in this “Heart Of Glow” kit from M.A.C.
Lime Crime
As they say…this look is Unicorn approved! These lush velvet metallic lips will put all eyes on you! Get a bronzed and bougie pout with this product.
Nars
We also needed something for the office, when perhaps a bright bronze shadow just won’t work. We found these two simple but stunning and will leave you dare we say, discreetly glowing.
Lost In Luster Face Palette
Nars Jubiliation Dual Intensity Blush Duo
Fenty Beauty
We need nudes! And these Stunna Boss Nudes Lip Gloss will satisfy your need to be nude (we hope).
The Little Bronzer Duo sets your cheeks and lips ablaze with pretty!
Kylie Cosmetics
We fail to find a more gorg summer extended bronze palette than this one from Kylie Cosmetics. Literally every shade to sparkle like the sun itself, this one palette will take you from day to night in one shot.
File Under Products We Love: Stila’s Twin Cheeks Duo
But seriously the dark color blends in just like the sun would from a natural tan on lighter tones, and the highlighter works for any cheek color for a strobe light effect. Dazzling!
Benefit’s The Cheekleaders Squad
The perfect summer palette for someone who is into minimal makeup, perhaps a teen or even your mom. Subtly pretty, this one compact will get you from game night to spotlight.
IMAN
We praise IMAN for these inexpensive but truly amazing lip glosses. At inexpensive drugstore prices of $8 for each tube of gloss, you can get one in Crystal AND one in Chocolate Diamond, and then get two for your mama and your sister too. We weren’t expecting much, but quickly found that the shade Crystal gives the perfect shine as a solo product OR on top of your favorite lip color for extra slick, but well-conditioned lips.
Glossier Niteshine
4 truly stunning highlighters from Glossier that you can use anywhere on the face! With an applicator to place it precisely on the browbone or cheekbone, and in a formula that is easy to layer over foundation to boot!
What more can we ask for in a shimmer for the whole face?
