
With Ibiza season in full swing and the get-away months creeping up on us it's time to sort out our holiday makeup bags. There's some fabulous makeup this season, designer and budget, so we have put together a selection of the hottest beach-beauty-booty. Whether it's a hot bright gloss, a multi-functioning space saviour or a practical sweat-banisher all these gorgeous products deserve a coveted space in your makeup bag this Summer.
Read on for our round-up of this season's essential beach makeup!
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The magazines are chock full of festival fashion and festival beauty pieces at the moment, as we run up to this weekend's Glastonbury. But the problem is, how many of us really want fake tan, expensive cleanser and mineral foundation when we're lolling around in a muddy field? My festival beauty regime doesn't go much further than SPF35 and lip balm. So in the name of good old reality, here's Kiss and Makeup's real festival beauty must-haves!
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The sun has finally come out, but is your beauty regime ready? The skin on your lips is extra sensitive, so it is more important now than ever to protect them from burning with an SPF lip balm.
Read on for a rundown of the best.
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Have you started dreading the call of Summer recently? Up till a day ago I was convinced we were in for the darkest winter ever but recent bursts of reasonably hot (if sporadic) weather has made me start fretting about the pastiness of my legs and what to do without those 60 deniers. Well MAC as alas has a solution to that- its new Skinsheen leg spray which will cover up your wobbly bits with a comforting bronze. It applies like a mousse and is easily blendable, as well as comes in a variety of colour ways.
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- Hairdressers have the highest career satisfaction (second only to CEOs!). The Times find out what's so satisfying about snipping away our spilt ends [Times]
- Christina Aguilera debuts her ads for her new fragrance, and Bella Sugar notice something is missing. Namely, her bum crack. [Bella Sugar]
- The five UVA-fighting ingredients your sunscreen should have. If they don't, then bin it, says A Touch of Blusher in her anti-ageing week. [A Touch of Blusher]
Being extremely fair skinned, I am obsessed with finding the perfect sunscreen for every occasion. And yes, there is more than one occasion for sun screen - under makeup, waterproof, sports, and body sun protection to name but a few - one bottle does not cover all! So you can imagine my delight in discovering Blockshop, a online store dedicated almost entirely to sunscreen.
Blockshop stocks hard to find sun protection brands like Aloe Up and Eco Lips, as well as organic skin and hair care from John Masters. They also sell coloured zinc sun block if you fancy trying the retro look on the beach!
Like that? Try this: Top up your sun protection over your make up with Peter Thomas Roth Instant Mineral SPF 30 | Prevent wrinkles and sun cancer: Six ways to get your daily SPF
- Kate Hudson, David Babali and, erm, Wild Aid have teamed up to create a natural haircare range. [Elke Von Freudenberg]
- Mariah Carey has been accused of borrowing Gisele's body for her new perfume ads. Whoops, not so good when you've just insured your legs for a billion, is it? [Perez Hilton]
- Ditch your SPF for antioxidants, say sun-care experts. Apparently from October to April (or now, considering it may as well be winter) antioxidants are a better bet for protecting our skin from UVA rays. [New Beauty]
- A fragrance for babies? Give me a break, please. [Bella Sugar]