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Summer beauty: the ultimate guide to battling a heatwave, how to keep your make-up in place and minimise frizz
By Morgan Fargo
3 years ago
1 min read
11 products to help you keep your cool during the heatwave.
When the temperature inches above 25 degrees, there’s a tendency to feel a certain apathy towards doing anything that isn’t lying on the ground with an ice pack on your forehead. If you manage to rouse yourself from this overheated state and venture towards the office or out to do something fun and social, the likelihood of the heat wreaking havoc on your make-up and hair is, for lack of a better word, likely.
Following many years of trying (and failing) to dodge the heat-induced make-up slip and hair frizz, here are the 11 products to keep everything where and how it should be.
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer
A product that gained viral fame on TikTok, this invisible primer from Milk Makeup is renowned for keeping make-up in place for hours on end. A blend of plant-derived oils, aloe water, hyaluronic acid and B vitamins, it’s hydrating and calming, giving the skin a healthy glow that doesn’t slip all day (or night) long.
E.l.f 16 Hour Camo Concealer
A concealer that packs a punch well above its price point, the matte finish helps minimise heat-induced shine, with a 16-hour wear time.
Blink Brow Bar Iconic Tubing Mascara
Tubing mascaras – mascaras that wrap each eyelash with polymers, creating a tube of pigment – are hailed for being smudge and flake proof, as well as easy to remove. This Blink Brow Bar tubing mascara lasts for up to 24 hours and is enriched with vitamins B and E for added reparative and growth benefits.
YSL NU Blotting Lotion
When it gets really hot, I prefer to skip as many of my usual make-up steps as possible, instead finding products that soothe and support my skin without adding too much extra glow. This Blotting Lotion from NU can be used as a matte primer or a matte lotion, soft and comfortable on the skin while controlling shine.
Urban Decay All Night Setting Spray
A cult item, Urban Decay’s setting spray has a loyal and far-reaching fan club. A fine, lightweight mist, this spray holds your make-up in place through baking heat and in close, humid environments, all thanks to clever temperature control technology that lowers the temperature of your make-up to keep it all where it should be.
Shop Urban Decay All Night Setting Spray at Cult Beauty, £12
Supergoop! (Re)setting 100% Mineral Powder SPF 30 PA+++- Transluscent
An SPF powder (yes, really) that works brilliantly as a touch-up stick but also to absorb excess oil, shine and moisture on the move, the formulation gently blurs and mattifies the skin.
Shop Supergoop! (Re)setting 100% Mineral Powder SPF 30 PA+++- Translucent at Cult Beauty, £28
Colour Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray
A game-changing product for people with hair that tends to frizz or puff in hot weather, this spray works to ‘waterproof’ the hair – creating sleek, silk-like strands.
Free from silicones, the Colour Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray contains a heat-activated polymer that coats the hair with an invisible, waterproof barrier, helping to minimise frizz and flyaways.
Best used spritzed generously into damp hair before blow drying.
Shop Colour Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray at Cult Beauty, £12.50
R+Co Moon Landing Anti-Humidity Spray
Another stroke of anti-humidity genius, this lightweight hair spray from Miami-based brand R+Co soothes frizz and flyaways while repelling moisture, dampness and humidity-induced chaos. Post-styling, shake and spray all over for satin-smooth hair.
Shop R+Co Moon Landing Anti-Humidity Spray at Selfridges, £28
Nyx Matte Blotting Paper
A physical approach to battling the heat, blotting paper are a no fuss way to immediately reduce the appearance of moisture and oil on the skin. Simply apply to the areas that need it (the T-zone and cheeks are a good place to start), gently press and peel off for instant blotting.
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