6 Summer Makeup Trends to Know Now

When the weather makes it more pleasant to venture out, there's a good chance you're going out every night. With everyone from Rag & Bone to Balmain to Coach doing some version of the "cool girl eye," i.e. like you went to bed with your makeup on and woke up with suggestively smudged liner, consider tracing your lashlines before heading out and then just leaving it as-is until the next night's festivities. 

When it's hot, a bright lip can be a bit high-maintenance, as face-melting conditions and a steady stream of cold beverages make for constant reapplication. So if you crave color that lasts a bit longer, consider copying the candy-colored lids that popped up at Rachel Comey, Christian Siriano, and Sportmax.

Summer is not the time for an overdone face. Just like your warm weather wardrobe is now looking blissfully laid-back, so too should your makeup. This is why the bright lip against a bare face as seen at Jason Wu (flouro red), Versus (coral), and Cushnie et Ochs (hot pink) is genius. It looks like you give a f*** but takes no more than a minute. 

About living that low-maintenance life this summer, consider minimalism. Not bare-faced, but using the same product on multiple parts of your face (like blush on your lids) as seen at Anna Sui, Adam Selman, and Chanel. You can Marie Kondo your cosmetic case in the process. 

No amount of mattifying lotion and blotting papers will stop the shine that is inevitable with jungle-like humidity. You might as well embrace it. And with models at Olivier Theyskens, Prada, and Margiela looking positively glossy about the face, you don't even have to bother de-greasing. 

See above for inevitable weather-related issues. This same line of thinking could apply to the consequences of being lackadaisical about applying your SPF. So your face is looking a bit over-exposed? Luckily, shows like Reem Acra and Chanel purposefully pumped up the blush so you can just add a pop of it on your cheeks to downplay the pink on the rest of your face.