How to Perfect the Melt-Proof Makeup Look This Summer

July 18, 2014

As the temperatures soar and the forecast heats up, so will your sweat levels. Avoid excess perspiration and a melted face of makeup with an effective arsenal of long-wearing and waterproof formulas that are bound to keep your makeup in place despite any weather condition, even the harshest of heats. Luckily, combating the slipping and sliding of evaporating makeup is as easy as switching up your routine to suit the great outdoors.

Steer clear of this dissolving beauty disaster with tips and tricks to put your best face forward this summer, sans sweat.

melt-proof makeup

Lighten Up

On a sizzling day, start by swapping out your everyday face products for all-in-one formulas that eliminate the need for multiple products.
Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream Hydrating Colour Corrector Broad Spectrum SPF 30 $35
Lighten Up

Kiehl’s Skin Tone Correcting & Beautifying BB Cream $37
Ready, Set

Though it may be an extra step in your usual routine, priming your entire face (including eyelids) to perfection will prevent any product from running off your face and creasing, while helping to keep whatever makeup you wear in place.
MAKE Transforming Eye Primer $23
Ready, Set

bareMinerals Prime Time BB Primer-Cream $26
Favorable Formula

Opting for a silicone-based foundation and primer formula will keep your flawless complexion intact throughout the heat and humidity.
Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + Matifying Foundation $36
Favorable Formula

Smashbox Iconic Photo Finish Foundation Primer $36
Fight Oil

Pack your purse chock-full of oil and sweat fighting products like blotting papers to dab away excess and caked-on makeup starting to slip.
Sephora Collection Cooling Mint Blotting Papers $10
Fight Oil

Bobbi Brown Blotting Papers $20
Water Resistant

Even a bit of sweat can smudge your faultlessly applied makeup. To combat a makeup meltdown in the summer, select waterproof formulas for a stay-all-day finish.
MAC False Lashes Waterproof Mascara $21
Water Resistant

Stila Smudge Crayon Waterproof Eye Primer + Shadow + Liner $22
Blushing Beauty

In the warmer weather, a creamy cheek stain is your best bet versus a powdery blush. Cream blush offers a dewy, sun-kissed look without the caked-on combination of perspiration and powder.
Topshop Cream Blush in Afternoon Tea $12
Blushing Beauty

butter LONDON Cheeky Cream Blush in Piccadilly Circus $20

Megan Correia is a freelance fashion, beauty and lifestyle writer and editor extraordinaire hailing from Canada. After packing her designer bags and moving to the other side of the world on Australia’s Gold Coast, Megan received her Journalism degree to put her fashion knowledge and gift for the written word to good use. While always perusing the latest and upcoming fashion and beauty trends, runway collections and style stars of the season, Megan’s flair for fashion sparked a whirlwind expensive love affair with handbags and now considers herself to be a true bag snob. When she’s not trying to break the record for most Louis Vuitton bags owned, you can find her creating conversation on Twitter and Instagram.