Natural Look

Protect yourself from the sun — use sunscreen and avoid direct sunlight between the hours of 10 and 2.

Get adequate rest and nutrition.

Protect yourself from stress — both emotional and environmental stress.

Wash your face twice a day to remove dead skin cells, dirt, and dust! And put on the proper skin care products.

Don’t neglect certain areas of the skin. Elbows, heels, neck, and décolletage need moisturizing, and your scalp and the tops of your feet need sun protection.

Touch your face less and wash your hands more! Don’t get too surgical on yourself. It’s very tempting to pick, poke, squeeze, and scratch in front of the mirror. But the more you traumatize the skin, the greater your risk of scarring. Apply treatment products and let them work.

Keep your makeup clean. Replace the sponges in your compact on a regular basis. Now and then, toss the whole works and start fresh — the average shelf life for cosmetics is 6 to 12 months.

How to Get the Look

Face - Add a healthy warm tint using a bronzing gel where the sun normally hits your face: cheeks, nose, and forehead. Using a blush brush, sweep sand-colored blush across the apples of cheeks, working back toward the hairline, then downwards to blend. Finish with a shimmer powder for a summer glow.

Eyes - Brush a bone-colored eye shadow from lash line to brow bone with an eye shadow brush. Using an eye-definer brush, apply a cocoa-colored eye shadow on the lower lid. To enhance eyes, use an eyeliner brush to line them all around with a mahogany eye shadow.

Lips - Apply a sheer neutral color on lips, then line with a mocha-colored lip liner. Finish with a neutral-colored shimmer lip gloss.

Five On-the-Go Summer Essentials

* Water keeps you hydrated and cool

* Blush is the easiest way to look pretty and radiant

* Bronzer makes you look healthy and relaxed

* Lip balm with SPF protects your lips from summer heat chapping

* Lip gloss for instant shine and color