Easy Summer Beauty Tricks For When You’d Rather Be At The Beach
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I feel like summer is deceptively glamourous. It’s synonymous with being tanned with wavy beachy hair and like, laughing all the time. I think of confident women hanging on the beach with all their friends and throwing their long manes back and just laughing.
Then I leave my daydreams, grab my $10 “kids” watermelon-printed towel, and make the hour-long non-air-conditioned tram journey to the bay, where I can and have been sunburnt and dehydrated.
Now that I (and collectively, we) are older, I it might be time to learn how to pull off that elusive beach-beauty-laughing-tanned look once and for all. Behold: here’s the internet’s best hacks for those summer beauty ~vibes~.
#1 Coconut Oil Is Your Friend
Coconut oil is possibly the greatest thing to have in your beauty arsenal. Coconut oil fixes everything, from dry hair to my tense relationship with my mother. My many sources say (plus like, my friend Ben) that if you coat yourself in coconut oil you will leave the beach glowing and silky (and smelling great tbh).
But that’s no excuse to skip sunscreen – coconut oil only has an SPF of about 5, so whack it on top of your sunscreen to ensure you’re properly protected.
#2 Spray Away
This is genius and I wish I had patented it. Fill your hair up with spray in conditioner, spend the day at the beach, and your yummy salty hair won’t have that grainy, crunchy feel to it when you head straight to dinner. See? Genius.
#3 Add A Little Colour
Planning on heading out after a dip or just love it when your lips are all shiny and plump? Say no more, fam. Revlon’s Kiss Cushion Lip Tint is not leaving your sweet, lush lips anytime soon. Great for Instagram AND convenience, and isn’t that all we really want?
#4 Draw A Line In The Sand (& On Your Face)
Okay this is for the real dedicated beach babies amongst us. There are a bunch of brow stains on the market that last for a few days after application, meaning you can swim with the confidence I imagine Cara Delevigne swims with. Take your time with application, though, DIYing brows can be hilarious and day ruining.
#5 Slip, Slop, Slap
This goes without saying, but we could all use the reminder as the summer sun beats down. Slather every dang piece of available skin in sunscreen every two hours when you’re frolicking in the sand or your skin will hate you for literally your entire life. It’s science.
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