Lightweight Makeup You Need to Elevate Your Summer Glow

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The best lightweight makeup gives just enough coverage to disguise the blemishes that chip away at your confidence. When you’re wearing it during the summer, it also doesn’t leave you with the cakey finish that feels like a warm (and welcome) blanket during winter. It’s makeup for people who don’t like makeup but still want something. It’s coverage for self-professed lazy people like me who have just enough energy for five minutes of application before running out the door. In other words: it’s that perfect in-between for when you can’t make up your mind and want the option of putting on more later.

If you’re someone whose routine is dictated by the trends of the moment, you’ll be happy to know that skin is in for the coming months. Laura Mercier Artist Executive Jerry Johnson’s predicted a much-needed return to light and airy skin with a dewy finish, otherwise known as “no makeup-makeup.” There are a lot of ways to go about achieving this. You can swipe on one layer of your favorite sheer foundation, invest in a tinted moisturizer, get familiar with a BB cream, swipe on a little highlighter, or spot-cover with concealer. Whatever you choose, the goal is that second-skin, lightweight finish that feels comfortable enough to wear on the beach and actually lasts until dinner after.

My favorite way to apply these type of formulas is with my fingers (clean ones, of course) or a damp sponge, but a flat brush always works too. Just don’t forget to wear your sunscreen underneath. Check out any of these top-sellers and start test-driving your summer glow now.

GLAMGLOW GLOWSTARTER Mega Illuminating Moisturizer

$49 at Sephora

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Illuminating

$46 at Laura Mercier 

Kosas Tinted Face Oil

$42 at Revolve

Cover FX Custom Enhancer Drops

$21 at Revolve

NUDESTIX Nudies Bloom All Over Face Color

$32 at Revolve

BECCA Skin Love Glow Gaze Stick

$28 at Revolve

RMS Beauty Luminizer x Quad

$48 at Revolve

Olio E Osso Berry Balm

$28 at Olio E Osso

NOTO Color and Glow Stick Trio

$50 at Free People

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek

$36 at Free People

Marc Jacobs Beauty Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter

$45 at Sephora

Charlotte Tilbury Glowgasm Beauty Light Wand

$32 at Net-A-Porter

Wander Beauty Dualist Matte and Illuminating Concealer

$29 at Wander Beauty 

BECCA Summer Radiance Kit

$19 at Sephora