Regardless of your skin type, this moisturizer is a really ideal summer purchase. It's super lightweight, but packed with coconut oil and shea tris, which promote hydration and help with skin restoration. Also, it absorbs super quickly and leaves behind no sticky residue, meaning it works extremely well under foundation and is just generally pleasant to wear.
New York City-based Korean makeup artist Seong Hee Park swears by these coconut water and ceramides-soaked masks. (The former hydrates and brightens skin, the latter creates a healthy moisture barrier.) For those whose skin has been sensitized and dried-out by heat, AC or air travel — you know, the typical summer woes — these are excellent re-texturizers.
It's not exactly a secret that heat, sun and chlorine are not kind to your strands. Every summer, dry, dull hair is just waiting to happen. To avoid it, stock up on cute hats and conditioning hair masks like this one from Coco & Eve. It's so concentrated (with shea butter, fig and linseed extracts and coconut and argan oils) that you only have to leave it in for about 10 to 15 minutes for smoother, stronger, glossier, super-hydrated hair. It's also sulfate, paraben and gluten-free, completely vegan and works on all hair types.
RMS Beauty founder Rose-Marie Swift, makeup artist to Gisele Bündchen and Miranda Kerr, uses only the finest centrifuge-pressed coconut oil in her natural-beauty line. This lightweight, hydrating, buildable concealer is perfect for summer, when you want to hide (and heal!) imperfections whilst still looking natural and effortless. Yes, even in direct sunlight.
Face mists: not just expensive water. This one from Herbivore, which also makes a killer Coconut Oil Body Polish, is super hydrating and helps soothe redness and inflammation. It works great as a setting spray — spritz some on and watch your makeup literally melt into your face — or as a 3 p.m. skin pick-me-up, especially on scorching summer days.
