Summer’s Hottest Beauty Tips

The essence of summer is the luxury of less is more. It’s the season to hang loose and run free. So when it comes to having your best and most beautiful summer yet, it’s essential to go back to the basics. Prep your skin with the hottest facial, protect it all day long with SPF’s that make you belong in the sun, and top off your lips with tints that will transport you to those far away beaches of your dreams. Prepare, Protect, Radiate, Polish and Shine through these hot Summer days and amazing Summer nights with my favorite go-to products!

Prepare! The hottest at home facial and favorite of Miss America, The ARTISTRY® Intensive Skincare Renewing Peel will give you all the benefits of a Chemical Peel without the evasiveness, redness or cost! The secret? Artistry’s breakthrough mushroom enzyme, which adapts to the user’s unique skin condition, exfoliation until the pH reaches 5.5, delivering optimal, professional-level benefits and a more radiant complexion with every application. I am obsessed!

Protect! Looking for sunscreens that won’t leave you greasy or smelling like a tanning bed? Burts Bees delivers an SPF free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, or petrochemicals, it’s 100% natural! For face try Clinique Sun SPF 30 for Face. Clinique’s innovative SolarSmart complex triggers an antiaging repair process while at once providing skin with a high level of defense from the aging and burning effects of UVA and UVB rays. The formulation also includes a boost of antioxidants to shield skin from environmental aggressors. *You can find either of these at your local drugstore or wherever Burts Bees & Clinique products are sold. And don’t forget that pretty pout! Benetint offers an SPF 15 balm with a luscious pigment so brilliant it will beg for a kiss. *Find it at Sephora.

Radiate! Scents that will make you swoon! My personal favorite, Gilly Hicks “Kirrawee”, sold exclusively on their website GillyHicks.Com or in their smattering of locations nationwide. Coming in next - Marc Jacobs and Coach with some delicious skin tantalizing flavors….

Polish! My girlfriends and I joke around that we have an “Essie Addiction” - but with vibrant colors and catchy names like “Brazzilliant” who wouldn’t be in love? Summer is the perfect time to get a little loud with your nails, but for those of us that like to keep it cool, try “San Tropez”, it’s muted but still gives you the destination feel. *Visit Essie.Com or shop wherever Essie products are sold.

Shine! As the daughter of a dental hygienist, a great smile is at the top of my list of beauty must haves. I have tried everything and Crest® 3D White™ Vivid Whitestrips® are #1 dentist recommended & #1 on my chart too for a dazzling grin.! *Available at your local grocer or drugstore.