5 Summer Makeup Trends To Try Today

When it comes to summer 2015 makeup, there’s only one buzzword: Cool. The I-just-woke-up-like-this girl rules the roost for this year’s summer makeup trends, with runways ablaze in fresh, unmade-up skin, bold eyeliner, and rich, deep lips. This is makeup for the kind of girl who steals the show, who’s the life of the party, who makes an entrance and doesn’t even notice that all eyes are on her.
In other words, yes, the coolest girl in the room.
Here are the top five summer makeup trends to try today for that effortlessly gorgeous-girl look.

1. Fresh Skin
Perfect foundation and heavy concealer? Save it for winter. The summer is always about letting skin breathe, and never more so than now, it’s all about looking dewy and radiant. The look is glowing and natural: Your skin, just better. Apply BB cream or a light concealer only where you need it and then warm up skin with a hint of shimmery bronzer. Equally important: Don’t forget to moisturize!

TRY:
Kate Somerville Nourish Daily Moisturizer ($65)
Hourglass Ambient Bronzer ($50)
Garnier BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfector ($10)
2. Rocker Eyeliner
That no-smudge, cat-wing, paint-by-numbers look that perfectly put-together icons like Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly emblemize? Not this summer! What looks modern now is messy, haphazard, smudged, and very bold. The chunkier and more scrawled on, the more on-point. If it’s a crazy Crayola color like turquoise, even better.

TRY:
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Deep End ($20)
Revlon PhotoReady Kajal Matte Eye Pencil in Matte Marine ($10)
3. Red Stained Lips
While this season’s lips are attention-grabbing and often fire engine red, they’re not perfect (Are we sensing a trend here?). Ditch the eyeliner, and don’t worry about painting within the lines. Think how your lips look after sucking on a cherry popsicle: Juicy, matte, and super intense. Try dabbing color onto your lips with your finger or a lip brush for an extra matte look.

TRY:
Benefit Benetint Cheek and Lip Stain ($30)
CoverGirl Outlast Lip Stain in Scarlet Pucker ($8)
4. Look-At-Me Lashes
Thick, spindly, skyscraper lashes are in. If the summer 2015 look is all about bare skin and dramatic eyes, bigger-is-better lashes set another statement: Assertive, confident, and a wonderful counterpoint for that glowy skin.

TRY:
Diorshow New Look Mascara ($29)
L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Volume Building Mascara ($8)
5. Metallic Nail Polish
Metallics have been hot in fashion for the past year, and the trend has trickled down to nails. Red is too put together; dark is too wintry; pastels are too vanilla. But vibrant metallics like silver and gold are oh-so-very now. Bonus: If your nails smudge, it doesn’t have the same urgency to fix. After all, the cool girl knows that sometimes undone is actually done.

TRY:
NARS Iconic Color Nail Polish in Amarapura ($20)
Revlon Nail Enamel in Copper Penny ($5)