Beauty : Summer Essentials

It's already the end of July but the warm weather will continue here in Southern California!

1. Real Technique Sponge // 2. Lush Cupcake Mask // 3. Sun Bum Sunscreen // 4. Benefit Porefessional // 5. Tarte Amazonian clay BB tinted moisturizer // 6. Fresh Sugar Tinted Lip

To be honest, I like summer (hence, "like") but I don't love it.  I'm not a fan of it.  Sure, we get to take beach trips and the days seem much longer but at the end of the day, I hate the stickiness and mugginess! Summer days are ALWAYS too hot to put on a pound of makeup.  I already sweat off half my makeup after I step outside for about 5 minutes.  Literally.....but these great beauty essentials are my faves to use for a hot day! I love to keep it light and so these gems make it possible for my makeup to last! 

First things first, the Benefit Porefessional primer has got to be the best thing ever for my oily skin and huge pores.  On some days, if I'm just going out to bowling or a quick dinner, I will put use this along with the Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation (can you tell I'm a fan of Tarte Amazonian Clay? ;)) for a light coverage.  If I need sun protection during the day, I most often resort to Tarte Tinted Mosturizer for a little SPF.  I also LOVE Fresh's Sugar Tinted Lip balms for a little color and SPF as well! 

Although I enjoy using my Urban Decay Optical Blurring brush to apply liquid foundation, I do love the sponge much more.  The Real Technique version of the beauty blender is much more affordable! 

When I'm spending a long day in the sun, I like to spray my body with Sun Bum! It smells "coconutty" and reminds me of paradise :) 

At the end of the day, I like to do a face mask! Lush made a special mask just for oily skin and it's super chocolatey!!! Who wouldn't want to smudge a huge chunk of chocolate on their face?! It's every girl's dream! Well...mines at least....

I hope you enjoyed this small section on the summer-going-into-fall essentials! Californians cannot get enough of the sun and we gotta tame that oily skin and runny makeup! Hehhh