It’s getting hot in herrre! As summer comes to an end, we’re grabbing the mic and dropping our thoughts on the latest summer beauty trends– and how they’re helping your skin. We’ll also be rating the top trending brands, so you can save time and money.
In an article about viral beauty trends, Cosmopolitan talks about all things BeautyTok. From the hyper-silly-namification of regular things into a fun phrase (think “Latte Makeup” or the infamous “Glazed Donut Nails”), to the blowup of Alix Earle (aka the reason behind why the Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Bronzing Drops were sold out last summer), we’re dipping our toes into the hottest summer trends!
Bronzing Drops
Healthy Hotties, we feel like we’re seeing bronzing drops everywhere! A simple Google search will result in hundreds of brands and their take on these instant glow filters.
Ever had your face appear a few shades lighter than the rest of your body? (This tends to happen if you’re wearing sunscreen everyday like you’re supposed to *eyebrow raise*). Bronzing drops are great for adding some color and glow back to your complexion. Here’s a rundown of the current hottest bronzing drops:
Best for Your Skin
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Hue Drops
A spinoff of GlowRecipe’s best-selling Dew Drops, now with a warm hue perfect for summertime!
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Niacinamide, Centella Asiatica, Hyaluronic Acid, Watermelon
What customers are loving:
- Clinically effective
- Brightens skin over time
- Visibly reduces hyperpigmentation and minimizes the appearance of pores over time
- Instantly evens out dull skin tone
- Warm, glowy sheer tint
Price: $35
Best Bang for your Buck
e.l.f. Cosmetics Bronzing Drops
This product is brand-new, just in time for summer, affordable, and comes in 3 different shades!
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Sunflower Seed Oil, Glycerin, Vitamin E, Marula Seed Oil, Raspberry Seed Oil
What customers are loving:
- Glowy
- Affordable
- Customize your glow by mixing with your fave moisturizer or oil
- 3 flexible shades
Price: $12
Best Drugstore
L'Oréal True Match Lumi Glotion Natural Glow Enhancer
L'Oréal truly did not miss with this one. We are honestly in a chokehold with this affordable and dependable option.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Glycerin, Shea Butter, Jojoba Esters, Iron Oxides, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
What customers are loving:
- Shimmery glow
- Affordable
- Instantly hydrates
- 3 shades
- Great for wearing alone or under makeup
Price: $16
Best Natural-Looking Finish
D-Bronzi™ Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops
The moment you’ve all been waiting for… the viral Drunk Elephant product that left us all wanting more!
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Cocoa Extract, Peptide Blend, Chronocyclin, White Tea Extract
What customers are loving:
- Powerful antioxidant ingredients soothe and slow down visible signs of aging
- Anti-pollution properties protect again environmental stressors
- Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while promoting elasticity and resilience
- Designed to be mixed with any moisturizer, serum, or oil to add that warm pop of color
Price: $38
Tinted SPF
Next up on our summer favorites: SPF makeup. Who said we can’t have sun protection AND a little complexion boost? We all want that summer glow without the full beat. Tinted SPF is perfect to use alone or layered with makeup!
Best High-End SPF
PCA Skin Sheer Tint Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Sunscreen
This product has a long-lasting water resistant wear of 80 minutes, making it perfect for those long beach days.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Jojoba Esters, CoEnzyme Q10
What customers are loving:
- Clinically-tested
- Antioxidant ingredients that protect against free radical damage
- Broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection
- Water resistant 80 mins
- Universally tinted
Price: $54
Best for Acne-prone Skin
EltaMD UV Clear Tinted Broad-Spectrum SPF 46
Touted by dermatologists everywhere, EltaMD has made their name and is a staple for those who struggle with acne-prone skin or rosacea.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Niacinamide, Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
What customers are loving:
- Dermatologically-tested, non-comedogenic, hypoallergenic, fragrance-free, oil-free
- Formulated to calm and protect acne-prone skin
- Sheer tint to help even skin tone
Price: $45
Best for Glowy Results
Colorescience Sunforgettable® Total Protection®Face Shield Glow SPF 50
Do you want a natural summer glow without having to wear foundation? Look no further than this shimmery tinted sunscreen.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Niacinamide, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp (Silver Ear Mushroom) Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa (Tara) Fruit Pod Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Sprout Extract, Iron Oxides
What customers are loving:
- Provides environmental protection against UVA/UVB rays, pollution, blue light, and infrared radiation
- Hydrating, antioxidant-rich
- Dermatologist tested, hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic
- Free of parabens, sulfates, phthalates, oil, dyes, and fragrance
- Water/sweat-resistant: 40 minutes
- Natural luminosity in a flattering golden peach tone for all skin tones and types
Price: $49
Highlight sticks
Whether you’re a subtle highlight-the-inner-corner-of-the-eyes type of baddie, or a die-hard on-the-cheek fan, highlight sticks are making their way into our beauty routines and are here to stay. Cream-based products are perfect for summer compared to their powder counterparts, as they’re more moisturizing, blendable, and easy to layer with SPF and makeup!
Best Blendability
Westman Atelier Lit Up Highlight Stick
If you’ve read our Blush Sticks blog, you’ve seen Westman Atelier before. This Clean Ingredient beauty company is known for their amazing face sticks.
Good-for-you skincare ingredient: Vitis vita grape extract
What customers are loving:
- Glassy finish
- 4 shade range
Price: $48
Best On-the-Go
Nudestix Nudies Blush Stick
Summertime can mean go, go, go… from the pool to dinner to the beach club! This highlighter has a cream stick on one end and a brush on the other, making it the perfect travel buddy for those post-swim touch ups.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Kaolin clay
What customers are loving:
- Comes with a brush applicator (our personal fav touch!)
- Natural-looking flush that makes your face look fresh all day
- 12 shade range
Price: $34
Most Fail-Proof
NARS The Multiple
Deemed “The Original Multi-Purpose Stick,” this OG is perfect for highlighting, sculpting, and adding warm color to the eyes, cheeks, lips, and body.
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Glycerin, Acai Oil
What customers are loving:
- 5 shade range
- Classic
- Offered in shades with touch of color for multi-purpose use
Price: $39
Best For Your Skin
BiotechBeauty Cream Color Multi-Sticks for Cheeks + Lips (coming soon!)
We’re harnessing the very best biotech beauty ingredients in our multi-sticks, so you get gorgeous color along with skincare actives in our clinically-backed formulations. We offer a skincare-as-makeup staple that’s independently shown to support skin barrier function and facilitate a balanced microbiome. This is the key to healthy, radiant skin!
Good-for-you skincare ingredients: Squalane, Polypeptides, Plant Stem Cell Extracts, Jojoba Esters, Vitamin E, Ceramides, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Naringenin, Vegan Collagen, Prebiotics & Postbiotics, Phospholipids
What you’ll love:
- Certified Microbiome Friendly
- Supports Skin Barrier Function
- Supports Skin Microbiome Health
- Ultra-blendable and buildable
- Free of silicones, fragrance, parabens, PEGs
- Dermatologically tested on sensitive skin
- Non-comedogenic
- 3 shade range
Alright Healthy Hotties, thanks for tuning in and turning up the heat! Sign up on our waitlist to get the hottest drop in skincare-infused makeup.
These summertime beauty essentials will leave you too hot to handle!
XO,
BiotechBeauty
