The Breakdown: The Beach Glow

With Independence Day just around this corner, celebrity makeup artist Vincent Oquendo shares his tips to get the perfect beach glow. In this easy tutorial, Oquendo illustrates how to keep your summer look simple and fresh with just the right amount of blush. Here’s how to get the look:

1. Apply sunscreen as a base.

2. Layer moisturizer and tinted moisturizer.

3. Use a brush to blend moisturizers and sunscreen.

4. Perfect your brows with a little bit of powder.

5. Set your brows with a waterproof gel.

6. Highlight your cheeks using bronzer.

7. Apply a cream blush to the apples of cheeks.

8. Use cream blush as lip color.

9. Apply a creamy metallic shadow to the lids.

10. Use a brush to buff and blend the makeup.

11. Apply a generous coat of mascara.

12. Use a clean spoolie brush to remove mascara clumps.

13. Apply mascara to your bottom lashes.

14. Use a highlighter on your cheeks and brow bones.


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