Good make-up gestures to make your tan lasting (without self-tanner)

Each year, it’s the same treasure hunt: after having patiently gilded in the sun, the tan goes between our fingers from the return. And where some rush on self-tanners, others bet on make-up tips to make the illusion last. Simple gestures, but that change everything, provided you avoid certain missteps that lead the Glow instead of sublimate it.

Makeup, well applied, can not only extend the good -looking effect, but also magnify it. No need to be make-up artist for that. Just understand what makes all the difference on a golden complexion: textures, tones, placement. And above all, not to confuse sun effect and product overload.

Tanned complexion: the products to adopt when the tan fade

Tanned skin does not need to be camouflaged, but accompanied. First reflex to ban: continue to use the same products as those of winter. The foundation that is too covering or too clear? To forget. Ideal: a light and bright base, type BB cream or tinted serum, which reveals the skin.

We also favor cream textures, which based better on the skin warmed by the sun. To restore volume and structure the face without tarnishing it, you put on a cream bronzer, to apply to the finger or with a dense brush on the naturally exposed areas: top of the forehead, cheekbones, edge of the nose, jaw. In a few gestures, the face regains its summer light.

Make on good colors and light

A common error after the holidays? Continue to make up your eyes and lips as before. However, a tanned complexion calls a warmer palette. Exit cold or too matt colors: place in apricot, coppery, bronze or terracotta, which intensify the tan without weighing it down.

For the eyes, a simple golden cream or copper applied to the finger may be enough to awaken the eye. On the lip side, coral, fishing or orange -red shades are perfect for valuing tanning, without aged effect. And to give the final cool: a liquid or cream illuminator, placed on the high points of the face. No need to look like a facet ball, but to subtly imitate sunlight over the skin.

The gestures to avoid if you want to keep your GLOW

Some back -to -school automatisms sabotage the summer sparkle without realizing it. Gum too strong, powdered excessive or standardize at all costs, for example. The tanned effect is played precisely on the natural contrasts of the face. By dint of wanting to unify everything, we end up erasing which precisely makes the beauty of tanning.

Finally, the too aggressive care applied after the holidays: powerful exfoliating, too frequent cleaning – accelerate the disappearance of the tan. The skin does not need to be “”, but soothed and hydrated.