Beauty and the Beach

One of the top five destinations on everyone’s list this summer is the beach! Even though you plan to be in the heat don’t let the heat beat your make up routine. Keep a fresh face with these illuminating, waterproof, and vitamin enriched beach beauty buys.

Throw away your foundation for a tinted moisturizer like Rock & Republic’s Trickery Tinted Illuminizer. This moisturizer is packed with vitamin E, is water based, and leaves a dewy luminous finish. $48 bloomingdales.com

Channel your inner child with Finger Paints by Josie Maran Cosmetics. This multi-use palette for lips, cheeks, and eyes includes shades of pink, peach, white, and copper and includes such ingredients as pomegranate seed oil, and beeswax. $36 sephora.com

Keep your eyebrows in check, beach water and all, with Clear Brow Gel by Three Custom Color Specialists. This gel is non-sticky and holds eyebrows in place without flaking or stiffness. $18 threecustom.com

Get glamorous lashes with Makeup Forever’s Aqua Smoky Lash. This waterproof mascara adds volume, lengthens, darkens, and curls. $22 sephora.com

Finish off your beach look with Ultra Smoothing Lip Tints from Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy. This balm contains a hint of tint and leaves lips smooth and moisturized and is formulated with cranberry and pomegranate extracts. $8 Available at all drugstores.

- D.C.