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10 Essential makeup products to beat the heat By Mirella Cameran New Orleans brides face high temps and humidity most of the year, but products with high-tech ingredients can guarantee they will look cool and flawless all day. Here’s a round up of the some of the best:
Cargo’s Water Resistant Blush’s silky powder formula has silicone-coated pigments which provide better adhesion to the skin and an amino acid that increases its longwearing and water-resistant properties.
The collagen-fueled formula in Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara is applied with a specially shaped brush and not only creates unbelievable length and volume but its film-forming polymer guarantees all day smudge-proof wear.
Created and tested by professional and Olympic athletes Sweat Cosmetics Mineral Bronzer SPF 25+ is designed to be workout and sweat-proof.
Chanel Illusion de Ombre Long wear Luminous Eye Shadow is a gel-based eye “mousse” that glides on easily to create a budge-proof ,pretty shimmer.
The polymer technology in Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion fills in any imperfections and provides 24-hour crease-free shadow and more vibrant color.
Surfer, Kelia Moniz, alpine-ski racer Julia Mancuso and BASE jumper Roberta Mancino put Bobbi Brown’s Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation SPF15 through the paces and prove their staying power.
A brush-on gel that shapes and shades with a non-greasy formula, MAC Pro Long-wear Waterproof Brow Set, is not only resistant to sweat, but it is flake- and clump-proof as well. Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer is a silicone-based primer that creates a flawless canvas and strong foothold for foundation.
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Make Up Forever Aqua XL Eye Pencil is an extra longlasting waterproof eye pencil developed 25 years ago for the French Synchronized Swimming Team. It does not smudge even underwater.
Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick is the go-to for Natalie Coughlin, 12-time Olympic swimming medalist who hopped into the pool to prove this waterproof line is for real.