Your friends at RapidLash hope you will take a fabulous vacation this summer. However, if you aren’t able to leave town at least you can give your skin a break from pore-clogging heavy makeup. This time of year, lighten up and enjoy the benefits of taking the summer off from foundation. Kelly Bruce shares how to lighten, warm and contour like a professional.

“Skip the foundation, at least during the day. If you feel like you need some coverage go with a tinted moisturizer or BB cream. Then set it with powder and bronzer, and touch up later if you get shiny.

Use bronzer to warm up the skin. Start with a BB cream, then set it with a little powder. Next apply bronzer in the shape of a C from the temple to the top of your cheek bone and then another C down to the jawline, this is often called the double C or 3. Don’t forget to throw a little on your ears and down your neck. This contours beautifully as it leaves the center of your face light and brings out your bone structure.”

Shannon C., Lashing Out