We’ve come to the end of a long summer of really good lewks and never have we felt so in-the-know. Our hair looks more romantic, our mascara has been retired until fall, and we have a whole new bag of tricks for our nail art Instagrams. All of this is thanks to some seriously ingenious pros and A-listers who generously donated their best tips and tricks. And we’ve still got two more months of summer to put them into action. Here, the 10 best beauty lessons we’ve learned all summer.
Did you know you shouldn’t self-tan when your skin is too warm? Neither did we. We also learned, thanks to tanning pro James Harknett, we should start following
self-tanning based off our hair color
.
As
dermatologist Dendy Engelman told us
: “In a Consumer Reports study, almost half of the products failed to meet their SPF claim after water immersion—despite the fact that all featured claims of water resistance.” And there’s more sunscreen intel where that came from in our Q&A with the celeb derm.
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Nail artist Alicia Torello created the perfect
Fourth of July nail art
that we would honestly wear year-round, and we found there is no better nail-modeling prop to show it off than a New York City hot dog. Ice cream cones are so last year.
7. DRYBAR’S PURPLE SHAMPOO IS A WINNER
After our assistant editor Hannah Baxter
tested six different blond-boosting hair treatments
, most of them tub-tinting purple, she landed on Drybar’s as her fave. But there were several awesome runners-up.
8. IN-SHOWER HAIR STYLERS HAVE BEEN INVENTED
Always at the forefront of hair care, super-science-y brand
Living Proof invented an in-shower hair styler
that leaves the same ingredients found in hair spray and curl gel in your hair even after you rinse. The livin’ is extra easy this summertime.
Yes, that stuff in your grandparents’ medicine cabinet. The
Disney actress swears by Noxzema
for makeup removal and, after her childhood stint as Toto in
The Wizard of Oz
, she would 100 percent know. We’re stocking up.
10. WE WILL ALL WANT ASH-BROWN HAIR COME FALL
Pinterest let us in on the
top trending hair colors
users are searching for and saving this summer. One of the chart-toppers? Ash brown. We have a hunch this may forecast our fall hair color cravings come Labor Day.