This summer, keep your makeup light! Allow your skin to breathe and your natural beauty to shine through!

You should ease up on the amount of makeup you use during the summer but that doesn’t mean skip makeup altogether. If you can’t bear the thought of going without makeup, use these techniques to look beautiful and natural.

Liquid foundation can be very heavy. Avoid it if you can. If you feel you have to use a base makeup, apply a tinted moisturizer to even out your skin tone.

Go for bronzer! Use a little bronzer for a healthy glow. If you haven’t had any sun this season, apply bronzer where the sun naturally hits your face. That would be your forehead, nose, cheeks and chin. Use a thin, fan shaped brush to get a light, subtle coverage. Skip the blush if you are using bronzer. If you aren’t using bronzer, use a light apricot or peach blush, either would be an ideal choice.

Eyeliners can smudge easily in the heat and humidity. Use a powder eye shadow rather than pencil or liquid liners. With a small slanted brush, apply dark shadow in a thin line to define your lash line. If you know you are going to be in water, skip the liner or go for a waterproof eyeliner instead.

Eye shadows crease and melt with perspiration in the heat and humidity. If you want to wear eyeshadow, make sure you apply a primer first to keep your shadow in place. Choose light eye shadow colors that are close to your skin tone. Vanilla or gold shadow can give you some color without looking made-up.

Skip the lipstick and choose a light lip gloss or tinted lip balm instead. Lip balms and lip conditioners are great for summer anyway because they provide sun protection as well as a sexy hint of color and gloss.

Then, last but certainly not least, don’t forget the waterproof mascara. Heat and humidity can cause regular mascara to run and when that happens you get “racoon” eyes and they burn–not a good thing!

So, walk on the light side with your makeup and have a great summer.