Beauty-fuls: We're melting....'Cuz we all need a lil help with the summer makeup melt...

Ahhhhhh summer...how we heart thee...let us count the ways...

Wait! There are soooo many ways we utterly heart you...but only one (or 2) reasons we don't...

Our makeup melts right off!

Have no fear ladies o' the hot days..we got your back! Remember the Beach Beauty Bag post? See?!? Told you...we are here to inform and take care of you....

Melt Proof...UVA and B proof (OK not proof but resistant)...Frizz Proof...and ubergorgeous...best part about summer makeup? You barely need any so the real you shows thru!

Sooo without further adieu...we give you our guide to the bestest summer proof makeup...

Hmmmm...where shall we begin? How about the hair? Only because we are selfish and see to have the worst time in the summer and end up with buns everyday...not that buns are bad...cuz they are soooo not!

We just wish our hair could be goddess-y for once to lure in our boys even more ;)

There is no better hair than beachy (but touchable) waves in the melty hot sun.

After using a ton of Salt Sprays that leave our hair crunchy and matte...we found 1 spray wax (sounds scary but it's soo not) that makes your hair "day after" piecey, satin-y, beachy with out being a pain in the you know what.

Sally Hershberger's Spray Wax can be used so many ways to get that gorge beachy look.

Ok...so we finally got the hair thing done...now our fave part...los ojos!

You know we are all about the liner...so get nuts! But you need a great and stay put summer shadow to let your look shine.

We super heart all things Stila and their Smudge Pots are redic...They took their #1 color, Kitten, a most gorge golden shimmer and put it into a pot and created summer makeup magic!

Spread a little on your lids, coat your lush lashes with a bit of mascara and Voila...Goddess on the loose!

Speaking of great Summer Proof mascaras...

Raise your hand if you can't stand how hard it is to get off waterproof mascara...yeah no kidding...us too. But Duwop created a water resistant one just for the melty days of summer.

And best part?

It's a 2fer...1 side lengthens and the other side creates summer proof gorge lashes.

The hardest hit by the hot blazin sun? Your cheeks!

Nothin' melts away faster then your perfectly glowing cheeks..so Estee Lauder to the rescue.

We love their Creme Blush.

It smooths into your skin like airbrushed makeup and dons you with a glow that will make any golden goddess jealous. You can also use it as a great shadow too! Done and Done

OK so we got...

Gorge, sexy heat resistant hair- √

Smoldering golden lids- √

Sweat proof doe eyed lashes- √

Glowing Goddess cheeks- √

What's missing? Oh yeah! The #1 meltiest place for makeup in town...your pout!

We too are sick of our gloss melting off and eating it like it was a popsicle and lip liner stays but it's just sooo heavy!

The answer? Lip stains!!!!

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Our fave and the fave of many many ladies of the sticky heat, heart Cover Girls Outlast Lipstain Markers.

The color choices are fantastical and they seem to stay without making your lips feel like they sucked on a salt lick.

And of course the spf! So importante it get's it's own section...But we have yelled enough at you so we know you never forget ;)...

Some of our faves are on this uber cute beach bag post but we have a few tips for you on how to make sure you are super covered under the make up covers.

1. Use a serum type sunscreen. Khiel's Super Fluid SPF 50 is suuper light and sheer and never oily. It loooves makeup or no make up in our case

2. Let sunscreen soak into your skin for about 15 minutes before topping it with any other products

3. SPF 15 is not enough! So ladies who love the whole mineral makeup thing...that is not enough coverage (Bare Essentials has SPF 15 built in)

4. Don't you dare forget your lips! Those beauties are suuper sensitive to sun too! And they deserve a great SPF30 to protect them.


Korres makes a totally TDF Watermelon (yup...watermelon!!!) SPF stick that works anywhere, especially your kissers!

5. Drink loads of water!!!!!

So there you have it! Heat and sweat proof makeup that will make heads turn and you stand a lil straighter 'cuz your not covered up...you're shining thru!

xoxo things we heart

Beauty-fuls: Eye Love You...we heart "Natural" looking eyes hadows!

You know when you see a girl who is TDF gorgeous...like "...Really are you freaking kidding me? That's how you look with no make up on?" ....gorge.

Well lovers of Things We Heart, we are here to tell you...she's wearing makeup.

No really! She is...unless she's Kate Bosworth or Kelly Wearstler...

...she is for sure wearing it.

Pros like to call it the No Makeup Makeup and it's about time that we all get to be that chick who people whisper about (in a good way).

We were inspired to do this post because of 2 incidents...1st when we saw a certain movie this weekend...we are not allowed to talk about it again until June 2010...but we gasped and literally held hands when we saw how we never noticed how unbelievably naturally stunning the lead actress was (OK....OK... we saw New Moon! and loved every F'n second of it...so much one of us changed our Blackberry name to E Cullen...don't tell my BF...OOOOPS..) We digress... sorry...hee hee

Bella Swan's eye makeup in particular was perfection. It brought out her true beauty with out hiding her at all.

Not Bella but a bella and this is the PERFECT example of No Makeup Makeup...great colors!

Then, I went to coffee with one of the prettiest girls around and actually got teary eyed (Hey! I had my period) when I saw her...she looked DDG (Drop Dead Gorgeous)!

After yelling at EF for being soooo pretty, I asked her for her eye makeup tips and she said yes!!!

So we...the ladies of Things We Heart would love to divulge the secrets to the perfect No Makeup Eye Makeup! Woo hoo!

First up is the eye makeup that makeup artist Van Phue gives us the dirt on BS's (Bella Swan) beautiful eyes.

After prepping her lids with a primer from Smashbox, she swept on 3 shades of neutral shadow from M.A.C.

Wedge, Blanc Type an Phloof. The effect was a smoldering nude yumminess.

I wonder if EC will fall in love with us if we do our eyes like her....hmmmmm.

OK, next up are the beautiful tricks of our beautiful friend.

Her glowing eyes were enough to make us fall in love...here is what she uses.

When she is getting gussied up she uses Chantecaille Shine Eyeshadow Powder.

There is a neutral trio that she loves, but she suggests going to the counter to find the best neutral shades for your ojos.

But when she is meeting a friend and wants to be perfectly unmade up, she turns to Estee Lauder's Creme Blush in Nude Light (yes it's a blush and looks like her face and eyes are lit by the sun)

...and lines the upper lid with a soft colored Kohl pencil from Trish McEvoy.

We are FOR SURE stealing her look...

Now for a few amazing "Natural" colored shadows we found..see how much we love you?! Sooo much research...OK it is for us too but we would never do it unless you cared too ;)

We super heart this kit from Too Faced called the Natural Eye Neutral Eye Shadow kit. Cute!

It comes with all of the colors (9 total!) you need for that perfect natural eye makeup look for any occasion.

And it even includes a how to! You will be a glowing fairy goddess in no time with this palette of cuteness. You're welcome!

Loving this next kit from Stila....the perfectors (sp?) of the natural look bring you their Purrfect Eyes Talking Palette.

Now it was designed for the Cat Eye look that we all suuuper heart but after looking at it, all of the colors included are perfect for a beautiful natural look.

Even the liner pen is great to line your lashes so they look super lush. And the best part? You can create that gorge cat eye for a date and you don't even need any other makeup. That's what we call recessionista chic.

Oh and if that isn't enough? ...It talks!!!! What??? Yup it gives you a step by step!!! Amazing!

Speaking of recessionista chic..while taking a bi-weekly trip into Target we found ourselves once again the the makeup aisles and ran across this great duo from Sonia Kashuk called Leather and Lace (oooh kinky...and that sounds like a great Friday post!).

It has 2 tones that are begging to help you look naturally perfect (not that you are not already...but they will enhance you even more)

Now if you are soooo lazy that you can't be bothered with brushes, primers and application then try these uber bazaar eyeshadow "stickers" from Coloronpro.

Super weird but look crazy cool.

Check out a past post we did that includes so great eye primers to make your new purchases stick and not melt off. (Scroll down a tweeny bit)

Pinkvilla has a great tutorial on the best way to do a natural eye...go here! It's really easy and good.

We lurve that the natural look is back in! What good is makeup if it hides you?

Well yes, it is crazy fun to get all dolled up but it is just as fun to have your lovers and friends say..."Wow...she is sooo naturally beautiful" ...'cuz you are.

P.S. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO THE "NATURAL" LOOK KIM...sorry for yelling but come on!

xoxo t.w.h.©