Hot! Hot! Hot!  It’s summer time!  Ooops!  Before you endulge yourself into the enticements of the season, have a look at these tips before the hot sun ruin your bright expectations.

Summer Hair Care Tips:

• You don’t have to go to hair salons to enliven up your hair in your quest to be cool this summer.  Try combing a little lemon juice through your hair. The sun will lighten those strands faster than your locks sans lemon, giving you an attractive sun-streaked look.  This will save some of your budget, too.
• Be sure to deep condition your hair at least once a week, especially if you swim a lot. Hair tends to become dry, dull and brittle if it is soaked and dried too often.
  
• If you like to swim lengths, try spritzing on some leave-in conditioner under your swim cap to help ward off damage from chlorine and salt water.

Summer Skin Care Tips:

• It may be hip to be tanned, and it does tend to camouflage a multitude of imperfections, but don’t deep-fry your skin for the sake of fashion.
• If you spend lots of time outside, be sure to use sunscreen with minimum SPF 15. The cancer-preventing benefits are obvious, but protection is also a must for those of us who don’t want to look old before our time.
• Make sure that you are adequately hydrated - at least 8 glasses of water a day and even more when you are outside.
• If you do burn, apply Aloe Vera or lotions containing it. This will cool and soothe your skin and help you to heal faster. A personal trick is to apply cream containing zinc to my face at night. This is an effective way of healing my burn by the morning.
• Nothing is more revolting than skin full of little red mosquito or bug bites.  You may want to try one of the new two-in-one sunscreen and insect repellants.

Summer Make-up Tips

• Take on summer with a fresh face forward - less is best! Accentuate your glowing skin by brushing on a light shimmering powder instead of a heavy foundation. You don’t want to appear like you are melting under the hot sun.
• A hot look on a bronzed face is shiny lip gloss.  It gives you ultra shine over lipstick (applied with a brush) or on its own. Plus, it stays put - a big bonus for die-hard lip gloss wearers!  

If you are wear mascara, try a waterproof. This way you will avoid “Raccoon Eyes” when you are perspiring or near water. Don’t forget the must-have partner, eye make-up remover, or else you really will end up with the dreaded dark circles!

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