Mykonos Summer Makeup Product Breakdown

I recently visited Mykonos where the temperatures were around 30 degrees, so I changed my makeup routine to make sure it lasted in the sun! If you want to know how to recreate my makeup in this image - then see below!

Skin prep:

Bobbi Brown Illuminating moisture balm

Foundation:

Nars sheer glow mixed with Becca Cosmetics shimmering skin perfecter

Concealer:

Maybelline fit me concealer

Bronzer:

Tom Ford shade and illuminate

Mac mineralise skin finish shade Give Me Sun

Blush:

Nars orgasm liquid blush

Mac warm soul

Highlighter:

Becca shimmering skin perfecter in shade Moonstone

Nars Jubilation

Eyes:

Mac Teddy pencil

KKW x Mario palette shade Bronzey

Brows:

Revolution Pro pencil

Mac clear brow gel

Lips:

Mac stripdown pencil

Cassie Lomas for B. liquid lip

Powder:

Laura Mercier loose powder

Setting spray:

Mac fix+

Summer Makeup Essentials

Recently I went on holiday to Italy where the temperatures were reaching over 40 degrees!

Here is a summary of products I used to keep my makeup looking flawless in the heat!

Primer

For a primer, I used Bobbi Brown Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm. When in the sun, I think its nice to add a glow to your skin and this does exactly that. At £42.50, this is quite an expensive product. A good alternative would be the Mac Strobe cream, which you can pick up in a travel size for £10.

Foundation

When using foundation in hot weather, I like to use something with a light, buildable coverage. I chose Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder foundation when I was on holiday and sheered it down with L'oreal True Match liquid illuminator in the shade Golden Glow. Mixing these products together gave me a light to medium coverage and gave my skin a sunkissed, holiday glow. The liquid illuminator is priced at £8.99 and I think is great value for money as you get a lot of product! The Charlotte Tilbury foundation is £32.

Concealer

For concealer, I chose Rodial Airbrush concealer which I love because it feels light on the skin, but offers a full coverage. I applied this under my eyes, down the centre of my nose, in the centre of my forehead and on my chin. This is priced at £32

Bronzer

One of my favourite bronzers is the Chanel Tan de Soleil Chanel. It's nice and creamy so it blends really well into the skin, and you can apply it in light layers to build up the product to give the look you want. The shade is universal so works well on a lot of skin tones, so perfect for when you tan on holiday! This is £36 but you do get a lot of product for your money and this will last you a long time. However, a great alternative is the Cassie Lomas B. Beauty from Superdrug whipped bronzer, which is priced at £8.99.

I then went over this product with Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer to set the cream product and make sure it lasted! This product is priced at £25. A nice alternative to this bronzer would be Benefit Hoola, which you can pick up in a travel size for £12.50

Blush

My favourite blush to use in summer is the Laura Geller blush in Pink Grapefruit. I love this when on holiday as it has a nice shimmer to it and works well with a tan because it has tones of beige and mauve as well as pink. This is priced at £23

Highlight

To highlight, I used the Iconic London liquid illuminator in the shade original, and then went over it with Rodial Instaglam deluxe highlighting powder in shade 02. The Rodial product is expensive at £52, however you do get a lot of product for your money. The Iconic London illuminator is £29.99

Eyes

Instead of eyeshadow, when on holiday I just like to run the same powder bronzer and powder blush I use on my face and put it through the crease of the eye. This gives an effortless look perfect for holidays but ties your makeup look together, and the finish with applying mascara.

Lips

My go to lip colour on holiday this time was the Cassie Lomas B. Beauty liquid lip in the shade All About Me. This colour is the perfect peachy, nude - perfect for summer. This is priced at £6.99 and is available from Superdrug.

Powder

To finish off the makeup look, and ensure it was set, I applied Charlotte Tilbury airbrush flawless finish powder under the eyes and through the centre of my face. I like this powder as it is very fine and it sets the makeup without looking cakey on the skin. This is priced at £33

Cassie Lomas Masterclass

Cassie Lomas is a celebrity makeup artist whose client list boasts the likes of Rita Ora and Iggy Azalea as well as countless other A list celebrities.

Makeup by Cassie Lomas

I was lucky enough to train in makeup with Cassie at her academy (I have also written a review on training at CLMA) and recently went along to her Red Carpet makeup Masterclass held at her makeup academy in Manchester. If you trained at the academy the masterclass was free to attend, if you didn't train there the cost was £25 which was redeemable on the night against the academy's makeup courses. At £25 this masterclass was an absolute bargain for any makeup artists out there wanting to learn more about makeup. Other masterclasses being held by celebrity makeup artists cost well into the hundreds of pounds to attend - so if you missed out on this one, I would definitely recommend to keep an eye out for the next time Cassie hosts a masterclass!

Makeup by Cassie Lomas

Cassie describes wanting to create a modern, pretty aesthetic within her makeup style, and so the look for the masterclass was classic, highlighting the models natural beauty without applying too much makeup. Her inspiration for the look was Bella Hadid at Cannes film festival, who always looks flawless on the red carpet.

Bella Hadid

Cassie began the masterclass by focussing on skincare. She would spend as much time as she could on skincare with clients, stressing that the more skin prep you do - the less you have to do with the makeup. She first cleansed her models skin, followed by applying the Rodial diamond face mask, then used a face gel to moisturise (Rodial's Stem Cell Gel features on my blog post about my favourite products!), then a serum and a face oil and also applied a lip oil. Cassie spent time after applying each of these products really working them into the skin, almost giving the model a face massage. This left the natural skin with a glow.

Cassie then primed the skin using an Hourglass oil free primer. She chose oil free here as she had already put oil into the skin when she was prepping. Cassie also used a mattifying primer in the T-zone.

For foundation, Cassie mixed a few of her favourites together to create the desired look - this included Nars skin tint, Hourglass liquid powder foundation and Armani Luminous Silk foundation. When applying foundation, Cassie applied it in light layers rather than one heavy layer to make sure it lasted.

To contour, Cassie used a nude liquid lipstick from her own capsule makeup collection with B. Beauty from Superdrug - they also sponsored the masterclass and gave us all some products to take home!

Cassie left her models brows natural, which she said is becoming more of a trend now rather than drawn in, defined brows. She applied a brow gel through them to coat and give some colour to the brows.

For the eyes, Cassie used her pigments from B. Beauty. She started with the shade "It's Them" and applied it all over the lid. "Shine On" pigment was then applied in the inner corner of the eye to highlight.

For lashes, Cassie chose Ardell Demi Wispies but also applied some individual lashes to the outer corners to make them a bit different. As Cassie was going for a fairly natural look, no eye liner was applied.

Cassie also used her B. whipped bronzer mixed with her illuminator over the cheeks, temples and under the jaw. To highlight, Cassie used her B. pigment in "Supermodel Sheen" and applied it in a "C" shape around the cheekbone.

For blush, Cassie chose Mac's "Warm Soul" and set the whole makeup with Crème de la mer powder.

To finish the look, Cassie went for a bold lip and used her B. liquid lipstick and went over it with clear lipgloss. Below is a photo of Cassie's final makeup look!

Makeup by Cassie Lomas

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and found it helpful if you couldn't attend the masterclass!

Any questions just ask!

Charlotte x