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Summer beauty prep 101
Our get-gorgeous guide for becoming a summer stunner.
By Briony Smith
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8. Looking for the best ingredient to keep your summer skin sexily smooth? One of summer's hottest moisturizers has recently graced the pages of Vogue Magazine and been a fan favourite for ... thousands of years? The olive and olive oil's ultra-moisturizing properties are reaping the props these days, so give the Moisturizing Cream from Montreal's Olivia's Oasis, or The Body Shop's new Olive Body Butter and Olive Dry Oil Mist, a try for hydrated hottie-ness .
9. Spending the winter months cozied up to 30 Rock and a cup of hot cocoa can result in a bod more flab than fab come summer. While it's not a substitute for getting back into shape, bronzer can help you fake it 'til you make it - back to the gym, that is! Smashbox Cosmetics' professional artistry relations manager Lori Taylor suggests exfoliating first, then brushing some body bronzer like Smashbox's new Desert Chic Fusion Body Bronzing Powder in a line down the top of the thigh and shin. "It will draw the eye, and give the optical illusion of a thinner leg. Bronzer used on cellulite will also reduce its appearance," she says. Make sure to buff the bronzer on in a round motion (rather than just painting a line up and down) to get a natural look. And, to get abs in a flash, use the same technique to apply the product to the top and sides of the stomach to give the illusion of tone.
10. Patterns may be a hot ticket for summer, but stretch marks are one stripe you want to avoid. Luckily, there are a few cult products to help us out. Bio-Oil hails from South Africa, but it has its fair share of Canadian fans - Shoppers Drug Mart sold out a year's supply in a few months. It can reduce the appearance of scars and uneven skin-tone, too, and has the summer-appropriate bonus of soothing sunburns. France spawned another fan favourite in StriVectin SD, the uber-popular salve that does double duty as an anti-wrinkle miracle-cream.
Where to buy
Shoppers Drug Mart
Biotherm
L'Oreal
Marcelle
Clarins
Veet
Burt's Bees
Olivia's Oasis
Bio-Oil
Sephora
Cargo
Lavanila
Smashbox
The Bay
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Calvin Klein
StriVectin-SD
Holt Renfrew
Shu Uemura
Dermalogica
Dermalogica.com for the "Get Dermalogica" link to local spas
The Body Shop
The Body Shop products
Crabtree & Evelyn
Crabtree & Evelyn products
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Image courtesy of Marcio Madeira
Read more:
Hot summer beauty: Pale lips and glowing skin
Sizzling summer films
Spring/Summer 2008 runway report
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