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Light Summer Makeup

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Light Summer Makeup.

Achieve a fresh and radiant look with this selection of light summer makeup essentials. Whether you're aiming for a natural glow or a subtle pop of color, these products are designed to enhance your beauty while feeling weightless on your skin. From sheer foundations to luminous bronzers and dewy highlighters, create a sun-kissed finish that lasts all day under the summer sun. Explore this range of lightweight formulas and versatile shades to effortlessly elevate your summer makeup routine.

tarteshimmering light powder highlighter

Size: .14 oz/4.25 g·ITEM: 2545333

Color: Champagne Glow - champagne

28 Reviews

$44.00

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Similar to Champagne Pop by Becca. Great for light-light/medium tones....If you're looking for a highlighter that gives you a Summer Goddess Glow, look no further. This highlighter is super pigmented and a little goes a long way.

What it is: A skin-perfecting pressed highlighter for a lit-from-within-looking glow.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Microfine 3D pearls & pigments reflect pure light to add depth & dimension, while diffusing imperfections, butter-soft formula glides on smooth, buildable glow melts into skin for seamless blending that doesn't look glittery, and 2 universal shades for a warm or cool glow.

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoftSculpt® Transforming Skin Perfector

Size: 0.31 oz / 8.8 g·ITEM: 2577963

Color: Light - warms fair to light skin tones

267 Reviews

$49.00

3 products in one, highlighter is perfection, darker color is so blendable not orangey. Bought the light medium for my fair skinned picky daughter & she LOVES it!

What it is: A three-in-one powder to perfect, illuminate, and set makeup for a radiant glow with an airbrush effect on skin.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

GUERLAINTerracotta Light Healthy Glow Bronzer

Size: 0.35 oz/ 10g·ITEM: 2550291

Color: 04 - Deep Cool

105 Reviews

$72.00

[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] Unfortunately it was too light for my mediun deep skin. But I love the light glow that see on my cheeks. ...It looked beautiful on her fair/light skin. Since I’m in the same category (fair/light) I thought it would work great on me since 90% of the products she uses also work for me.

What it is: An illuminating powder bronzer that blends a harmony of blush, bronzer, and highlighter tones for a radiant and healthy glow for all skin tones.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Highlight Ingredients: 

Natural-Origin Moroccan Flower Honey: moisturizes and maintains skin’s hydration

Naturally Derived Pigments and Luminescent Shimmer: provides a long-lasting soft blushing and natural healthy glow


What Else You Need to Know: Terracotta Light's silky, light, and blendable formula is enriched with hydrating natural ingredients

Danessa Myricks BeautyEvolution Setting & Blurring Loose Powder

Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 2439461

Color: 4 - reddish brown

95 Reviews

$36.50

Specifically designed with studio lights in mind....It evened out my skin tone, while absorbing oil through the day and I work outside so this was amazing to me. I hate wearing makeup during the summer and this enabled me to be as makeup free as possible, while still looking put together. .

What it is: A micro-fine, flashback-free powder that mattifies, blurs, sets and corrects.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and gluten-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Evolution Powder Setting Powder was designed to help lock in your makeup and absorb excess shine without drying out your skin.

Charlotte TilburyHot Lips Lipstick 2

ITEM: 2244515

Color: Amazing Amal - berry pink

434 Reviews

$53.00

So pretty on! Do try it. I have a light olive toned complexion and Amazing Amal is an amazing color on....Peachy undertones on me instead of pinks which is fine since I wanted a light lipstick to end summer. Nice smooth feel although after a few hours you need to reapply.

What it is: A lipstick in 11 shades inspired by strong icons, rule-breakers, record-makers, and history-shakers.

What Else You Need to Know: Created using Charlotte’s iconic K.I.S.S.I.N.G and Matte Revolution formula, this lipstick is moisturizing and hydrating for kissably-soft lips. The antioxidant lipstick tree and orchid extracts soothe, soften, and protect your lips.

Urban DecayHydromaniac Glowy Tinted Hydrator Foundation

Size: 1.1 oz / 35 mL·ITEM: 2406692

Color: 90 - ultra-deep neutral

2.7K Reviews

$47.50

great light weight foundation for combo skin. Good for casual everyday makeup and doesn’t breakout my very clog prone skin...Also LOVE all the neutral shades available—lots of options for me as I tan this summer.

What it is: A vegan, noncomedogenic, dewy foundation that delivers hydration, medium coverage, and a fresh glow finish for up to 24 hours.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Kombucha Filtrate: Detoxifies and nourishes skin.

- Marula Oil: Protects and hydrates skin.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: Infused with nourishing ingredients, this lightweight tinted moisturizer foundation leaves skin feeling super hydrated while minimizing pores with a blurri

NUDESTIXNudies Cream Bronzer Stick

Size: 0.25 oz/ 7 g·ITEM: 1897883

Color: Deep Maple, eh - brown nude- bronzer

716 Reviews

$47.50

Summer must have!...It’s definitely going to be my go to’s this summer for achieving a bronze/rose look. The product is so easy to blend. ...Must have for summer...Love this bronzer, just in time for summer. Love the colour

What it is: A multi-tasking matte cream bronzer stick that creates a warm bronzing color on the face, eyes and lips for an easy makeup look.


NARSLaguna Ultimate Face Palette

Size: 0.14 oz / 4 mL·ITEM: 2772283

Color: II - Medium to Deep

19 Reviews

$80.00

Summer Glow...This is a beautiful palette for the summer! All of the shades complimented my skin well. ...I love this summer palette - it's just a pain to open. Buildable, blendable colors perfect for day or night.

What it is: A limited-edition, all-in-one face palette that features eyeshadows, bronzers, and a highlighter and is inspired by NARS's iconic shade Laguna.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and sulfates SLS & SLES.


What Else You Need to Know: The Laguna Ultimate Face Palette features four eyeshadows, two bronzers, and one illuminating highlighter for warm, lit-from-within skin. The eyeshadows provide high-impact color in one swipe. The Silky Laguna Bronzing Powder pigments deliver long-lasting warmth and blend effortlessly for a natural tanned effect. The luminous highlighting powder melts into skin and softly diffuses to an ultra-refined, radiant effect.

Armani BeautyGolden Hour 24HR Lightweight Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 1.0 oz/30 ml·ITEM: 2881282

Color: T2 - Tan - warm peach

1.6K Reviews

$69.00

Great for light summer coverage...Great all over even sheer coverage. Light enough for everyday use in the summer. Easy to apply and last all day....This is a beautiful skincare makeup hybrid!...[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] This Amani Skin Tint in F2 matches me perfectly. I love makeup skincare hybrid complexion products. I like very lightweight coverage during the warm, humid summers and I’m using this Armani Skin Tint and I love it, it evens out my skin and lasts even in sweaty humid weather, The finish is natural and luminous and I am using this all summer.

What it is: A skin tint that immediately plumps, smooths, and illuminates skin, delivering buildable coverage with a weightless texture and glowing finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Targets dullness, visibly brightens, and illuminates the complexion.
- Niacinamide: Visibly evens tone and smooths texture.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Provides lasting hydration, visibly plumps, and smooths.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight skin tint features light-catching Golden Hour Pearls for radiant, healthy-looking skin. The silk-like serum formula, infused with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide, hydrates and boosts luminosity.

MAKE UP FOR EVERUltra HD Soft Light Liquid Highlighter

Size: 0.4 oz/ 12 mL·ITEM: 2034742

Color: 40 - pink copper

73 Reviews

$39.50

Was considering buying the fenty but it’s way too sticky and this doesn’t transfer on clothes it’s really the perfect body highlighter for the summer ! Colors can work for different skin tone...Just enough color without looking over done. Great for the no-makeup makeup look.

What it is:
A unique, sparkle-free liquid highlighter that works to give your complexion a glowing luminosity as well as soft, subtle sheen.

What does:
Finally, a highlighter that actually looks and feels the way you want it to—never sparkly or sticky, just pure luminescence. Created with mother-of-pearl to exude that ever-coveted, natural, lit-from-within glow, this liquid formula glides onto skin seamlessly for a second skin effect. Complexion looks not only radiant, but perfected as Soft Light blurs and smooths the look of skin texture. Use it directly on skin to enhance features like your cheekbones or Cupid’s bow, or swirl it into foundation for an all-over, alluring glow.

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“I get up super early for work and never have time to do my normal makeup routine, but this product right here, is super quick and easy to apply, and it lasts all day”
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“It doesn’t irritate my skin at all, gives a glowy look and holds makeup in place. I wouldn’t say it compares to a product like urban decay all nighter for keeping makeup intensely in place, but it works good for everyday casual makeup and like I said gives the skin a glowy appearance”
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