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Vogue
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Achieve a Quick Summer Makeup Look in 7 Steps, According to Makeup Artists
So you've mastered your five-minute makeup routine—it's time for the seasonal remix. A quick summer makeup routine is essential when you need to get ready fast, with products that can withstand sweltering heat and humidity. After all, who doesn't want to soak up the sunshine after months of gray, dreary skies? 'The epitome of summer makeup encapsulates the spirit of the season—the light, optimistic, and carefree mood we all feel during those sunnier months. In contrast to fall and winter's deep tones and the elements forcing us stylistically and cosmetically to cover up,'' celebrity makeup artist Andrew Denton tells Vogue. 'Summer makeup is about embracing the playfulness and effortless use of vivid colors and celebrating sun-drenched, bare, healthy skin that radiates, I woke up like this.' Vogue's Quick Summer Makeup Essentials 'Less is always more with summer makeup—it's the season to let the skin breathe, with no need for full coverage thanks to a natural sun kiss,' pro makeup artist Erica Beukelman tells Vogue. 'When spending more time in the sun, the last thing we want is a heavy amount of makeup. I tend to keep things simpler yet glowy,' pro makeup artist Kiersten Chambers adds. Leaning into that less-is-more mindset, pro makeup artist Anastasia Vavina emphasizes streamlining your routine with fewer products—ideally, a handful of essentials that fit into a single makeup bag and travel effortlessly. 'Cutting down on the number of products you use is key to achieving a faster look,' Vavina previously told Vogue. When in doubt, editorial makeup artist El DeBratto recommends following the three C's: a glowy complexion, curled lashes, and a flush of color from your go-to blush. Step One: Start With SPF 'Never skimp on sunscreen! Even when using a tinted moisturizer, I always encourage using a true sunscreen as a base first,' says Beukelman. 'Skin protection is of the utmost importance on sunny days, and your skin will thank you later for being religious with daily application,' adds pro makeup artist Andrew Denton. With that in mind, Eighth Day and Kosas offer mineral sunscreens that double as makeup primers—no white cast in sight. Meanwhile, Coola and Byoma's featherweight chemical SPF fluids glide on like a serum. Eighth Day The Rejuvenating Moisturizing Primer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 $140 NORDSTROM SPF 50 Face Fluid $19 AMAZON Step Two: Go for Bronzed Glowy Skin 'Hot days call for as little complexion products as possible in my opinion—mostly to avoid the dreaded 'slip,' but also because the claustrophobic feeling of a heavy base in high temperatures is an assault to the senses,' says Denton. For a DIY glow, Beukelman suggests mixing bronzing drops with a tinted moisturizer for 'a sun-kissed look with lightweight coverage.' For that barely-there feel, Chanel's Les Beiges tint isn't a moisturizer—but its unique gel texture delivers just as much ease and radiance. Prefer a touch more coverage? Jones Road's tinted formula subtly evens out the complexion without weighing skin down. Looking to take your glow even further? Saie's Glowy Super Gel will provide a lit-from-within sheen, while Glow Recipe's Hue Drops are ideal for achieving a warm, bronzy finish. Step Three: Follow Up With Spot Coverage In lieu of full-coverage complexion products, the pros recommend spot concealing to achieve that coveted your-skin-but-better look. 'Focus your concealer application on spot coverage of blemishes and the areas of the face prone to discoloration, such as under eyes and around the nose,' Vavina previously told Vogue.
The Guardian
11-05-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
‘Not a single person shied away': how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer
Julian Kingma was afraid of dying. In this regard, perhaps the award-winning portrait photographer is not much different from the rest of us. But Kingma's obsession with mortality had stalked him since childhood – and spilled over into adulthood. Sometimes, in his work, he would be sent out on end-of-life stories, documenting terminally ill people. He was fascinated by people who wanted to end their lives, long before Victoria became the first Australian state to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation in 2017. In 2021, he listened to Better Off Dead, a podcast by Andrew Denton, founder of the assisted dying charity Go Gentle. Denton was telling the stories of some of the first people to access the landmark Victorian laws. For Kingma, it was a lightbulb moment. Hearing the stories was one thing – putting faces to them was another. He rang Go Gentle. The collaboration that followed, a book-length photo essay called The Power of Choice, was life-changing. Kingma travelled the country for more than a year, sitting, staying with and capturing people who had accessed assisted dying, along with their doctors, carers and families. The experience challenged him to look death in the eye – and helped alleviate some of his own anxiety. It helped that his subjects made him welcome. They wanted to talk. 'I was surprised by their candour, and about how important it was to them that I told their story,' Kingma says. 'There wasn't a single person who shied away.' What Kingma was more surprised by was the level of independence they gave him at the most intimate and vulnerable time in their lives. 'I wanted to involve them in a way that they felt like they were in control, so it was a bit of a dance that I was leading,' he says. But no one he photographed told Kingma how to go about his work or insisted on vetting their images. Sometimes, he offered them the chance to view their portraits, only to be refused. Some feared they'd change their minds when confronted with their own decline in black and white. Some of the stories are uplifting. If you were to idealise a good death, it might look a bit like the story of Sue Parker, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal motor neurone disease. At 75, Parker looked relatively well but had less than a year to live. A registered nurse, Parker knew what the disease would take from her in the last stages, and she wasn't having it. She circled her self-described 'use-by date' in the calendar with a heart, gathered her family in the garden – and chased down her medication with a shot of whisky. Parker was the first person Kingma met for the book. Before their photoshoot, he writes, 'She cheerfully got me drunk'. On the last of her days, she allayed his concerns about whether he was imposing. He writes: 'This is going to be a wonderful send off,' she told me. 'Of course I want you here.' But Kingma doesn't make VAD look like an easy way out. He allows space for conflicting emotions, including fear and doubt. Even advocate Denton, in an introductory essay, admits to shock when a close friend accessed the laws his own organisation fought for. After gaining medical approval for assisted dying – which has strict eligibility criteria – not all of Kingma's subjects followed through. Sometimes, death came for them earlier than expected, or their illness robbed them of decision-making capacity. But a common theme that emerges is the comfort Kingma's subjects draw from having agency over their own departure. 'I don't want to die, but it's so important to me to know that I can call the shots,' said Barry Walton, who had bowel cancer. Kingma also spent time with health professionals who helped guide his subjects on their way, including general practitioners, anaesthetists, social workers and pharmacists. The work is rewarding, but naturally takes a toll, especially on those asked to administer life-ending medication. 'It takes a lot to do that and for it not to affect you,' Kingma says. 'I think they probably felt responsible to a certain degree that they had ended this person's life, and how can that not sit heavily? It has to.' Naturally, the project deeply affected Kingma, too. Inevitably, he formed attachments to the people he met. Some, like Nigel Taimanu, became friends. Kingma recalls Nigel 'hugging me tightly and refusing to let me go on the last day of his life, concerned about my tears'. He writes of how Nigel consoled the photographer, telling him: 'I've chosen this, please don't feel sorry for me.' 'You build relationships, and that's the tricky part, because you get to know these people,' Kingma said. 'It's incredibly difficult to do that and not feel responsible.' There is a shortage of medical practitioners willing to aid terminally ill people in their wishes to end their suffering. Some are guided by deep ethical, moral and religious objections; many more feel unable to bear the psychological burden involved. Assisted dying is now legal in all Australian states and territories – except, ironically, the NT, which became the first jurisdiction in Australia to pass legislation in 1995 before the Howard government overturned the laws. New South Wales was the last state to legalise VAD in November 2023, while laws will go into effect in the ACT this November. For Kingma, putting together The Power of Choice helped demystify, not just assisted dying, but death itself. What stays with him is the courage of the people who allowed him into their lives, sometimes in their last moments. 'Why would they do that?' he asks himself. 'I've often said, if I had a photographer come to my door, would I do that? And I don't know. I want to say yes. But I think it would have been a no.' The Power of Choice by Julian Kingma with Steve Offner is out now through NewSouth Books
