best at bronzer

Bronzer is a real mainstay for spring and summer, and creating that sun-kissed look. A great bronzer, applied correctly, is a beautiful way to enliven your complexion. Here's how you can achieve an easy, totally natural look with creamy or powder bronzer formula:

creamy bronzer

Apply product directly to forehead, cheekbones bridge of nose and chin, blend into skin with fingertips for a fresh-from-the-beach look. Try beauty editors’ favorite obsession, Vapours’ Solar Bronzer. Solar is no ordinary bronzer. This quick, easy stick application will give you stunning sun-free color with environmental antioxidant protection! Can also be used on shoulders, décolletage, and legs. This Vapour favorite will never leave you streaky, orange or fake.

powder bronzer

With a big, fluffy brush lightly apply to the areas of your face the sun would naturally highlight; sweeping color over forehead, cheekbones, bridge of nose and chin. Try sheer textured mineral bronzer like Beyond Bronze from Senna Cosmetics (available at sarimotley studio), a neutral tone for all skin. This trio allows you to create your perfect bronze with soft vanilla and golden bronze tones. 

It's easy to get glowing with bronzer. Find your favorite formula at sarimotley.com or sarimotley studio. 

smart summer

Is your skin ready for summer? Making a few adjustments is key to breezing beautifully through the heat, humidity and sun. Of course you are using SPF for your face daily, correct? And on your body too, right? Also, remember to stay hydrated inside and out by drinking plenty of water. These daily do’s will help keep you looking “cool” despite rising temps.

use spf daily even when not at the beach or pool

After a bath or shower, slather on a body lotion, with SPF, to exposed areas (hands, arms, chest, etc.) to protect and moisturize. Two to try: Coola’s Mineral Body Unscented (limited edition) or Coola’s new Plant UV Collection (coming soon). And a favorite for the face, Coola’s new Matte Tint, SPF 30.

COOLA Matte Tint, SPF 30

make makeup simple 

Go for creamier formulas with your foundation (Atmosphere Luminous Foundation) and blush (Aura Multi-use Blush). They are really durable and easy to blend, and when formulated with skin-loving organic ingredients (like those in Vapour Organic Beauty), an uncompromising bonus for your skin. 

Vapour Organic Beauty: Atmosphere Luminous Foundation

blot not blotchy

Keep a pack of blotting papers in your handbag. These are great for absorbing oil and sweat and will refresh your look without the blotchiness of powder. Try Tatcha Beauty Papers made from oil-absorbing abaca leaf. 

TATCHA Beauty Papers

nourish your skin at night

If you need simplicity, keep these two go-to products by your bedside table: (1) Preserve Cleansing Pads in Orange Blossom, and (2) Vapour’s Essence Restorative Night Treatment. Remove the day’s muck and dirt with Preserve Cleansing Pad, then massage one pump of Vapour’s Essence onto face and neck. Wakeup stunning! 

Preserve Cleansing Pads in Orange Blossom

mind your mouth

Keep lips super-hydrated with a simple nourishing balm like smartmouth natural lip balm from sarimotley. With cocoa butter and lip-loving natural oils, this freshly scented sassy balm will keep your foxy lips smooth and calm.

These smart summer essentials are available at sarimotley studio, sarimotley.com. For more information please email sari@sarimotley.com or call 713-292-6711.

it's better with butter

Those "three-free" lacquer geniuses have done it again. Butter London has put together a couple of creative collections so you can take home more for less. But first, have a look-see at the latest color from the pros, meet "Sloane Ranger".

olive you

A creamy, olive khaki with a splash of silver that is sure to revive yesterday's boring buff. Introducing Sloane Ranger, Butter London's newest hue. On the name, Sloane is used to describe yuppies from South West London (near Sloan Square in Chelsea), called Sloanies. 

remover collection trio

Removing your lacquer has never been so lovely. Treat your nails with this sweet-smelling acetone-free lacquer trio! These three delicious scents will gently remove all traces of lacquer from your nails ($19, value $24). Enjoy:

• Powder Room: a Butter London classic with soft, powdery scent.
• Beach Bum: this pina colada scent takes you on a mini holiday with its beachy, coconut essence.
• Nutter: you'll go nuts for this sweet, soft almond scent for sure. 

cuticle miracle kit

Disheveled and dry cuticles will ruin even the best manicure. Banish them permanently with Butter London's Cuticle Miracle Kit, featuring Melt Away Cuticle Eliminator and Handbag Holiday Cuticle Oil ($25, value $35). 

Melt Away will break down and soften dead skin cells for gentle cuticle removal. This gentle exfoliation treatment gradually decreases cuticles, so there is no need to nip.

Handbag Holiday is a cocktail of vitamins suspended in natural oils, providing intensive nourishment to your cuticles. This coconut and pineapple scented miracle oil can be used as often as needed to revive and restore cuticles. 

prepare to preserve

 a fast, easy and deeply rejuvenating way to cleanse is coming to sarimotley cosmetics

Preserve Cleansing Pads, from Preserve Skincare, are your answer to quick, clean skin. Unlike traditional makeup wipes, Preserve Cleansing Pads are thick, hardy, absorbent cotton rounds infused with herbal extracts, essential oils and potent antioxidants. Impressively created by two skin-savvy estheticians in California, Preserve Cleansing Pads are the ultimate low-maintenance, high-perfomance product for cleaning skin cleverly.

Cleansing is such an important part of your skincare routine, and skimping here will leave your skin dull, lifeless and DIRTY; gross, right? Now you can effectively cleanse your face of the day's muck, gook and makeup no matter where you are. Choose from Orange Blossom (perfect for all skin types), Geranium Leaf (normal/combination/oily skin types) or opt for the travel set to experiment with both (travel set: 30 pads, $32).

Chock-full of hydrating aloe; skin-purifying grapefruit, pomegranate and witch hazel; and super-effective extracts and antioxidants from white tea, yucca and lavender–the Orange Blossom Cleansing Pads are a cinch to use and result in clean, happy skin (45 pads, $38).

Enjoy the blemish-busting trio of tea tree, willow bark and witch hazel in the Geranium Leaf Cleansing Pads. This must-have combo is also loaded with the skin-healing and clarifying properties of olive leaf, yarrow, rosemary, grapeseed, geranium and hemlock. Dirty skin doesn't stand a chance (45 pads, $38)!

Don't go another night with the day's dirt and makeup on your pretty skin. Swipe. Sleep. Rejuvenate. Available at sarimotley studio.