As I write this post, it is 84 degrees in NYC. The sun has barely come up to greet the day and Weather.com is attempting to convince me that the humidity is at a soupy 68%. I've spent several days in a row running around the city, in and out of the subway, standing next to randoms who should become more intimately acquainted with their deodorant stick, and smelled things no human should have to endure. Needless to say, NYC in the summer is brutal. It feels like someone has stuck in the oven like a baked potatoe and there is no coming out. How on earth can you be expected to remain beautifully put together when there is sweat dripping in places sweat should never be?
The truth is - you can't. However, there are a few products and tricks than can help you revcover from the city's bruality.
1: Grab a fan and make it your BFF.
When the slightest whisper of summer begins to rumble through the city, I immediately hop down to Pearl River Market and stock up on colorful fans of all shapes & sizes. Whipping one out in the subway is the quickest way to relieve the feeling that you're about to be someone's Baked Alaska.
2: Noxzema's Clean Moisture Makeup Removal Cloths
When you spend all day away from your apartment, running from meeting to meeting, your face literally becomes a hot mess. No amount of blotting sheets, tissues or powder will help contain the mess. For me, the easiest thing to do is throw a package of Noxzema's Clean Moisture Makeup Removal Cloths into my purse and refresh my face before evening. For an extra boost, keep a package in your fridge for the most refreshing and soothing treat at the end of a long day.
3: TRESemme's Fresh Start Dry Shampoo
Under no circumstances can I survive without this product. My hair refuses to maintain any sort of style or liveliness after 5 minutes in the wild. Within 60 seconds of spraying this into my roots at various points across my head, the formula dissolves without any residue or dulling my hair.
4: Bold lips
Let's face facts - in the summer, there is no possible way to to keep makeup of any kind on your face. Even mascara inevitably ends up below your eyes, so eye makeup of any type is out of the question. For me, the most I can wear is tinted moisturizer, concealer, bright eyeliner(under my eye), cream blush and a bold lip. Summer favorites include MAC's Show Orchid, NARS' Heat Wave, and any Obsesive Compulsive Lip Tar.
