40 Hot Weather Hacks: The lazy girls’ hair and beauty product guide to summer – Metro.co.uk

By daniellenierenberg

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Lets face it, the past few months have been stressful enough were due a break. And frankly summer should be off-season for anything high-maintenance.

Whether you are WFH in August or actually managing a getaway, right now we are all looking for no-fuss makeup, hassle-free hair and stress-free style.

Heres what can help you look and feel your best, with as little effort as possible:

Lots has been written about the importance of Vitamin D in recent months and although were (hopefully) getting sunshine about now it important to keep levels high.

Myprotein makes a convenient spray in both Vitamin D3 and B12 that ensure everyone gets the essential micronutrients and vitamins that we might miss if were in front of a laptop.

Vitamin D3 Spray, 8.99, MyProtein

This award-winning collagen drink supplement is packed with the highest concentration of marine collagen on the market. Its also infused with vitamin C, which works with the collagen to enhance skin rejuvenation and tissue renewal.

A fuss-free and easy addition to your beauty regime, users say that their skin feels softer, more hydrated and firmer.

Comes in 14 ready-mixed 10ml sachets; can be added to hot or cold drinks.

Collagen Drink Supplement For Women, 32.99, Absolute Collagen

Too tired to make your own? These are insta-healthy meals. Purition is 100% whole food shakes, are made from crushed nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables and come in ordinary or vegan recipe. All are gluten-free and low in sugar.

Flavours include superfood ingredients such as turmeric and beetroot.

Original Discovery Box, 13.50, Purition

Epsom salts have long been hailed by wellness experts for instantly de-bloating and helping with water retention.

These from Westlab do even more. Mixed with essential oils, the Alchemy range helps draw fluid and toxins from the body and can soothe tired, aching, overworked muscles and revive body and mind.

Plus they smell great.

Westlabs Recover Epsom Salts White Willow & Eucalyptus, 5.99, Amazon

A body hack that can help you lose around 5-7 lbs in 5 days and it is actually good for you.

Developed at the Longevity Institute of the University of Southern California (USC) and under the sponsorship of the National Institute for Aging and the National Institute of Health, this five day programme tricks your body into thinking its fasting, and while you get the health benefits, you can continue eating.

Each days complete nutrition arrives in 5 small boxes (one for each day) that include plant-based energy bars, soups, snacks, drinks, and supplements, all carefully designed to nourish your body and promote positive changes in metabolic markers, cellular rejuvenation, reduced inflammation, and healthy aging

ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet, 200, ProLon

These brand new sauna blankets are built with layers of infrared heating and toxin-free fabrics that lets you feel like youre in a spa without ever leaving home.

You just roll it out on a heatproof surface like your bed and use a handheld controller to begin heating it up. The blanket uses far-infrared heat that makers promise can help detoxify the body, rejuvenate skin, reduce stress, burn calories and give you that relaxed, stress-busting feeling a sauna does.

Benefits also include better blood flow, sleep and of course, there is the calorie burn (who doesnt love a workout you can do lying down watching Netflix?). 30 mins to an 1 hour per session recommended.

Infrared Sauna Blanket, 374, MiHigh UK

Dr Galyna Selezneva, Londons top Body Doctor, gets asked every day about cellulite. If a visit to her or another expert practitioner is not on your summer agenda, she advises to drink more water and move more but the most important thing? Dry Brushing!

Calling it, one of the most underrated and effective ways to beat cellulite, Dr Galyna advises just a few minutes a day, is enough to see results. It improves lymphatic drainage, and fluid retention and lessens cellulite. Results are instant and lasting.

Dr Galyna Selezneva, Rita Rakus Clinic

A sustainable and organic brand created by Danish born US based, make-up artist Kirsten Kjaer Weis, these are the brands hero cream blushes together with a complementary highlighter shade which gives an instant glow.

Minimalist and sleek, the shades work together to create the ultimate bronze and flushed duo for light to medium skin tones and blush and highlight for deeper skin tones.

Kjaer Weis Flush and Glow Duo, 41, Content Beauty Wellbeing

Is lockdown face a real thing?

If youve picked up a bit of puff during all of this, this wonder cream can have you looking sleek and sharp on your zoom call in no time.

Tighter skin, instantly, minus the toxins of injectables. Beloved by cheekbone superior girls like Gwyneth Paltrow, Sienna Miller and Victoria Beckham, its packed with plant extracts and high actives and relies on neuropeptides (naturally derived from algae) to smooth skin. Regularly named as a best natural alternative to Botox by beauty editors.

V-Tox, 105, 99, Linda Meredith

Only sold online, this is a great way to cheat a tan.

Giving your face an instant, natural sun-kissed glow, its packed with ingredients that illuminate, hydrate and perfect the skin.

It comes with a Face Mist and handy Face Lifter Brush that makes it go on really evenly and without staining your hands.

The Bronze & Sculpt Duo, 55.00 Amanda Harrington

The golden glow you love with none of the fuss. Free of odours, orange tones and streaks it gives a great sun-kissed complexion but also sun protection.

Blended with organic sunscreens, it has SPF 50 UVA protection and combines natural gradual technology and instant tanning without clogging pores, allowing the skin to breathe.

Tancream All in One Self Tan, Bronzer and SPF50, Ideal World TV

Tired of scrubbing off old spray tan? Looking to get rid of bronze streaks, while you relax?

This new bath bomb from Lusso Tan is the worlds first tan-removing bath bomb, just relax in a bath filled with essential-oil infused water and watch your tan dissolve before your eyes!

Full of skin-loving ingredients, the Lusso Tan Bath Bomb removes tan in a matter of minutes, while repairing and protecting the skin at the same time. The longer you soak, the better the tan-removing results.

Summer Meadow Bath Bomb, 8.50, Lusso Tan

Specifically designed for the delicate eye area, these little beauties work to stop eyes from looking tired, no matter how little sleep youre getting.

Stick under the eye for around 15 minutes and notice immediate results.

Filled with antioxidant-rich flower extract serum that feels cool to the skin and aims to smooth the look of fine lines and wrinkles, the pack contains 5 x 2 eye pads.

Rose Blossom Glow Hydro-Gel Eye Pads 5 x 2 29.90, Eclat Skin London

Instantly glam up with these beauties.

With eyelash extensions having been on hold because of Covid, award-winning Dollbaby London has come up with a way to boost your lashes that is easy, effective and mess-free.

The UKs first 2-in-1 eyeliner and lash adhesive, the Dollbaby Duo Pen works with any strip (non magnetic) lashes. Simply line the eye with two coats like a regular eyeliner, apply your lashes immediately on top of the liner (no drying time required) and go!

Unlike other eyelash glues, theres drying time and its not sticky or messy. And the pens ultra-fine tip is easy to apply. Vegan and cruelty-free, it comes in black or clear for a more natural look.

To remove, simply peel lashes off and remove eyeliner with normal makeup remover. Will give you approx 30-40 applications

Duo Pen, 19.75, Doll Baby London

Why go to a salon when you can give yourself a 5-minute facial in your own bathroom?

A fantastic do-it-yourself facial peel, skin looks clear, clean and smooth instantly. Made with with dead-cell sloughing glycolic acids, powerful pomegranate enzymes, gentle bamboo scrub grains, purifying salicylic acid and anti-free-radical stem cells from raspberries.

Fruitizyme Five Minute Facial, Beauty Pie Members 10.26, Beauty Pie

Pretty summer dresses can also mean painful, sweaty and chafing thighs in the hot summer sunshine.

Smoovall is a skin contact spray that leaves an invisible protective layer that prevents the soreness and irritation caused by friction (chafing).

Its a non toxic spray and unlike the common roller balms and powders, is non-greasy and invisible.

Skin contact spray, 14.99, Smoovall

A super affordable summer essentials kit packed with everything you need beauty-wise.

New from GlossyBox, it includes everything from an ultra gentle facial peel, a jet lag recovery mask, a coco shimmer body mist, lip balm, nail polish, dry shampoo body cream, tangle teezer and lip balm.

Summer Essentials, (valued over 95, but 30 for subscribers and 35 for non-subscribers), Glossy Box

No time to social distance at a salon? Why not pedi at home?

This 7-day peel sock is the bomb. Just pull these on like socks, tape them around your ankles, wait an hour, wash, and 7 days and some very impressive exfoliation later, youll have feet so soft youll want to show them off.

Ingredients include glycolic and lactic acids, natural fruit extracts of grapefruit, orange and lemon, plus sweet almond and coconut extracts.

Dr Glycolic Soft Feet 7-Day Peel Socks, 3.92 Beauty Pie

This one is a game changer.

Remove & Chill is the first of its kind: an innovative, waterless, acetone-free removal cream that dissolves nail polish, nourishes nails and actually smells good. Its a nail polish remover cream, enriched with hydrating essential oils that removes nail polish in 3 minutes.

Its also travel friendly.

Remove & Chill Nail Polish Eraser Cream, 14.25, Beauty Mart

Want freedom from a hot blow dryer this summer? Who doesnt?

Celebrity stylist Edward James has created a signature treatment that offers smoothness without the hot air. Not to be confused with a Brazilian blow dry, which is made for thicker, stronger Brazilian hair, this one is gentler and suits finer hair.

An ammonia-free glossing oil adds shine and moisture followed by Edwards secret formula a smoothing keratin applied to the frizziest part of the hair with a paint brush.

Its 100, takes 15 minutes, contains no formaldehyde and is heaven in humidity. It lasts for up to 6 weeks, ensuring you will never resemble Monica from Friends even in the hottest days of summer.

British Blow Dry, 100, Edward James London

This is a great dry shampoo that cleans hair and lets you go longer between washes.

It uses Living Proofs triple cleaning technology to absorb and remove dirt, oil and sweat you just leave for 30 seconds and let the cleansing begin.

A time-release fragrances helps hair smell clean- a great way to wash less often protecting your fresh head of colour after your long-awaited salon appointment!

Living Proof Dry Shampoo, 19.99, Living Proof

These seamless clip-ins are amazing. Instantly change and update your look with no effort at all.

They are comfortable and lay flat on the scalp which means no irritating bits poking through your perfect coif.

Their silicone band technology fuses and bonds every single strand of hair at the top of each weft which means there is less shedding and tangling too.

14in Seamless Clip In Human Hair Extensions, 95, Foxy Locks

This 100% vegan friendly, cruelty-free brand makes waxing fun (well, as fun as it can be).

Enriched with things like apricot extract to soothe and moisturise the skin, plus Vitamin E for its antioxidants and anti-ageing effects, the body hair removal jelly is fuss-free and works fast in just 5-10 minutes.

For use on body hair of all lengths. Suitable for sensitive skin Available in 3 scents Strawberry & Watermelon, Pineapple & Coconut and Blueberry & Passionfruit.

Pink Shimmer Hair Removal Jelly, 9.99, Nuthing

Hair takes a beating in the summer and this new range of snazzy hair products are kind to both hair and the environment.

Promising no sulfates, parabens, silicones, or even gluten, the range is vegan and cruelty-free with 100% recyclable sugarcane bottles. They are also affordable and great on hair.

The rescue mask is a summer stand out ideal for colour treated hair, it seals cuticles and repairs split ends and it also has UV protection and a pollution barrier. Ingredients include coconut & yuzu scent, sugar beet extract, and vegetable derived conditioners.

Azure by PFB Rescue & Repair Mask, 10.99, Boots

If your eyebrows are an untamed as theyve ever been enter a summer must-have. This painless eyebrow trimmer looks like a stylish pen and trims eyebrows at the touch of a button.

A precision-engineered shaper, this nifty gadget has a tiny and super-accurate micro-precision trimming head, encased in 18 karat gold plate.

JML Finishing Touch Flawless Brows, 19.97, Amazon

Banish those unwanted hairs once and for all.

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