Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Protect.

I am a big fan of Laura Mercier's foundation primers, both the Foundation Primer and Foundation Primer Radiance. She just launched a new one and as I have been using it ever since I received it, I am obviously a big fan of this one too. Meet Foundation Primer Protect.

This primer is great because it not only preps the skin for flawless makeup application and holds foundation, keeping makeup fresh and color-true for hours, but it also protects it from the suns harmful rays. It does that because it includes SPF 30.

This is so smart, because there are some moisturizers and foundations that just don't have the sun protection factor, and this is vital for everyday. I love that using it in a primer gives us another option for protection. Especially when it is put in such a great oil-free formula such as this.

The primer formula glides on my skin evenly with its lightweight, creamy gel feel. It truly helps to create the  perfect canvas for makeup application. It minimizes the appearance of imperfections and pores for a smooth, natural finish, and creates this bond like "buffer" to outside elements that expertly holds foundation and keeps it in place all day.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Protect retails for $32.00 and is available now at lauramercier.com and Sephora.

Summer-proof Your Makeup.

It's hot. Makeup melts. Not just in your car, it can melt on your face. Let's face it, that is not pretty. It takes a few extra steps to make sure makeup lasts all day, especially in the summer with the hot temperatures. To summer-proof my makeup, I use makeup primers. Not just on my face. I also use a primer for my eyes and my lips.

My summer time makeup primers.

Face Primer

NARS Pore Refining Primer - $34.00
This oil-free makeup primer does not have the "normal" silicone feel of a primer to it. It feels like a light moisturizer that melts (this is when melting is good) into my skin. It instantly diminishes lines and pores as it perfects the way my makeup look. It also extends the wear and has my my makeup looking great as the day goes on.

Eye Primer

Too Faced Lemon Drop Shadow Insurance - $20.00
The brand's best-selling eyelid primer has been infused with a perfect lemon-yellow tone to neutralize redness as it helps eye makeup last. A tiny dab of this lightweight primer spreads over eyelids quick and easily as it sets shadow and keeps it in place for endless summer days and nights.

Lip Primer

BITE Beauty Line & Define Lip Primer - $22.00
This multi-tasking lip goodie adds staying power for a long-lasting, smudge-resistant pout. The translucent, natural base primes and conditions lips with a mint-flavored, cooling base to help lip color stay in place. The silky, weightless formula is made with jojoba and argan oil to naturally nourish lips too, so color is naturally retained longer too.

Benefit Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer.

Benefit Cosmetics just added a new member to the Flawless family of products, and it is different. It's a primer. Now, a makeup primer is not different. Makeup primer is an essential product for long-lasting makeup. This primer is different because it comes in stick form. Can you believe it? Say hello to Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer.

This is the first primer that I have ever used in a stick form and I sort of cringed when I first saw it. I have a love hate relationship with makeup sticks. They are either really good or really bad. I quickly learned that this one is really good.

Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer glides over skin with ease. I simply glide it over my cheeks forehead and chin, then blend away with my fingertips. There is at least a minute or two of play time, meaning blending is really easy. It feels moisturizizing, but also has a matte feeling to it, if that makes any sense. It slightly blurs imperfections as well.

After a few minutes of wearing, I knew it was good. It is like one of those primer and perfectors in one and whether I used it with a CC Cream or foundation, both looked better than without it. At the end of the day, makeup looked great, even around my nose where I sometimes notice it fading.

The stick is good sized and I am sure I could get 5 - 6 months of use out of this, if not more. A little really goes a long way.

Benefit Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer is available at Benefit counters, Sephora and benefitcosmetics.com now. It retails for $32.00