Long arvos, salty hair, late plans. You want glow that looks like you, colours that flatter in natural light, and formulas that move from beach to bar without fuss. This is the tight capsule that lives in your tote and works hard on real skin and real schedules.
The Capsule Rules
- Multitask wherever possible
- Creams and fluids first, strategic powder where you need it
- Waterproof where it counts
- SPF that layers and never pills
- A setting spritz to take you from afternoon to orders in ten minutes
SPF you will actually reapply
Top up mist: Sun Bum Original Face Mist SPF 50+ sets over makeup and feels like nothing. Shake, eyes closed, mist in a slow Z and you are done.
Targeted stick: Sun Bum SPF 30 Face Stick sweeps over the nose, cheekbones, ears and part line, then slips into your clutch for touch ups.
Skin that looks alive, not layered
All over glow: L’Oréal Paris Lumi Glotion is the fastest route to fresh. Mix a rice grain amount with moisturiser for a sheer tint or pat neat on high points for a soft focus sheen.
One and done base: Maybelline Instant Perfector 4 in 1 Glow blurs, tints and adds quiet radiance without weight. Try Medium 02 or pick your match.
Bronzed dimension that never goes muddy
Bronze plus contour in one: Makeup Revolution X Roxxsaurus Highlight & Contour Palette gives buildable warmth and definition without muddiness.
Blush to bronze blend: Makeup Revolution Blush Palette Golden Sugar Rose Gold mixes molten bronzes and rose tones you can swirl for a sun kissed finish.
Effortless harmony: OFRA Midi Palette in Sunset Dreams serves bronzer, blush and highlight curated to flatter at golden hour.
The glow that catches the light, not the pores
Cream powder sheen: OFRA Brentwood Highlighter taps on like silk and photographs beautifully at sunset.
Liquid option: A dot of Lumi Glotion over high points pulls everything together with healthy luminosity.
Lashes that do the flirting for you
Length, lift, zero fuss: Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High. Wiggle from base to tip, then cap the outer corner for an easy cat eye effect.
Easy hair that looks better with salt
Air dry polish: Work a walnut of Sun Bum Revitalising Air Dry Cream through damp lengths for frizz control with movement.
Sun lit strands: A few spritzes of Sun Bum Blonde Hair Lightener where the sun naturally hits gives surfer kissed brightness.
Post beach rehab: After a day out, saturate mids to ends with Sun Bum Revitalising Hair Mask. Rinse before you head out again for soft shine.
Body glow, two ways
Wash off bronze for tonight: SugarBaby Bronze Radiance Instant Glow Wash Off Cream blends like body makeup, sets fast, then rinses off in the shower.
Daytime dry oil sheen: Bondi Sands Everyday Liquid Gold Dry Oil gives limbs a chic daytime glisten.
Post sun soothe that saves your night face
Cooling comfort: Stash Bondi Sands Aloe Vera After Sun Gel in the fridge. A thin layer after your shower keeps skin calm and makeup ready.
Tone and refine: If pores look bigger by 5 pm, swipe SugarBaby Pores Be Pure Glow Tonic across the T zone, then return highlight to the high points only.
Lock it in, refresh on repeat
Lock and grip: Maybelline Superstay Double Fixer Setting Spray seals makeup without a tight feel and keeps that soft glow intact.
The Sunset Edit checklist
- Sun safe top ups: Sun Bum Face Mist SPF 50+ · Sun Bum Face Stick SPF 30
- Skin glow: Lumi Glotion · Instant Perfector 4 in 1 Glow
- Bronze and blush: Revolution Roxxsaurus Highlight & Contour · Revolution Blush Palette Golden Sugar · OFRA Sunset Dreams
- Highlight: OFRA Brentwood Highlighter
- Eyes: Sky High Mascara
- Lips: Lifter Gloss Sun 20
- Hair: Sun Bum Air Dry Cream · Sun Bum Lightener · Sun Bum Hair Mask
- Body glow: SugarBaby Wash Off · Bondi Sands Liquid Gold
- Face tan: Good To Glow Serum · Glow Drops
- After sun: Bondi Sands Aloe Gel
- Set: Maybelline Superstay Double Fixer Setting Spray
How to use the capsule when plans change
- Arvo swim: SPF mist, Sun Bum Air Dry Cream, gloss.
- Drinks in thirty: Bronze and highlight, one fresh coat of Sky High, add body glow to collarbones, spritz to set.
- Late dinner: Tap a little more Instant Perfector through the centre, re mist, reapply gloss. Done.
Screenshot the checklist so it lives on your phone. The rest is just golden hour.