5 WWW Beauty Editor Summer Mood Boards We’re Shopping RN

Whether we’re reviewing the latest Chanel nail polish shades or ranking luxury skincare brands, you can expect informed beauty news underlined with a refined sense of style from your Who What Wear beauty editors. Our weeks involve mingling with celebrity makeup artists and wading ankle-deep through the latest and greatest beauty products, allowing us to forecast seasonal beauty trends with a critical eye—of course, taking bits and pieces of insider intel and applying them to our personal styles in the process.

There’s not much we’re not willing to try, including $2700 high-powered facial lasers and fiancé-shared fragrance collections in the name of journalism. All this to say, we’re not scared to switch up our beauty regimens every once in a while. In heated anticipation for summer, I polled our fashion-forward beauty team on their summer mood boards—and their sun-soaked visions did not disappoint. From slicked-back sultry updos to runway-inspired makeup looks, these are the vibes (and the exact products we’re eyeing) that have been living rent-free in our minds.

“If I had a summer beauty slogan, it would have to be ‘a dash of whimsy.’ Think bare, dewy skin with a flick of seafoam green shadow à la Collina Strada; short, square nails glazed with holographic glitter; or loose, textured strands adorned with a ginormous hair clip—just a kiss of something eccentric to catch the eye. I’m not one to opt for a full beat on a weekly basis, and certainly not during summer when the mere thought of applying foundation or plugging in a blow-dryer makes me want to melt into a sweat puddle, so committing to just one girly accent feels at once attainable and playful—and a little Miu Miu coded, might I add.”

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“Growing up in the snowy Midwest, I lived for the short summer season and the warm, sun-soaked days it would bring with it. Now that I’m back living in my hometown, my summer beauty aesthetic is the same as it was all those years ago. It’s set smack-dab between Mamma Mia and Dirty Dancing—think a dreamy, sun-drenched Mediterranean escape mixed with a sepia-tinged, ’80s-inspired retreat in the north. I want to listen to ABBA under the bright sun on the beach, yet end the night drinking lemonade and watching the fireflies from my front porch as if I were staying at Kellerman’s (IYKYK).