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Just as you’ve mastered the art of keeping your dry skin healthy during the winter, summer temperatures come along and turn everything upside down. Humidity wreaks havoc on hair, makeup doesn’t want to stay in place and styling even a simple ponytail can make you break a sweat in an AC-less apartment. Well, Beauty Fix is here to help you keep your cool: from sunscreen that won’t cause a breakout to simple, heat tool–less hairstyles, we have all the answers.

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We all know that when it comes to healthy skin, hydration is key. While a tall glass of water is always your best beauty friend, when temperatures start to heat up it’s understandable that we seek other ways to feel—and look—refreshed. Well, search no further: we have five skin-quenching, sunshine-approved options that will keep your skin sated all season long.

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We’re still in a state of pre-summer bliss after a wonderful long weekend of almost unseasonably warm weather—and it’s safe to say that Beauty Fix readers are as well! This week we’re taking on questions that have everything to do with pre-summer prep: what the season’s best hairstyles are, a new eyeliner trick for summer, and how to pack for your vacation while still leaving lots of room for souvenirs.

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With the long weekend just a day away, it’s official: summer is here! While you might be ready to bounce out of your office chair and hit the cottage/park/patio as soon as possible, we have a few suggestions on how to make your long weekend even better—beauty-wise, that is! From the newest trend in waxing to a sure-fire way to cure those Monday night “the weekend is over” blues, here’s your guide to getting ready for the weekend faster than you can say TGIF.

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By Poonam Kaur Billing

Thanks to my East Indian heritage, I’ve had a full head of hair from birth that has proven to be a double-edged sword in life: I never have issues with lack of volume, but learning how to manage my wayward hair is something I have laboured with for years—especially in the summer.

I had been debating a Brazilian Blowout for a while, looking for a shortcut to avoid all the styling and product I need to use, but the whole formaldehyde thing held me back. So when I had the chance to test out L’Oreal Professionel x-tenso—on my first day as a beauty intern at FASHION no less—no coaxing was required, especially with the forecast predicting 32 Celsius for the following day and my hair already looking like a hot mess.

It’s that time again, when the words “smog,” “heat wave” and “humidity” enter our vernacular, and our poor little pores suffocate under the blanket of sunscreen, street dust and the ever-present perspiration moustache. Don’t you just want to blast it all away at the end of the day? Dermalogica’s Powerfoliant ($85, dermalogica.ca) is satisfyingly merciless, and though it’s part of the Chroma White range (who really wants to whiten?) it’s just a serious exfoliator that combines vitamin C, salicylic acid and fruit acids, plus a bunch of other brightening ingredients. It’s also pleasingly science-y—the box contains two vials of exfoliator, and you have to pop down the cap to release the powder into the liquid, which—SHAZAM!—activates the lot of it until it self-destructs in four weeks. There’s also a dropper attachment so you don’t use too much of the precious (and I do mean precious) stuff. You’ll be rationing it obsessively for fear of running out; I certainly am.

Those of us who take pride in protecting our skin from the irreversible damage of UV rays reach for a bottle of sunscreen as instinctually as we would a toothbrush. It doesn’t matter which form: cream, lotion or spray. Fearful of coming out of the sun looking like Donatella Versace, we apply it generously and with vigour, confident that our skin’s health is being preserved. But it turns out there’s more to choosing a sunscreen than simply considering the spf number on the bottle. It’s becoming clear that mineral (also known as physical) formulas—which use zinc oxide and titanium dioxide to physically deflect rays—are winning many people over.

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Thick body butters should be scarce this time of year, but that doesn’t mean your skin couldn’t use a drink of nourishment and a touch of lovely sheen. Dry oils are the answer. This one from Fruits & Passion ($14, fruits-passion.com) features ethically-harvested monoi oil–derived from Tahitian gardenias–and combined with coconut, it smells like tropical […]

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