Beauty: Must-pack makeup for hot summer holidays

Sun-drenched destinations call for makeup products that look beachy and effortless but work hard behind the scenes. Alice Ryan packs her holiday beauty bag

IMAGE Skincare Prevention+ Daily Perfecting Primer SPF 50, £59, imageskincare.co.uk Not only a bossing SPF - deploying 100% mineral filters to form a physical barrier against harmful UVA and B, it’s endorsed by The Skin Cancer Foundation - this wonder product also moisturises, primes, blurs imperfections and gives skin a gorgeous glowy tint. It can be worn beneath makeup but, especially on a hot holiday, makes a lovely light-touch alternative to foundation.

Lottie London x Outer Banks Kookproof Lip & Cheek Balm, £6.95, lottie.london Part of the newly launched Endless Summer collection by viral beauty brand Lottie London, a collab with Netflix juggernaut Outer Banks, this multi-use balm delivers both a flattering flush of colour and an on-trend glassy finish. It comes in a warm pink and this beachy peach with bronze shimmer. It also doses skin with hydrating hyaluronic acid and healing Vitamin E - ideal for skin dried by sun and sea.

Palette London Nail Paints, £8 each, palettelondon.com This brand only launched last year but is already setting nail polish standards with its plant-based, planet-friendly and certified-vegan formulas, which apply seamlessly, dry to a high shine, wear really well and come in an ever-expanding rainbow of shades. New for summer is a pair of on-trend tropical brights: Seville Sunshine and Prickly PawPaw. Instant holiday vibes for your mani and pedi.

Jeffree Star Cosmetics F**k Proof Mascara in Coral, £22, bperfectcosmetics.com Formulated by one of the world’s biggest and best-loved makeup artists, this mascara achieved cult status with its ability to grab every single lash and coat it root to tip in plumping, lengthening, defining, seriously smudge-proof colour. If ever there was a time to take a punt on a coloured mascara, your summer holiday is it. And trust me: whether blue, grey, green or brown, this luscious coral shade amplifies the colour of every eye.

Odylique Mineral Lipstick, £18.50, odylique.co.uk A calling-card product for the Suffolk-based organic beauty brand, this lippy is far more than a pretty face: vitamin-rich in 100% organic plant oils, butters and fruit and flower extracts, it soothes, smoothes and hydrates the skin, making it perfect for lips left dry by sunbathing and sea-swimming. It comes in a wide range of colours, but this Apricot Sorbet shade is pure summer.

w7 Tropic Like It's Hot Pressed Pigment Palette, £6.95, w7makeup.co.uk Containing all the pigments you need for your holiday in a mere eight pans - from soft, daytime mattes to nighttime sparkles and a single eye-defining smoke - this palette is a top seller for w7, the brand which found fame with its designer dupes. Application and payoff are impressive for the price-point. Plus the whole palette smells like a tequila sunrise: what could be more ‘holiday’?

Clarins Limited Edition Solar Vibrations Bronzing Compact, £40, clarins.co.uk Designed to protect as well as perfect the skin, this bronzer contains Clarins’ signature Anti-Pollution Complex, healing organic coconut oil and glow-giving safflower extract. That alone makes it a shoo-in for your summer holiday, but what makes it a true hero in my book is the versatility of its three shades, which can be used solo to sculpt and highlight or mixed for an all-over tan boost. The ultrafine pigments are light and lovely on the skin, too.