Insta-Beauty: How to Cover Up a Sunburn With the Perfect Summer-to-Fall Makeup

Hide sunburn while you transition into autumn

By Diana Nguyen Sep 01, 2015 1:16 AMTags
ESC, Instabeauty Kailey Strachan for E! Online

In our Insta-Beauty series, we bring you makeup looks inspired by our favorite, summer-worthy photo filters. It's picture perfection…all day long.

Summer is winding down—and with it, all the bold colors and highlighting accents of your backyard BBQ and beachside beauty fun. What's not fading, however, is that sunburn you earned on that weekend jaunt. It's already difficult to apply makeup to burnt, uneven skin—let alone incorporate the warmer-tone beauty trends of fall. Thankfully, Julianne Kaye, celebrity makeup artist and E! Style Collective's resident beauty guru, schooled us in the art of transitional makeup.

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To maintain that warm-tone glow of filters like Slumber, Mayfair or Toaster, "the trick is to match your makeup to the burn and your tan," said the pro. Surprisingly, even coverage doesn't mean applying layers of foundations. Fall's go-to beauty look comes courtesy of everyone's favorite summer product: bronzer.

"No matter what, [the burn] is going to keep showing through all day long," said Julianne. "If you knock it out with foundation, it's going to turn muddy and grey so you might as well work with the darkest color on your face."

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