Summer is synonymous with easy, glowy makeup for a reason. All that beautiful weather calls for enjoying your day outside and spending less time at your makeup table in the morning. After all, less is more. Especially when there are pools, beaches, and endless sun involved. Here's how to get a glam summer glow in just 3 minutes.


Glow and go with our 3-minute summer makeup routine
Choose a vitamin foundation with SPF.

Even Better Vitamin Makeup SPF 45
SPF is a skincare essential, especially during summer. Choosing a foundation with SPF is an easy way to help protect your skin and prevent sun damage, while also looking great.
Perfect skin in seconds: Apply Even Better Vitamin Makeup SPF 45 as the first step of your makeup regimen. Our long-wearing foundation is infused with SPF 45 and a vitamin-rich formula for more vibrant, healthy-looking skin. It also has a comfortable, natural finish and a lightweight, creamy formula that helps instantly smooth and hydrate, and blends like a summer dream. SPF 45 helps protect against future dark spots, while our signature BetterFlex™ Technology adds hydration so your foundation has flexibility so it moves with you. This must-have oil-free foundation works its skincare magic in the background seamlessly while you wear it. It helps visibly reduce dark spots on bare skin after 12 weeks of daily use.* Applying it is easy: start in center of your face, blending foundation outward. Build coverage as needed. You can use a brush, or your favorite makeup sponge.
Consider it vitamin makeup in a bottle: the star ingredient is 5 different forms of vitamin C, infused in our dermatologist-developed formula to help create a brighter-looking skin tone. 4% of vitamin B3 helps boost skin's natural energy and glow. Vitamin E provides antioxidant defenses to keep skin's barrier strong. The combination of powerful ingredients helps brighten and defend for more radiant, healthy-looking skin over time.
Best of all? With 50 shades to choose from, our stay-true pigments won’t change color on skin. And you can also count on this foundation to stay put through all your summer activities without settling. It's sweat and humidity resistant.
Go for a two-in-one pop of color.

Pop Lip + Cheek Oil in Black Honey
Speeding up and simplifying your routine doesn't mean you have to sacrifice color. Go for a two-in-one fan favorite that helps keep skin bright, glowy, and pretty without the hassle.
Go classic with Black Honey. Use Pop™ Lip + Cheek Oil in Black Honey on cheeks and lips to brighten up your look and get a stunning, natural pop of color. Pop™ Lip + Cheek Oil in Black Honey conditions lips with a nourishing blend of oils including safflower oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, sunflower seed oil, and castor oil.
The perfectly calibrated shade is a blend of blue, red, and yellow pigments that looks incredible on literally everyone. It was loved as a lip color for decades before our two-in-one must-have launched. Clinique founder Carol Phillips named it Black Honey because the texture of the product looked like a shiny, gorgeous pot of honey.
Our tinted oil delivers our dewy, iconic Black Honey shade for lips and cheeks. Use the soft, tapered applicator to apply the perfect swipe of color to lips. Layer up for more intensity. When you're ready to move onto your cheeks, dab a few dots onto cheekbones and blend quickly with fingertips. It gives skin a sheer wash of color and a natural, dewy look.
Get dramatic with statement-making mascara.

High Impact Mascara
Now that skin and lips are all set, it's time to turn all attention to your eyes with a bold mascara that seals the deal.
Dial up the drama with your lashes. The last step for a simple summer look is a great mascara. Apply High Impact Mascara as the last step of your 3-minute summer makeup routine. Your eyes will be noticeable from across the room, and you'll have long, standout lashes.
There's a reason why this mascara is special: it's the #1 Mascara from a Dermatologist Brand in the U.S.** but it's also an easy go-to for buildable volume and gives you beautiful, natural lashes dialed up just a notch. It amps up the volume and length of each and every lash—and resists clumping with super rich black pigments that give lashes intense color, adding to the look. You can even create a custom look depending on how many coats you choose to apply and whether you want to focus on your top or bottom—or even corner—lashes.
Getting the look is simple: start at lash roots, wiggling brush up to lash tips. Repeat to build up the volume and drama. For lower lashes, repeat the same steps, but hold the wand vertically. The soft fiber brush is designed to comb and define every lash. Avoid pumping the brush in the container—this adds air that can dry out mascara. To prevent clumping, let mascara dry between coats.
It's safe for sensitive eyes all summer long: it's Ophthalmologist tested, safe for contact lens wearers, allergy tested, fragrance free, and made without parabens, phthalates, or oil.
Ready to sail off into summer with your best beauty look yet? Your 3-minute routine never looked better.