Get the Look: Bronzed Goddess

Golden skin and sun-kissed tresses have long been the sunny season's must-have look – giving an instant impression of health and well-being and acting as the perfect canvas for summer’s hottest looks. Make-up artists choose to fake it rather than bake it though, shunning sun-bathing which is both ageing and skin-damaging and instead employing simple tricks for unblemished bronzed beauty. Now you can get the look too by following a few easy steps. Becoming a golden goddess that is guilt-free!

1.Ensure that you exfoliate your skin regularly to keep it buffed and smooth. Then introduce a gradual tanner into your beauty regime – Olay Total Effects Touch of Sun is a fantastic option as it helps fight the signs of ageing whilst also giving you a subtle sun-kissed glow. Apply the formula on your face, neck and décolletage.

2.A luminous base is the key component to the Bronzed Goddess look, so once you have moisturised, apply a radiant foundation, such as Max Factor's Second Skin Foundation. It subtly highlights your bone structure and brightens up your features for an incredibly natural but flawless look.

3.Once your face is completely dry and no longer tacky, take Max Factor’s Natural Minerals Bronzer and dust the glimmering powder in the hollows of your cheek bones, at the edge of your hairline and just ever so lightly across your forehead, the bridge of your nose and chin.

4.For a really sculpted look, take a highlighting cream or the palest eyeshadow from the Max Colour Effect Trio Eyeshadow palette in Precious Metals and use the iridescent shade to subtly highlight your brow bones, the top of your cheek bones, the bridge of your nose and your cupid’s bow.

5.Now for the eyes: Begin by applying a primer to the eyelids, then use Max Factor’s Smoky Eye Effect Eyeshadow in Bronze Haze. Use Step One to create a beautiful wash of golden gorgeousness across both your eyelids and in the inner corner or your eyes, near your tear duct. Follow up by using Step Two - the darker bronze shade, to contour at the outer corners of your eye as well as in your eye socket. Really blend the colour to create the perfect smoke out. Finish by rimming your eyes with Kohl Pencil, smudging slightly with a cotton bud for a sexy, sultry look, before coating your lashes with False Lash Effect FUSION mascara for serious length and volume.

6.Time to pay some lip service by applying a slick of Vibrant Curve Effect Lip Gloss in Smart to your puckered pout.

7.Keep your hair tousled: Avoid straighteners if you usually use them and instead embrace a natural wave.

8.And there you have it – a gorgeous golden goddess that’s good to go!