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    Dewy make-up products for your summer holiday glow up

    Right this way for smooth, glowy and youthful-looking skin

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    By Lucy Abbersteen
    Published 31 May 2018 In Features

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    Right this way for smooth, glowy and youthful-looking skin

    With Korean beauty trends like 'cloudless' and glass skin having a seemingly endless influence, this season's beauty looks are all about dewy make-up.

    Gone are the days when a soft focused, airbrushed matte finish was centre stage; it's dewiness' time to shine (literally). It's all about having natural and youthful-looking skin with a healthy glow to it.

    The key to a dewy look is all in the prep – layer up your best serum and moisturiser for fresh and healthy skin that's the perfect canvas for make-up. Then it's time for dewy foundation, highlighter and setting spray to keep your glow in place all day long.

    With this in mind, we've handpicked some of our favourite glow-getters for fresh looking skin. Keep scrolling for this season's hero dewy make-up products.

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    Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, £30, John Lewis

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    A complexion perfector, Hollywood Filter is kind of like a primer and highlighter in one. It gives your skin a really healthy glow with just the right amount of shine and the tiniest bit of pigment to colour correct for an airbrushed finish. Think celebrity red carpet skin in a bottle. (Plus, it's oh so layer-able under your best foundation for special occasions.)

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    Giorgio Armani Neo Nude A-Highlight, £27, Selfridges

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    A pearly cream formula, the Neo Nude highlighter makes your skin look smoother, brighter and more reflective, rather than adding a ton of sparkle to your complexion. It's exactly what you need to look glowy rather than strobed-up.

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    Cover FX Dewy Finish Setting Spray, £23, Space NK

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    No dewy routine would be complete without a setting spray, so we're grateful to the brains at Cover FX for creating this illuminating final step. Alcohol-free and non-sticky, it's exactly what you need to lock that dewy look down.

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    Add these to your beauty routine and you're one step closer to being an actual dew drop.

    Ready for your glow up?

    Lucy Abbersteen
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    Lucy is a freelance beauty editor and contributor at Marie Claire, and has also written for titles including Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Glamour and woman&home. She was previously Marie Claire’s junior beauty editor. During her career, she’s covered everything from backstage beauty at fashion week to interviews with famous faces like Drag Race royalty and Little Mix. As for her beauty ethos, she’s a big advocate for not having to spend a fortune on beauty products to get good results. When she’s not got beauty on the brain you’ll probably find her reading or Netflix-ing.

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