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"12 Ways to Look Hot and Feel Cool\\nCruel summer? Pfft. With just a handful of simple tricks, you can turn up the heat without breaking a sweat.\\nYes, beachy waves are gorgeous, but salt spray can do more than Gisele-ify your strands:\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022 __To stop your hair from getting sweaty,__ \\\"Aim salt spray at damp roots in the morning, and then let your hair air-dry,\\\" says hairstylist Nathaniel Hawkins. \\\"That will give your roots some volume and soak up sweat and oil throughout the day.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022 __If your hair is fine and you like a tousled finish,__ mist dry hair three or four times from an arm's length away. \\\"You get a messy texture that creates tons of body,\\\" says Hawkins.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022 __Turn a stodgy updo into a stylish one__ by spraying and scrunching a bun or braid to \\\"create a roughed-up texture in about three seconds,\\\" says hairstylist Mark Townsend.\\nOf course you're going to slather on sunscreen\u2014but did you know some spots need more than others? The areas where the rims of your sunglasses hit your cheeks are particularly prone to burning because the sunglasses reflect light. So are your chest, preexisting sun spots, and the highest points of your face (your cheekbones and nose). The takeaway: Always use SPF 30 (or higher) on these areas, and reapply frequently.\\nRunning to a meeting from the steamy subway? Spray on a facial mist with mint or eucalyptus, like [Aveda Botanical Kinetics Toning Mist.](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/skin/facial-moisturizer/2014/aveda-botanical-kinetics-toning-mist) When the water or alcohol in the spritz evaporates, it'll cool you down, and the minty scent \\\"triggers cold receptors in your brain,\\\" says Alan Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist at the Smell &amp; Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. You could also brush __M.A.C. Magically Cool Powder__ over your cheekbones\u2014it has methyl compound that \\\"evaporates the second it touches your skin, creating a cooling effect,\\\" says cosmetic chemist Ni'Kita Wilson.\\nTo get your hair off your neck stylishly, try this topknot with a twist: Pull your hair into a tight ponytail just below the crown and secure it with a thin elastic. Loosely braid the ponytail, tie the end with another thin elastic, and coil it into a topknot. Slip in two bobby pins, crisscrossing them into an X shape for a secure hold. \\\"The whole thing will take two minutes,\\\" says Townsend, who created the style Jennifer Lawrence wore to the Independent Spirit Awards.\\nYou don't have to dunk your head in the punch bowl. Just rest a frosty glass on your wrist or an ice cube against your neck. \\\"Pressing anything cold against a pulse point brings down your core temperature,\\\" says David Bank, a dermatologist in Mount Kisco, New York. Or use the power of scent: \\\"Smelling anything you associate with cooling off, like a mojito, will make you feel cooler,\\\" says Hirsch.\\n\\\"Water- and sweat-resistant sunscreens work because they adhere to the skin better than most,\\\" says Ellen Marmur, a dermatologist in New York City. \\\"But that means they may leave behind a residue that can clog pores.\\\" To really remove them, use a gentle exfoliant with microbeads.\\nYour SPF already works well, but it could work even better. \\\"If you apply an antioxidant serum first, it'll help neutralize free radicals that get through your sunscreen before they can damage your skin,\\\" says Elizabeth Hale, a dermatologist in New York City. Try [SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF Serum](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/skin/2010/skinceuticals-phloretin-cf-serum) or switch to a sunscreen with antioxidants, like [Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock SPF 45.](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/skin/body-sunscreen/2012/neutrogena-ultrasheer-dry-touch-sunblock-spf-45)\\nGive these beauty products\u2014and yourself\u2014some relief by keeping them chilled:\\n\\n\\n\\n \u2022 __Face creams.__ A cool moisturizer feels awesome and, if you're flushed, \\\"instantly constricts the dilated blood vessels that cause redness,\\\" says Bank. Ones with anti-inflammatory ingredients, like niacinamide (found in [CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion AM SPF 30](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/skin/2012/cerave-moisturizing-lotion-am)), also help keep redness from returning.\\n\\n\\n\\n \u2022 __Nail polish.__ \\\"Cold temperatures make lacquers thinner, so they're easier to paint on evenly, and they dry faster,\\\" says manicurist Jin Soon Choi. They'll also last longer in the fridge: \\\"Heat activates solvents that cause pigments to separate.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\n \u2022 __Perfume.__ Any temperature over 75 degrees can alter scents in as little as one year. Keep them chilled, and you can get an extra five years out of each bottle.\\n\\n\\n\\n \u2022 __After-sun lotions.__ Cooling sunburned skin is a quick way to bring relief. Keep a gel with aloe (like [Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration After Sun Lotion](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/skin/body-moisturizer/2014/hawaiian-tropic-silk-hydration-after-sun-review)) in the fridge, just in case.\\nWhen it's hot, wearing a cool silver shadow or liner feels light and looks stylish. Try one of our three favorite methods: Trace your upper lash line with a silver liner and your lower one with a black waterproof pencil; swipe a creamy silver shadow over just your lids with your finger, and finish by tracing a black eyeliner pencil along both the upper and lower lashes; or smudge a silver powder shadow at the inner corners of your eyes to make them look wide open.\\nTo pull off a head wrap, you either have to have innate style...or be coached by hairstylist Guido, who tied on bright, summery, totally unposeur-y scarves for the Marc by Marc Jacobs spring show. His top tips:\\n\\n\\n\\n__1\\\\. \\\"Bright colors like neons work best in the summer.__ Just make sure they don't match your outfit,\\\" says Guido. \\\"A white dress with a brightly patterned or solid scarf is your safest bet.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\n__2\\\\. Prep dry hair with texturizing spray.__ \\\"You need that dry texture to give your look a messy nonchalance\u2014and also to keep the scarf from slipping off,\\\" Guido says.\\n\\n\\n\\n__3\\\\. Tie it right.__ Fold your scarf into a three-inch-wide strip and place the middle against your nape. \\\"Pull the ends forward, crossing them above the center of your forehead and just behind your hairline,\\\" says Guido. \\\"Bring the ends back to the nape\u2014partially overlapping the fabric to create a turban effect\u2014and knot them at the nape.\\\"\\nEyeliner holds up about as well as a Mister Softee\u2014which is why we love this intentionally imperfect look: Scribble a creamy, black or brown waterproof liner, like [Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner in Black](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2010/revlon-colorstay-eyeliner-black) or [Black Brown,](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2010/revlon-colorstay-eyeliner-black-brown) on your hand to warm up the tip, then \\\"draw a thin line along your upper and lower lashes, and smudge that with your fingers,\\\" says makeup artist Lucia Pieroni. Pat on an undereye concealer (and a little loose powder) afterward. \\\"That helps prevent it from smearing.\\\"\\nMakeup setting sprays use the same ingredients that give hair sprays their hold but at much smaller concentrations, so they don't feel sticky. But they also don't last as long. \\\"If you use one before you start sweating, your makeup may look fresh for an extra hour or so,\\\" says Wilson. The one that's gotten some *Allure* editors through wedding season is [Urban Decay Chill Makeup Setting Spray](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/primer/2014/urban-decay-chill-makeup-setting-spray) \u2014which also feels cool."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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