The Cultured Girl

An even bigger conundrum than donning heels in the heat is trying to keep your makeup from melting off during a summer wedding or other outdoor event. I was never very good with makeup, particularly eye makeup, which always seemed to melt within minutes and form messy, gunky creases on my eyelids. That is, until a well made-up friend introduced me to the Bobbi Brown Cream Shadow Stick—a veritable magic wand for making eye makeup stay put. You apply it like a foundation before putting on your other eye makeup, and it creates a matte surface that makes eye shadow go on smoothly and stay put without the ugly creases. With the shadow stick, your eye makeup will look flawless even after countless drunken hours in a sweaty bar. The only problem is that the stuff works so well, you have to get your eye shadow right the first time—or wash off the foundation and start over.