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Our Summer-Averse Writer Swears By This Cooling Stick To Get Through The Heat

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We recommend Darphin’s Hydraskin Cooling Hydrating Stick for its ability to to de-puff, fight sweat and fake dewiness. (HuffPost)
We recommend Darphin’s Hydraskin Cooling Hydrating Stick for its ability to to de-puff, fight sweat and fake dewiness. (HuffPost)

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You can always count on the summer to include of sunscreen, swimsuits and sweat.

There are those days in the summer when you can handle the heat — even if you’ve got your grill going and especially if you’re staying cool in a pool. But then there are unbearably hot days — when even the thinest of tank tops can seem suffocating.

That’s why there’s no love lost between the summer and I. The season, for me, usually just means out-of-control frizz that can’t be combed through, mosquito bites that badly bruise and already oily skin dripping in sweat. Needless to say, I’m not a fan of the summer heat.

While I’ll be spritzing on a little more OGX styling spray and having a can of OFF! on hand when outside these days, there’s one skin care product that I turn to in order to not look sweaty in the summer.

Darphin’s Hydraskin Cooling Hydrating Stick is probably in my top three best beauty buys of all time. (Please don’t ask me to rank them, though!)

Like its name says, this cooling stickcools your skin using a mix of hyaluronic acid (which can help hydrate) and pomegranate, among other botanicals. It’s free of parabens and phthalates, too.

At $25, it’s pretty affordable, and the price is on par with other cooling sticks like ones from Milk Makeup and Tula.

I purchase my Hydraskin from from Bluemercury, which is like a greener Sephora — but Nordstrom just got the stick back in stock, too.

Figuring out how to use Darphin’s Hydraskin wasn’t hard. I like to run the stick over my face before putting on makeup (like a primer), especially