7 DIY Ways to Add a Little Shimmer this Summer

Shimmer is having a moment. First the unicorn frappuccino and now all things glittery and iridescent are showing up in beauty products. This Frank Body’s coffee shimmer scrub has a crazy 50,000 person waiting list. WHAT? (Fortunately for y’all, we hacked that one.)

We’re all about glowing from the inside out but sometimes a little extra help doesn’t hurt. And these shimmery DIYs are like literal highlighters for your body. But the goal is a dewy glow – not to light up like a New Year’s Eve disco ball – so these recipes are more subtle, more natural. Read on for 7 ways to add a little subtle shimmer to your summer.

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Thanks to the addition of mica, this scrub doesn’t just buff away dry skin but it also leaves behind a soft shimmer. Just hop in the shower and scrub away. After you rinse off, you’ll be left with glistening skin, perfect for drawing attention to sun-kissed shoulders, legs and arms.

DIY Unicorn Shimmer Body Scrub For Glowing Skin from Hello Glow

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Get beach hair at home – and a subtle sparkly shimmer – when you add a bit of mica to a homemade salt spray for your hair.

DIY Shimmer Beachy Waves Spray from Elle Sees

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The best part about this recipe is that you only need two ingredients. Just combine unpetroleum jelly and shimmer dust for softer, shinier lips.

DIY Shimmer Lipgloss from A Pumpkin & A Princess

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Body oil is my go-to in the summer; it’s the perfect light-weight moisturizer. To make a summer glow body oil, you only need two ingredients: a lightweight oil (I like sunflower oil) and shimmery eyeshadow. If you just want shimmer use a white/pearl colored eye shadow. You can even add it to body lotion.

DIY Summer Glow Body Oil from Hello Glow

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With a combo of coconut and avocado oil, this shimmery balm hydrates and protects lips. Peach shimmer adds a pretty highlighter effect that lets the balm do double duty as a blush stick.

Shimmery Ski Lip Balm Tutorial from Soap Queen

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This simple way to make a highlighter combines ingredients that are hydrating for your skin with a powerful iridescent highlight. Adding a touch of pink gives the oil the fun (and trendy) unicorn look.

DIY Unicorn Oil from The Wanderyst

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Turn all those broken and unwanted eye shadows into bronzing lotion bars. Cocoa and shea butter combine for a rich moisturizer that melts into your skin, while the eye shadow tint stays on your skin.

DIY ‘Make me Shine’ and ‘Bronze me Beautiful’ Lotion Bars from The Makeup Dummy