- Hello everyone, my name is Megan.
Welcome back to Adore Beauties YouTube channel.
I'm part of the social and content team.
And I'm also a makeup artist.
Now today's video is all about five tips and tricks
that'll get your makeup lasting all day long
on Christmas day.
Do you reckon this hat's a bit obnoxious.
Should I keep it?
Are you into that?
Or it might be distracting.
So this was originally aimed for Christmas day.
It's a really testing day for our makeup
but I have some tips and tricks that will help you
so you can use them for this Christmas day or just
any time you have a really long event, let's get into it.
Tip number one, ditch the face oils.
Now disclaimer, if you're using a face oil
underneath your makeup and you're finding
that it lasts really long so you don't get
any patchiness, any slipping and sliding,
keep doing you and power to you.
But if you are applying a face oil and you're finding
that your makeup isn't really lasting very long,
slipping and sliding throughout the day, get rid of it.
When we break it down to a scientific level
water molecules and oil molecules are not made the same.
So water molecules are actually heavier
and more densely packed than oil molecules, they're lighter.
So when you mix the two together
the oil will always float to the top.
If we are popping a face oil underneath our makeup
you've usually got a primer over the top of that
and then a foundation which almost always has
aqua or water in it.
Check your ingredients list, oh my voice,
check your ingredients list, it'll always be in there.
Now as you start to wear your makeup throughout the day
that oil that we popped on at the very start of the day
is going to try and seep through so that it can sit on top
of your water-based products.
That is when you start to have slipping, sliding, patchiness
and makeup that isn't going to last all day long.
Now I hear you, you're saying, Yeah, cool,
I'll ditch the oil but how the hell is my face
going to stay hydrated all day?
Reach for something like a hyaluronic acid
or a product that's packed with glycerin.
That'll give you that really nice boost
of hydration without the oily slipping and sliding.
A product that I always love to use
is the Hydrating Water Fresh Cream by Bobby Brown.
Another one that I really love a hydrating primer
that works on pretty much all skin types
is the Napoleon Perdis Autopilot Primer.
So these two together, whether you have oily or dry skin
both super-hydrating and they will actually help
your makeup last longer on the skin.
And whilst we're on the subject of primer
I do like to apply it with my fingertips.
The warmth of your skin actually warms
up the product to help it melt into the face.
And you're also able to really massage it in,
allow it to dry completely
and then you can go in with your foundation.
This is the concealer that I like to use for my eyelids.
It's a modifying formula which is why I like to use it
on the eyelids so that we don't get oily.
And then I like to use this concealer underneath my eye.
In the past I have tried applying it
with a foundation brush but I found that the product
gets dragged along my skin rather than
being massaged and moisturized in.
So that's just my little hot tip.
Tip number three is make sure you are setting your face.
So powders will always assist with locking in
liquid and cream products.
They will also help with absorption of sweat
and see them throughout the day.
The only catch is, depending on your skin type
the application of your powder will change.
So if you have really oily skin and you know
that you secrete (inaudible) pretty much
out of every single pour on your to face
then go in and powder your whole face
so that is all locked into place.
However if you have skin that is on the dryer side
I actually just like to apply powder
to certain areas of the face.
So for instance, I like to use a tapered brush
so that I have a little bit more precision
with where I'm applying the powder.
And I generally will only apply powder
underneath my eyes just to kind of set that
in place because I am prone to fine lines
and it kind of bunches up throughout the day.
That's just the dynamic lines of my face
and I've learned to love them.
Another area that I like to apply powder is just
underneath the chin because as I'm eating
I guess that area gets a little bit oily
and through the T-zone as well.
The rest of my face, like, through my cheeks
and the perimeters of my face don't really get oily
and generally stay on quite well.
So there isn't the urgent need to be applying powder there.
You know your skin best and you know
what will work the best.
So kind of apply that rule when you're thinking
about powder application.
One powder that I've been loving lately
is the Bobby Brown Sheer Finish Pressed Powder.
These come in a few different shades.
They have, I would say medium opacity.
And then once they're buffed into the skin
they really just mesh really well with your foundation.
Tip number four is try out a setting spray.
So this is from Skindinavia and it is called
The Makeup Finishing Spray.
It helps lock in color to ensure that they stay vivid
throughout the day.
It really helps to protect against makeup melting
off your face in warmer weather, but also protects
against your makeup drying out in the cooler weather.
It has a really nice finish to it.
So some sprays can kind of sit on your face
and you just feel wet and you really need to wait
for them to dry.
Whereas this one is just like a fine mist
that sits on the face.
It locks everything in and I really have noticed
the difference since using this.
Tip number five last, and most certainly not least
refers to our lips.
For some reason this is their first thing
that'll always come off for me.
I must just eat all my lip product off
but I've really found a formula that honestly
changed the game for me.
So the first thing I like to do is align the lips
with a really creamy, waterproof long-lasting liner.
This one is from Eye Of Horus and because I did
a red lip today, cause I was feeling festive,
it is in the shade pure scarlet, but you can use any shade
you like, even if you're doing a really, really nude lip.
Lining the lips helps ensure that you don't get color bleed.
It makes any products that you pop
over the top last heaps longer.
And it also creates a really nice border
for your lips to make sure
that they're looking nice and defined.
Now the next thing I like to do is actually go in
with a matte color.
Now usually this is some kind of lipstick.
Today I have used Temperature's Orange
from the velvet lips range.
Now the reason why I love this is
because the shade really mats down.
And I don't know what it is about matte shades
but they just last so much longer.
So once I have that really nice intensity
of color underneath, you can go in
with a gloss, with a lip balm, anything you like
if you really want that shine factor
and it'll last 10 times longer than before.
Okay so there are my top five rapid-fire tips
for long-lasting makeup.
I hope you enjoyed it.
If you have any recommendations for long-lasting makeup
please pop them in the comments below.
And if you create a Christmas look, tag us on Instagram
at Adore Beauty so that we can see your beautiful face.
If you would like a breakdown on beginner's makeup tutorial
with me, then click up here.
Or if you want to see our last video, just click over here.
Thanks so much for tuning in and I hope you have
a beautiful Christmas and we'll see you next time.