Hey guys!
It’s Mi-Anne and this is Beauty With Mi.
There are a few things you need to know about me:
1. I love Harry Potter.
2. I live for cats and
3. I have a ridiculously oily complexion.
As you can imagine,
the summer heat and I don’t necessarily see eye to eye.
Given that there are hundreds of products on the market
that claim to cling to your face for hours,
I decided to put them to the test.
But not just running around the office or doing errands,
I’m going to go to the beach, baby!
Let’s get started.
First thing’s first is foundation.
I have this one from Kat Von D.
I’ve heard rave reviews, never tried it myself.
So I’m using my Beautyblender for this
because I’ve been told that
it is a very full-coverage foundation.
And actually I’ve put a very small amount
and I feel like it’s covering pretty well.
I’ve got a little pimple right there and a pimple over here.
Next up, I’m going to go in with this bronzer,
which I’m very excited about.
It’s this James Read Tantour bronzer.
I’m going to kind of use it as a bronzer
and contour powder.
It feels good.
It’s blending nicely.
Boom!
I’m going to skip the highlighter in this palette today,
because I have this eight-hour highlighter from
Urban Decay in the shade Fireball, classic shade.
On my skin tone, it could almost act as a rouge as well.
But I’m kind of into it.
I don’t know if you can see this on camera
but it has this weird highlighter bobble.
This is a beautiful highlighter.
But is it going to last eight hours?
I don’t know.
I guess it’s eyeliner time!
Going to go with the classic cat-eye.
I’ve been wearing it for years.
Typically eyeliner doesn’t last on me all day
if I don’t put some kind of eyelid primer on.
But since I want to test it out on its own
and see how it does,
I’m going to wear it
on my eye solo on the right eye.
And on the left eye, I’m going to use a little bit of primer.
So we’ll see at the end of the day
which one worked the best.
So next up: mascara.
Got this waterproof one from Almay, never used before.
So we’ll see.
It’s a little bit chunky but I think that a few clumps
kind of gives the lashes a bit more volume.
Final step in the makeup is lipstick.
In my opinion, the best part,
right after highlighter.
This lipstick doesn’t have any numeric hour-long claims
but it is supposed to be comfortable
and long-wearing.
I’m into it.
So we’re going to go to the beach now
and we’re going to see how this works.
I’m going to walk around the sand.
I’m going to splash in the water.
And we’ll see.
We’ll check in throughout the day
to let you know how everything’s faring.
So, see you there!
Scared.
I really don’t like rollercoasters.
That was a minute and 30 seconds of torture.
Ugh!
Zach and I just did the Cyclone.
—I’m exhausted. —We were really babies about it.
What do you think about the foundation?
The foundation is looking really good.
I think the foundation’s looking really good.
Highlighter.
Liner’s doing pretty well.
The one that I did the primer on, perfect.
This one has a little bit of creasage here
but I was literally going like this the whole ride.
Lipstick looks great and I had a lot of kombucha.
I’m finally on the boardwalk.
I’m going to have an ice cream cone right now
to see if this lipstick holds up.
It’s been doing really well so far.
It’s like melting back and I’m going to eat it.
How’s your lipstick holding up?
What do you think?
It’s pretty incredible. It’s still there.
Lipstick looks good.
Wearing a little bit on the inside as expected,
but everything—it feels really good.
It’s very good.
Other makeup, looking dece.
Hey guys!
It’s about 3:30
and I think the makeup looks pretty good.
The foundation’s holding up in most areas of my face,
especially around my cheek.
I will say it is breaking up a smidge around my nose,
where I get the most oily.
It’s pretty normal though.
By the six-hour mark, it’s doing pretty well.
Liner’s looking alright.
Smudging a little bit over here
where I didn’t use the primer.
But overall, it looks pretty good.
I’m not getting a lot of smudging beneath the eye,
which is really great.
Lipstick looks pretty awesome.
Highlighter is faded,
but still looking okay.
Bronzer looks good.
We are back in the office.
It’s around 6:30 pm,
so I’ve had this makeup on for a little over nine hours.
Overall, I think the makeup did hold up really well.
The foundation is starting to let a little oil through now.
I would give it a little blot.
Lipstick though, last but not least,
looks so good.
I cannot believe this stayed on.
The liner held up way better with the primer.
The mascara didn’t really flake or smudge
that much at all.
And I was on that rollercoaster
tearing up a little bit.
And the highlighter—I don’t know.
Is it still on?
We have confirmation from my producer
that there is a little bit of the color coming through.
So nine hours,
definitely beat the eight-hour claims for that highlighter.
The bronzer blended really nicely.
Really good.
The only thing that I think I would definitely do
is always wear primer under the eyeliner,
but that’s what I always do.
And the foundation, I think I would give it
a little powdering through the T-zone or maybe
stick a mattifying primer underneath it,
especially if I’m going to be out and about like running
around in sweltering, hot weather.
I think there were a few hits and misses here and there.
But overall, I think a lot of this makeup really performed.
Let me know what you guys think
I should try next in the comments below.
Thanks for watching!
Bye!
Thank you guys so much for watching.
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I’m always looking for new stuff to try in the comments below.
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Peace!