Long lasting make up

It's 2pm, you are on your lunch break and you off to meet your friends which you haven't seen for a long time, you want to make a good impression on them so before leaving you have a last quick look in the mirror to make sure that you look flawless and then you see your foundation gone from your chin and your shiny nose, dark patches on the forehead and concealer settled in the fine lines under your eyes.

I'm pretty sure that this kind of scenario has happened to every person that wears make up at least once in their life. The fist think that probably comes to your mind (right after having a mini heart attack) is that you need to get that long lasting 25hour wear foundation that you saw an advert of on tv. You couldn't be more wrong.
Here are my 5 top tips to make even the crapiest foundation last all day.

1. Like for like. By this I mean that you should use silicon based products with silicon base products, water based with water based an so on, no mix and match. If your foundation is silicon based(to check if it's silicon based look at the ingredients list and look for dimethicone) then you want to use a silicon base primer to go under your foundation.

2. Primer is a must if you want your make up to last all day. There are all sorts of different primers out the this days, from smoothing to colour correcting. My three favourite primers of all times are; Mac Prep+Prime, Loreal Studio Secrets and that's not really a primer but works amazing as a primer, Lanacame Anti Chafing Gel.

3. When choosing your foundation make sure that it doesn't oxidises on your skin, specially if you have an oily skin.

4. Setting/Finishing powder is a must. This will set your foundation an make it last much longer, but also will give you a smooth surface to apply your blush/bronzer/highlighter, but remember if you are using cream, gel, liquid or mousse blush/bronzer/highlighter apply them before the setting powder. Ideally setting powder should be transparent or translucent because you don't want to be adding more coverage or colour.

5. Last but not least, the setting spray. Just like with primers, there is a ton of them on the market. My favourite one is Mac Fix+.