Close your eyes and just think about it – black streaks on your face from mascara and liner, white and pink streaks on your face too from foundation and concealer (all mixed with the black streaks), hair clinging to your face, lipstick streaks all over your lower face from trying to get the strands of hair off your face. In general just picture looking a hot mess!
You might be asking – is there a way to avoid this happening? We can’t stop it from raining but hell yeah, we can help you avoid looking like a hot mess in the rain. Here are a couple of steps to ensuring you stay beautiful all day – come rain or sunshine.
- Mattify your base: Matte moisturisers, primers and foundations were created for a reason. Use them. Most of them contain silicone which is just supposed to keep the sebum from your skin glands away from the surface of your face; it is also a basic sealant against water and air. Which means the rain will just run across your skin without moving your makeup.
- Waterproof that under eye: Waterproof under eye concealers exist. As difficult as it is to believe, they really do. The downside though is that, along with other matte products, it can be really drying. Thus, it is important that a good eye cream be applied to that area prior to concealer application. Concealer should be applied gently with the pad of the ring finger, making sure that the product is applied gently but firmly.
- Creme it or Gel it: It is a well known fact that water doesn’t move oils, creams or gels. Those with especially thick consistencies are even harder to move. Thus, cream eyeshadows and blushes or even gel liners are the best – and so say we all. Apply them with your finger or a synthetic brush. Don’t forget to blend out the edges too, you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it will be.
- Lay your brows down: You really don’t expect to use your regular matte powder for your brows when it’s raining do you? Use a gel or cream product along with an angled brush to fill them, then finishing up with clear mascara across it to seal it in place.
- Get a stain: As much as we all love our cream and satin finish lipsticks, we are going to have to ditch them. Without a base for lipsticks, they move on our lips especially after eating or drinking. They are also transferable which means re-applying in the course of the day especially after being caught in a heavy downpour. Switch to lip stains, just like regular stains are hard to remove, lip stains are pretty difficult to take off too. Unfortunately they are not very popular, but stains are more pigmented, easy to apply, non-transferable, smudge proof and top on our list, waterproof.
- Seal it up: There is nothing like carefully getting your makeup done and having something go wrong just because you skipped this final step – the setting spray.
- Waterproof mascara is key: Not forgetting our favourite water proof mascaras for long, fluttery lashes. Yes, even in the rain.
Watch more tips on how to ensure your makeup is waterproof and be sure to share your experience with us in the comments.
Watch this easy waterproof makeup tutorial from My Natural Sistas
Let’s also go back in time to 2012 and learn the secrets to waterproof makeup by Lancome. Watch!
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