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5 Tricks That Help Your Makeup Last All Day

by Stephanie Montes May 28, 2016

Whether you’re too busy to reapply or you just don’t feel like toting around your entire makeup stash, mid-day touchup sessions aren’t always an option. Luckily, these 5 tricks help your makeup stay on all day so you don’t have to worry about taking time out of your busy schedule to run to the powder room. Finally, a beauty look that works as hard as you do.

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Multimask Your Primers

Primers are not all one size fits all. If you have an oily T-zone, use a mattifying primer in this area, and a hydrating one on your cheeks if they get dry easily.

Blemish Remedy Mattifying Prep Gel
bare minerals $24
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Instant Moisture Glow
Yves Saint Laurent $40
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Wet Your Eye Shadows

Saturating your eye shadows with a water or primer spray will make the color more vibrant and help it last all day long. Now you won't have to worry about it creasing or flaking off.

Wet & Dry Silk Eye Shadow
Burberry Beauty $29
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Mineral Water Spray
Evian $13
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Make Your Lip Liner Work Double Duty

Lip liner is meant to stop your lipstick from feathering so it naturally boast better staying power. Instead of just lining your lips before applying lipstick, fill them in completely with your liner. This makes your lipstick bulletproof.

Alter Ego Lip Liner in Pin Up
LORAC $17
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Tinted Lip Conditioner
$26
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Layer Shadow Over Eyeliner

Get that cat eye to stay in place all day when you use an angled eyeliner brush to go over your liner with a black shadow. This will set your liner and make it completely smudge proof.

Couture Mono Eyeshadow
Yves Saint Laurent Beauty $30
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Line Designer
BY TERRY $39
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Set Your Foundation Twice

By now, you already know that you should be setting your liquid foundations with a translucent powder. Setting your translucent powder with a long-lasting spray will ensure that your makeup stays put all day.