Setting sprays are not created the same.

What is this? Another post in the same year? I'm batting a thousand.

Hi again! This post is gonna be really quick because my best friend is making watch half naked men in the pool and I can't really concentrate. I've been playing with makeup a lot these past few days, because I finally replenished my eyelashes, and I wanted to try out a couple of products, namely a foundation whose shade selection was a fail, and, finally, the infamous MAC Fix+. 

 

I've been dying to try things from MAC for the longest time, but could never bring myself to make a purchase. I want to try a foundation from them, but first I figured I would start with the setting sprays; I found the Snowball collection minis online for stupid cheap, and couldn't pass it up! Before I got Fix+ I had been using the Milani Make It Last setting spray which I absolutely love, but I was caught by the bug to try some high end stuff again. I also caught a bug to try a different setting spray, and tried the Kiss New York ProTouch setting spray. Now honestly, I hadn't been paying much attention to the finish of my looks as of late, so I was using the Kiss NY spray with no problem. It wasn't until I tried Fix+ and looked at my faces, and went back and looked at my Milani faces, that I realized something.

The Kiss NY spray is booty.

I did some makeup last night and tried to take pictures of it and my face was hideous; the texture was exaggerated, and it didn't help that I was using the wrong concealer and was practically working in the dark. The only good picture I got from it was this:

Look at how ugly my fingers are lmao

Selfie camera, no detail, all the works; everyone is lucky I didn't put a filter on it. I felt like I had failed as a makeup lover, but after I realized the problems, I was determined to make things right. Which is why, as soon as I got home today, I broke out my mirror and my tools and got to work, and made this!

There are quite a few pictures from this look because I really liked the way it came out. Details details!

FACE:

Primer:

• HM Mattifying Primer on my T-Zone
• Nicka K New York Ultra Smoothing Makeup Primer

 Concealer:

• Wet N Wild PhotoFocus Concealer in Dark Cocoa on my mouth, under my eyes and over the L.A. Girl HD Pro Orange Corrector, as well as Medium/Deep Tan under my eyes.

Foundation: CoverGirl Queen Collection All Day Flawless 3-in-1 Foundation in Q825 Golden Honey

• Applied with the NYX Honey Dew Me Up primer, and enhanced by a fake version of the Iconic Liquid Highlighter in Glow (shout out to Wish)

Face Powder: Laura Mercier Medium Deep Translucent Loose Setting Powder

Under Eye Setting Powder: Maybelline Fit Me! Loose Setting Powder in Deep

BROWS:

Outline: ColourPop Brow Pencil in Black 'n Brown

Filler: E.L.F. Brow Kit in Dark

Browbone Highlight: L.A. Girl HD Pro Concealer in Toffee

 

EYES:

Primer: L.A. Girl HD Pro Concealer in Toffee

Shadows:

• Transition: Equinox, in the Bad Habit Solstice Palette
• Crease: Dusk, in the Bad Habit Solstice Palette
• Lid: Chi, in the Juvia's Place Masquerade Palette, topped with Cleopatra, in the Juvia's Place Nubian 2 Palette
• Lower Lash Line: Casablanca and Cairo, in the Juvia's Place Masquerade Palette
• Inner Corner: Nairobi, in the Juvia's Place Nubian 2 Palette, topped with the Wvrthy Stardust Powder in Eros

 

Eyeliner: Kat Von D Tattoo Eyeliner in Trooper
Mascara: Ruby Kisses Very Sexy Mascara on the bottom lashes

Lashes: Kiss Lash Couture Faux Mink Lashes in Boudoir

CONTOUR:

Black Radiance True Complexion Contour Palette in Medium to Dark on the cheek, with the Stila Stay All Day Contouring Bronzer in Dark on the jaw.

HIGHLIGHT:

The Wvrthy Stardust Powder in Eros, topped with Tan Lines and Nude Beach, in the Bad Habit Oasis Highlight Kit

BLUSH:

Milani Baked Blush in Rose d'Oro

LIPS:

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in London

Liner: Jordana Easyliner Eyeliner in Coffee Bean

Alright, that's it for me tonight! I'll see you in the next one!

x Ashlan