Easy Long-Lasting Concert Makeup

Makeup used to be an absolute NIGHTMARE for me any time that I wanted it to stay in place for a long time. Going to concerts or parties where I need my makeup to last for hours when I’m hot, sweaty, and being active was not a fun time for my face. I would think my makeup would last a long time, then it ended up melting off my face and turning into a drowned raccoon look really fast. But now I know how to make my makeup last forever, and it’s easy!

Before:

Before makeup (Photo/Kaity Kline)

After:

After makeup (Photo/Kaity Kline)

After makeup (Photo/Kaity Kline)

Close up of eyes (Photo/Kaity Kline)

Close up of lips (Photo/Kaity Kline)

1. To start I spray Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray all over my face. Then I go in all over my face with Benefit Porefessional. Seems over the top, but I need to be over the top to make my makeup really stay.
2. Next, I take Urban Decay All Nighter foundation and dot it all over my face, then blend it in with a damp beauty blender.
3. I take my Maybelline Age Rewind concealer and apply it in an upside-down triangle underneath my eyes, on my chin, and in a strip up the bridge of my nose. I conceal blemishes with Maybelline Master Conceal. I blend them both together, since I let the Age Rewind sit and set for a little bit before blending it.
4. Next, I take the same damp beauty blender and dip it into my Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder and cake it on under my eyes to bake. I also bake my chin, up my nose, and under my cheekbones to reaaaallly set it in. I leave the bake on until I’m finished with my eye makeup, so it doesn’t have a set time for me.
5. For my eyebrows, I just fill in the sparse bits with the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Definer.
6. Next, I prime my eyelids with Too Faced Shadow Insurance Anti-Crease Eye Shadow Primer. I honestly just use this because it is what I currently have, and I prefer the Urban Decay eyeshadow primer.
7. For eyeshadow, I used the Anastasia Modern Renaissance palette.

• Tempera all over the lid, in the inner corner, and up to the brow bone with a regular fluffy brush.
• With the same fluffy brush, I blended Burnt Orange into my crease as a transition shade.
• Underneath the crease color I packed in Warm Taupe on the lid.
• With a tiny blending brush I put Red Ochre in the crease
• With the same tiny blending brush I added Primavera onto the inner third of the eye.
• With a flat brush I applied Warm Taupe underneath the eye.
• With the same flat brush I applied Cyprus Umber as an eyeliner8. I used Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara on both the top and bottom lashes.

8. Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara on top and bottom lashes.

      9. I’m weird and I contour after nearly everything else. I used the Kat Von D Shade and Light and used the middle shade all over the outside of my face to give it some dimension. Then I used a small blending brush and contoured my nose up to my brow bone.

     10. With Shade and Light I took the lightest highlight shade and brushed it under my eyes, on my cheekbones, down my nose, and on my chin.

     11. I took the Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in the shade Paaarty and popped it lightly on my cheeks.

    12. Jeffree Star Liquid Lipstick in Androgyny all over lips.

    13. Then I sprayed all over my face with Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray again! That’s it!

This is my typical go to makeup when I’m going out to a concert or having a night out in general!I hope this helped anybody having trouble making their makeup last a long time. 

Testing the Silisponge to Apply Foundation and Concealer

I never wanted a Silisponge. When the trend made its rounds on social media late last year I was not interested. I thought it was gimmicky, something that I would never use. How could this silicone chicken cutlet blend in my foundation and not make me look like a streaky, unblended mess? How could this give me a full enough coverage to cover my hyper-pigmentation? Not interested.Then my boyfriend’s mom gave me a Sillisponge. So I decided to try it and I was surprised.

The Silisponge!

The Silisponge is a makeup applicator from the beauty company Molly Cosmetics. It’s currently $9.90 on their official website, and you can order a bundle of two for $14.90. The main appeal of the Silisponge is that it does not absorb product, so you waste less product and save money. It also washes easily with a little soap and water, which is appealing since washing makeup brushes or a Beauty Blender is the worst. It’s small, silicone, and easy to hold. I did lose it once though because it is clear, so keep it in a safe place. 

The website claims “the amount of liquid of cream products needed is about half the amount compared to directly using brush or sponge.” They also claim that spreading the product takes getting used to, but final blending can always be finished with a brush or sponge. Since I’m testing the Silisponge I am only going to be using that, and no other additional brushes.

Pre makeup

This is what my skin looks like without any makeup. As you can see, I have areas of hyper-pigmentation and redness. It’s usually difficult to cover everything completely, so we are going to test if the Silisponge will cover all of my problem areas while also giving a good, even application. I usually use about one and a half pumps of my Urban Decay All Nighter foundation, but today I began with one. It ended up being enough to cover my face and neck. This is usually enough to cover all of my redness when it is applied with a Beauty Blender or a brush.

One pump of Urban Decay All Nighter foundation

First, I primed with Benefit POREfessional face primer around my nose and then I jumped into the foundation.

On the Molly Cosmetics website it tells you to take a little amount of product and to go in circular motions to spread the product, then to tap it into the skin.

I began with dots on the left side of my face, spread it in circular motions, and then tapped it in.

Foundation dotted onto my face

Spread onto the face

After

It does not blend at all really when you are going in circular motions, it just spreads the product around. It does blend in after you tap it into your skin, but it does take a while to blend completely and it takes some pretty vigorous tapping. You’re basically slapping yourself in the face with this thing. It did cover my redness well, so the Silisponge does not diminish the coverage of the foundation. 

On the other side of my face I dabbed the Silisponge directly into the product. It does not absorb anything, and the product sits on top of the sponge.

Sponge after being dipped into foundation

After being spread onto my face

After

I think that with this method it is a little more difficult to blend everything out. Definitely a lot more face slapping than the dotting method. When you initially rub it onto your face it just seems like you are moving the foundation over your face and not actually blending it, but it does get a little better once you start tapping it in. Coverage took a hit on this side, and you can definitely see redness through the foundation. I’d stick with dotting it on my face and blending it out over dipping the sponge directly into the product. 

I would not recommend this for under-eye concealer at all. I used my Revlon Instant Age Rewind Concealer and tried it with the concealer and it just did not blend correctly and spread the product way further than it had to go. Blending around all the curves and crevices of the eye is difficult, and I ended up just going in with my fingers because what should have taken be 20 seconds took me a few minutes and still did not look good.

It’s a no from the under-eye

The Silisponge did work on my face concealer well and quickly. I dotted by Maybelline Master Conceal on areas of hyper-pigmentation for additional coverage and after some slight slapping for 20 seconds everything was blended well.

After concealer!

Personally, I’m sticking with the beauty blender and brushes. I think that it depends if the Silisponge is worth it. If you value not having to heavily wash a makeup applicator over the application time, then you should get the Silisponge. It would be great for people with acne prone skin that are not so good with washing their brushes. You save time washing brushes, which is great. But if you don’t mind washing your makeup brushes and value doing your makeup quickly, I’d stick to a brush or a beauty blender that applies makeup quickly, just as well, and without a lot of face slapping.

Five Best Makeup Items to Start Your Beauty Bag

When you’re first getting into makeup it can be a little overwhelming. There are so many products that even with online reviews it can be hard to differentiate a great product from a meh one. Even as somebody that loves makeup, it takes a lot of researching to decide which products are worth the expensive price tag. Makeup isn’t cheap, and we only want to get something that we know is worth the money.

Here are five of my favorite beauty products that would be a great start for makeup beginners!

Urban Decay All Nighter Foundation, $40: My current favorite foundation of all time. It is full coverage and will completely cover any discoloration on your skin in one layer. I have bad acne and hyper-pigmentation that usually requires at least two coats of foundation and a thick concealer on top of it. This covers everything and makes concealer optional.

If you like a lighter application you can mix it with moisturizer to tone down the coverage. It also oxidizes throughout the day so iI recommended that you go a shade lighter than you usually would. If you suffer from discoloration this is an actual lifesaver.

It comes in 24 different shades so most people should be able to find a shade that works for them.

They aren’t messing around when they say that it’s an all nighter foundation. I will put this on at 8am before class and it will last with no change in coverage until I take it off at 9pm. It also doesn’t make me break out. Magic. 

Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, $31: I know, it might not seem necessary but it is. Nothing is worse than having to touch up your makeup all day. Nothing is worse than having to use more of your $40 foundation because it has faded and made your makeup look patchy. You just spray this on after you finish your makeup and it is locked all day no matter what. Seriously- go skydiving, go to a concert, enter an ice cream eating contest, your makeup will look exactly the same as when you put it on.

Tarte Tartlette In Bloom Clay Eyeshadow Palette, $46: This palette is so beautiful that I don’t even know where to begin. This is a neutral palette that will look great on everybody. It is highly pigmented and blends like an absolute dream. It has light everyday shades and dark nighttime shades that you can easily make a full eye look out of. It has nine matte shades and three glitter shades, so if you love matte neutrals this will be the palette for you. The palette is sleek and looks great. It includes a large mirror so you can get really close up and to see what you’re doing!

Stilla Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner, $22: A liquid eyeliner pen that is the best for beginners. It has a tiny and sharp tip that gives you extra precision. It is very pigmented, doesn’t fade, and doesn’t smudge or feather like so many other eyeliners. Because of this it is perfect for winged eyeliner, making the wing easy to draw without interference. It’s waterproof and comes  in 12 shades, giving you a range from natural looks to fun party looks.

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder, $38: This is the perfect translucent setting powder! It won’t add any additional color or coverage to your makeup, but it will get rid of the shine and set your foundation like a dream. It blurs your pores and gives a flawless finish.

A huge problem with a lot of translucent powder is that there will be a white flashback while getting pictures taken, but this has no flashback! It makes it perfect for events that you will be photographed at. It comes in two colors, translucent and translucent medium deep, allowing people with darker skin tones to also experience how fantastic this powder is.

If these options are too expensive for you (they’re essspensive I know), I’m also going to post a list of my five favorite drug store makeup products in my next post, so watch out for that!