Professional makeup artist reveals 'mistake everyone makes' that will ruin your look
There's nothing worse than spending ages on your makeup only for it to look smudged and faded just a few hours later, even when you think you've applied every fixing or setting spray to make it last.
Now, a makeup artist has shared the mistake she believes many people who wear it regularly fall for, and revealed exactly how to fix it. Tiffany Lumpkin took to TikTok and captioned her video: "Ignore the label and focus on ingredients."
She went on to say: "The biggest mistake I've seen people do as a make-up artist who has been doing this for over 15 years is not knowing the difference between a setting spray and a fixing spray."
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She explained that people get mad when their setting spray doesn't work and their makeup wears off during the day. She continued: "I don't think people understand what setting sprays do.
"Setting sprays are meant to hydrate the make-up, setting sprays are meant to make the skin look like skin. These products are meant to hydrate and oxidise your make-up quickly so it looks like skin. The first ingredient is going to be water. These are amazing products but they're not meant for longevity.
"They're not waterproof, water resistant, they're not sweatproof. Now fixing spray is going to be alcohol-based. These are great for performers, for weddings. If you want to fix your make-up so it's waterproof, sweatproof, transferproof, you want a fixing spray."
Delving deeper into the components of such products, Tiffany explained: "It's going to be alcohol-based and probably contain butane, magnesium carbon and basically absorbs all the oil. Focus on the ingredients and not the labels."
Tiffany's tutorial video left audiences astounded as scores of viewers admitted their shock in the comment section. One viewer commented: "Thank you for breaking it down cause I've been using my setting spray as a fix it spray."
Another shared: "Well damn I never knew that. Thanks." A third added enthusiastically: "File this under things I didn't know! Thank you!"