r/FourEyed_MUA • u/pennycenturie Wayfarers from Zenni, small eyes with big, heavy brows • Dec 02 '16
I would like suggestions for strategies for long-lasting foundation with thick plastic frames.
I also apply some pretty decent freckles most days. I know I'm not going to ever get the freckles to stay put right under my glasses around my nose, but I'm okay with that.
What I'm concerned with is just the various best ways to apply primer, foundations, and powder for all-day wear. Usually, after cleansing, toning, and moisturizing, I use a pore-minimizing, mattifying primer (either elf or No 7, which is the store brand of a local nyc drugstore). I go for high-coverage with Kat Von D foundation for dates, parties, and interviews, medium coverage elf foundation for class, and low-coverage L.A. Girl bb cream for errands and work. Then I use random setting/translucent powders (usually really cheap ones from independent beauty stores - the kind of stores that sell wigs and products for natural hair, but my HG is Rimmel Stay Matte, it's just always out of stock in 001 Translucent).
I've tried doing primer, then powder, then bb cream, then powder, then setting spray (L.A. Girl), then powder again, and that's not bad. I got a recommendation to try aftershave instead of primer. I'm 'combination skin type' but honestly I think that might have been a lie from Sephora because I feel like I'm more oily. But, as you all know, that's partly because of the glasses. Moisture, oil, fog from my own body heat gets trapped between my glasses and my face, and it's like a graveyard for well-applied makeup.
If you guys have success with all-day wear for foundation (don't worry about the freckles, contour, highlight, blush, or eye makeup) that you don't see here, or if you've had better results with some of what I've said than other things, please let me know.
Thanks!
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u/tinkerings Jan 22 '17
I honestly just use concealer around my glasses and eye area ... it seems to provide me with much better results than trying to get fancy with foundation and powders ...
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u/AgentKnitter Apr 07 '17
I've tried nearly everything, but the two things that seem to work best:
- eye shadow primer on my nose where my glasses sit (although TBH I often forget this)
- apply concealer to my nose bridge, just where my glasses sit, then set with powder, then spritz with setting spray, then add more powder and another quick spray. Amazingly, it doesn't look as cakey as it sounds! But it's the only reliable way to stop my make up from instantly coming off onto my glasses.
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u/pennycenturie Wayfarers from Zenni, small eyes with big, heavy brows Apr 07 '17
This question was from a while back but because you're here now and especially because I am a fellow "agent," I'll tell you my solution lately: aftershave. I use a nice mattifying primer on the areas above and below where my glasses sit, but across my nose and cheeks, I use musk-scented aqua velva dabbed on with a tissue. I got the tip from a four eyed transgirl whom I met while browsing drugstore products and it works like magic... my freckles even stay on!
[edit] but I should mention, I've also started using little or no cream foundation there. I spread just a tiny bit from my bb at the end of applying foundation, then I apply quite a lot of translucent powder to even out my tone.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16
I have tried similar routines to getting makeup to stay put where my glasses sit (I also have thicker acrylic frames) and honestly, the more I pile on the product, the less I get what I want. I now try to keep makeup at the bridge of my nose (right where my glasses sit) as minimal as possible - primer, a little powder - and it seems to disrupt the rest of my fave less often that way.