Urban Decay Make Up Setting Sprays: All Nighter? De-slick me? Dew me? What the freack, I need help!

Ok, now there's a lot of movement on the internet concerning these babies that promise to keep our make up perfect for 16 hours (All Nighter)

Or to do that BUT to also control the oil in our face if we do have oily skin (De-Slick!)

Or yet again to maintain our make up alive and kicking for up to 16h and give a glow to our skin (Dew Me!)


However I find ladies have been rushing into the All Nighter one neglecting the two others.

It does not control the oil on my face was often their reaction to it. They claimed that the All Nighter does a great job when it comes to keeping your make up intact (the whole 16h thing I don't buy it, though) but it was not doing anything else.

Ladies, I have to tell you: you got the wrong bad boy. The All Nighter just claims to seal your make up to your face until you possibly want to wash it off as long as it is within the next 16h after having applied it, if you go past those 16h it can't follow your super long days.. or nights. Whatever, just kidding, I told you I don't think anything besides Superglue could seal your make up in place for months, which would be rather gross, on the other hand... And please, don't get funny or simply just brave and cover your face and make up in Superglue, I was, again, just kidding.)
But nowhere does it say it will help you control oils on your face cause it is his buddy, De-Slick! which has commited to do so. That's your man, ladies. If you do have oily skin, this baby will keep your make up in place WHILE it also caters for your skin making sure you don't end up looking like a disco ball.

Finally, if you happen to find that being on the dry side as far as your skin is concerned, the All Nighter does for you what it doesn't do for other, keep you looking matt, you may want to give Dew Me! a go. It will seal the make up to your skin AND also give you a bit of a boost, a dewy glow that your dry skin needs.

Overall I'd say:

1. If you have normal skin: go for the regular All Nighter. It will seal you make up and make it last without making your skin glow or dull and matt.


                                         
                                    Urban Decay All Nighter Make up Setting Spray.






2. If you have rather dry skin, Dew Me! is your baby: it will secure your make up in place and give your skin the super duper dewy glow we all love and you lucky ladies can pull off!




                                  
                                Urban Decay Dew Me! Make up Setting Spray.








3. My fellow oily skin ladies, go for De-Slick! It has the benefits of the All Nighter but will keep the grease-ball factor under control.

                                Urban Decay De Slick Make up Setting Spray.

Hope this could help, ladies, let me know which one do you use and if it works!

Talk to you soon!
xXx

Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation: review, tips and tricks.

                                        Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation
                                              £21.50 price per 10ml £7.17

                                       For reference, I am an NC15 and
                                    my shade for this foundation would be 115.


So I now this product might not have been recently lauched however many of us struggle working with it and end up returning it or just forgetting about it at the bottom of our make-up storing case. And it is such a shame...

This is a fantastic product (as all of Ilamasqua's ones) that perfoms brilliantly.. if you know how to make it work. Believe me, unless you are a Pro make up artist, this might take a while to master.

Here we go: review and some tips to make it work.

PROS:
1. Amazing color range for ubber pale people just like me.
2. Fullest coverage ever.
3. No SPF so no flashing back in pictures = photographs nicely.
4. Nice packaging that is purse-friendly (plastic transparent bottle that closes securely)
5. A little goes a long way, could last for ages.
6. Pretty good staying power (ok, you could not keep in three weeks on your skin without needing touch-ups but overall it can handle a busy endless day.. or night!)


CONS:
1. Does set so you need to work with it quickly.
2. Sets into fine lines and dry patches.
3. Needs to be used with a good moisturizer and primer underneath.
4. Needs to be cut with some other product to make it easier to work with.
5. Take a bit of time to get used to working with it.
6. Takes some time to apply, it's not going to be your fastest foundation job ever.
7. Thick consistency, although the smell is great, not overpowering and does not linger for a while so if you don't like scented products, I don't think this one will disturb you any longer than the application while.


TIPS:
1. Mix it with a bit of a mattifying primer to avoid the shine this might give to slightly oilier skin or with a bit of a pearlescent or sheer one if your skin is on the dry side and make it easier to apply (for reference if you don't have any primer and don't know where to start looking for one, Illamasqua has a Sheer primer -drier skin- and a Mattifying one which is the one I use for my oily skin and love. They come in the same packaging as the foundation except that the bottle is white. Price: £19.50)
2. Use a very dense, flat brush (Sigma F80 for reference). 

                                      (Sigma Flat Top Synthetic Kabuki F80,  $16 ). 


3. Don't dot it all over your face at the same it, it will set and get unblendable. Work section by section adding product to another section once the previous one is done (first dot some on you forehead and blend it, then dot a bit on your nose and upper lip, blend it, then move on to the chin... you know, little by little, do not dot it all over your face.)
3. Work it into the skin, work it, work it, and keep working it for a bit of time since it takes a bit of work to behave on your skin, if you don't keep working it it will just sit on top of your skin.
4. Prior to powdering, especially if your skin is normal to dry, pat a damp sponge all over your face. It will take away some of the foundation's cakeyness.
4. After you've done this and if you will powder on top, after powdering, proceed again to pat a damp sponge over your face for a more natural result.

I really like it for shoots, videos or endless nights when I know there's going to be quite a bit of photo taking action. That's when I use it for my foundation and concealer.
To conceal blemishes daily it works brilliantly as a concealer, you might use a lighter coverage foundation and then use this as a concealer. Much better than my MUFE Full Cover and I really love that one. But this foundation is even better.
If you do decide to purchase it and try it out, give it sometime before returning it, it takes a while until you get to know which is the way that you need to work with it for your particular skin type as for normal to dry skin you have to proceed differently than you'd need to for oily and very oil skin.
It is a very good product if you find out how to handle it :)
(A bit of a low rating due to its price and the time it takes to figure out how to make it work for your skin and also the time it takes to be applied.. and nice looking!)


And REMEMBER, this is NOT a water-based foundation from what I know, it is oil based so people witch acné-prone skin or acné might prefer to stay away for it or to just ask for a sample and test it out before purchasing it. Don't be afraid of the naughty and rude girls we sometimes found at the counters, it is your RIGHT to ask for a sample, there is nothing wrong with that unless you ask for it rudly and hit the girl at the counter which I don't really think you are going to do.
Test it first for a few hours and if you are ok, proceed to give it a longer try some other day. You may not want to use it everyday cause maybe daily use could cause break-outs but if your skin is fine with it for a little while you can use it for special occasions when you want to have a beautiful photo-friendly polished look.
I have acne-prone skin and can use it on week-ends if I go out somewhere without any problem. But you do however need to test it on your own skin.


Anyway, I hope this was somewhat helpful, talk to you soon!

(Spanish translation coming soon since I don't want to use Google Translator and this has been enough writing for me today!)



(Image Credits and prices according to http://www.illamasqua.com/ and http://www.sigmabeauty.com/, if purchased elsewhere prices may vary.)