Hello! I'm graduating this friday with my bachelors. I don't wear make up very often and when I do, I usually wear really light make up or just do my eyes. But because this is a few hours long, I want to look beautiful in photos so I can look back, I want my make up to hold up. Today I did a practice session. I also have dry skin but oil build up around the upper part of my nose because of my glasses frames and the sides of it.
Products: I used... Elf green concealer, elf camo hydrating concealer, elf soft glam satin foundation, elf hydrating face primer. Forgot eye primer, but I have a milk one for that. Tarte paarty powder blush, tarte shape tape setting spray, elf perfect finish HD powder.
I did sunscreen first (elf one again), primed the face primer. Then I did the color corrector on my cheeks, below my neck, chin, and around my lips. I get VERY red when I'm flustered which I will be that day so that was a must but otherwise I've never used it before. I was enjoying being a green goblin. Then I did the concealer on those areas but also my nose and a little on my forehead. Then I did my foundation with a wet beauty blender. At this point everything seemed fine and I did setting spray and fan dry. I didn't use liquid blush because I find they are very pigmented (and not the color i thought i was getting??) and I enjoy the soft blush look so I used my tarte 'paaarty' blush. I applied the HD setting powder with a velour powder puff, focusing on my nose particularly because it's the worst.
At first everything looked okay! Here's a few pics. And then maybe an HOUR AND A HALF of wearing it... Looks really bad. My nose was itchy (everything is itchy right now. I was tested for allergies but nothing came up but I live in north east texas AND EVERYTHING IS ITCHY). I sneezed so I went to blow my nose. The make up just slides off with the lightest touch. I had to readjust my glasses; the frames are caked in make up and the lines are embedded in my nose from my frames (don't think much can be done for that). 3 hours later the bottom of my frames dented my cheek make up apparently.
But I went from looking soft and kind of airbrushed to my nose almost completely revealed, below my nose is messed up too. I tried reapplying and tried to do setting spray on my beauty blender and it just. Got worse.
- I am sorry for the long post but felt context and products were needed. 2) Please help. There's very few days I care about my make up but my graduation after 2 difficult years of school + full time work + getting laid off dec 2025, no family coming, just my partner... I just want to look pretty. Without my stupid scuffed up nose and face. I just wanna be in the moment and not worried if I look like a tomato. Please help give advice on what to do. I can test until Friday.
