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  A popular complement to setting powder and other translucent powders, just a few spritzes of setting spray on your finished makeup look absorbs excess oil, adds a matte finish or dewy glow, and stops your makeup from smudging and creasing.   Milani Make It Last 3-in-1 Setting Spray You can spray this onto skin before or after makeup application. Either way, you get up to a whopping 16 hours of staying power, with no creases, smudges, caking, or creasing in sight   Too Faced Peach Mist Mattifying Setting Spray Offers a soft-focus finish that instantly and seamlessly blurs away imperfections. It’s like an Insta filter IRL, but even better, since you get 12 hours of shine control, too. Bonus points for the yummy peach and fig scent.   Rimmel London Stay Matte Fix & Go Primer & Spray Bookend your makeup routine with this oil-free mist; the first spritz acts as a primer to prep your complexion...

  Beauty Tricks To Keep Your Makeup In Place   Summertime is synonymous with pool parties, picnics and languid brunches. Unfortunately, it’s also the perfect weather for meltdown mishaps; running foundation, chapped lips, smudged eyeliner and streaky mascara . The heat and dust of Indian summers calls for some cool beauty moves that can give you a sun kissed glow minus the shine and oil overload . Makeup experts all agree that summertime makeup has a completely different set of needs compared to cold weather essentials.   Get The Glow Minus The Shine   Stay cool at all times. There’s no point gathering up ‘summer cool’ makeup and then trying to apply it on heat drenched skin. So, the first step for getting makeup to stay put is rubbing your face lightly with an ice cube or dabbing it with cotton wool soaked in chilled rose water. Don’t be shy about sitting under a fan or in front of the air conditioner to apply your makeup. Once makeup sets on cool skin...

Nicka K Perfection Finishing Spray A multi-tasker like no other this hard-working genius can be used in multiple ways; from the most obvious as a setting spray to keep your makeup up in place all day (goodbye streaking, creasing, and fading) to zapping that unwanted sheen. Plus, it acts as an illuminator too, highlighting your best features in a matter of minutes as you gear up for a flawless finish. Inglot Translucent Face Loose Powder If you don’t want your foundation looking like a mess before dusk hits, you’ll have to look to the pros for inspo. A true tried-and-tested tip is never skipping loose powder application. As trivial as it sounds it’s a foolproof way to ensure your summer look stays put. With powerful sebum-absorbing silica and mica, this transparent powder lets your picture-perfect masterpiece slay all day. Lakme 9 to 5 Naturale Finishing Powder - Universal Shade If you’re looking to hop on the natural bandwagon, you have to ace your insta-read...

At the outset let me just say this more an educated guess than cast-in-stone predictions. But based on hours spent poring over countless fashion shows heralding the year to come, we have a pretty good idea of all the beauty products (and trends) likely to make a splash this coming year. From highlighters to lip plumping glosses, here are the latest makeup trends to watch out for: BLURRING PRIMERS This will be the year of Clean Skin. Forget the cakey, full cover finished looks of years gone by. Just a touch of concealer or blurring primer on areas that cry out to be concealed. The look to yearn for is a Snapchat lens version of yourself. Enter Blurring Primers, smoothing and blurring potions that minimize the appearance of pores, fine lines, and wrinkles while prolonging makeup hold and mattifying your complexion for perfect skin all day. Use by itself or mix with a dab of the foundation for pore-less, blemish-free perfection. Get your hands on NYX Professional Makeup Nofilter Blurring...