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On GLAMOUR Tries this week, Affiliate Social Media Supervisor Luca Wetherby-Matthews is placing flour to the take a look at. Nope, to not see the way it performs within the kitchen, however to see what it is like as a setting powder in her make-up routine.
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“So there is a TikTok pattern in the intervening time the place persons are setting their make-up with flour, flour, as a substitute of powder as a result of apparently that is what they used to do again within the day. Undecided if that is true, however I’ve received my self-raising flour and we will strive it.” Luca says.
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“As you may see I’ve had my make-up on all day, I am fairly oily, so this needs to be a great indicator of whether or not it really works,” she says. “I am taking a humid magnificence sponge and I am simply going to place it on,” Luca applies the flour to her below eye on one aspect as she would usually along with her setting powder.
She then does the identical to her brow, nostril, chin and eye lid, and likewise sculpts out her cheekbone with a few of the flour. “Um. It is undoubtedly mattified. It feels… not very good,” Luca says. “It feels very grainy, not very comfy, and you may see grains of it the place it isn’t mixing into my pores and skin. It is also left a little bit of a white solid on my face, however does it do away with shine? Sure. If it rains, will it go mushy and gloopy on my face? I do not know.”
Luca finishes setting her complete face with the flour to provide it a good judgement. “Okay, that is the completed look. As I mentioned, it is sort of given me a white solid, it undoubtedly has mattified however it additionally feels disgusting on my pores and skin. Possibly when you’re in a life or loss of life state of affairs and also you solely have flour and you must bake – actually – take into account it, in any other case do not do that. It is not value it.” She says.
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