If you've ever wondered how to achieve a similarly blurred and seamless look to the ones you've seen on the red carpet - or how to prevent the weather from ruining your perfectly blended makeup, Charlotte Tilbury has let us in on her ultimate 'airbrush sandwich hack' - and all you need is a setting spray and powder.
While the best foundations can work wonders in masking blemishes and evening the skin tone, often they need an extra helping hand to stay all day and not crease. A pressed powder, for one, can help to banish excess shine and fix your base in place, but another product can aid the longevity of your makeup even further: a setting spray. These lightweight mists are ideal for adding hydration back into your skin, post foundation, but together with a powder, a setting spray locks your products in place for hours - no matter the weather.
This is certainly true when you learn to wield them as Charlotte Tilbury does, and thanks to her step-by-step tutorial on This Morning, we know all about her 'airbrush sandwich hack,' which, according to the beauty brand founder and celebrity makeup artist, even JLo loves.
Charlotte Tilbury's hack to 'flawless, poreless' makeup for party season
For glamorous party makeup that won't budge this festive season, Charlotte Tilbury has gifted us with the ultimate blurring hack, and as it turns out, all you need is one of the best setting sprays, a pressed powder, and a brush.
RRP: $49/£33
Available in four shades, this micro powder works to bring a soft-focus blur to your complexion, whilst helping to set your powder in place and minimising the look of shine. But thanks to emollient ingredients like rose wax and sweet almond oil, Tilbury says that it isn't drying or cakey on the skin.
RRP: $58/£36
Ranked as one of the best Charlotte Tilbury products for locking makeup in place and adding glow back into your complexion, post foundation and powder, Airbrush setting spray is a must-have. It's lightweight, boasts a soft floral scent, and secures your makeup for up to 16 hours.
RRP: $49/£36
This brush appears to be the same one Charlotte Tilbury used to apply the powder before and after setting spray. It boasts a precision tip and fluffy brushes, which are ideal for applying your pressed powder where you need it, as well as dusting loose setting powder across your face too.
Appearing on ITV's This Morning on Thursday, 4th of December, Charlotte Tilbury answered all our burning beauty questions, including how to get a flawless makeup base that lasts - no matter the winds or weather.
"This is something that the whole world needs to know about: setting sprays. If you’ve ever wondered why a celebrity, Cat, you know this," quipped Tilbury, addressing host, Cat Deeley, "from morning till night and their makeup will look flawless, poreless - it won’t sit in any lines, it will look blurred, it will look glowing - it’s because they’re using a setting spray."
If you're unsure of whether they're worth the investment, Tilbury notes that "Setting sprays lock in your makeup for up to 16 hours, and it will not budge."
As for how she applies one, Tilbury revealed that she actually layers the spray with a powder, and how she does so is very interesting (in fact, our whole beauty team was astounded. "This is called the 'airbrush sandwich hack,' so we’ll take a powder, and we’re just going to stipple - it’s really important to stipple."
Tilbury used a fluffy brush and demonstrated patting the brush across her model's face, focusing on the t-zone, explaining to viewers not to be afraid of powder, because, "if they’re finely milled and again, have lots of emollients in them, they are actually incredible smoothing and blurring."
She then proceeded to spray the Airbrush Flawless mist three times, and said to take your brush and powder, stippling it over those same areas as the spray is drying down. Don't wait for it to completely set.
"It just blurs, it gives you double the blur," Tilbury notes, before adding that it also "keeps you looking hydrated and glowing, but blurred, and it locks in your makeup." She adds that this way, it won't sit in fine lines or your pores.
Tilbury also shared that this powder and spray 'sandwich' hack is celebrity-approved, with both JLo and Celine Dion having worn it and proved its staying power. Tibury quipped that even when Celine Dion stood at the top of the Eiffel Tower during the Paris Olympics, in the pouring rain, her makeup didn't move.
