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Need help for graduation makeup

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Graduation day is a moment to shine, and looking your best is essential! With your makeup journey in mind, it's understandable to want a flawless look that stands up to the excitement of the day. From your practice session, it seems you're navigating the challenges of dry skin and makeup longevity, especially around your nose. Don’t worry! With a few adjustments, you can achieve that soft, glamorous look while feeling confident in front of the camera.
Need help for graduation makeup
Need help for graduation makeup

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.

1) 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.

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