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Beauty writer Mi-Anne Chan is known for a lot of things — one you may not know about is her skin type. She's O-positive oily. And that's okay! But when it comes to the summer heat, Mi-Anne has to find the right foundation to match her skin type. Here, she shows you all the best foundations to beat the summer heat that will last you the full day.

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Transcript
00:00Hey guys, it's me, Anne, and this is Beauty With Me.
00:03There are a few things you need to know about me.
00:05One, I love Harry Potter.
00:07Two, I live for cats.
00:10And three, I have a ridiculously oily complexion.
00:14As you can imagine, the summer heat and I don't necessarily see eye to eye.
00:20Given that there are hundreds of products on the market that claim to cling to your face for hours,
00:26I decided to put them to the test, but not just running around the office or doing errands.
00:31I'm going to go to the beach, baby.
00:33Let's get started.
00:35First things first is foundation.
00:37I have this one from Kat Von D.
00:39I've heard rave reviews, never tried it myself.
00:41I'm using my beauty blender for this because I've been told that it is a very full coverage foundation.
00:47Actually, I put a very small amount and I feel like it's covering pretty well.
00:51I've got a little purple right there.
00:53Next up, I'm going to go in with this bronzer, which I'm very excited about.
00:57It's this James Reid Tantor bronzer.
01:00I'm going to kind of use it as a bronzer and contour powder.
01:05Feels good.
01:06It's blending nicely.
01:08Boom.
01:08I'm going to skip the highlighter in this palette today because I have this eight-hour highlighter from Urban Decay
01:15in the shade Fireball, classic shade.
01:18On my skin tone, it could almost act as like a rouge as well, but I'm kind of into it.
01:25I don't know if you can see this on camera, but it has this, I'm going to do the highlighter
01:29bobble.
01:32This is a beautiful highlighter, but is it going to last eight hours?
01:35I don't know.
01:37I guess it's eyeliner time.
01:38I'm going to go with the classic cat eye.
01:40I've been wearing it for years.
01:43Typically, eyeliner doesn't last on me all day if I don't put some kind of eyelid primer on.
01:48But since I want to test it out on its own and see how it does, I'm going to wear
01:52it on my eye solo on the right eye.
01:56And on the left eye, I'm going to use a little bit of primer.
01:59So we'll see at the end of the day which one worked the best.
02:02So next up, mascara.
02:03Got this waterproof one from Almay.
02:06Never used it before, so we'll see.
02:08It's a little bit chunky, but I think that a few clumps kind of gives the lashes a bit more
02:14volume.
02:16Final step in the makeup is lipstick.
02:19In my opinion, the best part right after highlighter.
02:24This lipstick doesn't have any numeric hour long claims, but it is supposed to be comfortable and long wearing.
02:31I'm into it.
02:31So we're going to go to the beach now and we're going to see how this works.
02:35I'm going to walk around the sand.
02:37I'm going to like splash in the water and we'll see.
02:40We'll check in throughout the day to let you know how everything's faring.
02:44So, see you there.
02:55I'm scared.
02:56I really don't like roller coasters.
03:13That was a minute and 30 seconds of torture.
03:17Zach and I just did the cyclone.
03:20I'm exhausted.
03:20We were really babies about it.
03:22What do you think of the foundation?
03:23Oh, the foundation is looking really good.
03:24I think the foundation is looking really good.
03:26Highlighter.
03:26Liner is doing pretty well.
03:28The one that I did the primer on, perfect.
03:30This one has a little bit of creasage here, but I was literally like going like this the
03:36whole ride.
03:36Lipstick looks great and I had a lot of kombucha.
03:41I'm finally on the boardwalk.
03:43I'm going to have an ice cream cone right now to see if this lipstick holds up.
03:48It's been doing really well so far.
04:00It's like melty vegetable.
04:01We can eat it.
04:03How's your lipstick holding up?
04:04What do you think?
04:06It's pretty incredible.
04:08It's still there.
04:10Lipstick looks good.
04:11Wearing a little bit on the inside as expected, but everything, it feels really good.
04:15It's very good.
04:16Other makeup looking these.
04:33Hey guys, it's about 3.30 and I think the makeup looks pretty good.
04:39The foundation is holding up in most areas of my face, especially around my cheek.
04:42I will say it is breaking up a smidge around my nose where I get the most oily.
04:47It's pretty normal though.
04:48By like six hour marks, doing pretty well.
04:50Liner is looking alright.
04:52Smudging a little bit over here where I didn't use the primer, but overall it looks pretty good.
04:56I'm not getting a lot of like smudging underneath the eye, which is really great.
04:59Lipstick looks pretty awesome.
05:02Highlighter is faded, but still looking okay.
05:06Bronzer looks good.
05:15We are back in the office.
05:17It's around 6.30pm, so I've had this makeup on for a little over nine hours.
05:23Overall, I think the makeup did hold up really well.
05:26The foundation is starting to let a little bit of oil through now.
05:29I would give it a little blot.
05:32Lipstick though, last but not least, looks so good.
05:35But I cannot believe this stayed on.
05:36The liner held up way better with the primer.
05:40The mascara didn't really flake or smudge that much at all.
05:43And I was like on that rollercoaster tearing up a little bit.
05:47And the highlighter, I don't know, is it still on?
05:49We have confirmation from my producer that there is a little bit of the color coming through.
05:54So, nine hours definitely beat the eight hour claims in that highlighter.
05:59The bronzer blended really nicely.
06:00Really good.
06:01The only thing that I think I would definitely do is I would always wear a primer under the eyeliner.
06:08That's what I always do.
06:09And the foundation, I think I would give it a little powdering through the T-zone.
06:13Or maybe stick a mattifying primer underneath it.
06:17Especially if I'm going to be out and about running around in sweltering hot weather.
06:21I think there were a few hits and misses here and there.
06:23But overall, I think a lot of this makeup really performed.
06:27Let me know what you guys think I should try next in the comments below.
06:31Thanks for watching.
06:32Bye.
06:32Thank you guys so much for watching.
06:34Let me know what your favorite longwear products are.
06:37I'm always looking for new stuff to try in the comments below.
06:39And be sure to click here to subscribe to Refinery29 and click here to watch more videos.
06:44Peace.
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