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Dear mL,

In these cold winter months I’ve had a problem with keeping my foundation on, particularly around my nose.  Since it’s so cold I’m always blowing my nose, and the foundation rubs off on my tissue, even if it’s supposed to be transfer resistant.  I wear foundation primer, and it isn’t helping in this particular case.  Do you have any tips that may help me?  Thanks!

Confused,
St. Paul, MN

I’ve heard this complaint a lot from a number of different ladies.  I completely agree, it is a pain in the butt to get your foundation to stay on in the winter months.  No matter what foundation I wore I used to always have this problem, but now I’ve discovered a fabulous trick that has helped me oh-so-much!

I was having this problem for ever.  And it’s really frustrating for us girls who live in the cold weather especially — instead of having a cold for a week, we have a few months of runny noses and poor weather.  How did I overcome this?  Really simple, I grabbed another product from my cosmetics drawer!

One morning I was thinking — my Urban Decay Primer Potion helps keep my eyeshadow from rubbing off, shouldn’t it do the same for my foundation?  I put a little bit around my nose (just a dab, you know, you don’t need very much of this stuff to go a long way!), right on the tip, and on the sides there where you touch when you blow it.  Ever since, I haven’t really had this problem at all!  I wear an oil-free foundation that’s already long wearing, but not guaranteed transfer resistant.  This has helped TREMENDOUSLY!  It also keeps that area from being as oily as it previously was, it was definitely my problem spot.  It’s so easy, and most of us already have this product in our drawers!  I hope this helps!

Don’t forget — cut your UDPP open for best results and put it into a small container (I get small containers from a craft store, the type where you’d put paint in that the lid seals closed TIGHTLY), I just scooped it all out and I have tons left over — easier to apply, plus then you don’t waste any.  There’s so much product left in it!  Urban Decay has informed me that they are creating new packaging for their UDPP, but it is still in testing stages (they want to make sure it is more satisfiable to consumers).  I can’t wait to see what they come up with, but until they do, this is the best thing you can do to get all of your product.  Even taking out that stopper won’t get all the parts.  Below I put a tutorial I found on YouTube of how to cut them open, where to cut, and it will show you how much is really left in there! Thanks EnKore (I love this guy)!