It’s important to know that your make-up is working as hard as you are. Any modern woman also needs her make-up to stand the test of time, especially when going straight from a hard day’s work to a roaring Happy Hour. If you’ve taken the trouble to apply a full face in the morning, you don’t want to be bothering with constant touch-ups or worrying about panda eyes.  To get make-up to last all day the key is to start with a good primer. This is normally a cream that you can apply to your face and acts as a base for the rest of your make-up. It also helps you apply products more evenly.

     

       

When it comes to long-lasting make-up, this primer should be the first item in your shopping basket. Unlike others on the market, the Ark primer also functions as a moisturiser and high factor suncream, making this three-in-one combo a morning timesaver. It’s smooth, creamy, subtly scented, and it absorbs remarkably quickly. It also worked equally well with both oily and dry complexions. Most importantly, it held up our make-up like a hero, vastly improving the efficacy of every other product.