Can MUA fix it?

These days we all live hectic lives and the last thing we busy girls want to do is to keep checking and touching up our makeup throughout the day. We want products that are long lasting and we want to be confident that they do actually stay exactly where we carefully applied them earlier that morning. For years I've wondered in frustration: Where on earth does your makeup disappear to during the day?, but for some reason it wasn't until early last year that I really discovered the magic of primers and fixing sprays, and now there's definitely no going back. Not really knowing what to expect or what works for me I tried a couple of primers from different brands before I eventually fell in love with Urban Decay's Primer Potion for Eyes, and that little tete-a-tete also lead me to try the make up setting sprays from Urban Decay. First I tried the De-Slick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray and when that ran out I switched to the All-Nighter - Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, which I have truly LOOOVED to use. But the day came when it also sprayed its last spriz and I had to pick up a replacement as a matter of urgency, and I turned too the MUA Pro Mist Fixing Spray (£5) that I had seen mentioned a few times on other blogs. Replacing Urban Decay is a tough task with some gianormous boots to fill - so, could MUA fix it?

Usually you apply the fixing spray after you've finished all of your makeup but I also add a few spritzes after I've finished my foundation but before any powder, and for me that seems to work best. What I like least with this setting spray, and which is also my main bug bear with Urban Decay is the spray function. It's a pump spray which means that it doesn't distribute evenly, so it takes a little bit of getting used to and my best advise is to not spray it directly onto your face, but to spray a little cloud at a fair distance from your face and then you lean into it. It's not ideal and I really dislike when you have to work around a product because the functionality isn't quite what it should be and I really hope that a brand at some point will come up with a setting spray that comes out in a delicate fine mist, rather than as a squirty water pistol - that's not too much to ask is it?

The spray itself is completely without any perfume and it feels very refreshing and hydrating on the skin (if you don't get drenched...) and it absorbs within a few seconds leaving a very subtle radiant finish. MUA claims that the spray should help your makeup to stay put for up to 8 hrs, but on me it lasts about 5 hrs so in that aspect it falls short compared to Urban Decay which lasts for about 8 hrs. You can of course use this throughout the day to refresh your look and add some hydration to your complexion, but personally I prefer to use an aromatic facial spray like Caudalie's Beauty Elixir to also lift my mood. All in all the MUA fixing spray is a non frills product at an affordable price (MUA £5 versus Urban Decay £9) that does the job, however personally I would have liked it to be a bit more long lasting, so the next time I need to be fixed up I think I'll seek out my old All -Nighter friend instead.