I, like many girls my age, am absolutely in love with makeup. It is one of my favorite art mediums and I genuinely have so much fun applying it. Being that I am a full coverage kind of girl, unfortunately my skin doesn’t always love the makeup I put on it.

I started wearing makeup when I was in high school and I fell in love with every product. But I realized that my skin began to look cakey and I was uncomfortable with the way my skin looked midday. The reason most people wear makeup is to feel more confident in your own skin, not more uncomfortable.

My skin is naturally red and I love to see the majority of my blemishes disappear as much as possible. I had a problem with oily skin all throughout high school and it is still a very discouraging problem I face today. This is the problem with full coverage makeup. It often tends to break up during the day due to the natural oils on my face.This is why most of my selfies are taken immediately after I apply my makeup because that is when my face looks matte and free.

Then, I recently discovered this video, and as the title suggests, it told me a lot about why my makeup wasn’t staying put throughout the day.

For those of you who don’t know, Wayne Goss is a makeup artist who has over two million YouTube subscribers, and, in my opinion, he is one of the best makeup artists on the web. I have always really loved his videos and I was really surprised that I had never seen this video before. I was even more surprised when I realized that Goss’s advice was incredibly simple. I felt as though, "why had I never thought of this before?"

In his video, Goss says that oil and water don’t mix. That is something we all know, but how many of us really apply this concept to our daily makeup routine? You need to have a water-based moisturizer and/or primer if and only if you have a water-based foundation. You need to have an oil-based moisturizer and/or primer if and only if you have an oil-based foundation. This same concept also applies to silicone-based products.

I was stunned when I watched Goss’s video, because of course you need to consider the ingredients in your foundation within the context of your skincare products. I have always considered the art of makeup and the science of skincare, but it was foolish of me to think the science stops at skincare and doesn’t apply to the makeup products.

The list of ingredients is now the first thing I consider when I mix my makeup and skincare products and I must say, the results have been pretty remarkable. Does my skin still get oily? Yes, but that’s just a part of my skin’s chemistry. The best benefit to this would be that my makeup is actually staying on my face which overall makes my face appear to be less oily and less cakey. I can deal with a small amount of shine on my nose, I’m just happy it doesn’t look like someone poured castor oil all over my face.

I have become a much smarter shopper and the awareness of the ingredients in the products I use have made a major impact on what I end up purchasing. Next time you consider buying that matte primer with rave reviews, first take a look at the ingredients list and see if the product will actually work with your current products and most importantly with your skin's chemistry.