How-to Make Your Makeup Last Longer! A 101 Masterclass on Skin Prep, Primers, Powders & Setting Sprays with Makeup Artist Pro Ruby Hammer, MBE
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Looking for makeup that lasts through sweat, humidity, or oily skin? In this episode, we’re joined by award-winning British makeup artist Ruby Hammer, MBE, who’s here to share her best-kept secrets for truly long-lasting makeup — no matter the weather or skin type.
With a career spanning nearly four decades, Ruby has worked on editorial shoots for British Vogue, ELLE UK, and Italian Vogue, painting the faces of icons like Kate Moss. She also co-founded the trailblazing, inclusive brand Ruby & Millie and now runs her own high-performance cosmetics line, Ruby Hammer Beauty.
In this pro makeup masterclass, Ruby breaks down exactly how to prep, prime, and set your makeup so it stays fresh — even through intense heat or post-gym sweat.
🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How-to build a long-lasting makeup routine, starting with the essential skincare prep for oily or dull skin to help makeup adhere better and stay longer
- Which makeup primers Ruby recommends (and her honest take on trending “gripping primers”)
- Her signature “like-with-like” blush method that makes colour last without fading forlong workdays or even a wedding
- The classic setting powders and products she says are truly un-dupable
- Her pro trick for long-lasting lip color that doesn’t budge — even through meals, workouts and the muggiest days
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:08.2 | Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and |
| 0:13.0 | moments in beauty. |
| 0:14.1 | We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins. |
| 0:24.6 | Hello and welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast everybody. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Carleen Higgins and I'm here with my lovely co-host Jill Dunn. |
| 0:29.5 | Hey there, Carleen. |
| 0:30.7 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:37.0 | And we are two beauty editors turned beauty podcasters back in your feeds this sunshiny Wednesday with another episode |
| 0:38.1 | about the breakthrough people products and moments in beauty. Yeah, and I feel like some of my |
| 0:43.2 | favorite episodes to do are really one-on-ones, like getting back to basics, especially when it |
| 0:47.9 | comes to makeup. And that's what we are delivering today. And you're in for a delight because |
| 0:52.9 | it's really a mini masterclass all about |
| 0:55.1 | priming and setting your makeup the right way. So it lasts through the hot, hot heat. And our guest, |
| 1:01.1 | it's honestly an honor to have her here. It's British makeup artist who's frankly iconic Ruby |
| 1:07.7 | Hammer. Yes, Ruby Hammer is a global makeup artist. |
| 1:12.0 | She's a brand founder and a beauty expert with 30 years experience in the beauty industry. |
| 1:17.5 | So she's worked across editorial, commercial shoots, catwalks, red carpets, and she's frequently |
| 1:24.5 | on television in the UK to help to teach people to embrace and enhance |
| 1:30.0 | their natural, unique beauty. That's what she's really known for. And she, I could have |
| 1:35.0 | talked to her for hours because she has been in industry for so long. Like she used to work with |
| 1:39.8 | Orbe and she has these like cool little compacts of some of Orbe's original products. And she used to work for a Veda. |
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