Urban Decay All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray (4 fl oz)

Why it's worth it

Urban Decay's All Nighter is the spray other brands get compared to, and it usually wins the comparison. It's waterproof and transfer-resistant, it leaves a natural skin-like finish rather than a flat matte one, and it holds up when the day gets long and warm.

It holds when other sprays give up. Urban Decay rates All Nighter for up to 24 hours of wear, and it's built to be waterproof, smudge-proof, transfer-resistant and crackproof. Published reviews have put it at the top of setting spray roundups year after year, and owners who wear makeup through twelve-hour shifts keep coming back to it. If you've ever watched foundation break up around your nose by lunchtime, this is the fix.

The cooling technology isn't just marketing. Urban Decay says the formula cools skin by about three degrees Fahrenheit on contact. Body heat is the main reason foundation slides — your face warms up, the base softens, and it migrates. A spray that counteracts that heat addresses the cause, not the symptom. If you commute in summer or work somewhere hot, you'll notice this more than any other feature here.

From our review of 10 makeup setting sprays, by Sarah Wright, Editorial Associate

What we like

• +It holds when other sprays give up
• +The cooling technology isn't just marketing
• +The finish looks like skin, not product
• +The mist is fine enough that it doesn't move anything

What to know

• –It contains alcohol, and dry or sensitive skin will feel it
• –It's not cheap, and you don't get a hydration benefit for the money
• –You have to use enough of it