Look Like A Star On The Red Carpet! We Tried The Viral TikTok Foundation Hack & Here's What We Think — Shop Now

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• What Is the Viral TikTok Red Carpet Foundation Hack?
• Why Is Everyone Raving About It?
• Does It Actually Work?
• What Are the Foundation Products?
• Pros
• Cons
• Bottom Line

According to Collins — who says she learned this trick from a celebrity makeup artist friend — this technique is supposedly the end-all-be-all to achieving the perfect, red carpet look. "My texture is gone," Collins said while modeling the finished look in the original video, which was first posted in February. "Do you see this glow?"

We had our suspicions about whether this primer would actually be as hydrating as promised in the video — aggressively shiny with a seemingly hard, plastic-like exterior, the primer's pristine packaging prompted flashbacks of the children's "makeup pallets" sold at Claire's in the mid-2000s. But the moment we scooped the product from its pot, we realized we had it all wrong. Light yet deeply moisturizing, the primer melted beautifully onto our skin, quenching our admittedly dry and somewhat sunburned faces.

Although this formula might be a bit much for those with oilier skin types — especially when paired with the technique of applying several layers of product — we were impressed with its airy consistency and texture. The primer wasn't overly sticky or goey, and was seemingly tacky enough to grip any product tossed its way.

Despite being stans of the Fenty Beauty brand, as well as having heard every beauty blogger sing praises of the Charlotte Tilbury foundation, we were initially on the fence about this combination. However, once applied to the skin, these two makeup staples created an ideal sheer-to-medium coverage foundation.

Although our skin looked primed and polished, we weren't fully convinced that this layered duo was the key to perfect, red carpet-ready skin — until the rest of our makeup was applied. Standing up to concealers, cream contours, bronzers and setting powders, the base of our foundations remained flawless — sans any weird creasing, pilling, caking or mishaps that can come with foundation-related experiments. In the end, we were left with a sheer, "my skin but better" award show-worthy look.

• This technique creates a sheer, "my skin but better" type of look.
• The primer and foundation combines to create a very sturdy and lightweight base for powder and cream products applied on top.
• This technique will likely work well on people with dry skin types.

While these products may not be swoon-worthy enough to replace all of our current foundations, we could definitely see ourselves using this hack for special occasions — which we wish would include the Oscars or the Grammys red carpet. Overall, we would not recommend this technique to anyone with an oily skin type or anyone who prefers medium to full-coverage foundations. But, if you're looking for a sheer and glowy, IG-filtered face base, this hack is worth a try!