The Paris Olympics 2024 may be over but we are still relishing in all its best moments, from Yusuf Dikec, the Turkish shooter who spawned a thousand memes to gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles bowing down to Rebeca Andrade as she stepped up to receive her gold medal on the first-ever all-Black podium in Olympic gymnastics history. Sporting aside, the Olympics also served up beauty moments aplenty, proving hair, make-up and nails to be an important point of consideration for athletes competing the games.
Throughout the competitions, Simone Biles walked us through her beauty routine on TikTok and Team GB's medal-winning synchronised divers told Grazia their nails are a 'superpower'. In fact, beauty is now so embedded in the global event, Fenty Beauty is a premium partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
If you needed any further proof of beauty's prominence in the Olympics, look to the latest video going viral on TikTok. In it, content creator @cai_xa takes to the app to ask what setting spray Mexico’s five-woman synchronised swimming squad are using after emerging from an acrobatic routine with their make-up fully intact. The video has already amassed over 10 million views on TikTok and a near 900K likes, with many of the comments seeking to discover the setting spray responsible for those budge-proof bases. From all the heavy speculation, one product appears in the comment section time and time again: the Kryolan Fixing Spray.
One comment reads, 'When I tell you the Kryolan setting spray can set your face for probably a week I’m not lying, just be warned it takes some getting used to 😂 but I sweat heavy and it stays ALL NIGHT'. While another says, 'I used to do this and it’s Kryolan'. But the most important piece of evidence came from @Jonathan ✌🏻, who says, 'I was a make up artist for the London Olympics- as mentioned about it’s the kryolan setting spray. There’s a face one and a body one, the body one is insane but not technically for the face.'
The spray's reputation certainly precedes it. Known for locking make-up into place come heatwave or synchronised swimming, the Kryolan Fixing Spray is expert-approved and boasts a legion of loyal fans. Make-up artist Painted by Spencer has previously taken to TikTok to describe it as the 'strongest' setting spray – which sounds like the exact thing we need when we’re trying to keep our foundation on in this heat.
Watch TikTok users rave about the Kryolan Setting Spray
Spencer explained it’s the best setting spray he’s ever used and one he’s had in his kit for years, especially for weddings and big events. Clearly, he isn’t the only one as this setting spray is loved all over TikTok for its bulletproof abilities.
Kryolan Professional Make-Up has been the secret of artists for years, famed for their long-wear formulas and used backstage in theatre, film and TV. If you’re looking for a setting spray that will hold you up, this is it.
Word of warning from Spencer though, this isn’t a product you want to be using on a daily basis as it is as strong as they come and can enhance the look of dry skin, so save it for those occasions where your make-up is really going to be put to the test and make sure you’ve thoroughly moisturised and primed your skin beforehand.
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Lock your make-up into place with this athlete-approved setting spray, which really does work hard to set your base in place all-day. It is no wonder this is kept in the kits of make-up professionals everywhere.
Main image credits: TikTok @paintedbyspencer @sashinspires @hanifah.f
Laura Capon is a freelance beauty editor who has also written for titles including Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Elle.
