Foundation, the base of a girl's makeup.
This magical creation evens out your skin tone, covers your blemishes and overall improves your appearance! But without the right foundation for you, your skin can look cakey, streaky, 'too orange' or simply just 'not right'!
Finding the perfect foundation is extremely hard, and I myself haven't yet found one. But, even if you don't have a perfect foundation, you can still make it look close to perfect by the way you apply it.
Before you start!
Definitely exfoliate, moisturise and prime before you apply foundation. This is a complete must for me! Without following these simple steps, my foundation doesn't look as good! If you don't exfoliate, dry skin or dirt can get trapped in your makeup all day! GROSS! And by moisturising and priming, your giving yourself a better chance of making your foundation smoother and last longer! It also prevents dry skin from making your makeup look terrible. What I use most days...
Onto the application processes...
1. Applying with your fingers
This technique can work well with light foundations or tinted moisturisers. Make sure your hands are CLEAN first! Place a dot of foundation on your nose, each cheek, three on your forehead and three on your chin. Blend in circular motions with your ring fingers from your nose out. Then blend across your forehead, along your chin and down into your neck (because no one wants a 'line')! Once this is done, check closely in the mirror that you haven't missed anywhere on your face and everything looks smooth. Almost done! I always use a translucent powder to set my makeup and give it a more flawless look!
2. Applying with a sponge
Creme or liquid foundations work well with a sponge! Make sure you wet your sponge before hand and squeeze as much water as you can out of it! Then place dots of foundation on each area of your face, as described above. Work from your nose out in circular motions to blend the foundation all over your face and down your neck. I always finish these foundations with a translucent powder as well!
3. Applying with a makeup brush
Alternatively, you can use a makeup brush to apply your foundation! The list of different brushes you can use goes on and on. Personally, I use the Sigma F80-Flat Top Kabuki because it blends out my foundation so well! Angled brushes can also work to get into the hard to reach areas! Stippling brushes are great for liquid foundations to 'stipple' the foundation lightly on. The best brushes for powder are kabuki brushes because they have so many dense fine hairs which evenly deposit the makeup around your face!Again, I always finish my foundation with a translucent finishing powder!
So I hope you can now create that flawless look that you've always wanted!
xoxo themakeupqueen
This magical creation evens out your skin tone, covers your blemishes and overall improves your appearance! But without the right foundation for you, your skin can look cakey, streaky, 'too orange' or simply just 'not right'!
Finding the perfect foundation is extremely hard, and I myself haven't yet found one. But, even if you don't have a perfect foundation, you can still make it look close to perfect by the way you apply it.
Before you start!
Definitely exfoliate, moisturise and prime before you apply foundation. This is a complete must for me! Without following these simple steps, my foundation doesn't look as good! If you don't exfoliate, dry skin or dirt can get trapped in your makeup all day! GROSS! And by moisturising and priming, your giving yourself a better chance of making your foundation smoother and last longer! It also prevents dry skin from making your makeup look terrible. What I use most days...
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| Garnier Exfoliators and Toner |
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| Clean and Clear moisturiser |
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| Revlon Colour Correcting Primer |
1. Applying with your fingers
This technique can work well with light foundations or tinted moisturisers. Make sure your hands are CLEAN first! Place a dot of foundation on your nose, each cheek, three on your forehead and three on your chin. Blend in circular motions with your ring fingers from your nose out. Then blend across your forehead, along your chin and down into your neck (because no one wants a 'line')! Once this is done, check closely in the mirror that you haven't missed anywhere on your face and everything looks smooth. Almost done! I always use a translucent powder to set my makeup and give it a more flawless look!
2. Applying with a sponge
Creme or liquid foundations work well with a sponge! Make sure you wet your sponge before hand and squeeze as much water as you can out of it! Then place dots of foundation on each area of your face, as described above. Work from your nose out in circular motions to blend the foundation all over your face and down your neck. I always finish these foundations with a translucent powder as well!
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| Makeup sponges |
3. Applying with a makeup brush
Alternatively, you can use a makeup brush to apply your foundation! The list of different brushes you can use goes on and on. Personally, I use the Sigma F80-Flat Top Kabuki because it blends out my foundation so well! Angled brushes can also work to get into the hard to reach areas! Stippling brushes are great for liquid foundations to 'stipple' the foundation lightly on. The best brushes for powder are kabuki brushes because they have so many dense fine hairs which evenly deposit the makeup around your face!Again, I always finish my foundation with a translucent finishing powder!
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| Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki Brush-http://tillyglitter.blogspot.com.au |
So I hope you can now create that flawless look that you've always wanted!
xoxo themakeupqueen
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