Choosing Your Foundation

How to Match Your Skin To Your Foundation:

Your foundation needs to be exactly the same colour as your skin colour. By painting a strip onto your jawline (never the hand), Go to the nearest source on natural ight with a mirror and look and see which is the most invisible on the skin and what has the best texture. You should never buy a foundation to make your skin look darker, a orange mask is never a good look.

Types of foundation:

Theres a foundation out there for everyone, when your young a really good foundation can give you confidence as it will help mask your skin problems you may have (redness, spots and oily foreheads) and as you grow older, the latest moisturising or anti-ageing will help you keep skin looking fresh.

There are many textures to choose from, including liquid, cream, cream-powder (apply as a cream and sets as a powder) and powder. Most foundations have sun-protectors in them, which prevents the skin from absorbing ultra-violet rays from the sun. So spf is great addition to your make-up.

Foundation for Dry Skin:

Avoid the oil-free foundations, you need to look for one that is a hydrating foundation thats oil-based. Not only do they help make the skin comfortable by helping to lock in the moisture, they also add radiance with a dewy glow. As we get older our tends to dry out, some oil-base foundations sit on the face like a mask and can look heavy. The latest foundations contain an anti-aging moisturisers, like a 2in1.

Foundation for Oily Skin:

If you have oily skin, opt for a oil-free based that offer lasting properties but aren't too heavy. If your T-zone tends to become oily, look for a foundation that says it mattifying (packed with powders that help absorb the oil). Mineral powder foundation is also a good choice aswell as works like the matte foundation.

Foundation for Combination Skin:

Combination skin foundations need to keep shininess at bay whilst not drying out dehydrated areas. These foundation have mix of best of both, the aspects of a powdery foundation and the lock-in moisture of the foundations created for older - dryer skin.

Foundation for Sensitive Skin:

If you suffer from sensitive skin prone to flare-ups, look for fragrance-free, hypo-allergenic foundations. Opt for a powder foundation as these can be the best option for reactive skin. Powder foundations doen't contain any water it doesn't need any preservatives, which are the often the culprits to irritated skin.

Mineral Foundation:

Most beauty brands offer mineral products now days, made from grounded up rock. This is the ideal choice for most women with sensitive skin as it contains no additives and as its a powder there is no synthetic preservatives needed. It is also non-comedognic meaning its won't clog your pores. Its good for older skin as it doesn't sit within fine lines.

Light-Reflecting Foundations:

These foundations contain three dimensional pigments, these bounce light about the face and keeps it looking radiant.

Eye Types

How to choose between cooler (blue-toned) and warmer shades?

All you need to do is to hold a colour up to your face in the mirror to determine if it boosts or busts. Depending on what you want to tone down, hide or unleash, play with harmony and discord between your eye colour and your lips and cheeks.

Blue Eyes:

A marvelous optical illusion (the low quantities of melanin within your iris, coupled with the action of chromosome 15, reflect the light much like a lake would) graces you with the most celebrated eye colours. Take advantage of it, but without overdoing it. For titillating pupils, avoid combining blue-toned shadows in favour of warmer tones like navy, smokey grey, chocolate, apricot or copper.

Green Eyes:

Chromosome 19 affords you this pretty and rare eye colour. From mauve to prune, all shades of red will add fire to your gaze: opposites attract as they say.

Grey Eyes:

A shade that can hide another and reflect your mood as well as the skys. Want them to appear blue? Grey or coppery red will do the trick. Feeling green? Dress in lavender or aqua marine.

Hazel Eyes:

Warm, sandy tones ranging from beige to brown and very dark eyelashes will complement these brilliant peppers, as will all prune, purple and green-bronze tones.

Black Eyes:

The rainbows spectrum offers itself to you, but beware of too light or pearly can unflatteringly discolour the whites of you eyes. Midnight blues, dark grey, brown or buff tones will accentuate the mystery of dark eyes.

Cats Eyes

Cats Eyes by chloejay1988 featuring stila eyeshadow

 

This striking make-up look is a classic -
but it does require a bit of practice.

You can either use a liquid or a creme eyeliner. A liquid liner has a tip that gives you good control to draw your line or a cream liner, has a creamy texture and it doesn't dry out, you will need a thin liner brush for the application. A good idea to use pointed cotton buds to help tidy up if needed. This vampy look can be as subtle or dramatic as you wish.

Firstly think about how thick you would like your line to be. Its a good idea to begin with a thin line and then you can make it thicker as you go on.

• Start off by applying the eyeliner at the inner corner of your eyes, make sure you get as close as you can to the lash line and there isn't any skin showing inbetween. If your feeling confident enough the draw across the eyelid free hand. Use the cotton buds if you make any mistakes. if your not sure, follow on.

• Gently pull the skin so its taut and draw the liner outwards to the outer corners of the eyes.

• To create the flick: Draw a short line from the outer corner of your eye and angle it where you want your flick to be. This will differ for each eye shape, try experimenting to see what is best suited to you.

• Extend the upper line to meet the lower one to create a triangle. If you're happy with where the flicks are then fill in the gap to complete the line.

• Once filled, go over and check to make sure there are no gaps left. This is when you should tidy up any mistakes you might have made. Just damp the cotton bud and tidy.

• To finish apply plenty of mascara to your lashes for a pretty look, or if you would like more definition add a bit of brown shadow into the crease of the open eye.

Fresh Faced

Fresh Faced by chloejay1988 featuring a tinted moisturizer

Summer 2012 is definetly all about the skin your in. Whether its tanned and toned or bright and natural. Its never been more important to
 look after your skin.
 Always make sure your foundation is well matched to the tone of your complexion. Opt for tinted moisturisers or liquid foundations rather than apowdery based formula for a sheer finish with added glow. Make sure your lips are in tip top condition. Highlight cheeks and brows with highlighting products to give the face added glow.
 Remeber their is a difference between shine and glow. Invest in some brightening concealer to even out skin tone under the eyes and brighten around the nose and cupids bow, lightening the eyelids will add to this look.