Ladies, your foundation is a sure-fire way to achieve flawless skin, even on the days, your skin is misbehaving. As much as it is essential to pick the right foundation formula and a shade that matches your skin perfectly, it’s just as necessary to have great tools and a reliable technique when applying it. Here’s the thing each application technique gives you a different degree of coverage and finish. If you want to learn how you can step up your base game, read on and enlighten yourself.
- First things first — make sure your hands are clean. Wash them, sanitize them —so important!
- Squirt (or pump, I don’t know your life) a drop of foundation on the back of your hand, and dot it around your cheeks, forehead, and nose with your finger. Now rub your hands together like you’re trying to start a fire or you’re a villain theatrically making an evil plan.
- Starting from the center of your face and moving outwards, blend with the pads of your fingers, patting and rubbing into your face-folds as you see fit. Keep going until the foundation is invisible. If that’s not enough coverage for you, dot again and go.
- Now for a crucial step — wash your hands again and make sure they are dry. Here’s a trick I learned from pal and makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes(Hi Katie!). Press your palms onto your makeup’ed face and sort of roll them to blot and wick off excess makeup on top. This gets rid of excess slime so it doesn’t look cake-y throughout the wear. Again, the heat of your hands sets and blots simultaneously. You can follow up with finishing powder if you like, but I find that this wicking method actually does the trick for me.
- Finish your look with a loose setting powder that matches your skin tone. Apply powder to a puff and gently pat the makeup over the face with a focus on the undereye and any blemishes you cover up. This will set the makeup.
Add a light gloss and mascara to complete the look!
Now admire your flawless face and give me a high-five (but only after washing your hands once more).
