Left Continue shopping
Your Order

You have no items in your cart

You might like
Product
$10.00
Add to cart
Currency
5 Best Foundation Tips

5 Best Foundation Tips


The New Year might just be a good time to revamp your make up

Your Image is not the same without a good face of make up

You could wear the most amazing outfit but if your face is not right the whole thing will look below par

So let’s get down to some great ways to improve your make up with some tried and true tricks to applying your foundation.

Here are my 5 top tips?

Tip no 1. Preparation.

Beautiful skin is always the best place to start when applying your make up.

If you apply foundation over dry skin, the foundation will appear dry and flaky. Make sure you have subtle moist skin as your base.

My clients are always asking for a foundation and powder that doesn’t make their face look more lined. Even if you are more mature and have a number of lines and wrinkles, having the right foundations and powders as well as knowing how to apply them will make the face appear less lined and much smoother. Actually it can take years off your appearance.

The first step is prepare your skin. That doesn’t happen overnight. Skin should be looked after from an early age by using the right products and treatments and taking the right care.

Stay out of the sun and wear a sunscreen daily. Have regular facials if you can afford them or have good home care.

Cleanse and moisturise and apply vitamin C serums and retinols so the skin is soft and moist.

Tip no 2. The right colour foundations, powders and concealers.

WRONG COLOUR FOUNDATION

Have you ever noticed foundations that look bad?

The most common problem is the colour. The wrong colour can make the face look heavy and unnatural.

How do you choose the right colours?

Our Colours foundations stick mostly to beige or pink based foundations. Yellow and orange tones have become mainstream and popular but these tend to make the foundation look thick and heavy.

The wrong colours are somewhat better on very young flawless skin, but who has young flawless skin?

The rest of us look better in pink based foundations because skin colour is pink.  

If your face is too red try the beige neutral based colours.

To know if the foundation you choose is right for you, apply a tiny streak of foundation on the base of the cheek.

The foundation should be unnoticeable. This is a good colour match for you.

The same apply’s for powders and concealers. Powders are meant to sit on top without changing the colour at all and concealers are meant to conceal, dark areas and spots etc.

Tip no 3. Apply a tiny tiny amount.

Take a close look at your face in the mirror. Can you see the skin isn’t perfectly one colour.

It’s actually quiet spotted or mottled. This is completely normal. Some people have more pigmentation than others and unevenness.

Not to worry. A good foundation will smooth the skin out to more uniformity, as long as it is exactly the right shade for your skin.

The secret is to apply as little of the appropriate foundation as you possibly can. This can be done by applying a small amount with a foundation brush and then buffing it in with a buffer brush or stipple brush.

Tip no 4. Seal with the right powder or not.

A light dusting of wet and dry powder. Medium skin tone

Powder is a personal choice. A lot of mature women are afraid of powder as they think it settles in the lines and wrinkles.

This isn’t the case if you dust lightly over your foundation and buff it in and also if you have the right colour powder as well. It needs to be somewhat translucent as you don’t want to change the shade of your foundation.

If you prefer a dewier look you can skip the powder, but remember powder is a good setting agent, it dampens shine and allows your make up to be more long lasting.

Tip no 5. The right concealer.

Concealer #500 applied as eyebase and inside eye area and part of the under eye. 

Light porcelain skin colour

Your foundation, powder and concealer trio is the whole base for your make up.

First prep, then moisturise, apply foundation, then powder and finish with concealer for a good palette to work with.

All your colour and definition can be made once you have a good clean face to start with. Begin with the wrong foundation and your make up is all downhill from there.

Light skin tone above. Deep skin tone below. 

If you would like a free make up appraisal contact Your Colours and Style.

 

 

 

 

 

Leave a comment

Please note: comments must be approved before they are published.

4 of the deadliest Colours in your wardrobe

4 of the deadliest Colours in your wardrobe

The 4 Colours that are destroying your wardrobe

Get these 4 colours out of your wardrobe now if you’re interested in looking your best and having a functional and stylish wardrobe. 

It's these 4 colours that are setting your style up to fail especially as you age. 

A powerful style secret

As a professional colour consultant for over 20 years, I've witnessed over and over again, what is destroying fashion for women, especially mature women. 

Have you noticed the older you get, certain colours are aging you as well as making you look drab and dull? 

I’m going to share with you a very powerful secret that will save your wardrobe, your style and even your purse.

For years we have been consumed with the idea of finding out what colours suit us, but despite all the fuss, many have been deceived about the colours that suit them. 

Many stylists are avoiding colour rules and are putting style before colour. This is quiet the wrong way around as colour is 80% of your style equation. 

What are the 4 deadliest colours for mature women to avoid?

Deadly colour no 1.

Black

Coco Chanel did us no favours when she immortalized the LBD ( Little Black dress.)

Once that became fashion law, women all over the world adopted black as their most chic option. 

Trouble is black is the number one deadly colour in your wardrobe.

3 reasons why black is the deadliest colour in your wardrobe.

Black is a non colour.

Black absorbs all light and  has the reputation of bringing death to everything around it.

Have you noticed how dull you look when wearing black?

Have you noticed the shadow and lines on your face and neck become more prominent when you wear black?

What mood does black create? How do you feel at a funeral when everyone is in black? 

It's certainly a sad colour. 

There’s a definite heaviness in the air.

2     Black restricts your colour choices.

The misconception about black is it goes with everything. Hence we wear black pants, black coats, black bags, black shoes etc.

Black becomes the base we build our wardrobe around,

Black has a habit of reproducing itself because black doesn’t go with everything, so many people wear black from top to toe.

You may have a wardrobe full of clothes, but have nothing to wear, because black is your base colour.

Most of your outfits look drab because black is your base.

You go out to buy more clothes because your current wardrobe feels drab only to come home with more black. You try to mix black with other colours and get confused when the outfit looks uncoordinated.

    Black doesn't go with everything

As mentioned black does not go with everything.

It not only does not go with everything it stops you from choosing other multiple colours that do go with everything and do go with you.

If you don’t believe it, google any famous person and note, not only how often they wear black, but also how little colour they wear as well.

This is such a shame because most people do not utilize all their colour and unless you’ve had a proper colour analysis and have learned about all the colours that suit you, you too will be that person as well.

Deadly colour no 2.

Dark navy.

Almost all women I’ve seen over the years, fall into this deadly trap.

They know black is too dull and dark and aging so they substitute black with navy.

But they substitute black with a navy that goes with black and experience the same problems they do if they wear black.

They look dull and uninteresting in dark navy, They need to learn about the right navy's that look amazing on them instead.

Deadly Colour no 3

Dark grey

Add a bit of white to black and you get a light black, which is dark grey.

The problem with light black or dark greys' is these colours are still heavy and strong. You can find out what greys are best for you which are much more flattering. 

Deadly Colour no 4.

Dark denim

We know that denim comes in all shades from ink navy, to faded denim to bright denim blues.

The colours of denim are so varied, they can go with all and every season. The dark denim or ink blue denim is again a type of blue that goes with black also and is too strong. 

Be sure you find out the sort of denims you can wear for your wardrobe that go with all your colours and the colour denims that are flattering to you.

If you have more questions contact your colours and style.

 

Read more
5 things a colour analysis is not

5 things a colour analysis is not

Five things a colour analysis is not

Read more
Five ways to know if you're wearing your Colours.

Five ways to know if you're wearing your Colours.

Getting your Colours right is just so important to your Ultimate Image so read today's blog with 5 ways to tell if you do have them right or not. 

Read more