If there is one makeup faux pas that I would physically force every woman to understand, it would be STOP PILING ON THAT FOUNDATION!!
Foundation should give you “Your Skin But Better”. No matter what age you are, what skin type or what skin condition you have, your foundation should be flawless, luminous and most importantly, invisible.
Thanks to the celebrity status of makeup artists in Asia, the invisible foundation philosophy is now firmly ingrained in and aspired to by all the ladies there. My favourite Taiwanese makeup artist, Kai Chang demonstrates it beautifully in his new book (review will be posted as soon as I get my grabby hands on it in Taiwan):
See how gorgeous, healthy and radiant this model looks. Her foundation matches her natural skin tones, and is blended smoothly into the skin. Clever use of subtle highlight and contour adds to the flawlessness – pores? What pores??
It’s a different case, here in Australia, as time and time again I see girls walking around with foundation so thick and in the wrong shade, that it looks mask like. Over bronzing and glitter highlight exacerbate the problem, and make all the imperfections in the skin (eg. lines, spots, enlarged pores) even more visible.
The barrage of trashy reality TV “celebrities” seem to be the role models for this:
A good look? Trust me – it’s NOT!!
I will be doing more posts specifically on foundation – how to select the right one for your skin, and how to apply it. Let’s hope the invisible foundation philosophy will soon be ingrained into the beauty habits of every Australian woman soon.
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I’m so on board with this. I live in a town of bad foundation, where girls with gorgeous skin pile on really cheap foundation that’s invariably the wrong colour. It’s such a tragedy!
It’s almost like the thick foundation look is in fashion – so horrible! With youth on their side young girls need to show off their natural skin not ruin it.
Hehehe, I so know what you mean. Ladies who use stick foundation seemed to think that hello? It should go all over my face and I will look flawless. Well honey you look like a cake, that’s what you look like.
It’s how it’s applied – I use stick foundation but ensure that I use a wedge sponge and make sure I put it on really thinly.
Here here!! I could not agree with this more. I wish Australia would embrace a little more love for natural skin, I’m pale and proud! haha
Natural skin tone, no matter what colour, is beautiful – and foundation is definitely not supposed to be used to change it!
Another great post Tina, I wish girls could learn to love their youthful skin and keep it natural.
Thank you Megan – yes let’s all make natural skin something that every girl is proud of!
Hi Tina,
I’m looking forward to reading more posts on how to get foundation right. I like to use mineral foundation, but that is because for the life of me I can never figure out how to get liquid foundation not cake on my skin or emphasise dry areas of skin.
Hi Jessie,
I certainly will! In the mean time I would suggest that you ensure to hydrate your skin with good skincare, plenty of water, and use a primer under your foundation. Thank you for reading my blog