Foundation can absolutely make or break your look. It can
cover all multitude of sins and is the best way to ensure bronzers and other
products really last and look good on your skin.
When I was around 5 I started competing in dance tournaments
around the UK and this was really my first introduction to makeup. My favourite
part of every show or competition was always when my mum would sit me down and
whip out her makeup bag to dab a bit of foundation onto my face and ply my lips
with some shocking shade of red or hot pink. A couple of years after starting secondary school was when I started
noticing the pressure to “look good” and girls would start arriving to classes
with a full face of make up on. I joined in but perhaps was thinking about the
good old dancing days too much when it came to foundation. Like a lot of girls
that age I was convinced my skin was an absolute monstrosity that must be
covered by something more perfect and so the foundation would be piled on and
not always the correct shade. After a few instances of this my mum finally
threw out my pot of Rimmel Air Mousse (I think that’s what I started with
anyway) and gave me a proper lesson in how to apply. Despite some initial
protests that you could still see too much of my own skin, I fell in love with
how my skin could suddenly brighten up and look more flawless whilst still
looking like.. skin.
And so started my love affair with dewiness. Over the years
I’ve tried quite a few foundations ranging from Rimmel to Bourjois to Chanel
but my absolute favourite that I have come back to time and time again is Dior’s Forever.
I have a somewhat unusual technique for applying my foundation
but it works perfectly with this product. I picked it up from a makeup artist
when I was visiting Henri Bendel’s in New York last winter and it involves two
different types of brush.
To talk you through it, once I’ve applied my base (I use Smashbox Photo Finish primer) I put a squirt or two of Dior Forever on the back
of my hand and then take the standard, flat domed foundation brush to roughly
apply it to my face – across the forehead, cheeks, nose and chin. When I say
roughly I don’t try to beat myself up with the brush! I leave the foundation at
the point where you would normally start really working on blending it in, so
the brush marks are still visible and my face is by no means completely covered
in product. I then take what I call a ‘stippler’ brush which has a large flat
head. Using quick circular motions I buff the rest of my foundation into my
skin using this and I find it just gives an amazing finish that looks really
natural. I haven’t really seen or heard of many other people using this
technique with a liquid foundation but it’s the main technique of applying a
mineral or powder based formula and it works well for the same reasons. The
buffing motion ensures there are no streaks which I often suffer with from
using the traditional foundation brush, and it also distributes product really
well so that the end result is very even.
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