Easy Skincare Tips

Basic Tips on Picking a Foundation Best For You And Your Skin

Every woman would like to be beautiful. When was the last time you looked at a model and thought, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be born beautiful, like that?”

Did you know that most women we deem beautiful, either in the movies or up on the catwalk, are not born beautiful? They’ve just learned how to make the most of their “natural resources” to create their own individual illusion of beauty.

Here are a few of their beauty secrets you can make into your own.

Most models have always been admired for the youthful naturalness of their beauty. The basic reason is that they have found their foundation and makeup colors that are the key to their beauty. Wouldn’t you like to know what color works best for your skin?
To help you draw out your natural beauty, each person has colors that will work for their skin tone, and their skin tone alone – what a beauty secret that would be! Just think, and I’m sure that you see this all the time, what the wrong color foundation does to one’s natural beauty.

country beige foundation by Ella Blue Beauty

Here is what a famous modeling agency has to say – “The wrong color foundation makes any woman look older, unattractive, obviously “made up”. Yet most women today do use the wrong shade because they must choose it by guess work, and because cosmetic lines only offer a limited number of colors, recommended according to some vague grouping of hair or skin coloring.”

(Quoted from John Robert Powers, creator of the Powers Modeling Agency in the 1950s.)
What do you do then to find the color of foundation that works for you?

cream beige foundation stick by Ella Blue

Just think as an artist prepares a canvas with a special natural wash before starting on his masterpiece – you must set the stage for your makeup. By wearing foundation, it smooths out the texture and evens out the tone. Some models have someone who can tell them what color they need and away they go. It’s not that simple for the rest of us.

The key to a natural look is to find that one distinct color out of hundreds that fits you. For starters, if this is your first time wanting to try mineral foundations, ask the website owner if she will sell you
samples of the colors she offers. Most will, and that would be the best way to try mineral foundations. I recommend that if you are shopping, first go to a department store that has samples of their colors. Foundation in a bottle sold at the drugstore is not going to be very helpful. To start judging what color would be best, try 3 or 4 side by side on the back of your hand. It’s not the best place for final
decisions, but it is a very helpful place to start narrowing down the colors that might work first.

After choosing a few you feel might work, now is the time to try the foundation on your face. The best place to try is along your jawbone.
If it looks like you are adding color because the foundation is too dark, go lighter. If the color looks unnatural, it’s going to make you look older, and that is not what you want. Actually, what you are
looking for is a shade of foundation that is just a smidgen lighter than your skin because it will make you look younger.

Take three colors of foundation you think may work and apply three thin stripes along your jaw line with downward strokes. Take the time to wait to see what each color looks like when it is dry – if possible, and this would be the best way to judge – look at the three stripes in natural light. You will know right away which color is wrong by how it just “sits” on your skin. Standing out against the other two tells you that it is not the color for you.

If the color of foundation is right, it will almost blend right into your skin with the edges almost gone. If none are right, then try until you find the right one.

Once you feel you have it, remove all three and apply the color again along your jawbone, but take time to blend it in. It should be imperceptible. Now, if possible, try that color of foundation all over your face as the final test. If, after one hour, it still looks great, you have the right one. If it has become chalky looking, it is probably too light, and that means that it is back to the three stripe test again.

You also need to know the types of foundation there are. Foundation comes in four basic formulas – mineral, water-based, oil-based, and oil fill.
How to tell which foundation type is best is another article by itself. Again, the best formula is the only one that works with your skin, not against it. There is more to foundation than meets the eye. By testing
it, you can find the best color for you. And knowing your skin type will tell you which formula to use.

Copyright 2007 Kim Snyder Owner of Overall Beauty geared to make sure you have all beauty products, articles tips, and tricks that you need to be as beautiful as you are!