How to choose the right foundation for your skin

Do you know that using the wrong foundation for your make up gives you an ugly shade that is always so far different from your skin tone. I guess you’ve seen ladies who look like they’ve just run out of a pool of water. When the neck looks a lot different from their face.

Picking the perfect foundation makeup for your skin can be daunting. Here’s how to go about it.

The right foundation shade will disappear onto your skin. It won’t settle into fine lines or wrinkles or highlight large pores. It will lightly cover up any redness or unevenness but it will do so without being obvious. The right foundation or tinted moisturizer will look as if you aren’t wearing any at all.

Try Before You Buy

Not all makeup should be tried before you buy, but foundation is definitely one of them that you should ALWAYS be tried first. You can’t always judge a foundation color by its bottle and there’s nothing more annoying than driving to the drugstore, buying a bottle, getting it home and then finding out it’s a shade off.

What is the right foundation for your skin

When choosing a foundation it’s best to know your skin type. Foundations are formulated for oily, dry, mature, normal, sensitive skin. Keep in mind that most women’s skin type changes with the weather. In winter, you might be dry, while in summer you might be oily. Also, lots of women actually have combination skin, which means they are oily in the T-zone and dry everywhere else.

If your skin is oily, look for words like “oil-free,” “oil-control” or “mattifying” on the bottle.

Women with dry skin should look for moisturizing foundations with “hydrating” or “moisture-rich” wording on the bottle. Foundations containing glycerin glide on easily.

For combination skin, determine if you’re more oily or dry and go from there. Cream-to-powder bases work great for combination skin. Mineral foundations work well on all skin types, especially sensitive skin.

Source: Beauty.about.com

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