Saturday, 3 September 2016

How to choose Foundation

This blog post is about choosing the correct shade of your foundation, especially if you're into liquid or stick foundations and you have brown or dark skin tones.

Tinted moisturizers, BB and CC creams

Alexandra McCormick lists out a number of tinted moisturizers, BB and CC creams that she likes



bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Hydrating Tinted Cream Gel SPF30

The first one she reviews is the bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Hydrating Tinted Cream Gel SPF30 (USD21.95) (what a mouthful!), which is cheaper than Laura Mercier.
bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Hydrating Tinted Cream Gel SPF30 is a multitasking gel cream that combines hydrating skin care benefits with naturally radiant coverage. 
This versatile cream achieves dewy, sheer-to-medium coverage to give skin a radiant, soft, and smooth-looking appearance.

 Ingredients

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Titanium dioxide 6.2%
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: water, coconut alkanes, propanediol, squalane, trehalose, isostearic acid, glycerin, silica, agar, caprylic/capric triglyceride, globularia cordifolia callus culture extract, salicornia herbacea extract, melilotus officinalis extract, coco-caprylate/caprate, butylene glycol, lauroyl lysine, sodium hyaluronate, succinoglycan, polysorbate 60, cellulose gum, polyglyceryl-4 laurate/succinate, sorbitan sesquiisostearate, magnesium stearate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol. may contain: titanium dioxide, iron oxides

Becca

Looking at the shade palette by Becca, I would choose Ginger/Tan/Spice depending on summer or winter. 



If you see the photo below by Becca, you can see how the different shades of foundation appear on different shades of skin or different girls' wrists.

TIP: When you are testing out foundation at the drugstore or at the beauty counter, choose the one that's melts into the skin (it's almost invisible or it's a shade lighter) than the shade of your skin on your wrist.


Since we all come in different shades of skin (white, brown, dark or black) and make-up lines have offered up to almost 20 shades for us to choose from, good luck coz it's not going to be easy O_O

Are you experiencing this strange oiliness from your foundations/sunblock too?

If you need, drop by a make-up counter and find a helpful, sincere and sympathetic beauty consultant (not a pushy sales person) who will help you find a suitable foundation for the skin tone and budget for YOU.

Have fun!!!

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Which foundation for combination skin?

Hellooo... How are you doing?

Me - I am on the look out for a tinted moisturizer namely the Laura Mercier because I am currently experiencing clogged pores and breakouts from my regular sunblock and stick foundation.


I am a long-term user of Clinique's 1-2-3 Basic Skin Care range and had been using the Clinique Derma White Bright C Stick Makeup (stick foundation) since it was launched in 2010 (now discontinued) with no issues.



Unfortunately, it's not been doing well in our hot and humid weather. Next, I tried Clinique Super City Block Ultra Protection SPF 40 for Unisex but that's feeling rather heavy too after basic skin care.

As a result, I've got a really oily T-zone by mid-day!

Now, I am quite fascinated by bareMinerals mineral makeup because it's free of parabens, waxes, dyes and binders, which means that it will not clog your pores ^_^


After reading Paula's Choice's tips for choosing the right foundation, I now know that people with combination skin like me should:

a) stay away from stick foundations like the Clinique Derma White Vit C and also a Bobbi Brown one I used for a while and

b) look for tinted moisturizers like the Clinique Super City Block SPF 40.

Reading the collated Amazon reviews on TheVenusFace for the best tinted moisturizers for oily skin, I find out that I should find either: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20, Fawn, 1.7 Ounce


OR Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer, Oil Free, Fawn


A word of caution: the oil-free one is best for really oily skins thus if you're checking out Laura Mercier's foundations too, check IF your skin is that oily first.


After a visit to Sephora, one of their wonderful beauty advisors suggested me the Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft Luminous Foundation for WoMen (in a warm shade) (RM200+) for my dehydrated face.



Product information: An ultra-lightweight fluid foundation. Contains micro-fine Radiant-Pearl Mica to even skin tone. Reduces the appearance of lines, wrinkles, pores and other imperfections. Stay-true color blends into skin to flatter your natural complexion. Delivers a refreshing double boost of hydration. Provides sheer to medium, buildable coverage. Gives a soft, luminous and natural looking finish. Fragrance-free, talc-free, non-comedogenic and dermatologist-tested.

Have you tried either the Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer or Bare Minerals?