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!!!