The Changing Face Of Base
2012
Unless I was particularly unobservant before, I’ve noticed over recent years that the kind of makeup available to us is getting more sophisticated. It’s becoming more possible for us at home to purchase more professional products that would normally be only used by makeup artists and it’s more attainable for us to achieve a flawless and polished look. The explosion of beauty blogs over the past few years has also given us regular people the advice for the right products to use and the best way actually apply them to get the achieved look.
In this post I thought I’d focus on base products. When I was a teenager it was all about foundation and powder and that was about it. I vaguely remember tinted moisturisers being around but they didn’t really show up on my radar due to low coverage. As touched upon in my first ever post here, my makeup as a teenager was basic at best, with my base leaving a lot to be desired! Badly colour-matched foundation (cue orange eyebrows) applied poorly with fingers and caked on powder, also in the wrong shade. But now we are lucky to have an even bigger array of foundations on the market with endless different ways to make our skin flawless and other added benefits as well as the more user friendly tinted moisturisers that are no longer just for those with already perfect skin but who want to wear makeup anyway. Then there has been the explosion of BB creams recently claiming to be the miracle product none of us will be able to live without and CC creams just on the horizon. Last but not least there have been the accompanying products such as primers, highlighters and illuminators and the huge choice of brushes and tools for application.
Personally I’ve been struggling over the last year to work out where each product fits in to my routine. On the recommendation of certain beauty bloggers I’ve made some choice purchases and experimented with what works best on my skin. My main discovery has been mixing and matching ie. either mixing two or more products together on the back of my hand or applying thin layers of the products straight on my face and as long as I’m careful with quantities I can get the best effect from each product without it looking caked on. My other discoveries that I feel are worth mentioning are my Real Techniques buffing brush for applying all base products and also the elimination of powder from my routine now that summer is on it’s way!
What changes have you made with your base products recently?
Em x
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This is an amazing post! What an extensive collection you have! I’m jealous
What do you think of the Chantecaille tinted moisturiser? Also which do you prefer for liquid foundation, the Real Techniques stipling or buffing brush? I have the former but am wondering if the latter is actually better as it’s thicker? Also why have you decided to stop using powder now it’s summer? I tend to be the reverse because i feel liquid makes me all sweaty in summer and i need the powder to make my face look matte.
Found your blog through the beauty hop! Loving it!
xx Kate
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Hi, thank you for your lovely comment! Well to start with I love the Chantecaille tinted moisturiser. I still feel I need a thin layer on BB cream underneath but thats just because of my unclear skin. It leaves a dewy finish which is why I don’t put powder over the top to ruin it. I’ll see how that goes when the weather heats up though! I’ve only ever used the buffing brush to apply base and couldn’t be happier with it and I use the stippling brush more for final touchup blending. Hope this all helps
Hi Em!
The change to my base products recently is that I’ve started using them! I never bothered before, but I want a slightly more polished look for work now I’m 30!!!
So I use MAC foundation and Bobbi Brown blusher; instead of powder I use a powder bronzer. When it comes time to replace the foundation I’ll change from MAC so I’m happy to have your recommendations! xxx
Can’t believe we’re 30 now lol! MAC is really good but there are loads of others to try and have fun with. I reckon you could try the Garnier BB cream for a light cover and some bronzer, maybe when you’ve finished the MAC in time for next summer
xx