Prepping The Skin For Make Up
Applying powder or foundation to skin that has not properly been prepped is like trying to ice a cake with icing that is too thick, or too hard to spread. It ends up looking dry, blotchy, and flaky.
This is the foundation for flawless looking skin, a must for soft, dewy looking skin we all dream of having, and can achieve with a few basic steps.
Exfoliating the skin is important, as it helps the renewal of skin cells and to sluff away dry skin patches. There are many exfoliating creams out there, but I have to say, I like the good old fashioned face cloth myself. It does a wonderful job, and it’s free! I would recommend that you exfoliate about three days a week. Doing it everyday will start to strip those precious natural oils. Focus on the areas we tend to get the dry skin patches such at the nose, forehead, and chin areas.
Regardless of your skin type you should start with a cleansed face. I recommend using a cream/milk (non-foaming) cleanser as it won’t strip away the necessary oils our skin needs. It does a wonderful job of cleansing the face while keeping the moisture in. What is also great about a cream cleanser is that most you can rub gently into the eye area when washing your face to remove your eye make up without any irritation that soap would cause. Some of my picks for this are: LANCOME Galatee Confort Comforting Milky Cream Cleanser, CLARINS Cleansing Milk With Alpine Herbs, SHU UEMURA Cleansing Oil, BIOTHERM Biosource Softening Cleansing Milk, and AVENE Gentle Milk Cleanser.
For normal/combination to dry skin types, apply a hydrating moisturizer to the face. If your skin is very oily apply an oil free moisturizer. Be careful not to under hydrate your skin. Very few people have severely oily skin, and drying it out only causes an over production of oil which is counterintuitive.
For a little extra smoothness and soft surface for your foundation, apply a make up primer. The one I recommend is COVER FX Skin Prep Nourishing Foundation Primer and Anti Aging Serum.
Wait a minute or two after applying moisturizer and primer before applying foundation or powder.
It is amazing the difference between doing make up on a skin that has been well nourished and exfoliated versus a face with dry skin sitting on the surface, don’t let it happen to you ladies!
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