If you have almost perfect skin
tone, then you may only use the foundation where the tone
needs evening out. But if you have uneven skin tones
throughout most of your face, and you use too little
foundation, you are not likely to benefit from any coverage
by the makeup - in fact, the entire point of the makeup is
to provide coverage for that flawless look! Likewise too
much foundation would the effect of making your skin would
look painted or masked, and the chances of your makeup
cracking or creasing on your skin is greatly increased.
Finding the right balance is very important.
Another point to note is that
concealer is not to replace the purpose of the foundation -
it should only be used where it is needed (to hide a blemish
or flaw on the skin's surface).
Once you have succeeded in
creating a flawless base of even and healthy skin tone with
your foundation, you can proceed to set this base with a
light application of powder. Translucent powders are the
easiest to use, but you can also select powders in you skin
tone. Be careful however when selecting a powder that is
specific to your skin base - the powder should not add any
additional color to your foundation, the foundation is the
basis of your entire makeup.
All additional steps in the
makeup routine are based around these two basic steps of
applying the foundation and its finishing touches.
Irregardless of if you have the best eye makeup or the most
beautiful and sensuous lips, without the flawless skin it
all goes unnoticed.
