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Summary: How to apply natural foundation and get a natural makeup look; get professional tips and advice on beauty makeup and women's cosmetics in this free instructional video.
Jenny Karl has over eleven years experience working for cosmetics establishments in NY, NJ, PA, and CA. She's also worked as a freelance makeup artist and light, hair, and wardrobe...read more
"Now that we've done the skin care, we're going to move on to the foundation. You want your skin to look dewy and healthy, so you want to use a very, very lightweight foundation. If you have something to cover, like a pimple or a scar, use a concealer, but then still use a lightweight foundation. You don't have to use a thick foundation all over your face unless you need it. She has beautiful skin with not much to cover at all, so I'm just using a very sheer foundation, tinted moisturizer. Make sure you pick a neutral color that is as close to your skin tone a possible. Just put a light coat all over the face. Again, blend, blend, blend. I'm a big blender. You don't want to see that you have foundation on at all. Take it down the neck even as well. You want everything to just blend in. You want it to look like a second skin. I like because she doesn't need a lot of foundation, I'm using this tinted moisturizer right under the eyes as a concealer. All we need to do is to kind of even out the skin tone around the nose where there's a little bit of redness. Blend in. Once you have the foundation all blended, take a nice finishing powder. Again, a nice neutral tone. As close as your skin tone as possible or translucent. With a brush, lightly dust over your face and neck with a nice, nice fluffy brush. Concentrate mostly on the face and not the eye area. You don't want to put too much powder around the eye area. Maybe one little dusting just to even everything out, but no powder around the eyes because that's what kind of seeps into the creases and the wrinkles."
eHow Article: Apply Foundation for Natural Look