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Summary: How to match foundation to your skin tone for the perfect foundation makeup; get professional tips and advice on applying makeup and cosmetic products in this free beauty video.
Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, and she currently works as...read more
"Hi! I'm Kelli. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you some tips and techniques that I use to give your face an overall perfect canvas. Now I'm going to show you how to properly match your foundation. We have chosen a powder foundation for her. We're just going to take a little bit and we're going to do a stripe from cheek to jaw line. I'll do it on this so you can see a little bit better. As you can see, it's going to completely blend into her face. It's not going to leave any line demarcation on her jaw. You should never be able to see where your makeup stops and your face or your neck begins. It's just not very attractive. You should never have to work hard to blend your makeup either. If you do a little stripe, it should completely just melt into your skin. You shouldn't have to go over it, rub it, or try to push it into the skin or get it to match your skin tone. You definitely want to choose a foundation that's going to work well with the undertones in your skin and it's going to cover what you need it to cover. That's how you would want to match your foundation."
eHow Article: Matching Foundation Makeup with Your Skin Tone