How to Identify Personal Skin Type

Series Summary

Makeup and fashionable cosmetics have been used by women for centuries, and are primarily used to enhance the beauty of the human body. Makeup can also be used to hide blemishes and add a dramatic effect to the face. Properly applying the right type and amount of makeup is imperative to the look that is achieved with make-up. The key to makeup is to put on just enough eye shadow, blush, eye liner, etc. to beautify a woman without looking too made up or clownish. In this free cosmetics video, a professional makeup artist offers helpful tips on covering blemishes with makeup. Get assistance identifying personal skin type. Learn about types of foundation, concealer, makeup tools powder makeup. Discover how to select, blend and match concealer to skin tone. Get help with using foundation. Find out how to apply powder makeup. Learn how to add a seamless finish to makeup.

Video Transcript

"First if you are thinking about purchasing concealer or foundation, you really want to know what your skin type is. There's generally four skin types. Dry, oily, sensitive and normal. In Sheena's case I would say, normal to sensitive, I don't know, would you agree? "Usually, sometimes dry in the winter". Okay, yeah, that sounds about right. Most people, skin changes with the seasons. So in the summer we tend to be a little bit more oily and then in the winter we tend to be a little more on the drier side because of the heat and the cold, etc. etc. So once you determine your skin type and you make your way to the store, there's a huge selection of different products, different brands, different names, different consistency, so sometimes that can be really overwhelming. So I'm going to try to help you, to see really, what product you should get and how to determine that."