Your Best Makeup Foundation

"Makeup Tips For A Perfect match!"

Your best makeup foundation is the one that matches your skin perfectly. It should blend so completely that you don't even look like you are wearing makeup. When you know makeup tips to select the right foundation product and apply it, your entire complexion can have a subtle healthy glow. Makeup artists know how to mix custom foundations and now you can, too!

How To Match Makeup Foundation

Always match foundation in natural outdoor light. Stand outside with a hand held mirror.

    One: Select 3 foundation colors. Swipe on your cheek. Which color is the closet to your skin tone?

    Two: Swipe the same colors on your neck. Your best makeup foundation needs to closely match the color of your neck if you want it to look natural.

    Three: Which color closely matches both your face and neck? Choose either the closest one or the darker one that matches your neck. This will be your base foundation and the one that you can customize.

"Foundations can be mixed for the perfect match!"


Mixing Makeup Foundations

How to make foundation darker: Take the foundation that is the best match for you and get a second foundation that is 2 shades darker.

Pour a little of your best makeup foundation out onto a small plate or mirror. Use two or three small drops of the darker foundation and mix them together with a spatula. You can get one cheap at the local hobby or art store.

Now, try a little swipe of this on your face and neck. The trick here is to find out how much you need to add to your foundation. Mix some into an empty container for easy everyday use.

Simple Tip
If you don't like mixing your foundation, then consider that you can slightly darken your skin by using tanning towlettes and then just match to a darker foundation in the same skin tone range.

Foundation Makeup Recipes

How to make foundation lighter: You can choose the lightest foundation in the range and add a few drops to your main color.

How to make sheer foundation: You can make your foundation sheer by simply adding a drop or two of your favorite moisturizer.

How to make tinted foundation: Take the darker color in your range of foundation, 2 or 3 shades darker than your skin tone, and mix with your moisturizer. Apply to the places that the sun would tan on your face. This would be your forehead, nose, cheeks and chin.

The page on making a how to make body lotion will even show you how to make a luminous foundation that shimmers in the moonlight!

Write It Down

* Remember, once you find your best makeup foundation mix – write it down on a 3x5 recipe card. Stick that card in your makeup notebook as a reminder.

Do you want to make your face look smoother and your makeup stay on longer? Then find your best makeup primer. The right makeup primer gives a beautiful smooth finish to your complexion.

Once you've mixed your own makeup foundation and discovered how easy it really is, you can use your own formulas to make your face look thinner. It's also possible to do it with your favorite face tan product. It's easy to get a beautiful complexion the sunless tanning way!

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